THE FOLIC PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. NEW SERIES. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1899. VOL. XVI., No. 1641. It is requested that the Admiralty and War Office Forms giving descriptions of Deserters, & c., from Her Majesty's Naval and Military Services, for insertion in the POLICE GAZETTE, and all communications in connection therewith, shall be addressed to THE EDITOR of the POLICE GAZETTE, New Scotland Yard, London, S. W. R. ANDERSON, Editor. WAR OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 19, 1899. DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES FROM HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE. ENLISTMENT. DESERTION OR ABSENCE. 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Hy * Allan, Alexander Anderson, Andrew Bailey, Ernest Baker. John Baker. Walter Bell.— Bicknell, A. E. Bower, J. Broadfoot, Walter Brown, Thomas Brown, Walter Browning, W. John Bury, William Cameron, William Campbell. Robert Capper, James Carswell. William Carter, John Clarke. John Cope, John Coram, Alfred Cosgreave. Lawrence Cotterill, Henry Darby, William H. Davey, H. M. Davies, Henry Davies, William Davies, William Davies, William Davis, Samuel Deacon, George Dempsey. Thomas Devine, William Donovan, P. Doyle, Edward Edwards. Alfred G Farrell, James Feaver, Frank Foy. E. Freeborn, Francis Frith, Harry Fry, William R. Fuller, John Garratt, W. Gay, Thos. Henry Gibson. John Gifford, Edward Gowens, George R. Gray. Ernest Gray, James Green, Charles Gunner, M. Hair, Robert Hammersley, F. B. Hanna, William Harcombe, Frank Hares, George Harris, Walter Harrison, John Hartley, James Hazel, W. E. Hillard, John Hill, Charles Hodgson, Henry Housman, G. H. Hyde, James Jarvis, John Johnston, Peter Jones. Hartley Jones, William Keegan, Wm. Joseph Keenan, Patrick Keenan, Robert Kelly, George Kelly. Michael [ la oourer labourer brass fnshr groom labourer cabnet mkr carman harass mkri hair dresser, shoemaker ! labourer baker photogephr labourer hammrmn groom labourer slater groom labourer carman wood chppr uphlstrsfxr labourer litter butcher farm labr carpenter stoker labourer groom rnusiciau groom labourer labourer clerk labourer carter miner clerk labourer baker clerk groom seaman labourer labourer miner designer carpenter titter seaman labourer iron workr labourer labourer labourer bookkeeper moulder stamper ' brass turnr labourer labourer turner med. stdnt carman labourer blacksmith irn bit mkr shoemaker draper labourer labourer trimmer bandsman Stevenage, Herts Limavady, Lndndry Shettleston, Glasgow Manchester, Lanes Heywood, Lanes Bethnal Green Montreal, Canada Dorking, Surrey Bradford, Yorks S. Leith. Midlothian S. Mary's, Liverpool Penicuik, Mdlothian Limehouse, Middlsx Southwark, Surrey Stockton, Durham Rothes, Elgin Silverdale, Staffs Cardross, Dumbartn S. James, Colchester Rowine, Hampshire St. Pancras, Loudon' Whitechapel Paddington, Middsx Biraiinghm, Wrvvck| Birkenhead. Cheshre Greenwich, Ke it j St. Andrew's* Thomastn, Kilkenny( Hawarden, Flintshrei Cardigan I S. Thomas, Manchstr Cliff, Kent Cowgate, Edinburgh Barony, Lanark Ennistymn, co. Clare Kilcullen, co. Kildre Whittington, Salop St. Mary's. Leeds Benenden, Cranbrk# Coatbridge. Lanark Banbury, Oxon Bricebridge, Lincoln Wandsworth, Londn Rugeley, Warwick Burton- on- Trent Plymouth, Devon Shankhill, Antrim St. Luke's, Loudon Banhill, Northmbld All Saints'. Mnchstr Shankhill, Antrim Newington, Surrey Bootle, Lancashire Bathgate, Linlithgw St. Mary's, Stafford, Kilkeel, co. Down j St. George's, Deptfrd Christ Church* Birkenhd, Cheshire ' Ashamstead, Berks Redditch, Worcescer Tipton, Staffs Belfast, Antrim Craigs, Antrim St. Paul's, Manchstr Bromsgrove, Wrcstr Shoreditch, Middlsx' Leigh, Lanes Govan, Lanark Kingswinford. Staffs Bradford, Yorks St. Mary's, Dublin Portumna, co. Galw}' Barrow, Lanes Coatbridge, Lanark St. George's. Dublin 2 THE POLICE GAZETTE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1S © 