T H E E POLICE GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. NEW SERIES. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1899. VOL. XVI., No. 1649. 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, OCTOBER 17, 1899. DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES FROM HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE. REG. NO. PLXN. HAIR. EYES. ENLISTMENT. PARISH AND COUNTY IN WHICH BORN. DESERTION OK i ABSENCE. DATE OFj PLACE OF | MARKS AND REMARKS. Arnold. Michael J. Bailey John Robt, Barratt, Sydney C. Barry, Robert S. Batt, James Bennett, William Bishop, Frank Blatch, Walter E. Branson. Arthur Brien, M. PH dots It wrist " to Dublin sc inner It chest mole back It calf sc above It knee R front It frm Nelly rt frm woman It frm sc It chk sc back head Bruce, John Buckley, H. Buist, George Bullen, Francis J. Burrows, T. Bushell, John Cain, John Charles Campbell, James Carter, Henry Carthy, Patrick PK rt frm ring 4th 6c 5th fgrs It hnd sc back head A chest HB It arm man's head rt frm cross It wrist small sc front rt ankle brown birthmk rt buttk scs rt knee blue dot base rt thumb ' Midlothian sc under It eye and It thumb Chambers, John Chapman, L. A. L. Clarke, Richard Conlon, J. Convery. Bernard Cooper, Thomas Cowan, William Coyle, Daniel Daniels, William Day, Frederick Dempsey, James Dixon, Charles Dodd, Frank Leal Dooggan, Thomas Dougherty, John Durkin, James Ellicott, Edward Evans, James R. Eyre, Edward Ferry, R. S. Field, Thomas Field, William Hy. Fischer, Maurice C. Fitzgerald, Arthur Fox, Andrew Furr, C. A. Gallagher, William Goddard, Albert Granger, Harry Grey, George Wm. Grundy, William Hammond, Jno. Jas. Hammond, Joseph Harding, Edward Harris, William Hearn, Alfred Geo. Heathcote, Charles Herbert, W. II. Heron, Frederick Hill, Albert Hill, Thomas Holdsworth, Walter Holt, Samuel Howells, Richard Howkett, John Inskipp, John Jackson, George Jennings, A. J. Jones, John Jonson, Frederick Kane, Patrick Keeley, Patrick T. Kelly, John Kennedy, J. Knight, Thomas Laurie, Alexander Lea, Edward Livingstone, Alex. Locke, W. A. MacAteer, Peter 2 men boxing back rt wrist mole rt cheek sc forehead sc back hands sc bck head mle It frm ' Hill, I. W little finger It hand bent LW dots It frm mole neck It calf small sc centre of spine sc benth It eye 3 scs inner rt calf dot both frms large sc top chest sc rt grn It abdn small sc top head 3 dots It frm 3 dots It thumb tree & snake It frm G It frm sc rt knee brn mrk It bttk ciaspd hands rt frm mole rt armpit • Hill, I. W. ballet girl rt frm sc ovr It knee inside do bck rt hand JVJGTQ rt frm dark stain cntre bck sc belw It eye dagger front rt frm 3 small scs on forehead .") rnles fmt body 1 bck nek sc It thgh sc rt arm stain rt elbow * Hill, I. 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Cork Hendon, Durham S. Joh n's. W1 vrhm pn St. Gilds, Edinburgh Stepney, Middlesex Shankhill, Antrim Witney Croydon, Surrey S. Nicholas, Colch- tr remnlShnnom. Wxfd Berwick- on- Tweed Marylebone, London Dundee, Forfar Islington, London Dounybrook, Dublin Manchester, Lanes Slew Southgte, Lndn Vlorningside* Bedminster, Somrst Menlou<; h, Gal way West Ham, Essex Hammrsmith, Mddx Skegby, Notts Monaghan Glen, Derry St. John'sMiddlesbro liathmines, Dublin I Shankhill, Armagh Titchfield, Hants Bethnal Grn, Middsx Fermoy, co. Cork Manchester, Lanes Islington, Middlesx Hanley Ballygowarie, Antin Charlestown, Mayo St. Mary's, Devonprt St. Peter's, Dublin St. Ann's, Nottinghm St. Luke's