Show PRINCES ON SHIPBOARD etow the son of the apparent cam ducted a A gentleman whose office is in s pine street fire insurance company of thia city was a shipmate of the late duke of clarence and of his brother princa george on aboard her ship britannia he has a clear remembrance of the day they joined the ship and of their reception by their fellow middies in speaking of that event he said at on jan on board fsr maje ship britannia training ship for stationed at adit mouth devon the bugler sounded quarters and all hands in full uniform were mustered to two newly appointed cabets cadets cad ets the royal princes captain fairfax commanding was i standing at the head of ane gangway with the first lieutenant in fall dress and as the steam came alongside the ships band struck up god bless the prince of captain fairfax having introduced each of the wardroom officers and all the instructors to their royal highnesses sang out attentions by your right dress ayea front gentlemen cabets cadets of her maje ship britannia I 1 bow collectively present to yon your new shipmates their royl highnesses prince albert victor and prince george of wales with whom I 1 rill yon two paces forward about turn dismissal aboa began c ha usual boyish chaff or aa I 1 believe it is called at annajo d followed by the task of showing conr new shipmates over the ship As soon as they reached the upper deck the senior cadet captain said to them mates it is an old ens torn that each new on joining shall go aloft over the avoiding tin lubbers hole as he would the bottomless pit which of you two will be over first so over the futtock a and down again went the two princea finally joining in a game of swing the monkey until the angle sounded for cadeus to put on mess uniform for tea at the sound of the anglo call two venerable family retainers retain era advanced to our new shipmates with avery outward sign of civilian respect but no nautical tug of the forelock to inform them that their mess uniform waa prepared A shrill voice called out who are your ancient chums wales why dont you see borne other wit replied one is the wet nurse and the other the dry nurse the main difference between the wales and the other cabets cadets was that instead of sleeping in hammocks ham they had large cabina knocked ap for them on the main deck sleeping dining and working rooms being provided they also had a special ap ecial tutor who waa appointed a naval instructor the rev J N dalton who afterward accompanied them in her majesty ship bacchante on their voyage around the world A favorite cadet joke was to get prince eddie to stroke a pleasure boat and when the coxswain cos swain allowed an easy all borne one ray wales when you are indeed my ruler I 1 would very much like it if you would make me a duke make you a duke you bewab ni make you a shoeblack he would then be taken by abe leg and ducked till he agreed and gave his royal word of honor that each member of that boats crew should be adulf when he came to the throne although without the high spirits of his younger brother a sweeter tempered and more unassuming cadet was never entered in the books of her maje chip britannia and those characteristics he always retained the last time I 1 saw him was in 1888 when he was serving as a captain in the tenth hussary hussars Hus sars at york and he gave me the came cordial greeting that he always had given ten years before when we were brother cabets cadets A time honored custom on board the is that cabets cadets in their first term shall fag for cabets cadets in their third and fourth terms and that their second term shall fag for those in the fourth or final term in no way abated with the wales boys and I 1 have seen them oa several fcc biens hauling a cadet of the necessary seniority up the hill to the cricket field on a broiling day with the perspiration rolling down their royal brows it was good n new york tunes |