THEE POLICE GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. NEW SERIES. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1899. VOL. XVI., No. 1645. 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 3, 1899. DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES EROM HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE. NO. DESERTION OK ABSENCE Anderson, Harry Armstrong, John Arnold, Arthur Ball, Harry Barrett, James R. Barton, G. Bateman, Fred Beckett, Ambrose Blamin. George Blair. J. W. Bradley, Francis Brown, Frank Burnie, John Burns, Patrick Bushe, Robert Campbell, William Clark, Henry Clark, James Coleman, Patrick Conlon. James Cook, J. Cosby, Henry Coughlin, Edward Creasey, Edward Crothers, Robert Cross, Alexander Crump, James Cummings, John Deverill, John Devine. Thomas Devlin, Joseph Dibbin, William G. Duncan, Hector Duncan, James Dunn, Alexander Edwards, J. Edwards. J. Egerdon, Thomas Everest, George S. Fitzgerald, James Fogarty, John Forbes, George Foster, G. Funis. William Galvin, William Gilmore, Arthur Gladwell, William Graham, Charles Green, Edward Green, Robert Gribbin, Thomas Hall, John Hamblett. James Hannah, Peter Harte, P Havener, Edward Heggerty. J. Houston, Robert Jackson, Percy Jn. James, Harry E. James, Samuel Jeff, G. Johnson, Albert Johnson, Ernest Johnston, David Johnston, Robert Johnston, Samuel Jones, Robert Kelly, D. Kendall, James groom labourer miner . shoemaker carman servant vicemn & ftr carter abl seaman labourer labourer clerk labourer labourer butcher advt. mngr cook's asst labourer tailor labourer labourer blocker labourer labourer labourer mill workr labourer labourer painter labourer hammermn frneh plshr pantr & glzr labourer miner miner clerk collier brass finshr labourer seaman farm srvnt labourer labourer labourer telegraphst electrician labourer Labourer dyer labourer labourer labourer labourer compositor labourer labourer cook's asst clerk labourer labourer elctricl eng labourer cabman ploughman mason labourer labourer farm servnt Ware, Herefordshire Belfast, Antrim Thornhill Lees, Yrks Leamington St. George's. East Landport, Hants E. Liverpool, Lanes Isleham, Cambs Dewsbury, Yorks Liverpool. Lines Straw, Dcroy Coventry, Warwick Max well twn, Dmfrs Leeils, Yorkshire Kingstown, co. Dbln Govan, Lanark Bethnal Grn, Middsx Greenock, Renfrew Knockbridge, Louth Monaehan. Monshn Bolton, Laui; s St. Matthcws's, Beds Lower Grange* South Kyme, Lines ShankhilJ, Antrim Edin burgh St. Joseph's, Bolton Shankhill, Antrim Hackney, Middsx Preston. Lanes Eskiheen, Londndiy Kentish Twn, Middx Eilinburgh Cauis, co. Tyrone Cainbuslang. Lanark Audley, Staffs Ulverston, Lanes St. George's, Hyde Westminster, Middx St. Finn Barrs, Cork Preston, Lanes Edinburgh Duddington* Liverpool, Lanes Birkenhead, Chcshr St. Luke's, London London, Middlesex Aberdeen Durham, Durham Legonill. Antrim S. Patrick's, Mnchstr Nwcastle, Nrthmbld Liverpool. Lanes Tradeston, Lanark Ballysodare, Sligo Cloyne, Cork Halifax, Yorks Barony, Lanark Sittingbourne, Kent Ilfracombe, Devon St. John's. Ashtn- u- L, Blackburn, Lanes Hull Oxford, Oxfordshire N. Leith. Edinburgh Crail, Fife Ballamfeigh, Down Salford, Lancs S. Paul's, Middlsboro' Easingwold. 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UK It frm head of man both frms behind It elbw Sc It side of head 4 THE POLICE GAZETTE. