Show TO HEAD NAVY admiral sir arthur moore K C D B K C V 4 0 C AL G who will succeed sir john fisher in october next as the active head of the eng lish navy Is a sailor who has risen to his present position by sheer bard hard work ruid arid competence he la Is not a spectacular person like lord charles beresford Bere stord or his immediate predecessor sir john fisher but he has distinguished himself by always doing atie abe job that was given him in excellent shape and without any unnecessary fuss and noise patriotic engl englishmen hope that his advent at tho the admiralty will mark the end ead of the petty personal and political jealousies which have done so much harra harm to thle the service recently admiral moore Is now 62 years old lie he entered the navy in was waa specially promoted for his services during daring the egyptian war of bf 1882 1982 when he commanded the orion and was present at the battle of tel el kabir ile he was one oile of the british representatives at the antislavery anti slavery con arcas at brussels in 1889 and he was also a naval ald aid de camp to the late queen victoria he was commander ln in chief at the cape station during the south african war and his last command was at the china station he held this until laba year since which he has been on the inactive list |