9. NAME. Kibbler, Thomas Knox. Joseph Lambley, John Chas. Lavelle, James Lawrence, David Leary, John Lee. Joseph Leslie, James Lewis, William Linay, Alfred Wm Lloyd, William Lucas, John Lynch, Robert Machen, J. W. Male, James Mansfield, George Martin, Arthur Hy. Mason, Fredk. Geo. McAllister, John McGeoch. James McLachlan, James McLeod, C. McLeod, Donald Miller, John Moon, George Moore, William Mullen, John Murray, Thomas Noble, Frank Nugent,. James Oxley, S. Page, John Peters, Henry Phillips, John Pollard, Frank P. Pratt, Thomas Reeves, George Robertson, George Robson, Henderson Ryan, James John Sayers, George Scrimminger, A. Shaw, Richard Siviter, Albert Stevenson, John Symonds, William Tebay, James Thomas, Frederick Thomas, J. Thompkins, William Thompson, Fredk. Toole, Patrick Trueman, Edward Waite, Albert Walker, Frederick Walker, Harry Ward, George Ward, Thomas Webb, Gilbert T. White. Henry White, James White, John Whiting, George Wilkinson, Edgar Williams, John Wilson, A. Wilson, Daniel Wilson, John Wing, Harry Wood, Frederick Woodlock. James OFFICE NO. NAME. REG. NO. CORPS. t » E 0 1 te COM PLXN. HAIR. EYES. TRA. DE. CAUSE OF IMS- CHARGE AS STATED ON PARCH- MENT CERT PARISH AND COUNTY IN WHICH BORN. Connors, Henry 396 Royal Artillery 21J 5 fair brn . Ik brn plumber ignominy St. Stephen's. E. Cornwall, Walter 17509 Royal Artillery 22j 5 fresh It brn ijrey grcom con. civil power Great Alne, Warwck Golding, Harry Kemp, Charles 14793 3424 Army Serv. Crps 2nd Camn. Hgrs. 28 J .-> 5 2) < i fresh fresh brn brn sjrey blue earter clerk misconduct incorrig & wrthls Burnley, Lanes M unlochy, In verness Patterson, Donald 4784 2nd Camn. Hgrs. 25 o Fresh sandy grey rivetter incorrig k wrthls Grovan, Lanark Smith, Patrick 6609 1st Dublin FUS. 20f 5 8 fresh brn blue labourer con. civil power Kathville, Wieklow Willis. Albert 7168 Royal Fusiliers IK* • • M fre « h It hrn blue tov maker con. civil power Bethnal Grn. Middsx DATE OF PLACE OF DIS- DIS- CHARGE. CHARGE. MARKS AND REMARKS. 21 Sept. I Wandswth 21 Sept. Hereford 12 Sept, [ Devonport 13 Sept. j Aldershot 13 Sept. Aldershot — Sept. — 16 Sept. | Hounslow inole below rt ribs 2 ses It knee sc head loss part of dexter phalanx rt forefinger brown mark rt shoulder 3 scs rt bttek sc bck rt leg bck rt thigh 2 scs rt arm sc It breast. sc front It wrist back It hand ARMY RESERVE. DESERTION OR ABSENCE. PARISH AND COUNTY IN WHICH BORN. DATE OF1 PLACE OF MARKS AND REMARKS. ABSENTEES FROM THE MILITIA. shoe hand i groom laster labourer ! carman labourer j labourer I seaman labourer butcher I tailor hawker carman { labourer labourer bricklayer labourer carman mill worker I butcher printer labourer labourer • labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer striker labourer farm labr labourer zinc workr cartman labourer labourer labourer carter sailor miner Labourer miner Labourer • ook labourer clerk van man gardener butcher Labourer groom labourer Igroom labourer butcher miner bricklayer labourer laoourer labourer shoemaker cabint mkr collier carter labourer clerk tailor miner St. Margaret's, L'c. str Berwick Hackney, Middsx Liverpool, Lanes Halstead, Essex Ennis, co. Clare Bally macarett* Brmingharn, Wrwck St. Andrew's, Ply mth Hoxton, Middsx Dublin Little Preston* Bermondsey, Surrey York, Yorks Birkenhead, Cheshre Watford, Herts Baldock, Herts Stepney, Middlesex Dundee, Forfar Blackhills. Glasgow Barony, Lanark Inverness Harris Tarbert* London, Middlesex St. Paul's, Plymouth Long Itching ton* Londonderry Hollywood, Down Hammersmith* Mullingar, W. Meath Leeds, Yorks Greenock, Renfrew Fulham, Middlesex Barony, Lanark Kensington, Middsx St. Bede's, Jarrow Brain tree, Essex North Leith. Midlthn Murton, Durham St. Catherine's, Dbln Lancaster, Lanes Ballymena, Antrim Lower Darwen, Lane Dud lev, Worcester Hull. Yorks Chelsea, Middlesex St. Marks, Swansea St. Andrew's. L'cstr Barony, Lanark Weybridge. Surrey Croydon, Surrey Kilcullen, co. Kildre Manchester, Lanes Kilburn, London Coventry, Warwick Clapham. Bedford Newboro', Northnts Hickleton, Yorks Birminghm, Wrwck Aylesbury. Bucks Southwark, Middsx , Poplar, Middlesex Portsea, Hampshire Wallsend, N. B. Morgan, Glamorgan Barony. Lanark Holy wood, co. Down Shankhil), Antrim Manchester, Lanes Cheadle. Staffs jChatham. 