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INDIA TO HAVE HER OWN NAVY
EARL KITCHENER'S DEATH.
ADMIRALTY AND BOAT STORY.
FIGHTING FORCE UNDER WHITE- In the House of Cuminons on February
ENSIGN.
NATIVE OFFICERS :
17th, Sir R. Hamilton (L Orkney and Shetland) caked the Financial Secrotary of the Admiralty whether he wAS AWAZE Following is the communiqué issued by that the small lost in which thà Inte the India Office, last month:
Lard Kitchener and the late Colonel
Subject to the nécessary legislation it has been decided to reconstruct the Royal Indian Marine as a combatant forca to enable India to enter apon the first stage of her naval development and ultimately to undertake her own 'naval defence.
Sabject to his Majesty's approval the service will be known na The Royal Indian Navy and will fly the White Ensign. Its functions in peace time will be as follow:
Fitzgerald left the Hampshire on June th, 1010, bad been purchased by a pri- vate individua), and whether this boat: could be acquired by the Admiralty as a national relia.**
Mr. J. C. C. Davidson replied that the Admiralty did not propose to acquire the boat, I cannot find," he said, the alightest evidence that Colonel Fitz (a) The training of personnel for-ser-gerald's body was found in this boat, or that be or Lord Kitchener ever set foot vice in war;
(b) The services, required by the In-in it. The Admiralty evidence, based on dian Government in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf;
(e) The organisation of the naval defences at ports which are under the control of the Indian Government;
(d) Survey work in the Indian Ocean: (e) Marine transport work for the Government of India.
The Fleet will consist in its first stage of development of four sloops, two patrol craft vessels, four trawlers, and two sur vey ships, together with one depôt ship.
The inauguration of the Royal Indian Navy will be entrusted to the personnel of the existing service subject to any necessary readjustment of cadres.
Indians wil be eligible for commission ed rank and the changes which this policy involves will be carried out as soon as agreement has been reached in consulta tion with the Admiralty on the details of administration, organisation, and finance.
INDIA'S EARLIER NAVIES.
BRITISH OFFICERS ALWAYS IN COMMAND. India has had a small naval service, officered with men of the British race, in? recent years. It is known as the Royal Indian Marine, and the officers serving in it appear in the official British Navy List.
In 1923 the creation of a distinct Indian Navy and the gradaal Indianisation of that new service were discussed at the Imperial Conference. In the same year an Indian Mercantile Marine Committee was appointed in India, which recom mended the training of Indians for an Indian merchant service in Indian waters and the creation of an Indian Navy.
Between 1013 and 1983 an Indian Navy actually existed, though ita vessels were always under British command and most of its seamen were also British.
Australia and Canada each have their own Navies, the ships of which appear in the Navy List. By the last Navy Esti mate India paid a contribution of £100,000 for his Majesty's ships in Indian waters.
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contemporary official reports and con firmed by recent enquiries, is that Colonel Fitzgerald's body was picked up at sen by the rescue vessels ba the night of the disaster, June 5th, or early next mor ning. I take this opportunity of adding that the stories recently circulated in the Press either that this distinguished officer was picked up alive some days after the loss or that his body was disfigured, are false
"It is doubtful whether this boat was on board the Hampshire on June 3th. The evidence which the Admiralty has published as to the attempt to launch the Hampshire's, boats is that efforts were made to get Lord Kitchener into the captain's galley, an entirely different boat, but the weight of evidence is that no boats, but only rafts or fouts, got clear of the ship. A fragment of a boat which came ashore in the Orkneys is al- rendy in the Imperial War Museum Another boat came ashore near Thurso, on the mainland A Press report in 1921. falsely stated that this latter beat, was a dinghy and contained Colonel Fitzgerald's body. It was, in fact, a 7ft. or 30ft. whaler, and was empty."
Sir R. Hamilton? Is it not desirable, having regard to the circumstances of the case, that all information in the posses- sion of the Admiralty should be published?
Mr. Davidson: The whole of the information in the possession of the Ad- miralty has been published.
Vice-Admiral Sir R. Hall (U.; Ehst- bourne): Is it not not a fact that all the evidence at the Admiralty tends to show that Lord Kitchener never left the Hampshire after the explosion 1.
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Mr. Beckett (Lab-Soc., Gateshead): What action does the Admiralty propose Fri. to take, in view of the information which it has got with regard to the gross mis-Satar. 27 representations now being made by a
28 u Sun. section of the Press?
Mr. Scrymgeour (Ind., Dundee) Will the Admiralty be prepared to receive the Mon. 20 evidence of the fifteen survivors of the dusterT
Mr. Davidson - The evidence of these survivors, all of them, is in the Rosses Wed 32 sion of the Admiralty, and it is on that
Thur. evidence that this statement is made.
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Comdr. Fanshawe (U., Clackmannan and Western): As a member of the court of enquiry into the loss of this ship, may I ask if the Admiralty is aware that only twelve men were saved from the Hamp
Mr. Davidson: That is absolutely
shire!
Lord Reading, speaking in the Council of State at Delhi last month, said:
The question of taking the first steps towards the creation of an Indian Navy has been under the consideration of my Government for some time. This was one of the tasks to which Lord Rawn-true. son devoted much of his energy and tare. After careful preliminary ex amination of the problems, and fall con- aideration of the advice of several naval. experts, my Government, during the fast cold weather, decided to invite a com- mittee, under the presidency of "Lord Rawlinson, with Vice-Admiral Richmond and Sir Bhupendra Nath Mittra as members, to formulate definite pro- posals. Their recommendations were accepted and it has been decided to reconstruct the Royal Indian Marine as a combatant force,
THE WHITE ENSICS.
Its most important aspect in the carly stages will be that of a training squa dron. It will traiu personnel for service in war. For this purpose it will become from the first a seagoing force.
I need not emphasise the significance of the decision. It embodies an import ant principle. Thinking" men in India have long desired the creation of an Indian Navy for India capable of de fending her coasts, harbours, and com merce. That laudable ambition, wil! now. have its scope.
The privilege granted to the Indian Navy of the future to fly the White Ensiga should appeal with special signi ficance to India, who by this privilege is directly admitted at the outset of ber naval career, to share in the record of the centuries of proud and gallant tradi- tions for which that ensign stands.
It is a high privilege, and it carries .with the great responsibility of ren- dering service worthy of the honour con- ferred. Even to embark on the first stage of the performance of those duties! which the greatest Navy in the world; has been performing is no light task. Nevertheless, I feel sure it will be cour ageously undertaken as a vital part of India's natural ambitions.
A NEW CARRER.
To Indians a new and honourable career of national service has thus been opened.
I look to those who elect to set out on this career to use every effort to fit 'themselves for their task, to, foster an exprit de corpe, and to found here in India those traditions of high efficiency and courage which the pages of history commemorate as the proud possession of the Navy of Great Britain...
Legislation will be necessary, ships | must be acquired and specially equipped for commission in Indian waters, and details of organisation and finance hare to be examined. Careful and thorough preparation will be called for.
(Continued on next Column.
LORD CHELMSFORD'S VIEW. Lord Chelmsford, an ex-Viceroy of India, referring to the new Indian pro- posal, said to a London, Evening News reporter:
The reform may be little more than a change of name and an effort to increase efficiency. The granting of British-com- missions to enable Indians' to serve as officers is natural in view of the changes. in the Indian Army.
There is certainly good material in the Lascar for any enlarged Indian naval service.
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