The herald., 1895-12-01
TWO NAVY LISTS

There is vast difference between tho
Navy Register published by our navy de
rartment and the Royal Navy List that
comes from over tho water. The differ
| ence is not one OF size alone. There Is
| difference in looks. difference IN ar,
rangsment; and whereas our register
aims to give and succeeds in giving as
little information as it possibly can, the
Royal Navy List contains almo st every
thing that one needs to know about the
personnel OF the British navy.
To begin with. the Royal Navy List is
an unbound volume of nearly 500 pages,
as against 1872 pages in our Register; and
1t contains advertisements ranging from
boots to insurance. 1t has gray cover.
while ours has a blue cover that varies
from year to year from SKY blue to dark
blue. The type used is the same as we
use; but the italicized words and full
faced letters brighten the pages and d o
away with the machine made appearance
of our pages.
The British book begins with a senior
ity list. In it we have the admirals of
the fleet, the admiras, the vice-admirals
and the rear admirals; the captains (fo r
the English have no permanent rank of
com modore), the commanders, the lieu
tenants. the sub-lieutenants, the mid
shlpmen and the naval cadets. After
these follow the staff officers, the ebgIn-
eer department coming next after the
staff captains and staff commanders.
After the engineers come the cha plains,
then the medical officers. The British
fnv x,T, al
ligion, and there are 101 chaplains as
against twenty two with us. The pay de-
partment is the last staff department.,
and after it comes the clerks, gunners,
boats waIns, carpenters and head school
masters; our order is boatswsins, gun.
ners, carpenters and sailmakers. There
are no salmakers among the royal navy
warrant Off GERS.
Foot notes contain many interesting
details. Most of them refer to foreign
orders and medals. One happy man may
W ear the m edal of the third class OF the
second degree of some Chinese order.
But many of them indicate a good deal
more than bravery or influence. For in
stance, one OF the carpenters holds honor
for naval architecture, geom-
5tIN, ntN lEdblOu dIlu uTdWiuE tuo ScHlO
head schoolmaster is the author of |
ext book of Practical Logaritnms and
rrigon metry.
] Immediately following the staff of The
navy come the royal marines, divided
nto marine artillery and marine light
there are no horse marines, in
spite of William Liugard's fsmous song.
There are fourteen general officers of mar
mes besides nine colonies commandant
md colonies second commandant. There
are, however, only ten battalions of mar
ines, so that each battalion can have IA
generals and g of a colonel to its credit.
This is ever so much more than our mar
ines have. who are second to none any
where. 1t is interesting to note that two
OF the four marine bandmasters are
bach elors in music.
In the list at each officers name comes |
first number, referring to the ship, il |
be is attached to one then his name, fol- |
lowed by the name of his shore detail il |
ne is not at sea, the initials of any !
learned society to which he may belong, |
and the name OF any civil appointment |
he may hold outside OF the navy-such !
as justice of the peace, purely honorary |
dignity in England. All of these are IN |
italics. Then, if he is a captain or u flag
officer, come the date of his birth and in
all ranks the dates of his promotions. |
Foot notes show his foreign orders, if he
has any, and his qualifications and any
Sudden promotions" Thus IL is shown
that one lieutenant was promoted to the
rank because he managed TO get detail
To the royal yacht, while another got his
slap while taxing three first-class GER
titilates.' while a third was promoted
especially to com mander for gallantry in
the hurricane at Samoa. Some OF the
officers are barristers at law, others be-
long to the Royal Geographical society,
a few to the Royal society.
Special numbers..refer to the war serv-
ice OF the various officers, which includes
also their meritorious services. Medals
are az common in the British navy as IN
a German shooting club and it is an I'M
fortunate officer who cant decorate him
self with some. Ii he can't have a medal
he may have letter from the admiral
expressing, for instance, 1.-THE Marquis of
Salispury's satisfaction at reading Cap
tain Halls commentator OF the zeal
displayed on the occasion of the capture
of two dhows and fourteen slaves" IN
1888; that's something. There is a list
of officers who have received the humane
society's medals for saving life at sea.
One.of them, Arnot Henderson, received
a third award for trying TO rescue
"Cnarles Wilson, OF the U. S. S. Tusca-
rora who fell from aloft and was
drowned" in Honolulu harbor, and our
is commander now. There are other
lists of the V.C.s. and of the officers VINO
have won special medals for life saving,
etc.
Promotion in the British navy does
rot always go by seniority; good service
is Likely to secure it, and undoubtedly
family influence has some effect. For
instance, Captain the Hon. Asheton Gore
Curzon- Howe was prom oted lieutenant
and captain from Royal Yacht and COM
mander in recognition of his services
during the cruise with the royal prln-
cess, =" while Admiral Bedford was pro-
NOTED to captain on the successful ter
riiration of the Prince of Wales visit to
India. 1t IS interesting to note that Cap