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Royal Artillery Southport. Lanes Acconley, Ernest Dixon, John Evans, Richard Hall, Henry Higgins. Thomas Jenkins, Ernest A. Jones, John Laverty, Samuel McKenna, Owen McKennon, Duncan Nolan, Thomas O'Grady, William Russell, Andrew Saunders, George Smith, Joseph shoe rivettr labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer collier boiler mkr Labourer Labourer steel workr groom labourer sc It shldr It knee k bck of head sc ltchk tto mrks frms * Nwcstl- o- T mark over whole of chest H Hall rt frm * N. Shields * to Cloumel fThurles, Tipperary anchr rt frra * Milfrd Hvn, Pembrke horseshoe and 2 whips rt frm " to Perth [ coal sc bck rt hnd and all over back [ ttp marks both rhumbs w. uu hrt elspd huds thstlc Oie rt frm 3 dots and W It frm svrl whte spots bck brn .-- tain rt shldr JC anchr kc It frm sc It calf It elbw " to Perth Lichfield, Staffs S. Mary's, Gateshead Nottingham Percy Main* Kilcommonf St. Ishmael's* Runcorn, Cheshire Whiteinch, Dmbartn Schoolcroft, Yorks St. Paul's, Jarrow Liverpool, Lanes Birmingham Sheffield, Yorks St. John's, Dublin Renfrew TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 9 , 1 8 9 9. T H E POLICE GAZETTE. ADMIRALTY. Description of Deserters from Her Majesty's Sea Service. NAME. MARKS AND REMARKS. Alford, George W. Allport. Abraham Arch, Albert E. Arscott, John Baker, George E. Beck, Robert Berrick, Robert Brennan. Patrick Brown, James Brown, John slight sc rt side forehead ttd It arm and hand thistle rt arm anchor R B etc. It sc rt frm Bunter. Ernest Burke, Thomas Case, James W. Chalker. Samuel Chappie, Herbert T. Cheney, William J. Churchman, Fdk. W. Cleary, Thomas Daniels, Harry Dolan, James sc It wrist coat of arms rt arm 5 dots It arm sc It calf clasped hands over heart It arm sc rt temple crossed swords It arm cut sc l't arm Dunn, Thomas East, William Edwards, Morris Ellard, Alfred J. Finnis, Richard Firminger, John G. Fish, Walter Fitzgerald, Patrick Germany, Walter J. Gosden, Harry G. Hannon, John Harris, H. G. Hemsley, Evelyn U. Hill, H. H. Hjul, Charlie E. James, William Jones, Ernest A. Kearney, Thomas Keating, Francis J. Larkin. John Layton, William G, Lowther, Alfred S. Lynes, Gilbert Mackey, William Macve, Alfred A. Mason, James Maynard, Thomas Mitchell. James S. Mitchell, Peter P. Morris, Frank C. O'Brien, Owen A. O'Halloran, James Page, Phillip Philpott, William Popplewell, Geo. H, Richards, David J. Ripley, George Roberts, Ernest W. H. Savage, Michael E. Scovell, Albert S A It wrist 2 cut scs on head JT JL It arm JWWF JNNL C Stone rt anchor It arm mole rt and back of neck sailor rt arm flags It H H and anchor It frm man of colour 2 scs rt frm heart It arm E S Love & c. It arm sc over It eye hands rt wrist harp It arm snake & hands rt [ dot between rt thumb and forefinger sailing boat It arm LS & c rt woman chained to rock & c It arm [ star back right hand [ True rt wrist L It. arm Cross & c It arm sc It knee dots It arm man rt arm woman's head left 5 dots rt arm R G and 2 dots It anchor It frm sc nose and under It jaw Simmons, Charles Smith, George H. Smith, Walter Smith, William Smith, William Sparksman, Alfred Tennant, Charles Todd, James Turrie, John Webb. James White, Altred Williams. Joseph Wright. William sc It cheek shield It hand flags rt wrist emblem rt wrist anchor It arm sc over It eye sc over It eye heart It arm A W E T It arm T N love It arm anchor rt frm part of figure ttd rt arm hands & heart rt wrist mole It temple OFFICE NO. NAME. SHIPDISCHARGEDFROM. DATE. RATING. WHERE BORN. w < 9 © i PLXN. HAIR. EYES. DIS- CHARGE. MARKS AND REMARKS. 244 245 246 Galley, John Law, Isaac Lewis, James Rupert Rupert Rupert 21 July ' 9y 23 June' 99 26 Aug. ' 99 stoker, 2 nd class O. S. stoker. 2nd class Southampton j2ojj Croydon, Surrey I9jj Tredegar, Mon. 23} O D 5 3 o 4 fresh fresh fresh black It brn brn bin grey brn objctnable objctnable objctnable woman's head rt arm scar on chin ROYAL MARINES. Description of Deserters. OFFICE NO. NAM- E. DIVISION. WHERE BORN. TRADE. i « HEIGHT COM- PLXN. HAIR. EYES. REGIMENTALS OR PLAIN CLOTHES. DATE OF DESERTION PLACE OF DESERTION MARKS AND REMARKS. 247 248 249 250 251 252 Chappie, F. G. Chelton, F. Joyce, E. Prior, E. Vinnicombc, R. Webb. Thomas Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham R. M. A St. Luke's, Londn Poplar, London Marylebone, Lndn Reading, Berks Bermondsv, Lndn Walcot. Bath porter seaman labourer labourer labourer porter 2IIJ I9j 194 22J 17i r, 5 7 5 7i 5 54 5 6 5 S fresh fresh dark fresh fresh fresh brn brn brn dk brn fair brn hazel brn grey hazel blue hazel legimentals regimentals regimentals regimentals regimentals regimentals 1 Sept. ' 99 2 Sept. ' 99 1 Sept, ' 99 1 Sept.' 99 1 Sept.' 99 9 Sept. ' 99 Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham Eastnev* anchor TLNA rt arm CHTT It 2 dots It arm 2 burn scs It leg Love Unity D Warne & c It arm A Mavlo & c It, dots It arm P rt arm RV It frm * Portsmouth Discharged for Misconduct. Impregnable, straggler Virid, deserter Pembroke, deserter Virid, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembrohdeserter Pembroke, deserter D. of Wellington, desrtr. Virid, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Rodney, deserter Pembroke, deserter Prmbroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke-, deserter Mars, deserter Prince George, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Mars, deserter Mars, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Jupiter, deserter Pembroke, deserter Virid, deserter Pembroke, deserter Mars, deserter Wildfire, deserter Jupiter, deserter Crescent, deserter Resolution, deserter Pembroke, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Hannibal, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke,, deserter Pembroke, deserter Crescent, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Rodney, deserter Pembroke, deserter Wildfire, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Jupiter, deserter Trafalgar, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Prince George, deserter D. of Wellington, desertr Prince George, straggler Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Virid,, deserter Pembroke, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter D. of Wellington, desertr Hannibal, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter St. Mary's, Torquay Kingswinford Cork St. Thomas's, Exeter King's Cross, London Dumfries- shire Barony, Glasgow Swinford, Mayo Burnby, Glasgow Nowbattle, Midlothian | St. John's, Ryde Kilkio, Clare Peckham, Surrey Grand Bank. Newfndlnd. Hammersmith, London Bromley- by- Bow Aldershot St. Joseph's, Halifax Whitechapel, London Liverpool St. Joseph's, Swansea I Bethnal Green, London j Deptford, Kent Clerkenwell, London Cliffe, Kent Peckham, Surrey Bow, London Cloughakeating, Limrck Strood. Kent Shanklin, Isle of Wight M ockton- on- Tees Tamworth, Staffs Kingston, Jamaica St. Marylebone, Middsx Kimberley, S. Africa Abergavenny, Mon. Brighton Bray, Wicklow St. Luke's, Middlesex Cookstown. Tyrone Finsbury, Middlesex Ulverston, Lanes Child, Oakford, Dorset Sculcoates, Hull St. James', London Bermondsey, London Woking Arbroath, Forfar Battersea. Surrey Bonchurch, I. W. Euston Road. London New Hendon, Sunderlnd Clapham Junctn, Londn W orcester Hull Aberdarc, Glam. St. Mary's, Brighton Portsmouth St. George, E., London jSt. Paul's. Southampton Middlesex Tongham, Surrey St. George's, Kiddrmnstr Derby London St. Pancras, Middlesex Inveresk, Edinburgh Folkestone, Kent Liverpool Bishop Wearmouth Brighton Sandown, Isle of Wight Maidstone, Kent Brookman, Albert E. R. M. L. I. jLimehouse. Lon. mehne wkrj 4 THE POLICE GAZETTE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1899. EXTRACT