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1899. DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES FROM ITER MAJESTY'S SERVICE— continued. U'Connell. Thomas Orchard, Horace Oxspring, Edward Pearce, Henry Plant. Arthur Price, F. C. Reed, Edwin Richmond, William Roberts, James Robinson, Herbert Morgan, P. R. Morley, O. Morrison, H. Mortimer, George Mulholland, Patrick Navesey. Thomas Nearey, George Hy. Nodirig, John Nudd, Thos. Harry Nugent. James Robinson, John Roebuck. Walter Ryan, S. Sanderson, Henry Sands. James Saunders, Henry Scott, Francis Sellers, Joseph Sheriff, Uriah Simkin. Edward Simmonds, Arthur Simpson, D. Slatery, Michael Smith Fred Smith, G. Smith, John Smith, Lionel John Smith, Richard C. Smith, W. Smith, William Southworth, Robert Spencer, George Staton, Thomas Stevenson, William Steward, Charles Strang, John Sullivan, D. Tegg, Jonathan Thomas, James Thornton. Henry Todd, Robert E. Trainer, Thomas Trainor. Francis Turner, John Waters, Albany Watson, William Watson, William Webster. Joseph Westfield. James Whelan, John Williams, Ernest Williams, J. G. Wilson, J. Wilson, John Wilton, Charles N. Winwright, Ed. J. Wynne. William NO. NAME. Barry. Francis Chandler, Frederick Collier, M. R. Hewson, Richard Kealey, Patrick Keough, Denis Martin, Enda Jos. Murphy, James Newbury, Thomas Parker, John King, Patrick Knowles, Michael J. Lammonby, John Laureston, R. D. Lawson, George Laycock, Fred Layne, C. Lee, H. Logan. William Lovenburg, J. Magee, John Maplcsden. Frank Marr, Thomas Marrey, T. Martin, John McCarthy, D. McCorinack. T. McNeil, Francis Mitchell. Wm. Moran, Thomas Smith, Chas. T. W. Wilson Adam labourer labourer miner storekeeper blacksmith clothier clerk labourer labourer labourer labourer harnss mkr labourer driver platelayer i po- itman groom labourer labourer pipe maker butcher labourer waiter shoemaker labourer piecer labourer labourer fisherman farm labr saddler clerk fitter edge tl mkr lettr carrier labourer groom fitter labourer potman | labourer cutler labourer labourer labourer labourer stoker putter miner tras stoker clerk labourer labourer gardener groom watchmkr clerk labourer groom collier plate midr groom labourer labourer servant rivetter labourer labourer labourer j slater labourer glass bevllr labourer labourer labourer clerk miner collier j labourer • piano inaKi clerk labourer labourer taiman labourer baker St. Thomas, Dublin Luggercorren* Elswick, Nrthmbld Kesseligger. Midlthn, Burnit Field, Durhm Leeds, Yorkshire Clerkenwell. Middsx Leeds, Yorkshire Stewartstown* Borriii<_' t< m.( ' Iwshire Bally keel, co. Down Paddock Wood* . Millficld, Durham Burnley, Lanes. Howden, Yorks Killarney, Kerry Bradford. Yorks. St. Mary's, Renfrew Dundee, Forfar Hackney. Middlesx Docks, Glamorgan Monaghan, Armagh Bayswater, Middx. St. Paul's, Bristol Barony, Glasgow Oldham, La ICS Netting Hill, Middsx St. George's, Londn Hickling, Norfolk Kilbeggan. W. Mcath Glynn, Limerick Ashby- de- la- Zoueh Canning Twn, Essex Birmingham Highfields, Yorks Birrnnghm, Warvvck1 St. John's. Sheffield 1 Larne, Antrim Liverpool, Lanes Peckham. Surrey ^ ew Berry, Lanes St. George's, Sheffield Cashel, Tipperary Bethnal Grn., Middx Poplar, Middlesex Chester. Cheshire Leith, Midlothian Cudeth, Yorks St. John's, Derby W. Bromwich. Staffs Hull, tforiEs Bradford, Yorks Lismore, Waterford Ovenden, Yorks Padiham, Lanes Borrowash, Derby Colchester, Essex Camden Twn, Middx liishton, Lanes West Leigh. I^ ancs Preston, Lanes Hunslet, Yorks Ecclesall, Yorks Baron}', Lanark Gt. Cornard, Suffolk Neilston, Renfrew Lambeth, Surrey St. George's. Reading Paddiugton Ardwick. Lanes St. Michael's. Leeds Barony, Lanark Lisburn, Antrim Culworth, Nthmptn Limehouse, London Westminster, Middx Deipart, Fife