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do the work of three men while the men took it easy and appeared to approve of his efforts. Why should they not when they had an officer doing their work instead of making them do it?

DISARMAMENT

.PUBLIC CONSCIENCE SHOCKED AT THOUGHT OF WAR

THE PRICE OF PEACE

Desirable progress towards dis- armament can only be accomplished by sacrifice, writes "Serutator" in the "Journal of Commerce,"

The great war was won by great sacrifice, and the great peace will only be won in the same way, Undoubtedly, so far as this country is concerned, the chief sacrifice will be borne by the shipbuilding industry, which has al- ready suffered soverely from

mitation placed upon the building

the

the

A Bohemian Captain As for the master I felt really ashamed to bring anyone near the ship during my stay at the big Ar-of warships by the agreement at the gentine port. The only time I saw Washington Corference of 1921. At the master looking "passably" dress that time we had a big programme of ed was when he came to my hotel. building in front of us, and In port the mate paraded the deck United States had resumed its pro- and quay in such clothes that a

of 16 super-dreadnoughts Time Arst pot forward in 1916.

Japan, marine store dealer would have re-

France, and Italy were also moving fused his old rags. No wonder they

It was obvious dubbed the ship a tramp seem the same direction. e to me that sume of the other that a competition in warship building understood offers on the British cargo ships in had begun, and it was port were just as careless of their clearly that such a competition in German and armaments sooner or later ended in personal appearances. Italian ship's officers obtained

far we

The public conscience

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in, good ather conflict

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in the distant clean shaven cloth uniforms, yat I was informed future. Hence the convening of the

that their earnings Washington. Conference. by our agents

40 per cent. lower than those paid to our mates.

were

was

Britain's Sacrifices

States,

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sailors. As a result, we were con ly and expensively equipped for this

By a Shipowner)

a time, not so very There was long ago, when I used to judge the the officers. employed characters of on the ships of which I was the prin

by their personal eipal shareholder

I always believed appearances. for

officer who had sufficient that the self-respect in keeping himself clean and smart was a person entitled to respect in return.

Our ships were purely cargo boats and, until I decided quite ensually at the last moment to make a voyage aut to the Plate in me, I failed to get an unbiased view of affairs. I told my co-directors af my intentions and charged them not to make them known to anyone inside or outside the office.

arranged matters that I boarded at Burry, just as the

It is ttle understood how much On my return home-I came back ship cleared the dock. I might men

passenger on a Royal Mail Great Britain sacrificed at the Con- tion that I had previasly telegraph as a

ference. We accepted the principle steamer-I decided to make 4 ed the master to await final instrue-

parity with the United I engaged a smart young hereby abolishing roads. This entirely change. tions in the

our naval policy an R.N.R. lieutenant, prevented either the master or the shipmaster,

to a building

two-power and asked him to choose his first steward from making any extra pro-

It meant the restandard. and

scrap- third officers. I decided to re- [vision for my presence on board.

$ large number of The dirt and Alth which awaited tain the services of the second, and g of

battleships and battle cruisers, Coal indescribable.

that an extra officer was necessary.

and the United States did the same. piled up in the hatchway, and half-I do not wish to infer that I treat Further, the building of cruisers was ed the former master and mate. un drunken men were making sorry at-

fimited in number and size. The On the contrary, they were fairly. tempts to get the heaps levelled sa

effect was

terse put in both given

would Sir Alexander Kennedy bonus which that the hatches con'd be covered.

by more than enable them to carry an It was appalling!

said that pre-war Jur out- A dirty-looking mar with equally until they found another ship.

The

commendable, put of warships was equal to about whiskers

change peered over the side lirty

ent of the total merchant The of the bridge

"new broom" kept his officers 20 per cent. the tug went along.

smart and bright. He insisted upon o

Connage built, now it side; it was difficult for me to re-

was only about This no5 per cent.

has been uniform at all times He would note t

a very cognise the fellow [3 the master I

serious matter for those firms special- allow them

hem to do the work of the had met the previous year. He was wearing some kind of a pilot's hat

for work, and the skilled workmen sidered with a broken cloth

a dirty peak, a

above the average tramp trained in all the intricacies of

of war- owners, and I am certain that this neckerchief in lieu of a collar, and

ship construction. It has necessarily a coat which had seen better days has led to the old company being

accentuated the depression in the uniform but was now turned taken over lock, stock and barrel by

industry due to a combine, which have introduced chant tonnage, to the restriction of surplus of mer. bad green. A trafop he was truly I

passenger service on eleaner

our former characters much

routes. is the

The young second inate i world trade, and to foreign mentioned is now in charge of a big petition. ship,

while the R.N.R shipmaster is superintendent of the line. Since we A further curtailment of warship insisted upon the abolitioni of the building announced by the Frime tramp idea the firm has never look Minister in the House of Commons, ed back.

wil make the position still Before I finish. should like to At present 25 per cent of the men

the introduc-are mention that I think

lucare unemployed, and only 35 per cent. tion of a standard uniform for mss. of the berths are occupied. Profits are tors and officers a measure worthy conspicuous by their absece, and since of greater respect then some appear May the price of steel has gone up

