The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-10


w upon the royal and imperial
thrones OF England and of the Indian
empire, the greatest naval power IN
history has for the first time in several
generations a monarch who mas Deen'
and is a professional sailor.
Just what this means to a nation
whose proudest boast is that britannia
rules the waves" can be better under
stood by recalling the fact that the
present era Is absolutely the period OF
greatest expenditure for warshlps IN
the history OF the globe. Also despite
the efforts to limit ornaments. the ma
val programs OF England and the other
great powers are going on steadily in
Icreasing.
Began ut the BOTTOM
OF course. England's new king, like
every other first-class monarch. Is adj
miral in several different navies, a field
marshal OF the German empire, gen
eral in the Austrian army, and holds
naval and military rank in every Eu-
rOpean state Of consequence. But IL is
the fact that King George served as
a common ordinary British naval cadet
away back in 1877, aboard the old
/ fashioned warship, the Britannia, that
has stirred the most enthusiasm among
/ his subjects.
At mat period he was not heir-ap-
parent. a position held by the King
elder brother, the Duke Of Clarence;
until the latter's death In 1897. and
| King George served through all the
| various lower grades OF the British
navy. He was made midshipman in
| 1878. and sub-lieutenant in 1884. and
| gained another step in another year
1 and became a fuil-fledged lieutenant
in his grandmother's Queen Victoria's)
| navy.
/ for Prince George TO get a ship OF his
/ own. and even then he was no more
| favored than any other hard working
seaman. for all he got was bit Of % a g.
The 80" was only 12S feet long and IL
feet beam, and the future king inhab-
tied a cabin 10 feet square with q
weather It shipped quantities of salt
water
Messed with His Gunner.
Here the sailOr-king was compelled
to eat canned sardines with his only
| messmate. the gunner OF the torpedo
boat. King George was no fair-weath
er sailor. He understood his bit OF q
heaving. sea-shipping craft with hel
dangerous torpedo tubes as wei as an
| Moreover. in his quiet. bull-dogget
way. Englands future ruler has SHOWED
courage at times when the best OF sail
ors felt that dangers thronged thicl
and fast about them.
Il was in 1889 that young Prime
George. after breaking one hawser II
trying to tow a disabled companion tor
pedo boat into harbOr during a terrifi
gale. managed to get ashore for new
tow rope and finally pulled the othe
ship into a place Of safety and save
! a dozen lives.
, The thing happened off Tough Swilly
| where three torpedo craft were defend
ing the marine mines during maneu
vers. and was considered by the Britis
; admiralty as a splendid piece of sea
+. manship. But Prince George was no
the sort OF sailor who liked notoriet
3 and none Of the newspapers got lin
7 of the story.
, 1t was not until three months late
that Queen Victoria heard OF her grand
sons herOism. The queen was called O
! ~, a rau11qr Of her rOVnl fnnr
tions to decorate British seamen (Offi
GERS and men alilSe) for heroism at set
! No one was more surprised than 81
{ when she found herself confronted b
; her second grandson. who. by order
OF the admiralty. was to be publicl
+. thanked by the sovereign. The quee
was so delighted that she not onl
. thanked her bashful grandson. but CAV
] him a hearty kiss into the bargain, a
which the young fellow. who was Jus
, ward then Prince of wales. next da
5 congratulated the boy without effusio
and told the lads mother. now IN
3 | queen mother
) George Is a quiet lad. but he neve
shirks" was the lady's comment. bu
v the next day the young man was sa
I luted by the title OF double duch,
namely, as Duke Of Cornwall and q
0 York.
r a sticIIer for Duty.
And his mothers description Of he
Z SON now king OF many Kingdoms an
: | emperor OF inQla-ruler OF the rlCncf
I | and mightiest combination of nation
! ! empires and dominions, of every rae
I color. language and religion Under Oh
= sun-holds good to this day: George
quiet lad. but he never shirlSs"
He's a stickler for duty and woe
: the official, military or civil who pre-
sumes on the quiet manner Of his net
| monarch to 20 counter TO regular order
\. or 10 shirk a plain duty. Nothing wi
| ever save him, neither aristOcratic cor
nections. political pull nor financis
| power.
Yet King George, as a plain lieuten
ant IN the British navy. once dared {
disobey his fathers direct command
when the latter gentleman was himse
only Prince of Wales The prince an
his nephew. the war lord Of German,
wanted to pay the young man a Wis
| to look over his little torpedo craft.
Sir Edmund Commerell had just give
orders for torpedo boat ''79" to go {
sea for maneuvers with the remainde
Of the channel fleet.
The Prince OF Wales and the En-
lperor of. Germany sent word to the liel