AUSTRALIA'S NAME
RETIRING COMMANDER'S TRIBUTE. After two years spent in command of the Royal Australian Naval College, at Jcrvis Bay, Captain C. H. Morgan, R.N., is returning to England. "They havo Deen two years of absorbing interest 'to me and to my wife," aaid Captain Morgan to a representative of the "Herald," "and I am returning to England solely on account of my health, and on medical advice. It is a great disappointment to me to have to give up this interesting work, and I was sorry to have to decline tho offer of a renewal of my term of office. "When I arrived here in April, 1915, renewing ray acquaintance with Australia—for it was not my first visit to this delightful country—the Royal Australian Naval College was only just beginning its usefulness. II; was in tho making. It is, indeed, still in the making. Many things havo been done in the last two years, and the college at Jervis Bay has grown into quite respectable proportions in the matter of buildings 'and equipment; but much still remains to be done.
"Australia ought to be proud of its Navy, and it ought also to be proud of its naval college, from which will come in future years the officers of its fleet. Some of the boys of the college—23 of them—are now serving with the Grand Meet in the North Sea, and they will be wonderfully benefited by this experience. I have had letters speaking of them in tho highest terms. One of my correspondents, in fact, stated that these "Australian lads had been turned out 'a nioro finished article' than thn naval cadets from Dartmouth and Osborne. This is high praise, considering the great advantages that thn English lads have. Moreover, the English cadets had been pressed into the service on the outbreak of the war. Knowledge is born of experience. With equal facilities for training, with equal experience, 'the Australian naval cadets will have no need to fear comparison with the boys from home. Even as it is, thev are doing ly well, and T thinlc it is a fine thing that along with the Dnntroon Military College, the Federal Government of Australia should have established this naval college."
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3169, 21 August 1917, Page 3
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371AUSTRALIA'S NAME Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3169, 21 August 1917, Page 3
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