ECONOMY IN THE BRITISH NAVY
Another swing of the economv axe ' at the captains' list of the is pending (states a correspondent in the "Daily Mail" of October Ldtli). I learn that several of the olficers on this have been told that they are to be promoted to rear-admiral and then retired from the Service on the ground that no further employment cap be then found for them. there are some good men among them, who in normal circumstances would have Hown their flags as admirals ror probably several years. But reuuetions in the number of ships in commission have made necessary these periodical thinnings down of the senior omeers' lists, with the consequence that many really excellent men have go "on the beach," in what should be the prime of their careers. As things are, only men of very exceptional ability can look forward to attaining high rank in the Navy. The standard is extraordinarily high, and no profession lias a smaller proportion ot men who do not pull their weight.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20106, 9 December 1930, Page 15
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172ECONOMY IN THE BRITISH NAVY Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20106, 9 December 1930, Page 15
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