Ince, Wigan, Lanes Portsmouth. Hants St. Catherine's* Islington, Middlesx Kingston, Jamaica Vintery, co. Kerr}' Belfast. Antrim Stepney, London Hampton, Middsx Sandhurst. Berks AC back of heiul 2 crosses It frm • Queen's Co. sc palm rt hnd contrctn lttle fngr do. sc back rt hand sc rt upper arm sc on chin 2 scs on forehead * burg, Natal bi n stain rt side chest mole It hip sc outside rt frm * Tyrone sc end of finger It hand heart claspd hnds rt frm » Kent * Camp, Yorks wart mole between shoulder blades sc back head, See. * Camp, Yorks x rt frm large sc 2 scs back head Simpson W Mitchell KMC It frm several scs over It shoulder blade sc rt leg sc rt frm sc neck Sc back head scs rt kneecap JM ttd fnt rt frm AGPM bk It frm rt leg Sc thigh scd from operation woman Bettie heart sword rt frm sc below It kneecap mole back It shoulder [ nose inclined rt side eyebrows meet several scs on neck female Love rt frm ditto It frm sailor palm tree It frm * Pontefract mole rt side abdomen heart Sc dagger rt wrist sc It frm eyebrows meet sc forehead mole rt lip cross heart pierced dagger rt frm burn rt arm sc back rt hand sailor back It hand cross flags It arm scs forehead A: rt eyebrow sc small back sc back sc rt knee large Uaggr rt trm * to Worcester kiltd Highlndrs in blue Sc rd It frm 4 circular scs back 2 sml scs back It hand sc inr It leg sc below It knee 2 moles near navel small birthmark centre forehead scs It head Sc forehead dot It frm woman's head & flag front rt frm mole rt chk circlr scs chest & belly * to Beverley 2 women 1 with Union Jack rt arm sc It thumb eyebrows meet scs hd & bridge nose anc base It thumb flag bk It hand scs back head dot frms ttd all over representing apparel small birthmark It hip clspd hnds flwrs rt frm grl's heftdlt sc inner side rt elbow Sc rt shin scs on bck small sc It side of head eyebrws meet sc rt chk rt ring fngr bck covered with pit scs sc It calf indistinct tto mrks above bth wrsts x k. anchr It frm 1891) rt * Dublin woman's head flower rt frm flags It 2 pits rt chk 2 scs rt buttock tto head back of It hnd figs of women 2 x figs It frm do. rt eyebrws meet scs rt elbw bck head labourer labourer filer labourer baker iabourer clerk labourer baker collier labourer \ si Andrew's. I) ubliii Driffield, Yorkshire Ruby. Rugby Grimsby, Lincolnshr Arless, Munstdr Ballynety, Limerick St. Kevin. Dublin Tagoat, Wexford Exeter, Devon lAccrinsrton Lanes Wandsworth. Surrey ix anchor Sc heart rt frm star & palm tree It large sc on abdomen ! scs forehead ttd ET rt frm RX It shamrock thistle and rose rt wrist sc of burn back It frm sc It shin scs both knees rt frm mid back sc scalp blue mark rt frm anchor Sc birt It sc scalp blue mark rt frm anchor Sc bird I' engine fittr Inverness Cameron Hghrs TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3 , 1 8 9 9. T H E P O L I C E GAZETTE. 3 ABSENTEES FROM THE MILITIA. ADMIRALTY. Description of Deserters from Her Majesty's Sea Service. NAME. McKenzie, Archibld Newton, Robert Noon, John Pavitt, George Phillips, William Poppleton, John Purcell, Thomas Raynor, Walter Reed, Edwin Roberts, James Sandercock. William Sullivan, Geo. A. Thomas, William Waters, Charles Woodfine. Arthur Armstrong. Michael Boyle, Edward Bray. William Brown. Alfred J. Chiles. George Drew. Benjamin Edwards, George Foster, Frank Greaves, Thomas Haywood Thos. Wm. Higson, Joseph Jones, William Moore, John Murphy. William Russell, Louis Ryan, Thomas Smith, Arthur Smith. William Stewart, James Watson, William Wilkin, John Robt. dealer labourer miner porter case maker labourer