FROM OUEEN'S REGULATIONS AND ADMIRALTY INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS REWARDS, & c. II 766. Every possible effort is to be made to check desertion and straggling, and, by lawful means, to detect and apprehend deserters or absentees without leave. Descriptions in the established form are to be distributed as may be directed by the Commanders- in- chief, but at home one copy is invariably to be sent by the Captain to the Chief Constable of the deserter's or absentee's usual place of residence, should it be known, and also to any other place or places where he may be likely to have gone. 2. The procedure to be followed in respect of the arrest and subsequent disposal of deserters and absentees is governed by the provisions of Section 9 of the Act 10 and 11 Vict, cap. 62 ; and by Section 50 of the Naval Discipline Act. 3. Under the first of those Statutes, any person arrested on suspicion of being a deserter or absentee from Her Majesty's Navy shall be taken and charged before a Magistrate, and by him, either— ( a.) Committed to prison pending inquiry as to his identity, and afterwards, should such identity be proved, handed over to Naval custody, or— ( J.) Committed direct to Naval custody on board any one of Her Majesty's ships. In either of the above cases, after the deserter or absentee has been delivered into Naval custody, he may be dealt with under the Naval Discipline Act. 4. If arrested on Naval Warrant under Section 50 of the Naval Discipline Act, the deserter or absentee may be received direct into Naval custody and dealt with under the Naval Discipline Act; but no deserter or absentee who has not been arrested under such warrant shall be received from the Police, or from any other person, unless such deserter or absentee has first been charged before a Magistrate. 6. A deserter or absentee who voluntarily surrenders himself to Naval authority may be dealt with under the Naval Discipline Act, though no warrant for his arrest may have been issued, and without charging him before a Magistrate. 6. Under the provisions of Section 10 of the Act 10 and 11 Vict., cap. 62, any person who voluntarily confesses to being a deserter, or an absentee without leave, from Her Majesty's Navy, unless he surrender himself into Naval custody, may either— ( a.) Be taken before a Magistrate, and by him delivered into Naval custody, or— ( J.) Be arrested on a warrant under Section 50 of the Naval Discipline Act, and delivered direct into Naval custody. In either case, however, the question whether he be or be not a deserter or absentee must be duly investigated by Naval authority, and for that purpose he may be detained for a reasonable time, when, if his confession of desertion or absence without leave shall be found ' not to be true, then he cannot be punished at all under the Naval Discipline Act, but he may either— ( c.) Be received and detained in Her Majesty's Navy, or— ( d.) If not received into Her Majesty's Navy, and on conviction of false confession of desertion before two Justices of the Peace, he may be adjudged to be punished, if in England, as a rogue and vagabond, and if in Scotland or Ireland, by commitment to prison, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding three months. 7. When any deserter, or absentee without leave, whether delivered into Naval custody by order of a Magistrate, or by a Warrant issued under Section 50 of the Naval Discipline Act, or by voluntary surrender, shall be brought before the Com- manding Officer of any one of Her Majesty's Ships to be dealt with summarily, his case is to be thoroughly investigated, and a note taken in writing of the proceedings ; the prisoner is at the same time to be formally asked if he has any statement to make and such statement, if made, is to be signed by the prisoner, and duly witnessed ; and the accuracy of any such statement is to be carefully tested before the case is finally disposed of. 767. The penalties