The Story of the "Britannia" The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.

CHAPTER I.

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THE GOOD OLD TIMES.

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A Youthful Diplomat--Old Methods of Entry--Captain's Servants--King's Letter Boys--Lord Dundonald--A Warrior at Eight--Sir P. W. P. Wallis--Absurd Regulations--Education at a Discount--Midshipman Easy--Peter Simple--The "Pitchfork" System--The Royal Naval Academy--Letter to the Navy Board--Commendable Promptitude--The Scheme Approved--Delay in Building--Scheme of Instruction--Uniform Instituted-- Scholars' Expenses--Rules and Orders--"They are cursed troublesome"--Commissioner's Report--Entry and Final Certificates--Captain Broke's Work Book--A Comprehensive Course--A Successful Institution 1