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THURSDAY, JANUAKY STH. 1920.

INTIMATIONS

A. G. DA ROCHA

THE AUCTIONEER

IS

successful Governor of Durban under martial law, the Terrible went onto China. The Boxers were giving trouble, In a mview Sir Percy Scott's book, and, as usual, the Army was without Fifty Years in the Royal Navy, Mr.heavy guns Archibald Hurd writes in the Daily Tele

Sir Bert Scott sapplied. [graph

them in ciroumstances of difficulty, owing Everyone will want to read Sir Pareto official action, which are hardly be Scott's story of how, in face of active and tievable. Having done what he could, he passive opposition, he struggled to in- devoted himself once more to gunnery, prove the gunnery of the British Fleet in and the Terrible began making record the years before the war; and when bahooting. The Admiralty frowned even lays down the volume the reader, if be is more severely ↑ "And then, amongst other normal patriotic citizen, will think the officers, Captain Jellicoe and Captain Bir nation's star of destiny that at the right Georgs Warrender, as they were then, were times the right men appeared in the right told by the Commander-in-Chief to study places to reform the Navy. Fisher, the Seats system. They did so, and a re Jellicoe, and Scott saved the British Em- port was sent to the Admiralty which pire, and of there the greatest was Fisher, should have led to an instant revolution, for it was he, the senior officer, who gave since the recommendations were backed the other two their opportunity. That by three of the outstanding captains of MISCELLANEOUS GOODS & EFFECTS is the moral of this book, that and the the Navy, and by the Admiral.

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the Admiralty, which are exposed,, with 'a number of illustrati.ns which would be amusing if they were act and, for they suggest the dangers which we ran. It is a very human story of an officer who got things done in spite of word Jellicos

obstacles, and who, in the light of reference to the part his director fring system had on the issue of the Battle of Jutland, could have indulged in a good deal at boasting He is, however, con- tent to leave the reader to draw his own conclusions on the facta which he presents

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of Inspector of Target Practice in order When Lard Fisher made the position Sir Percy Scott entered the cadets that Sir Farey Scott might reform naval training ship Britannia in 1868. The Sunnery, the latter found that a state ship has disappeared, and my companion there was none, and as regards methods of chaos prevailed. As to organisation, of those days," he writes, have bat of using the guns of the ships, every varied fortunca in life.. Of the sixty-four little boys who embarked on board his gunnery lieutenant of a ship adopted his slujesty ship Bridone in 1868 two only own particuar method and christened itself by Public Auction, at his Sales Room, and

with some wonderful name. rose to the rank of admiral, while another all that had to be changed.

Of course, SATURDAY, January 10th, 1920, 35'11 AM When Bir left the Navy for the Army and beta Percy Scott took up his appointment the

The well-known Motor Boat field

(Lord

WALLA WALLA I" French). He himself was fortunate in percentage of hits made by the Nary

Particulars:- coming in for the Ashanten var fired; when he relinquished his post it was about 30 per cent. of the rounde recounts some exciting experiences; and had risen, to nearly 80; and Punch hon- then he passes, on to the subject with oured him with a cartoon, which showed which his name and fame will always be the German Emperor studying the im associated-naval gunnery, That brings him to a series of revelations which will tent with amazement The Fisher The Fisher Jellicoe-Scott combination make a good many people's blood run miralty had worked what was little less ould. The guntory of those days," he than & miracle. Later on, the trium-on board declares, **was deplorable, and had boen so for half a century.!!

virate was dissolved and oficialism puttime at Blake Pier.

offensive against In the Navy at the time I am speaking up a really serious of a knowledge of gunnery was looked tial to victory.

director ring now recognised, as eason, upon merely as an adjunct to, and not clared we had only eight ships fitted to

When war was de the fall of hammer. La necessary part of an officer's educa-fire their heavy guns by director, and tion. Those who knew nothing of gün- nery, and even boasted of the fact, laid at age ship fitted, or being fisted, to fire. the flattering unction to their souls that Admiralty was content; certain senior her ein guns by the same method." The they were practical seamen Gaanery admirals did not believe in the system. officers were laughed at aa mere pedanta and the only thing to do was to repres and coiners of long words..