for inducing men to desert or im- properly absent themselves, or for employing or concealing deserters or absentees, are set forth in the Naval Discipline Act. 770. Except in the cases specified in Art. 772, the Com- manding Officer of a Ship may authorise the payment of a reward not exceeding £ 3 to any Constable or other person by whom a deserter may be brought on board, or delivered up to any duly authorised person within two years of the date of his desertion. The amount of the reward should be determined by the attendant circumstances, and, in considering these, the zeal shown, and the trouble taken, by the Constable or other person by whom the arrest of the deserter has been effected, should be duly weighed, The above Regulations for the payment of rewards will not be held to apply in the case of a deserter voluntarily surrendering himself at any Police Station, or to any Constable or other recognised authority, unless it can be clearly shown that such deserter had been induced so to surrender himself by the vigilance and exertions of any such Constable, or other person ; but exceptional cases of this description are not to be dealt with without reference to the Admiralty at home, or Commanders- in- Chief or Officers in command of Stations abroad, for full inquiry into the circumstances. 2. In cases where persons have been more than two years in a state of desertion, no reward is to be paid without previous reference as above ; and it has been notified to the Constabulary generally that when deserters are apprehended in the United Kingdom after such a period of absence, they are not to be removed from their places of confinement until the Admiralty has been communicated with. 3. A reward, not exceeding £ 3, may also be paid for the apprehension of any person who, without being guilty of desertion, in the opinion of the Captain of the Ship to which he belongs, either gives reasonable ground for considering that he intends to desert, or commits any one of the following offences, the particulars of which are to be stated in the notice to the Police :— ( a.) Breaks out of his Ship. ( b.) When on service away from his Ship, quits his place of duty, and remains absent after the time at which he should have returned to the Ship. ( c.) When his Ship is under sailing orders, remains absent without leave until after the Ship has sailed ; pro- vided that the fact of the Ship being under sailing orders were generally known, A reward, not exceeding £ 1 ( unless there is reasonable ground for considering that the man intends to desert, in which case £ 3 may be paid), may be paid for the apprehension of any man who overstays his leave. In giving these rewards, the same consideration as governs the payment of rewards for the apprehension of deserters is to be taken into account, both as regards arrest and voluntary surrender. 4. No reward is to be paid for the apprehension of any Commissioned, Warrant, or Subordinate Officer, without the sanction of the Admiralty at home, or Commander- in- Chief or Senior Officer present, abroad. 771. In addition to the foregoing rewards, there may be paid to the Constable, or other person bringing deserters or stragglers on board, such expenses attending their lodgment, subsistence, and travelling, as may appear to have been fairly incurred, and to be in accordance with these regulations, viz.:— Railway Fare ( return) of Escort - • r As an ordinary rule, Railway Fare ( single) of deserter or< not to exceed Id. straggler ( per mile. Other sums expended in the actual carriage of the deserter or straggler, such as for the hire of Cabs, Boats, etc. Subsistence of deserter or Not exceeding Is. while under straggler. detention, or 2s. 6d. a day when travelling. Subsistence of Escort - - At the same rate as that allowed for Petty Officers under Art. 1522, according to the time necessarily occupied in conveying the deserter or straggler to his destination and returning, namely, 2s. 6d. when absent above 9 hours, and not absent during the night; and 5s. when absent a night, or for every 24 hours of absence, no fractional part of a day being allowed in addition to the 24 hours, unless the extra time for, which payment is claimed exceed by more than 9 hours, the full time for which 5s. would be paid. The only other charges which, except in special cases, ^ should be sanctioned, are a fee of 2s. to the Magistrate's Clerk, and a fee of 2s. 6d. to any medical practitioner by whom the deserter or straggler may have been examined. 