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THE BRITANNIA
THE TRAINING SHIP
FOR NAVAL CADETS
WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF PREVIOUS
METHODS OF NAVAL EDUCATION,
AND OF THE NEW SCHEME OF 1903
COMMANDER E. P. STATHAM, R.N.
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED MCMIV
March, 1904.
| CHAPTER I. |
| THE GOOD OLD TIMES. |
| PAGE |
| A Youthful Diplomat Old Methods of Entry Captains Servants Kings Letter Boys Lord Dundonald A Warrior at Eight Sir P. W. P. Wallis Absurd Regulations Education at a Discount Midshipman Easy Peter Simple The Pitchfork System The Royal Naval Academy Letter to the Navy Board Commendable Promptitude The Scheme Approved Delay in Building Scheme of Instruction Uniform Instituted Scholars Expenses Rules and Orders They are cursed troublesome Commissioners Report Entry and Final Certificates Captain Brokes Work Book A Comprehensive Course A Successful Institution |
| CHAPTER II. |
| THE ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE. |
| New Brooms Radical Changes The Academy Closed Wanted, a Professor James Inman An Enthusiastic Scholar His Love of Fair Play Senior Wrangler Antarctic Astronomer Appointed Professor Inmans Tables The College Opens A Masters Untimely Optimism A Poser for Their Lordships The New Course of Studies John Irving, Silver Medallist A Mathematicians Device The Rod and the Black Hole New Regulations Commissioned Officers Admitted Elastic Hours of Study The End Approaches The late Royal Naval College Inmans Pension Sir H. Keppels Recollections The Box Seat A Retaliatory Cascade Sir W. R. Mends Alleged Toadying Sir G. R. Mundys Letters Keeping a Mess The Black Hole in Being A Blow-out, and After Sir B. J. Sulivan Bullying Studious Juniors A Discouraging Experience The Captain Converted The College and the Excellent Professor Main The Pitchfork System Again A Slender Equipment Naval Cadets Haphazard Methods A Little More Detail |
| CHAPTER III. |
| THE ILLUSTRIOUS. |
| Captain Robert Harris His Birth and Career Appointed to the Illustrious Jemmy Grahams Novices A Model School for Seamen A Visit to the Illustrious Why not Train Young Officers? Opposition of Old Officers Cadet Robert H. Harris A Successful Experiment Institution of Cadets Training Ship Captain Harris Suffers for His Zeal Commendatory Letters He is Superseded The New Admiralty Circular General Approval of the Scheme The Staff of the Illustrious Lieutenant George S. Nares Disciplinary Methods The Cadets Corporals Withering Sarcasm Old-fashioned Seamanship Cricket Sling the Monkey Rev. R. M. Inskip His Sea Yarns Mr. Kempster Knapp Knapps Circles Penalty of Fidgeting Prince Alfred Enter the Britannia Her Predecessors |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| THE BRITANNIA IN THE SIXTIES. |
| A Three-decker Arrangements on Board The Morning Drum Persuasive Corporals Cockpit Mess Cheeky New Fellows Important Modifications Sea-going Training-ship A Dead Letter The Question of Locality Portland Selected Its Numerous Drawbacks Preparing for Sea Voyage of the Britannia She Asserts Herself under Sail Arrival at Portland Great Monotony A Sad Accident Good Education French and Drawing Sample of a French Lesson Messroom Songs The King of Otaheit Going Aloft A Foolhardy Feat A Swift Descent Fatal to Clothes Reading at the Yard-arm Captain Powell Appointed Departure of Commander Nares Corporal Punishment A Cool Young Hand The Royal Marriage Another Change Decided Upon Voyage to Dartmouth A Busy Time Sailors as Navvies The Hindostan Captain Randolph Appointed A Futile Complaint Stern Measures Parliamentary Interference Humanitarian Fads Flogging Abolished Cadets Sailing Cutters Gymnasium Built The Bristol Competition on Entry Reduction of Numbers A New Britannia Statistical Results |
| CHAPTER V. |
| THE BRITANNIA IN THE SEVENTIES. |
| Mr. Inskip Departs His Statistical Diagram Vindication of Britannia Final Examinations a True Test A Facer for the Old Salts Mr. Inskip Triumphant Captain Warrys Recollections Lieutenants Duties Ill-defined Goose Dinners Fighting by Authority The Dapper The Ariadne A Tragic Incident A Plucky Boatswain The Ariadne Abolished A Possible Explanation Mr. Knapp Resigns An Unexpected Successor A Generous Appreciation Committee of Enquiry Recommends Abolition of Competition An Academic Proposal Unanimity of Cadets Admiral Ryders Evidence Dr. Woolleys Evidence A Plausible Contention New Regulations French at a Discount Site for a College Dartmouth Recommended A Dissatisfied Parent The Britannia in Parliament The Royal Cadets Lieutenant Mainwaring Beagles Started The Grave of Jim A Phenomenal Admission Britannia Regulations The Officer of the Day The Cadet Captains No Hampers Allowed Punishments A Drastic Health Regulation Captains in the Seventies Statistical Results |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| THE BRITANNIA IN THE EIGHTIES. |
| Competition Reintroduced Reduction of Numbers A Ferocious Examination The Britannia in the Times Rule of Thumb Instruction Fire and Sword Veritas at Sea The Britannia Magazine Editorial Introduction The Politics of Naval Cadets Editorial Difficulties A Questionable Pseudonym Popular Advertisements The |
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