TBB PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. NEW SERIES. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1899. VOL. XVI., No. 1651. It is requested that the Admiralty and War Office Forms giving desolations of Deserters, < fcc., from Her Majesty's Naval and Military Services, for insertion in the POLICE GAZETTE, and all communications in connection therewith, shall he addressed to /• HE EDITOR of the POLICE GAZETTE, New Scotland Yard, London, 6'. W. R. ANDERSON, Editor. 1 | WAR OFFICE, OCTOBER 24, 1899. DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES FROM HER MAJESTYS SERVICE. Adams, Thomas Allan, F. G. Allan, Robert Arnold, Robert Avery, William Bailey, Edward Baker, Charles Baker, Henry Bamford, Ernest Barlow, James Beattie, William Beatty, Peter Boswell, John Boyle, E. Bradley, Patrick Brown, Geo. Wm. C, Buck, Frederick Butler, William Callaghan, William Casey, Thomas Chapman, John Jas. Collins, John Conlin, Thomas Connolly, Martin Cooney, William Corr, Henry Coussins, Frank Dagnell, William Dickenson, William Donnelly, Bernard Donnelly, R. C. H. Doyle, Arthur Egan, John Fisher, George Ferry, Patrick Foy, James Furns, William Gillan, Edward Gillespie, Hugh Gray. Fredk. D. Hilton, Peter Holden, John Holman, Thomas Holmes, Abraham Kelly, James Kelly, Z. J. Kennedy, Thomas Kerwick, John Kinloch, James Leach, Thomas Lee, George Lee, John Lloyd, Alfred Lynch, John Lynch, Patrick Martin, James McGill, G. McGregory, Thomas McGuinness, Michl. McKeown, William McMurray, James Middleton, Geo. T. Mitchell, John E. Monk, John Henry Morris, John Murphy, John Murray, G. Nash. William Nolan, Martin Owen, Joseph labourer fitter labourer shoemaker black smith collier collier labourer labourer butcher carter labourer labourer labourer lireman labourer wood carvr general Ibr labourer shoemaker house dcrtr labourer Labourer porter labourer labourer ^ room shoemaker : labourer labourer : ship's apprl chemist labourer fish monger: mill worker carter labourer barber collier bricklayer carpenter | tube drawr clerk labourer painter labourer wood turnr labourer vanman fitter [ gardener stamper labourer labourer wheeler miner costerm ngr collier labourer groom Ivanman baker [ labourer coachman boiler mkr labourer pavior driver bootmaker | hawker Lanark, Lanarkshire Medomeley, Durham St. Luke, Brechin* Coalville, Leicester xloucester, Gloucstr Haydock, Lanes Kingswint'ord, Staffs NottingHill, Middsx Staveley, Derbyshre Bloxwich, Staffs Govan, Glasgow St. Paul's, Dublin Liverpool, Lanes Barony, Lanark St. Augustine, Livrpl Grimsby, Lines BethnalGrn, London Bray, Wicklow St. Mark's, Dublin Tulla, co. Clare Greenwich, Kent ] Callan, co. Kilkenny Barony, Lanark St. Michans, Dublin Dundalk, co. Louth South Bank, Yorks Portsea, Hants All Saints, Newcstle Ancaster, Lincoln Shorediteh. Middlsx Colchester, Essex Castle Blaney* Callan, co. Kilkenny Islington, London Dundee, Forfar Muirkirk, Ayr Liverpool, Lanes Shankhill, Belfast Campbelltwn, Argyl Southampton, Hants St. Mary's, Limerick: Birmingham St. Pancras, Middsx Wilsden, Yorks Portumna, Gal way South Bank, York's Liverpool, Lanes St. Canice's, Kilknny : Barony, Lanark Bolton. Lanes Grimsby, Lincoln | 1 VV. Bromwich, Staffs; I Manchester, Lanes | l Roscommon 1 Camus, Tyrone ] Coatbridge, Lanark ! Wandsworth, Surrey 1 St. Petcr's, Manchstr - Rathban, Wicklow ll Sail, Down | l Lisburn, Antrim Bermondsey, Surrey Mossley, Lanes Effingham, Somerset Deptford, Kent Hexham, Northumb Newry, co. Down i Kensington, Middsxi St. Chad's, Manchstrl Cuckney, Notts FAN" G hands and heart It arm dots rt frm web bth thmbs * Forfar sc rt side head bust soldier bk rt frm bthmk rt leg sc under chin small sc back head • to London prcd hrt chst clspd hnds & c rt frm slight sc It side forehead sc It forehead clasped hands & heart It wrist sc rt thigh JB & dot It frm sc outer end rt eyebrow birthmark 4 inches below It nipple sc It frm heart & cross swords rt frm slight sc above It eyebrow small sc front rt thigh some distortion tip It thumb M rt frm 2 scs It side neck pit on rt cheek ttd bth frms star rt arm near shldr sc It cheek small mole rt side abdomen sc on scrotum dots BD rt frm sc bck Itelbw top head FW it frm sc back neck * Monaghan sc centre calf rt leg ttd both frms LT It arm mole It btk scs buttk PF rt frm sc over sacrum sc It knee vac 1 It arm sc 2 dts bck rt hnd sc It arm & elbw star It head varicocele both sides sc It shoulder brn stain It buttock sc It abdomen It hand & knee cap CM clspd hnds in heart & c It frm sc It wrist sc outside It eyebrow sc centre chest 3 small round white scs centr back sc rt back head mole rt ehldr blade heart k anchor It wrist [ dot It thm 1 base both thms L It fm Icross flags man It frm sc back head I hairy mole inside rt thigh defec tth * ship x rt frm star 3 fishes JL It frm Isc It jaw rt btk rt thigh indis It fm anchor & irregular marks rt frm sc abdomen mole It side dots It frm slightly fiat- footed i| sc base It thm American Arms rt fm sc rt temple & rt knee mole ft bttk brown patches It hip mole over lower lumbar region Good Luck horseshoe rt frm small sc It eyebrow I LAD It frm wmn clspd hnds rt fm sc below rt eye slight sc It cheek slight scs back • 2 THE POLICE GAZETTE. TUESDAY, October 24, 1899. DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES FROM HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE— continued. REG. NO. COM- PLXN. HAIR. EYES. ENLISTMENT. PARISH AND COUNTY IN WHICH BORN. DESERTION OR ABSENCE. MARKS AND REMARKS. Discharged for Misconduct. ARMY RESERVE. Page, John Henry Pateman, William Perry, William Poole, George Prendergest, Wm. Richards, David E Riley, James Rooney, William Samson, Arthur Shaw, Samuel Simpson, John Smith, William Thompson, C. Thompson, George White, John Whiteman, James Whiton, John Wilkes, Walter Wills, Charles Alfd. collier labourer butcher bill poster labourer furrier shop assist. joiner bricklrs lbr carpenter labourer labourer groom Labourer miner clerk Labourer stamper sorter iPontefract, Yorks St. Pancras, Middsx Cookham, Berks Barnsley. Yorks Newry, Armagh Hoxton. Middlesex Bolton, La ICS Belfast, Antrim Crayford, Kent Baliymaearett* Fleetwood, Lanes Chesterfield, Yorks Trinity, Blackburn Eckington, Derby Barony, Lanark Poplar, Middlesex Reigate, Surrey Hockley. Warwick Hoxton. Middlesex sc abdomen large sc over rt clavicle ttd bth fms large sc nose sc lower rt frm wart back rt hnd sc thmb side It wrist linr sc rt chin indis aric It, frm mlrt chk defee