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- # CHAPTER LXVII.
WHITE-JACKET ARRAIGNED AT THE MAST.
## Overview
This is a chapter from the novel [White-Jacket](arke:01KG8AJ89Z18FKVJV5H0488ZAZ) by Herman Melville. The chapter, titled "CHAPTER LXVII. WHITE-JACKET ARRAIGNED AT THE MAST," recounts an incident where the protagonist, White-Jacket, is nearly flogged for being absent from his assigned station during the tacking of the ship. It is extracted from the source file [white_jacket.txt](arke:01KG89J19NC56FFGBCM2SWEZZY).
## Context
The chapter is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It is preceded by [CHAPTER LXVI. FUN IN A MAN-OF-WAR.](arke:01KG8AJTJS0E9FQHG061ZQ54GF) and followed by [CHAPTER LXVIII.
A MAN-OF-WAR FOUNTAIN, AND OTHER THINGS.](arke:01KG8AJTJYW8SP05V127JMN8BA).
## Contents
The chapter describes how White-Jacket is summoned to the mast, the location of shipboard discipline, and questioned by Captain Claret for not being at his station. White-Jacket protests his innocence, stating he was never informed of his station. Despite his pleas, the Captain threatens him with flogging. White-Jacket contemplates mutiny and violence against the Captain to avoid the punishment. However, intervention by Colbrook, a corporal of the marines, and Jack Chase, a leading seaman, vouching for White-Jacket's character and diligence, leads the Captain to dismiss the charges, saving White-Jacket from the lash. The chapter is divided into four chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AMHTSHYXEVVRPDE5QHCK1), [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AMHTSJ47ATWHA4S7D5KZ7), [Chunk 3](arke:01KG8AMHTSA498TCV9YN7XJ9XC), and [Chunk 4](arke:01KG8AMHTSB810XE1BJRH76MJG).
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