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CHAPTER 11.
and would, therefore, have no special need of intensive training, and
concentrate upon him, whose career would lie in the navy.
The two young Princes were treated the same as their
fellow-cadets, except that they were given separate and better sleeping-
quarters. Just as if they were the sons of commoners, they darned
their own socks, mended their own clothes, scaled rigging, spliced
ropes, took their place at the oars, saluted their seniors as “ Sir ” and
observed all the naval rules of courtesy. They even were given
nicknames, the Duke of Clarence being known as “ Sprat ” and
Prince George as “ Herring.” They joined in the pranks of their
fellow-cadets, and once “Herring” had all leave stopped for a week
for a joke he had perpetrated on one of the officers. Prince George
early developed into a skilled sailor and rower, and was in the
rowing crew of several boats that carried off prizes.
The brothers, devoted to each other, spent two years on the
Britannia and then were transferred to H. M. S. Bacchante, which
immediately went on a cruise calculated to give them a good
glimpse of the great wide world. They sailed to the West Indies,
Madeira, Simon’s Bay, Australia, Fiji, Yokohama, and Singapore,
making the return journey by way of the Suez Canal and the Holy
Land. They were accompanied by Canon Dalton, their tutor, and,
in addition to the lessons in seamanship, gunnery and mathematics,
® . .
necessitated by the service examinations, kept up their academic
studies. Upon their return home they were sent to Lausanne for
the purpose of mastering French and German.
At this time it became necessary to separate the two brothers,
who, up till then, had been inseparable, for the elder Prince, the
Duke of Clarence, would some day be King of England, and must
have special preparation for that high position. He was, therefore,
sent to Cambridge, and later entered the Army.
Prince George, however, was allowed to remain at sea and to
adopt the Navy as his profession. In 1880, he was promoted to
senior midshipman, and was gazetted to the Canada, which was
serving at the American station. He took a first-class in seamanship
and would, therefore, have no special need of intensive training, and
concentrate upon him, whose career would lie in the navy.
The two young Princes were treated the same as their
fellow-cadets, except that they were given separate and better sleeping-
quarters. Just as if they were the sons of commoners, they darned
their own socks, mended their own clothes, scaled rigging, spliced
ropes, took their place at the oars, saluted their seniors as “ Sir ” and
observed all the naval rules of courtesy. They even were given
nicknames, the Duke of Clarence being known as “ Sprat ” and
Prince George as “ Herring.” They joined in the pranks of their
fellow-cadets, and once “Herring” had all leave stopped for a week
for a joke he had perpetrated on one of the officers. Prince George
early developed into a skilled sailor and rower, and was in the
rowing crew of several boats that carried off prizes.
The brothers, devoted to each other, spent two years on the
Britannia and then were transferred to H. M. S. Bacchante, which
immediately went on a cruise calculated to give them a good
glimpse of the great wide world. They sailed to the West Indies,
Madeira, Simon’s Bay, Australia, Fiji, Yokohama, and Singapore,
making the return journey by way of the Suez Canal and the Holy
Land. They were accompanied by Canon Dalton, their tutor, and,
in addition to the lessons in seamanship, gunnery and mathematics,
® . .
necessitated by the service examinations, kept up their academic
studies. Upon their return home they were sent to Lausanne for
the purpose of mastering French and German.
At this time it became necessary to separate the two brothers,
who, up till then, had been inseparable, for the elder Prince, the
Duke of Clarence, would some day be King of England, and must
have special preparation for that high position. He was, therefore,
sent to Cambridge, and later entered the Army.
Prince George, however, was allowed to remain at sea and to
adopt the Navy as his profession. In 1880, he was promoted to
senior midshipman, and was gazetted to the Canada, which was
serving at the American station. He took a first-class in seamanship