Show THE BRITISH MIDDY A writer draa urn t oi parlon nd ills III Allair talo peers dru iral bir anesey u hamilton pub its ushel lie I 1 not long 1 ago go an interesting ion ton ahila lit hl hil bit with an amir iball 11 admiral wherein the latair u with till the warmest ar niest admiration of the manner in he lie saw sam our bouin 0 midshipmen h it ming their wits and kee A tillar in order till in I 1 then art daw between thein and hia ills own fine gentlemen most bering to th tit litter sa blackw oo 00 I 1 ka Ili gazin ills uuna gentlemen ha lie bild wild knew ito how it ought to be done but ours knew how hou to du to it the dit f airence e nee Is art brut it the british ma r nun Is if bi ought brought up tip in ili his profi an I 1 when ilien he lie finds suddenly bud denly in lit a place he knows what hat to do till in bt actively without waiting wait liiK to reison retson about it lie does the right think thin it once and as rapt lit of action in s title no ot of the most importing import int actors factors of success in nati nautical matters he generally keta gets out of his tight piete wih with credit to homsi if it ind hia his profession thus he lie t ians confidence at eury etry step and anti pro I 1 ires himself for more important coni commands on whit groonis then of logic or of bommon sense scribe are af t about to alter litter a B stem which has hai such excellent practical tacal results 9 1 it la Is only fair how however ei er to pee see h lut it can I 1 ie e slid on hie the other bide side of ot the qu bustion stion and anti thus we me frankly acknowledge thit our ii I 1 i it officers are llie tile worst in u I 1 froit taking the word edu education catlon in the in which it Is generally usel use 1 it la is only quite natural anil and rei th ill it they should be so tor for which we hive alreid 1111 indicated por for our om own n p inart we do to not think that they are by any means such ignoramuses as at they are sometimes supposed bup posed to be and port as being by some self constituted critics for lor instance a well ell known illin writer on navil subjects in 4 je rading under the tile title of cus published lately a violent illi trite on the grosa groski and anti deplorable ignorance of the british naval ohi irs he lie described them as at being al ai r behind the tile time times as comparing nioba unfavorably in lit point of gen aril knowledge with the officers of all I 1 european notions as well as witti with shohe of the united states they were bel I 1 up tip to scorn tor for not being men nien of tho the world and anti for not being able to shine in sod ty in lit consequence of their faulta fault and it was further stated that they were not sound oll olli cers it Is quite possible that all ahse accusations might be true the third modi modified fled and et that ours might be the best naval officers in the world orld U e pay the third modified as it depends a good deal upon what we ae understand by a bound sound scientific officer it la Is probable nay almost certain that so fir as abstract science la Is concerned our naval of officers are surpassed by those of most other countries anil and certainly by those of krance and Ver germany many but when it comes to the practical app catlon cation of such scientific or other knowledge as the oft officers leers of the different nationals nall ties possess it has been proved a bun bull dried times over that our officers ire abeid of all ten thousand horse power which cannot be applied Is not bu u good for propulsive purposes as 5 horse power which can be applied |