THE SCHOOL IN A BATTLESHIP.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 199, 11 August 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE SCHOOL IN A BATTLESHIP.

It is a striking testimony to the A--iciency of the Navy, and I hope an indication of our general temperament as 1 nation, a Naval Chaplain writes to the ''Westminster Gazette," that M-hool-work for the boys on board shio has been carried on far more assiduously since the start of the war than over it was before. It would be ex- . :;.ihle, even natural, to jump at the . -omlusion 111 at a'l such studies would l,e popped in those strenuous days, Heat every minute would be devoted li:.. immediate purpose of preparing for the ever-present chance of hattle. The ,e,,,;s!te of this is the case; and the ie sr ;n is. partly, that the Navy is kept .iSways in such "a state of re-adinos? and .>ffi( iency that it would not dream of .dl.'wing a thing like war to disturb it from its (aim routine: and partly tint ,i wise forethought shows how neees.,iiv it is to prepare now the men and »..], •' ,)fficer> for the Navy that shall lie in : ,iing when this present magnificent i'e, t -la" be relegated to the serapJienp.