Bir Percy Sertt. Then cam the Battle! Sir Percy Scott became & Kindery enthusiast-a madman,

judged by the of Jutland: when the value of this system naval ideas of that

proved absolutely when the steen- period,

and finally. tion of the Service was mainly devoted to Then at the eleventh hour, and at the paint and polish and sail drill. But in-Chief, the work of completing the urgent representation of the Commander- before he had a chance of doing muck to equipient of the Grand Fleet was hurried this way and he beyond

Purging

the creation of bale

the Hagships forward I had not been completed

When the armistice was signed!. the Earl of Clanwilliam for cruise round

the world, Prince Albert and Prince George serving on board the

Sir Percy Seatt tells his story without Bacchanie, one of the squadron, as mid- malice, and in his preface he explains shipmen Then cam

Egyptian why he decided to break silence. tbo

He trouble of 1882 and the bombardment of declares that has intention has not been Alexandria, to prove that the gunners to attack persons, but to expose rather equipment of the Fleet was bad and that the weakness and defects of our admin- the shooting wis deplorable. The town istrative machinery in so far as I had appeared to me to have suffered more experience of it. In the admiral's AUGMENTED

opinion, the system of administration at the Admiralty is bad, because too slow; success come to the man who evades res- ponsibility. He gives Lord Fisher and Lord Jellicoe the credit of speeding an the machine during their periods of office

from the misses than the forte had from hits" His first efforts to move heavy Dayal guns on shore were made during this campaign, earning for him the praise nt Sir Evelyn Wood, Sir Archibald Alison, and Sir J. C. Ardagh.

in PAINT AND POLISH.” Then Sir Percy returned home, and in 1886 was promoted commander from her Majesty's ship Excellent, being appointed to the Edinburgh, the most modern turret ship of that time.

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First Sen Lords, thus helping to save us from defeat by con, And as to the future!

It is for the country to decide whether the Admiralty shall fail back into ita old *way...

The policy of circumlocution and

In those days it was customary for delay lica at the base of our bad administro- communder to spend half his pay or more tin, and not, I am afraid, by any means in buying paint to adorn his Majesty's ship, at the Admiralty only, or at the Admiralty and it was the only road to promotion. A conspicuously. At any rate, writing, of

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we can never hope to obtain a feet well necessary to promotion; and as the Admiral- ty did not supply auficient paint or cleaning equipped, well organised, and well trained, material for keeping the skip up to the until this system of evading responsibility required: standard, the officers had to find at the Admiralty is broken, the circulation the necessary money for buying the house of paper, is speeded up, and the oficial who maiding material The prettiest ship I-havo

ahirka over seen was the Aleandra.

I was in of being." formed that £2,000 had been spent by the dividually Civil Servants are men of wide officers on her decoration.

interests, whom it is 'a pleasure to meet, In these circumstances it was no wonder but the system of the Civil Service is, in that the

guns were not fired if it could he opinion, a public danger. avoided, for the powder then used had th

From which it will be apparent that. mort deleterious effect on the paint, and this book, though it is far from being one commander, who had his ship enamelled, stodgy, and is indeed very good reading, told me that it cost him £100 to repaint The revelations which the author makes. has been written with a serious purpose. her after target practice. Fortunately, tar- zet practice could easily be avoided. Certainly constitute a prima facie case Admirals seldom asked any question about, for investigation. By it, as their ships were generally the worst Empire was saved by the fortune, the

offenders.

#ROWES OP THE ADMIRALTY.

Fleet, but pre cantions should be taken against a repeti- tion of mach errors of judgment and ad- Such was the régime of paint and polishnistrative delays as those to which Sir on the one hand, and neglect of gunnery Ferey Scott calls attention.

This is. on the other, when Bir Percy Scott began book to be read, lo! it is no ordinary

to make things hum. After his promotion war book, bat contains warnings which

the country cannot afford. to ignore.

to captain, he was appointed to the com- mand of the cruiser cylla, and be turned his serious attention to training the men to shoot, and demands were at once made on his inventive faculties, for there was no equipment for the purpose. The young captain set to work and made

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