tth sc back It wrist Minnie rt frm sc rt sde nek S rt frm * co. Down crossed swords piercd hrt LF It fm 2 scs frhd abv nse several scs rt bck mole pit stomach scs front chest » vmn on stone rt frm fmle lancer It. circular sc frnt It shin WAL It hnd LB It frm TW rt frm sc rt buttock Sc rt leg Gilheeney, Patrick Morgan, Edward Morgan, James Nearey, George Hy Young, James butcher labourer labourer spinner Ballinamore. Leitrm St. Mary's, Birknhd Limehouse, Middlsx Notting Hill, Londn Scarborough. Yorks large sc chin EM woman's head butterfly It frm woman rt frm crossed flags JLLN It frra x In memory of my loving father" It frm sc rt chk Sc thumb nil It upr arm Sc belly Barton, William Boyd, Hamilton Boyle, Patrick Brennan, William Christman, Samuel Clarke, William Coe, Richard Corrighan, Martin Crowley, John Daly, Patrick Daunt, Alf. Ernest Davis, Vincent Duggan, James Dunn, Geo. Rymer Dwyer, Geo. Chas. Enright, John Farrell, Wm. Ed. Fitton, Joseph Flanagan, Francis Fletcher. Walter Forde, Denis Gauntlett, Chas. J. Gibson, John Gilkinson, John Harris, Albert Hartigan, Michael Hegarty, Denis Hill, Alfred Edwd. Hofman, William Ives, George James, Frank W. Kennedy, Patrick Keyhurst, William Knight, Thomas Lepper, James Linwood, E. Ludgate, William E. Maher, Daniel McAllister, Hugh McCormack, Patrick McDavitt, Chas. E. McFarlane, James McKay, George Nolan, Daniel Peggie, Thomas M. Power, Patrick Ryan, Matthew Sayer, Henry W. Scott, Percy Herbert Sheehy, John Shuttleworth, S. Smith, Frederick Sullivan, John Swanson, Robert Taylor, Frank Tizzard, George Wallace, Dixon Walsh, John Waters, Alfred Wheeler, Samuel Whelan, Edward White, Coombe Wilbraham, Robert Williams, W. F. Wright, John labourer carpenter waiter labourer baker carter butcher van driver labourer labourer clerk waiter labourer t'ettler butcher labourer labourer piecer clerk labourer Labourer labourer labourer weaver labourer engine clnr labourer clerk pork btchr groom baker labourer butcher butcher groom clerk saddler labourer labourer labourer carter groom Labourer | farm labr baker labourer j groom labourer | clerk baker carpenter carman labourer labourer boot maker labourer labourer labourer Labourer bkrftscnfctr porter telegraphst labourer tailor groom St. Mary's, Limerick Templmre, Lndndry Dungloe, co. Donegal St. Ann's, Cork Burton- o- Trnt, Stffs Mundsly, Norfolk St. James', Dublin St. Patrick's. Dublin iFermoy, co. Cork S. Munches. Limerck Melbourne, Victoria Everton, Lanes Shoreditch, Middlsx Seulcoates, Yorks Richmond, Surrey Athea, Limerick India Oldham, Lanes Newmarkt- o- Fergus Wick, Hampshire Cloinneen. co. Cork Portsea, Hants Listowel, co. Kerry Derrytaugh. Armagh Clare. Suffolk St. John's, Limerick Kilgarvin, co. Kerry Woolwich Germany Ardley, Herts S. Stephen's, Somerst St. John's, Cashel Sheffield, Yorks Laugh ton, Sussex Addington, Kent St. Mary's, Newmrkt Paddington. Middlsx Bansha, co. Tipprary Carriekfergus* Templemichael* | Barony, Lanark Abbey, Renfrew Banbridge, co. Down Enniscorthy, Wxfnl All Saints, Nrthmbld Carrick- ou- Suir* Portiavv, Waterford Stratford, Essex Paddington, Middsx Ballyporeen, Tippry Kilbrook, Yorks Clerkenwell, Middsx Clonneen, co. Cork Bedlington* St, Frodeswide* Ash ford, Kent Armagh, co. Armagh Cahir, co. Tipperary Hull, Yorks St. Mathew's, Hants St. Thomas', Dublin All Saints. London St. Peter's* St. Mary's, Ipswich Newbold, Leicester scs back neck slight varicose rt leg WB 3 dots back rt frm O & c It. frm 2nd Sc 3rd rt lingers partly webbed sc rt clavicle cross Sc anchor It frm 2 scs rt shldr 3 dots & c back rt frm 3 small scs It side sc rt cheek sc undr It nipple 4 vac mrks It arm sc Sc dots rt frm sc rt grn Sc bk hd sc forehead bird See rt arm do It Indian's head rt trunk especially bk covrd mottling 3 sc It uppr arm ordinary mrks rt female It frm ladder bk rt anchor front It frm sc cntr frhd tto rt arm * Edmunds sc inside rt thigh sc over rt eyebrow it to marks back It frm Sc hand sc centre frhd eagle rt frm bust & c jsc abdomen 2 scs back rt thigh brown mark It hip sc inner surface rt leg 2 small scs rt frm linear sc It frm sc It side chin * Edmunds anchor It frm sc rt head compass See. It wrst * co. Antrim " Longford scs Lt side head sc below Sc front neck large sc lt leg tto mrk bck lt arm * co Tipperary round sc It hand tto dots back lt frm sc over rt eyebrow sc rt chin " Charleville, co. Cork anchr dts bck lt wrst * Nrthmblnd • Oxford tto bth arms DW anchr lt frm compass See It hnd numerous dots lt frm Sc body brown mark below rt breast • Wolverhampton • Edmunds mole back neck TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1899. T H E P O L I C E GAZETTE. 3 ABSENTEES FROM THE MILITIA. Briggs, George Hy. Currans, John Dryburgh, William Fleuke, George Hunt, James Johnson, E. Jones, John Lacey, James McKenzie, William Shaw, Harry Templeton, William labourer mill worker miner porter grnger asst labourer labourer painter labourer stoker carter Manchester, Lancs Dundee, Forfar St. Peter's, Cheltnhm Deptford, Kent Kensington, Middsx Liverpool, Lanes Woolwich, Kent Edinburgh, Midlthn Ashton- u- L, Lanes | Rutherglen, Lanark dots lt arm dots web both thumbs * Ferry J Hunt lt frm large irregular sc rt groin feet somewhat flat clspd hnds rt fm sc centre chest sc It thigh slight deformity 3rd lt finger Avery, William Butterworth, John Clay, Bertie Thos. Cray, George Cross, Alfred Davis. George Downs, Harry Dymond. Thomas Elliott, Henry Forecast, Albert Garvan, Hy. Goodger, Fredk. B. Greenstreet, Wm. A. Harrison, John Wm. Handover, Alfred E. Highfield, David Hiller, Charlie* Jones, Chas. R. Jordan, Thomas Lewis. Chas. W. Martin, Mark Mason, Phil McAbar, Francis McCoy, James McPherson, James C. Northfield. Alf. Radford, Samuel Richards, James W. Rickson, William Roscoe, John Sherwin, Albert Taylor, John Taylor, Tom Terry, James W. Thomas, Owen Toye, Charles Tressider, Alf. Turnbull, James Walton, Jos. Wedlake. Fred Williams, John Woodland, Alfred J. Wornham, Frank Yapp, Ed. Ellacombe, Torquay St. George's E., London Kennington, London Walworth, London Islington, Middx. Rhyl, Flint Aldershot Torquay, Devon Portland, Dorset Bethnal Green, Middx. Hendon, Middx. Shoreham, Sussex West Ham, Essex Scarborough Croydon Preston, Lanes Andover, Hants Bristol Aston, Birmingham Babbicombe, Torquay Gravesend Colchester Glasgow Shankhill, Belfast St, Mary's, Dundee Bow Common, E. ] Barking ! Paignton, Devon Hyde, Cheshire Birkenhead, Cheshire Harden, Staffs Cheltenham, Glos. Tunbridge Wells