porter groom clerk labourer weaver platelayer seaman labourer miner labourer labourer weaver mill worker miner ( labourer j Lorgan, Armagh Sligo, Sligo Foleswrth. Tamwrth St. Giles. Middlesex Birmnghm, Warwck Islington Brmnghm. Wrwkshr Birmnghm, Warwck Fifeshire Nottinghamshire BlacKburn Mold, Flintshire St. Blazey, Cornwall Barony, Lanark Glasgow. Lanark Manchester, Lanes. Ilford, Essex Blackburn Lochee, Forfar Barony, Lanark Lytham sc nose 7 dots back It frm small sc It rt nipple ttd both frms FW back It frm sc rt hip mole It shldr & back neck sc It side neck . sc above It knee Alice Parr It wrist | sc It thigh k groin Barker, Herbert C. Barrett, Edward F. Beaumont, John H. Bowers, Alf. Brown, Frederick Burcombe. Ed. Connor, William Coulling, John W. Cross, Albert Denness, Edward Minotaur. deserter D. of Wellington, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Pembroke, deserter D. of Wellington, desertr Pembroke, deserter D. of Wellington, desertr D. of Wellington, desertr Raleigh, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Katoomba. deserter Pembroke, deserter Alexandra. deserter Andromeda, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter D. of Wellington, desertr; Vivid, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter D. of Wellington, desertr D. of Wellington, desertr Thunderer, deserter Pembroke, deserter Vivid, deserter Pembroke, deserter Vivid, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Benbow, deserter Arrogant, deserter Hannibal, deserter Vivid, deserter D. of Wellington. deserter Egan, Bert Greenleaf, Fred Healy,* Wm. J. Hopley, Harry Howes, Edward W. Hutson, Harry Jenkins, John Jones, David Jones, Wm. McMahon, Joe | London St. Mary's. Leeds Hull, Yorks Greenwich, Kent Halesworth, Suffolk Bethnal Green, London Hulme, Lanes Spilsbury, Oxford Boscombe, Bournemouth Dover, Kent Liverpool Colchester Aghada, Cork Liscard, Liverpool Walworth, Surrey Rottingdean Ystradgynlais, Brecon Denis, Wales Lion's Hall, Hereford St. James', Manche; » er iGreenock | Ncwcastle- on- Tyne Halifax, N. S. Northfleet Frimley, Surrey Bradford Middleton, Cork Dublin Sheffield Lambeth. London St. Ginnes, Boscastle Poplar, Midllesex North, Glam. Bristol Essex claspetl hands and heart rt arm B It arm sc rt side neck cut sc rt thigh & knee flags harp and sailor It arm sc It side nose anchor It arm * alias Haley burn sc It little finger sc over rt eye anchor cross dots It arm 2 women and anchor rt arm light scar base It thumb x flags rt arm sc It forefinger small burn It hand girl soldier & c rt arm flower cross anchor & c It A It arm BC under both knees sailor tree and tombstone It arm True Love and heart pierced with arrow rt arm sc It shin cut It wrist 3rd and 4th rt fingers disfigured ttd both arms Coffey, Timothy Drumm, Patrick Farrell, John Graham, M. Llewellyn, John R. Marshall. Jas. F. Martin, Charles A. Martin, John McCambridge, H. Mead, Lewis Murphy, Mat. M. Organ, William Owens, Thomas Smith, Richard A. Taylor, Joseph Ward. Albert K. Birmingham Bristol Morda, Salop Islington, London | K. Chinnock, Somerset | Port sea, Hants Carrigaiine. Cork Elphin, Sligo Manchester St. George's, London, E. Egwsylan, Glamorgan St. George's, Bristol Norwood. Surrey Barony, Glasgow Liverpool B urton- on- Trent anchor & e It arm tigs female & c It arm photo rt NP. MM fcc It arm EH rt tto both arms 8c on chest sc over rt eye AULM and bracelet arm sc It shin TR rt arm tto back of hand mole rt of upper lip sc It arm Burston. Charles Collard. Henry Crear, Dunald Marshall, Joseph Olive, