The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-06

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brave deeds have made them great the
men Of the sea arc sure To come most
gloriously into the memorial roll. From
Alexandria Bay the world h. thrilled
with the signal hoist. well duuc, Con-
dor" but in the recollection If a DASH
nc exploit the signal reads as well,
bravo. Bcrcsford" Sea. ship and
sailor alike predisposc toward y cordial
welcome. even In anticipation, Tor Lord
CHARLES BEREsFoRp and The Memoirs Of
tdptiyoi Lord Charles BcroStord. writ
Ten bv Himself Boston: Little Brown
and Company.
FROM midshpnau To- Naval Lord Of
tho Admiralty and ~ the broad pcnnon
~ the Admiral. B,r,sfurd's career cpit-
onnizeS tho whole progress of naval
srohitecture ard battle strategy and
tactics. When he Joined the service in
December. 1859. he ,Nung his hammock
IN the Britannia. walls Of wood. guns
which loaded m front and were trained
by hsudspil<es and tackle rove on deck
above the deck a forest Of masts and
spars. with AN enormous mantllnC of
canvas When IN these last days ne
he command Of a naval brigade he
comes into a BATH, ser,i ice Of steam. Of
hreechloadng rife. OF ironclad replaced
hy steel. Of the torpedo and the torpedo
hont followed by Tho torpedo boat dee
'troyor, followed in is turn by the de-
stroycr Of torpedo boat dcstruyers in a
fatal emulation. Of the dreaduought and
The superdreadnought vast fortrcsses
To-. . q.
lad went Ia sea h. took his orders from
men vino had taken their orders from
Nelson: he learned 100 reef and splice
and hand the SAL from old quarter
masters who had seen their day Of glory
N Trafalgar Bay.
In no service does the enthusiasm OF
youth find such chilling welcome of IN
tolerance as In the navy. the British
navy, our navy, anybodys navy. Main
deck and quarter deck the old salt is
rho ruler. From some still more ancient
salt he learned the lesson of experience.
ne seldom goes beyond what was taught
him at ropes end and with ropes end he
carries on the lesson We have nc
record of the navigation nf Noah ~
what was the seamauship which
brought him To Arara, and To- shore
leave enjoyed after the manner of lack
ashore. but We can infer 10 from CO.
lumbus. from Othere. from John paul
Jones. In none Of the many centuries
had the ship changed. nor had the sailor.
Betwaen the Ark and the Victory the
ADVANCE in seafarng shows but two
marks. tho invention uf the mariners
compass and Capt. Cooks discovery of
now To take ship To sea and bring T.
nome again without the scurvy. STEPPED
'nough II was in all manner " wild ad-
venture the sailors life was The most
Conservative of professions. tho leas,
subject to change
ct within the naval life OF Beros-
Iord tn" whole system of ship structure
ana handling was swept away and n
'.e" navy came into being He had
been midshipmau less than four ycar;
when tn" iudeciSiVo contest of the
Monitor and the Virginia In Hamilton
Roads showed thdt every feet must 20
N the scrap heap. for new typc ~
OFFENCE and Of dcfe.or had arisen. Tn,
Young BercsfOrd took his cadet tr,iil.c
aboard the Britannia. l20 guns. on old
snip "f the line. After a year and a
quarter "f training ne received his rate
~ naNa' cadet and was assigned 70 the
marlborough, ilc-c hr mot the first
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