Oldham, Lanes Holyhead Battersea, Surrey Chelsea, London Liverpool Shepherd's Bush, Middx.: Fulham. Middx. j Lisburn, Belfast Radstock, Somerset Brighton, Sussex Worcester dot rt arm sc rt cheek cut sc lt thumb schooner and coat of arms rt arm sailor lt dots lt wrist rings 2nd and 3rd fingers LG heart and arrow lt wrist H and arrow It arm bracelet lt wrist sc over rt eye LO and JH lt arm small sc upper lip 2 DH lt frm sc forehead * alias Frank Page sc back head woman's bust lt frm 3 dots lt wrist sc palm lt hand sc lt forefinger flags I LAM rt arm ship lt ttd all over body sc lt hand cut sc rt forefinger anchor flags JJR lt arm ring 2nd It finger ' IT and dots rt frm ttd both arms OT ttd both arms sc back lt hand hat man's face & c rt arm sc back of neck and head indistinct tto marks lt arm 4 dots lt frm flag rt arm cross chest snake and tree lt arm dots rt Boast, Geo. W. Carson, Hugh Hughes, W. J. Lanfranco. Ruggiero Lewisham, Kent Cowcaddens, Glasgow Liverpool Sliema, Malta anchor and HC lt arm sailor & dots lt arm circle & cross lt hand Hardy, Jas. B. Kenny, F. W. Livingstone, David Lafferty, William Alfreton, Derby Portsea, Hants Liverpool Twynholm* collier shop asst labourer farm srvnt mole it cheek 2 scs lt side face sc forehead It frm 2 moles lt arm 1 rt • Kirkcudbright Aldhous, H. Alexander, R. Barratt, Thos. Bates, J. Baxter, F. Brannen, M. Brown, E. Burrows, T. Bushell, J. Callan, D. Coster, W. Dempsey, J. Dillon, J. Doyle, T. Gilheeney, P. Glen, G. Grundy, W. Holdsworth, W. Howells, R. Humpherson, W. 2nd R, Berks. Regt, Northumberland Art. Duke of Wellington 1st West Ruling Regt. Army Service Corps Yorkshire Artillery Leicester Regt. Royal Artillery 1st S. Lanes. Regt. 3rd Gloucester Regt. St. Vincent 1st R. Irish Regt. 2nd E. Yorkshire Rgt, 1st R. Irish Regt. Sligo Artillery Highland L. I. Northumberland Fus. Yorks. & Lancs. Regt. S. Staffs. Regt. 2nd N. Staffs. Regt. Inskip, J. Kirby, J. Lacy, J. Ledward, T. Munroe, G. Oakley, G. Ogle, W. Pirie, W. Quayle, D. Rivers, H. Roberts, C. Rogers, G. Shevlin, J. Smith, H. Smyth, P. Stevenson, W. Turner, J. Ward, J. White. H. Williams, C. 2 nd Manchester Regt Vernon Royal Artillery 2nd Liverpool Regt. 4th Manchester Regt. N. Staffs. Regt. West Riding Regt. Champion 2nd E. Yorks. Regt. Royal Artillery East Kent Regt. 1st R. Irish Regt. 4th Manchester Regt, Royal Artillery lst R. Irish Regt. Royal Artillery West Riding Regt. Durham Artillery 4th K. R. Rifles Royal Artillery 4 T H E P O L I C E GAZETTE. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1899. EXTRACT FROM OUEEN'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— ( b.) 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. 5. 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— ( b.) Be arrested on a war- rant 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— ( 3.) 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 investigate^, 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 nightf 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 claimsr 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. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE BY J. J. KELIHER & Co., 22, CHARING CROSS, S. W. ; 33, KING WILLIAM STREET, B. C.; AND MARSHALSEA WORKS, S. E.