Limehouse, Middsx Windsor, Berkshire W. Bromwich, Wrck St. Peter's, Dublin Barony, Glasgow Ricearton, Ayr Killeigh, King's Co. Liverpool, Lanes Walthamstow Notting Hill, Middsx S. Curburet's, Carisle Wickham Market* Monk Wearmouth* Carlisle, Cumberlnd Okehampton, Devon Denham, Bucks St. Mary's, Newport* Lamerton, Devon All Saints', Manchstr Fernhurst, Surrey Belfast, Antrim East Moor, Wakefid Salford, Lanes Boraston, Worcester! St. Andrew's, Plymth Hulme, Lanes Derrylane, Cavan Paddington, Middsx Barusley, Yorks Ardwick. Lanes Mountmellick" Dundalk. Dublin Dublin Union Hall, Cork Chelsea, London Kilsyth, Stirling Coventry, Waiwick West Linton, Peebles Westminster. Middx Newry, co. Down mole it armpit birthmk over rt hip heart & sword rt frm ^ Suffolk several scs back head * Durham 3 small moles rt neck sc back It thigh cicatrix innr sde It indx fngr * I. W. freckles both shoulders large sc It groin small sc abve It ear mole bck ^ frnt It arm mole rt ear 4 T H E POLICE GAZETTE. T U E S D A Y , OCTOBER 1 7 , 1 8 9 9. DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES FROM HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE— continued. BEG. NO. - COM- S PLXN. ENLISTMENT. I DESERTION OK PARISH AND ABSENCE. - COUNTY IN WHICHF MARKS AND REMARKS. Discharged for Misconduct. ARMY RESERVE. OFFICE NO. REG. | NO. I COM- = IPLXN Collins, Andrew McKenna, Charles Morris, Frederick Muff, Orlando Muir. Daniel Nicholson. John Osborne, Herbert Peary, William Whiteside. Robert EYES. TRADE. ENLISTMENT. DATE OF PLACE OF Royal Scots Royal Scots 1st* Dorset Rgt. W. Riding R. Royal Scots Royal Scots Royal Scots Royal Scots Royal Scots DESERTION Oft I ABSENCE. PARISH AND COUNTY IN WHICH BORN. DATE OF1 PLACE OF MARKS AND REMARKS. AC FS rt frm CS It Jrrn . dots base It thumb numbers It frm 2 scs back head sc centre back LK i, B DM It frm raised sc burn palm It hand dot rt frm anchor patches It frm small dots rt frm dot ring It frra small mole inch below It ni|> pb? Berwick- on- Tweed Aldershot Woolwich Wipsey, Bradford , Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlthn Chip| » euham. Wilts j Maidstone, Kent Goivan, Ayrshire labourer labourer labourer miner slater gardener labourer lighterman engineer Martin, William McCracken. Andrew McDonald, D. McGowan, Andrew McGurke. John McKay. Angus McKean. Wilson McKillin, William McManus. T. Meakin. Stanley Mee, Henry Millar. John Miller, Daniel Millward, Richard Morris, John Murray, Peter Newman. Edward Noble, Alfred Oakley. George O'Connor. Richard Ogle. William O'Grady, Patrick O'Keeffe, John O'Neill, John O'Neil, Patrick Owen, Samuel Padaia. Edward Parker, John Parker, W. G. Parker. William Patterson, James Pegg, C. Perkins, R. Perrett, Charles Perritt, Frank Plummer, Walter H. Pollock, George Prescott. John Priestley, John Quinn, John Reeves. George Regan. John Rice, James Riddell, George Roberts, Thomas Rogers, Geoffrey P. Rooney, James Routledge, J. Ryan, J. Sanders, Lewis C. Scollay, Edward F. Scott, Robert Seed, Thomas Shaw, Colin Shaw, Samuel Sheppard, William Smeaton, William Smedley, Benjamin Smith, Daniel Smith. E. Smith, Henry Smith, Horace Smith, Parkin Smith, Thomas Smith, Thomas Smith, William Spark, Archibald Stewart, John Stone, John Symonds. John Taylor, Alfred Terrell, Charles C. Turner, Frederick Urquhart, Lockhart Veal, Robert Ward, Ernest Warren, Fredk. T. Wheatley, Sidney H. Whelan. George White. James White, John Whyte, Andrew Williams, James Williamson, John Wills, John Wilson, John Wordsell. Walter