The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-08-19
THE PRINCE Of WALES
FULL FLEOGEO SEAMAN
The Heir of the English Throne
Makes Entry into His Majestys
Nayy-other News.
Associated Press SPECIAL


London, August 10" Come
aboard to join sir" With these
words the Prince of Wales, heir to
the throne, made his formal entry
into his majestys navy on the first
gay of the present month, in this re
spect, as in every other, carrying
out the forms and regulations pro
scribed for midshipmen joining their
tship for the first time.
The Prince, while he will have 20
perform the same duties as other
midshipmen, and will have addition
al work to do, his tutor being aboard
to coach and instruct him in all man
ner of subjects, is not likely to have
the same rough work that fell to his
father when he was in the navy
The present king first went to sea
on an auxiliary cruiser, on which
sails were used far more often than
steam, and on which there was tots
of work to be done aloft,
The Prince obtains his first exper.
fence afloat aboard the Hindustan,
not one of the newest, but still
modern battleship The kings regu-
ations provide that When the
Prince of Wales is embarked in any
ship or vessel his standard shall be
hoisted al the main, and shall be sa-
luted in the same manner as the
flags denoting the presence Of the
sovereign" This does not apply in
| the present case.
| The Prince will be treated as any
| other midshipman He is not COM
missioned officer, but subordinate TO
warrant officers (gunners, boat
SWANS, carpenters and artificer en-
gineers), and with them the future
sovereign will live and move in the
gun room of his ship. He will be as
signed to a watch and will be allot-
ted a subdivision of seamen, for |
whose behavior, smartness and work |
he will be held responsible by the |
lieutenant in control of the subdivis-
ion. However, his most important |
work is the acquiring Of nautical |
knowledge to which the greater part |
of his time must be given
Complaints are coming to the gov
eminent from some of the South At
rican protectorates that the policy oe !
protecting and preserving wild ami
mails is being overdone. For some
years the government authorities
fearing the determination of those
animals which have any commercial
value. have limited the number
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by a system of licensing the hunters. |
Shooting in the protectorates APP
pears to be on the decline from the
reports received by the colonial Of
flee.
Elephants were the most valuable
game on account of their ivory, but
under the licensing system it has
hardly been worth while from Il
business standpoint for a man to 20
10 the expense of killing the small
number permitted. The governor of
Uganda makes serious complaint Of
the elephant pest.
owing to the rapidly decreasins
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taken out, and the consequent im- |
munity of the elephants from at
tack he writes, these animals |
which have always been source oi |
danger to the inhabitants and Of
damage to crops, have become still |
more dangerous and destructive
and they are becoming holder in ap-
preaching inhabited areas Reports
are constantly coming in from adj
ministrative officers, telegraph Off
| GERS and others of the destruction
| caused by their devastating habits
| 1t is possible that sooner or later
elephants will have to be shot out
save in such portions of this protec-
torate as may be expressly set apart
as reserves for them. At present
there is no doubt that much hard
ship is inflicted on the natives; but
the position will become more
acute"
Forty-five thousand Chinese an
LasCar sailors are employed on
British ships, During the past two
years 10000 Chinese sailors have
been brought into this country and