Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-01
PRINCES ON sHlpsoAao.
How tho Sons Of the Heir Apparent Com
ductcd Tbemseivc. ns Middic.

ducted Theruseive. ns Middics.
A gentleman whose office Is In "a Pine
street FIRE Insurance company OF this
city was n shipmato Of the late Duke
OF Clarence and Of his brother. Prince
George. on board her maiostys ship
Britannia flo has u clear remembrance
Of the day they Joined the ship and OF
their reception by their fellow middips
In speaking OF that event ho said
at 3.ij on Jan. rs, 1871. on board her
majUstya ship Britannia, training ship
| for gentlemen cadets, stationed at Dart
mouth, Devon, the buglor sounded
quarters and all hands, in full uniform.
were mustered 10 receive the two newly
appointed cadets. the royal princes
Captain Fairfax. commanding. was
standing ut the bead Of the gangway
with the first lieutenant, In full dress
aud o. tho steam pinnaco came along.
side. the ships baud struck up God
Bless the Prince Of Wales.
Captain Fairfax. having introduced
each Of the wardro1m officers and all
the instructors 10 their royal highnoSes
sang out Attention. by your right,
dress. eyes front! Gentlemen cadets Of
her mnics,ys ship Britannia. now col
loctively present TO you your new ship.
mates, thor ROYAL Highncsses Prince
Albert Victor and Prince George Of
Wales. with whom will now leave you
Two PAGES. forward. right about, turn.
disiaissr
Then began all tho usual boyish
chat or running, a. hclicvo u il
called at Annapolis followed by tho
task Of showing our now shpmatcs
over tho ship "A soon as they reached
the upper deck the senior cadet captain
said to thum 'Matcs. It Is nn old GUS
tom that each new. on joining, shall 20
aloft. over the futtocks, avoiding the
lubbcr's hole M he would the bottomlcss
pit Which of you two will be- over
iirsiy So over the futtocks and down
again went the two princes, finally
joining In game Of swing tho monkey
until the buglc sounded for cadets TO
put ON moss uniform for tea.
AT tho sound Of the bugle call two
venerable family retaiucrs advanced to
our new shipmntcs. with every outward
sign OF civilian respect, but no nautical
tug Of the forclock 10 inform them that
their mess uniform was prepared a
shrill voice called outs
"'Who arc your ancient chums,
walcsy
"'Why, don't you SEQ, some other wit
replied, one is the wet nurse aud tho
other tho dry nurse.
1.-THE main difference between tho
Wales and the other cadets WIS that In
stead Of sleeping In hnmmoclSs they had
large cabins knocked up for them on the
main deck, sleeping, dining aud working
rooms being provided. They also had
special tutor. who was appointed a naval
instructor, tho Row. j. y. Dalton, who
afiorward accompanied them In her
majosly's ship Bacchantc on their yoy-
age around the world.
"a favoritc cadet joke WINS 10 got
Prince Eddie TO stroke pleasure boat,
and when the cOXs,ain allowed nn easy
all, some one would say, 'Walcs, when
you are indeed my ruler, | would very
much like 1t II You would make Inc a
duke
"Malte you a duke, you swab' III
make you a shocblack.'
"llc would then he taken by tho legs
and duckcd till no agreed and gave his
royal word OF honor that each member
OF that boats crew should be duke
when he came 10 tho throne.
although without tho nigh spirits Of
his younger brother, o sweeter tempered
and moro unassuming cadet was never
entered In the books OF her mnjcsty's ship
Britannia, aud those characteristics no
always retained. The hast time saw him
was In 1855, when he was serving as %
captain Ia the Tenth Hussars, at York,
nnd he gave mo the same cordial greet.
ing that he always had given ten years
before. when we wore brother cadets
IA timo hon3rcd custom ON board tho
Britannia is that cadets ia their first
term shall flag for cadets In their third
aud fourth terms, and that cadets In
their second term shall Tag for those IN
the fourth or final torn. This rulo was
In no way abated with the Wales boys
and have seen them ON several occa.
sions hauling cadet Of tho necessary
seniority up tho hill TO the cricket
field on a broiling day, with the pcrspira.
ton rolling down their royal brows. It
was good discipline. New York Times.