Young, George Young. W. labourer labourer labourer farm labr labourer labourer carter van driver labourer labourer seaman labourer | waiter iclerk labourer igroom [ weigher ' wagon bldi collier I tailor sweep labourer painter labourer labourer printer carman labourer groom tailor labourer musician labourer labourer clerk ' bus cndcti miner collier labourer labourer packer labourer carman labourer labourer clerk labourer i boatman i labourer Iplmbr's mt carvr& gildr labourer baker cierk carpenter farm labr ploughman tinplate wkl shoemaker | turner carman labourer seaman labourer ! labourer ! carman labourer | horsekeepr | labourer J packer |: labourer shoe maker labourer labourer labourer barman engnr's Ibr wheelwght labourer labourer machinist labourer groom seaman clerk mason labourer labourer shoemaker I Bermondsey. Surrey, Govan. Lanark Shankhill. Belfast Teraplebay, oo. Sligo1 Belfast, Antrim iStornoway. Ross Govan. Lanark Govan. Lanark St. Michael's. Limrck ' Stanley. Derbyshire; Han ley, Staffs Haddington Glasgow. Lanark Merthyr. Glamorgn Bolton. Lanes N. Leith. Midlothian jVauxhall, London Bell Vue. Wakeheld Han ley, Staffs jSt. Andrew's, Dublin St. Phillip s, Sheffield Belfast, Antrim St. Finn Barrs, Cork Cahir, co. Tipperary Carlisle, Cumberlnd St. Luke's. Middlsx Dalston, Middlesex Liverpool, Lanes Peckham Bermondsey, Surrey Liverpool, Lanes India St. Andrew's, Devon Westminster. Mddsx St. John's, Bridgwatr Poplar, London Springburn, Lanark St. Helen's, Lanes Blackburn, Lanes S. Patrick's. Mnchstr Si. John's, Worcestr St. Cuthbert's, Edin. j Bethnal Grn, Londn ( Glasgow j S t . Thomas, Worcestr { S. Margaret's, Livrpl Bewsey, Lanes Grasmere, Westmrld Tipperary, Tipprary Brighton, Sussex Bethnal Gru, Middsx Cramond, Linlithgw Blackburn, Lanes j Reading, Berks Bally macarett Avebury, Wilts Blackford, Perth Birmingham Deptford, Kent [ Birmingham Fulham, Middlesex Basingstoke. Hants S. Shields, Durham Dewsbury, Yorks Lambeth, Surrey Battersea, Surrey Peckham, Surrey Putney, Surrey Chelsea, London Old Ford. London Kensington. London Leeds, Yorkshire Gillingham, Yorks S. Cuthbert, Ednboro Shankhill, Antrim London Deptford St. Paul, Canterbry St. Jude's, Dublin Old Monkland, Lnrk St. Mark's, Coventry St. Michael's, Dubln Lisburn, Antrim St. Peter's, Oldham Harrow, Middlesex Dalbeattie, Dumfries Woodford, Wilts Glasgow, Lanark Shankhill, Belfast scs upper lip It firm & kuee small mole rt groin heart sword rt frm scs smallpox face sc rt frm tto star web It hand small white sc back neck brown stain navel site 2/- ring 4th finger It hand * to Derby •• Let brotherly love continue" chst 2 scs bck It hand rt frm It thigh ace vacc 2 rt 1 false upper front tooth tto It arm sc each knee hound hare kc rt frm • to Pontefract burn It frm scs both legs P N rt frm Ismail mothers mark over rump bn sc top rt shldr tto head bck It hnd sc lower border It jaw scs bck of head rt sde nse * on- Tweed eyebrows meet scs back of head sc inner side rt knee sc over It knee sc front both knees lines rt frm prcd hi t 1LM x kc It 1 vacc 3 It anchrdts It. frmdts It hnd Cicatrix of burn ovr It pectoral sc back head indistnet dots bth wrsts sc It abdiu birthmark rt breast sc forehead sc It forehead hand dagger pigeon letter rt frm brown discolouration back rt thigh slight varicose veins rt leg sc rt chin * to Norwich rings 2nd 3rd 4th fingers It hand JR It frm scs forehead k neck JR It frm wmn True Love & Never Die rt frra warty mole It neck 2 dotted moles 2 spots