It appears they didn’t. I found references to this on answers.com and few other places.
From what I read, the cruise line tried to get get the families of the men who played music on deck to pay for their uniforms.
Ouch.
Evidently some reimbursement for lost items was made.
I wouldn’t put a lot of faith in these answers, but this is the scuttle-butt I found.
scuttle-butt .........good Navy/Marine Corps idiom..............OOOH-RAH! SEMPER FI...............;^)