Add to a ton. to regard it. 1 travel a great deal by 58

this keen in my yacht and I regret to observe fore

and you have a foreign competition young officers wearing coloured ties, picture that might well daunt any- brawn boots and fan macintoshes GAD who has money to invest. when landing at some of the ports.. The shipbuilding industry has shown Masters of ships should that

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equipment and skill alive when uniform is warn by an officer Leppings courage since the wax in difficult circumstances; both it should not be open to ridicule. I under have instructed the master of my employers and employed have accepted

a deep-water certi-

sacrifices to do so in the national yacht, who has

observe this rule.

interest. They have been patiently ficate, to

waiting for better days, and it seems Lowering Their Status

young that th One frequently observes

waiting is to be prolonged men at Cardir and Shields wearing at further. More courage will be a Standard Uniform cap over a so required courage to get rid of surplus berths and to reorganisa methods of dier's patrol jacket, adorned with a silver or a metal watch chain, while work. fountain pens, pencils, and the like

If project from a

Hap pocket

these officers could only be brought to realise that they are lowering their status as officers by wearing such

they "righ

would unseamanlike

eer such ser sue

better dressed. This

or

us

of

and Lurgest and latest ship we own, I

this thought, and is the commander! Then I reasoned that there must be some excuse for this attire: course the vessel had just completed Afterwards I found that coaling. she had finished the previous even- ing. The waster regnised me be- fore I reached the bridge. "I'm com- you and you can get along ing with as soon as possible," I told him.

did not seem en- The old fellow thusiastic at the prospect. "I wish Jed I'd known you were coming sir,"

he gasped.

I lied,

af did not know myself,"

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a massroom and saloon aft, but they were almost as dirty as the deek itself. No one ap- peared to have taken the precaution to prevent coal dust getting below, the ship herself was bad enough, but surely, I thought, there could have been no excuse for letting coal and all sorts of other filth being found in the quarters of the ship where the master and officers lived. 1 almost regretted the step I had taken as to this voyage, but I was determined to see it through.

de clean without delay. While

ed support.

serve

90

A Persistent Courage

com-

worse.

All right-minded people rejoice that the cause of peace is being ad- vanced, but we must

recognise the price we have to pay and take steps

modify the suffering entailed.

mak

નવ

few weeks

had

We

and

the

re the

I insisted upon the ship being mado decks

were being cleared of coal two men were scrubbing out and wash-speedily change their outlook.

If Standard Uniform is

is considered ing the sides, walls and ceilings of

it should be the accommodation space. They had to be worth wearing it

Notwithstanding the variety of not finished before the

worn with respect and not as a cos- first meal

opinions expressed tume which savours of tomic opera.

by writers, was served.

A Poor Repast

When I was consuled by an official must give credit to the good training The latter was so uninviting that of the Board of Trade regarding its of boys in the various training ships. ordered biscuits and cheese; it was I gave the measure my whole-heart-treasurer of the Shaftesbury

introduction for the Merchant Service Mr. F. H. Clayton, chairman

Homes poor repast, The ship was not

to ob- and "Arethusa" training ship, Now I regret to marked a befors long at sen

the I found

that адо that the uniform

is not "Arethust" quality of the xtures extremely poor; much appreciated by some officers ass for the Royal Navy and 1,846 for out 3,353 had been apparently sumeone ing money out of them. I insisted it is by others, and I fear the ship-

masters by not axercising their au- the Merchant Navy since the society on dining at the same table as the thority in such matters must be held had been in existence. The total master and officers; there was a long to blame. If I were master of a

of children from all parts of umber of run abead of us down to the River

ship and an officer came on duty the Kingdom who had been received Plate and I begged them

to the was 28,080; many had gone nat to carelessly dressed, unwashed and un- make or feel any difference at my shaven,

I should want an explana- Arany while others had migrated over- presence.

SLAS. It is certain that the large It is not possible for an officer to umber of boys who were sent to the never spoke at table. They had evi- gain the respect to which he is en- Merchant Service were well trained dent y attempted to keep themselves titled by superiors or inferiors in rank in seamanship and boat work.

than usual, but cleaner

it was a unless he is the person to set the poor attempt as their hands appear example. ed so ingrained with filth that it It seemed

unlikely they could ever get them clean.

asked the master why his officers appeared so dumb and abject. you never converse with them?"

For the first few days the officers

tion.

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is wearing (the officer) Denondescript clothing. One often finds that the wireless operator, the steward, and the purser are the only correctly-dressed persons on the decks

asked. He seemed a little puzzled for a reply, then he told me it was Rot customary in such ships to hold

He light conversation.

was not given to frivolities, for it he did they might take advantage of such conduct and regard it as a sign of weakness.

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many cargo steamers,

are

of

One excuse which I am told off- cers offer is that their vessels undermanned. My reply to that is, British ships are no less underman- ned than Swedish or German vessels from whom they might well take ex- ample.-The Nautical, Magazine.

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I think the Arst mate must have been born in a paintshop. He was actually painting one morning when I went on deck as it was getting daylight. The bridge seemed to be one of the places, abhorrent to him,

When I kindly suggested that I might sleep sounder if he was at his post of duty on the bridge, he wiped his hands on a piece of oily filthy waste and turned his back on me without saying i word.

when we

I was not at all sorry

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