Naval Discipline.
M ""~'X cunoua Tpoint of naval discipline lias just been decided m the case of Lieutenant "Wyatt, of? the Sempis, tried by court-martial . on board the YjC|ory ? for having left his ship w.hile m command of her on the night of l the 24th August, it seems ithat when he was left m command Liou. &nant Wyatt happened also to be the 'officer of. the day," and the i-nles of the A ship required the "officer of 'the day," among other , : ;.<|&inss, to. remain on board from 9 : v*i>ni one day till 9 a.m. the next, m spite .of /which Lieutenant Wyatt went on shore, as he alleged, on urgent private business, between 9 p.m. and .11 p.m. . His defence was that, being. in command, he could dispense with the rule— in fact, that . he had only to go through the fiction of applying to himself for leave of absence^ In this he was mistaken; but as he appears to have acted m perfect good faith, and has Iwriie an excellent character m the service for 21 years, it seems hard that he should ' -have been dismissed his ship with ,a eevere reprimand, besides forfeiting^a year's seniority. _ '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 138, 21 November 1884, Page 3
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199Naval Discipline. Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 138, 21 November 1884, Page 3
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