2. Should no reward be payable, the Constable or other person bringing deserters or stragglers on board should be directed, in addition to the above items, to prefer a claim for such other expenses as he may consider himself fairly entitled to, but every case of this description is to be forwarded to the Admiralty for examination and decision. 3. Should the Constable, or other person, bringing a deserter or straggler on board object to the Captain's award, the case is to be submitted to the Commander- in- Chief, who, if unable to settle the question, will forward it for the decision of the Admiralty. The Governor of the gaol will furnish a statement of the number of days' subsistence provided, for which the charge of one shilling per diem is to be added to the other charges- against the man's pay if convicted of desertion or absence without leave. This particular charge of Is. per diem is to be shown, with other mulcts, on the Ship's ledger. ***** 5. With a view to simplifying the payment of such claims, Magistrates and Governors of gaols, when requested to send deserters or stragglers back to their ships, should be informed that it is desirable that the men should be sent in the cus- tody of the Constables who actually apprehended them. 6. The foregoing mode of payment does not apply to cases- of deserters or stragglers apprehended by the Metropolitan ( London) Police. In such cases the following course is to be observed :— No payment is to be made by the Accountant Officer in- respect of the expenses incurred by the Constable, or of any reward which may be due to him. The Constable will fill up a form, prepared for the purpose,- which l? e is to produce, and in which he will include the whole of his expenses, and certify that they were necessarily incurred by him. He will then hand the form to the- Accountant Officer of the Ship, who will, with the approval' of the Captain, charge the deserter or straggler with the sum shown thereon, together with any reward, if due, and note in the space provided on the form the fact of the charge having been made. The form is then to be returned to the Constable. The payment of the expenses incurred, and of the reward when due, will be arranged between the Admiralty and the- Commissioners of Police. 772. No reward under the authority given to the Com- manding Officer by Article 770 is in any case to be paid for the apprehension of deserters or stragglers within the precincts- of a port or place where there is a police force employed in any naval establishment, but in order to encourage the local police at any such port or place to search for and apprehend1 deserters and stragglers, the Commander- in- Chief, or senior officer present, at his discretion, and under such regulations as- he may from time to time lay down, may approve a reward not exceeding £ 1 being paid for each deserter or straggler arrested by a Constable of the local police within a reasonable period. ***** NOTE.— Payments are made by the Accountant Officer of the Ship. MEN REPORTED AS DESERTERS OR ABSENTEES ( War Office and Admiralty) who have REJOINED, or who, for any other reason, are NOT to be Apprehended. Barry, J. S. Beasley, H. Cardie, J. Farr, W. H. Howlett, W. 3rd Manchester Regt. Army Service Corps 3rd Manchester Regt. Royal Artillery 7th K. R. Rifles Kelly, A. Nolan, T. Oakes, C. W. Smith, C. J. Travis, J. 3rd Manchester Regt. 3rd West Riding Rgt. 3rd Manchester Regt. R. Warwick Regt. 3rd Manchester Regt.