base rt thumb sc It eyebrow It upper lateral incisor wanting ring little linger It. hand smallpox marks mole It shldr balde x rt horseshoe whip dog k x It frm eyebrows mt mole It chk ' Portman sc rt side neck, mole bck of neck • to Devizes ses on back In remembrnce of Dear Mthr rt hnd sc It head 3 dots rt frm 1 dot It frm heart & Love It arm E S lady & c rt flags and flowers rt frm TSMS TS tto back It hand 5 vacc It TS dots It frm ILAR kc It sc below rt car & c anchor flag & c rt frm x whip & c It x flgs leaves kc rt frm man's bust rt cicatrix back It thigh dots frms scs back neck and back rt frm 2 moles back sc frnt forehead sc bck head abv It eye It frm rt knee indistinct tto marks both frms sc back anchor indistinct marks It frm 2 moles back sc rt leg sc rt hip sc inside It calf Love me back It hand I love rt frm sc It eyebrow 2 scs It side neck brn stain It thigh anchor It frm piercd hi t cross rt fm scs It little finger scabv It eyebrw btw do web It thmb • to Devizes tto marks both frms sc centre frhd anchor back Bedding, Percy F. T. Bubb. Henry Gibbons. D. Gillett, William Jenkins, Arthur Wm. Street. William Warde, H. J. groom polisher labourer labourer coal trmmr clerk City. London St. James', Cardigan Brmnghm. Warwick Marylebone, London Stepney, London Southampton. Hants Mountmellick" scs It calf and It head sc 4 in. long rt inguinal region anc rt frm male k female heads Dennis Mary rt frm 4 L 2 R small sc rt side neck scs rt cheek heart back rt frm sc under It eye 2 circular RCS belly * Queen's Co. 3 ROYAL MARINES. Description of Deserters. NAME. DIVI8ION. WHERE BORN. Andrews, Henry Benton, Edgar Brockett, A. Campbell, John Cox, Patrick Day, G. S. Grady, Jas. Grieve, Robert Loveridge, A. F. Pickett, Frank COM- PLXN. HAIR. EYES. R. M. A. R. M. A. R. M. L. I. R. M. A. R. M. A. K. M. L. I. R. M. Plymouth Portsmouth R. M. A. REOIMKXTALS or mn I I • I II K> DATE OF PLACE OF DESERTION DESERTION MARKS AND REMARKS. Discharged for Misconduct. Armstrong. Michael Boulger, Patrick Callighan. James Clay, J. Connelly, John Daly, Peter Feely, Thomas Fraser, Donald Gough, Arthur Greaves. Thomas Gregory, Alfred Heald, William Ingham. J. Inman, Richard Mead, Frederick Princess, Herbert Reid. Francis Reynolds, J. Ross. John Sanderson. Fredk. Selvey, F. Smith, Thomas Waller, Edward dealer hairdresserj quarry man carman labourer labourer mill worker sailor striker • clerk labourer sailor labourer clerk labourer groom labourer carter spinner dyer cabint mkr labourer labourer Li- burn. Antrim Dublin Carluke. Lanark Islington. Middlesex Dublin Blackburn Belfast, co. Antrim Kewhaven. Sussex Birmingham Shankhill. Antrim Shoreditch, Middlsx Liverpool St. John's. Manchestr Huddersfield Southwark. Surrey Oldburv, Worcester Barony. Lanark St. Ann's, Manchestr St. Alban, Lanes | All Saints', Bury St. Luke's. Middlesex Liverpool Stevenage sc top of head Per. ut. Staff mole rt side back 2 scs inner side rt leg sc undr chn rt sde head dot bse thmb serpent rt frm sc It " Ashton- u- L. TF rt frm anchor It frm x flgs It frm hrt clspd hn « Ls & c rt T front It frra sc rt hip mole It shldr k bck of nok dots kc trms sc back of head 2 trnsfxd hrt jee It frm wrst & hnd clasped hands over VR It frm • to Beverley hrt anchr & c rt frm TLMT kc It mole btwn shldrs * to Worcester FD and x tto It frm clasped hands over heart It frm isc rt side head * to Ashton- u- L. • to Ash ton sc forehead WP EJ It frm Adams, Chas. J. Batty, Arthur Beagley, Walter Blackmore, Jos. T. Britten. Albert