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 VI.

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THE "BRITANNIA" IN THE 'EIGHTIES.

Competition Reintroduced--Reduction of Numbers--A Ferocious Examination--The _Britannia_ in the _Times_--"Rule of Thumb" Instruction--"Fire" and "Sword"--"Veritas" at Sea--The _Britannia Magazine_--Editorial Introduction--The Politics of Naval Cadets--Editorial Difficulties--A Questionable Pseudonym--Popular Advertisements--The _Wave_--A True Prediction--An Original Poem--Jones Takes a Lesson to Heart--The _Wave's_ Holiday Trip--A Warning to the Reckless--"First Catch Your Cadet!"--Ambulance Lessons-- How to Tell a Toadstool--The Electric Light--Another Committee--It Makes Recommendations--Also Suggestions-- Very Unpractical--Captains in the 'Eighties--Statistical Results--A Rapid Rise 118