The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-02-16
ADMlRAlS WHO
NEVER 60 TO SEA
lln the British Navy There Are
ManN.W Whose KnoMiedGe al
q Man-o-War is LIMITED.
ARE MEMBERso OF NOBILITY
Willis ENGLAND Has Many Efioient Sea
Adrnirats, She Also Has Some Who
Never Go to Sea Except for
Holiday.

London Globe: England has many efi-
Client and eager sch admirals. Her fleets
will never Wantf for men to take command
and face an enemy. She has also a few
admlrals who have never been on the sea
except az passengers for a. holiday trim.
and knoMiedKe a. I'll
mainly derived from pictures In the pa
pers.
There Is the old Marquis of Donegali.
He Is hereditary Lord admiral Of Louh
&eaKh.s A big-stxed lake 1t Is, covering.
over $50 u miles, and NOT only the
largest In Ireland, but In the United
Kingdom. No other lake has an admiral
Df Its own.
The duke Of Argyll is admiral of the
WESTERN coast Of Scotland and the Isles.
Els grace, who IL the kings %brother-in-
law, Is not a sailor, and has no great
liking for yachting. Centuries ago the
MacCallum More, as admiral, kept pretty
tight hand over the western coast line and
exacted dues from ships. Shippers OF
coasting craft were careful not to offend
the chief at InYeraray castle.
Although the new lord provost of Edin-
burgh is a draper by trade. he is also by
virtue of his office lord admiral of the
Firth of Forth. In Queen Mnryts time
the lord provost a control of the Forth,
and all movements of warships We're reg
nlated through him. He is even yet en-
titled to an admiral's salute when he
boards a battleship in the estuary. Sim
sularly enough, the present lord provost,
who is an enthusiastic volunteer. is both
colonel and honorary colonel of his regi-
ment, the Queens Edinburgli-tie latter
rank being attached to his office as head
of the city.
As regards the old seaport OF Leith, not
only is the provost an admiral of the
Forth, but the Battles are entitled to style
themselves adnirals-depgte. In the case
Of Leith, the present chief magistrate, as
a shop owner, is connected with the sea.
Lord Rosebery is an elder brother of
tho Trinity house, and his experience on
board his large steam yacht will help
him here. The sheriff of Orkney and
Shetland, and advocate and X. c., Is vice
admiral OF these northern islands, and
has to sit in Judgment over knotty ques-
lions concerning maritime affairs. AT one
time Shetland and Orkney held aloof as
much as possible from the jurisdiction OF
the mainland and the Vice admiral was
a notable Parsonage.
As ADMIRAL Of the Humber, the mayor
Of Hull bears an old title Of honor. II S
y asnsient institution, the Trinity house
1T Hull. and the museum contains relics
of the great navigator, Captain Cook.
The lord mayor of London is admiral of
the port of London. His lordship is three
things besides. He IS chairman CT the
SSiliu1es eofservanoy, coroner, escheater,
clerk of the markets, chief butler at coro-
nation banquets, lead of the hospital and
trusts, etc. There lis no port admiral who
holds so many high offices, and his sal
airy Of Gl0,cD exceeds that of other adj
rnirals. In olden days the lord mayor had
= magnificent barge on the Thames. and
when he proceeded on q voyage with the
flag hoisted all craft, foreign or English.
naval or mercantile, had to salute.