Chamberlain, W. A. Chandler, Jos. Clark, Pat Coster, Walter Darmody, Daniel Davis, John Dean, Samuel Gilbert, Percey Grant, John Groom, Alfred E. T. Hawthorne, Francis Heapy, Horrace Hosey, John Impey, George Jennings, Frank Jilks, Richard Kennedy, Wm. J. Kirby, John Lambird, David Mahoney, John Male, Joseph Mitchell, John Newbold, John Parkinson. John H. Parsons, Wm. Peake, Bergion G. Pirie, Wm. Prior, Walter J. Ryan, Matthew Selby, Wm. Shortell, Ed. Smith, Park Spicer, Arthur J. Staples, Fredk G. Thompson, Wm. Wainwright, John Weston, George Wilson, Francis Jas. Yallop, Fred York. John A. Bethnal Green, London Ratford, Notts Odiham. Hants Totterdown, Bristol Lambeth, London Brinklow, Warwick [ Upper Norwood, Surrey Hull, Yorks Andover. Hants St. Joseph, Swansea Dorchester Battersea, Surrey Falmouth Nairn Borough. London Glasgow Balls Pond, London Rooskey, Sligo Liverpool Swinton. Yorks Orpington, Kent Comber, Down Aghada, Cork Wandsworth, Surrey Eyres, Ireland Portsea, Hants Lewisham. Kent Birmingham Bristol Bradford, Dorset Malta Banff Witney, Oxford Wexford Shadwell, Middx. Bootle, Lanes Jarrow Dorchester St. Jude's, Bristol Kennay, Aberdeen Manchester N. Grimsby W. Teignmouth, Devon Woodton^ Norfolk Penge, Surrey heart rt forehead and It arm sc back cut chin XA dot rt frra ring middle fingers sc over rt eyebrow dot It wrist sc It knee mole It shoulder sc back rt shoulder and arm D and cross rt arm sc It shin k between eyebrows sc rt thumb mole It cheek sc forehead kc sc rt jaw spot back It hand ttd sc It face ttd rt frra anchor and star back It hand P rt frm tto marks It hand shield rt frm Sarah It arm shamrock thistle and rose kc. arms sc centre forehead tto marks It arm anchor k rose It arm sc It eye Inman, Robert Knowles, James Sharland, Thomas Isis Vivid Vivid Norwood, Middlesex Nether ton, Dudley* Cockwood, Devon Sandtl< its Swansea Burrowash, Derby Southwai k. L'lidn Bridgetou, G lasgw Cork Bcedes, Suffolk R< wcrea, Tippcrary Baronv, Glasgow Buckfields* Chailey, Sussex | labourer j.' w. ilcr labourer labourer ti reman shoemaker labourer groom carman baker dot thumbs pockmarked * n » nll sc forehead pocknuirked J C rt arm sc abdomen small birthmarks It shoulder sea rt body white spot It thigh mole It rib* • Birmingham P It frm 2 dot* It hand Anderson. W. C. Royston. Cambs Sheppey. Kent clasped hands True Love rt arm anchor It sc rt little finger Fagg, j. R. 4 T H E P O L I C E GAZETTE. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1899. EXTRACT FROM QUEEN'S REGULATIONS AND ADMIRALTY INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS- REWARDS, & c. 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— ( 6.) 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— (< Z.) 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 - - ( 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 he 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 apprehend 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. Bowden, John Brian, C. Copping, G. M. Fosbrooke, M. Goodger, S. A. Haley, Thomas Hemington, W. Ingram, R. J. Knight, R. 4th Essex Regt. Royal Horse Artillery R. A. Med. Corps 4th Cheshire Regt. Corps of Hussars 7th K. R. Rifles 2nd Middlesex Regt. General Service Raleigh Leecey, W. McKenna, P. Newbould, J. Rogers, T. Rose, D. Scollay, J. Wade, F. Watson, W. Wood, H. 3rd E. Lancs. Regt. 4th Cheshire Regt, 1st West Riding Regt. 2nd R. Lanes. Regt. 2nd Norfolk Regt. Raleigh Royal Engineers D. of Cornwall's L. I. West Riding Regt,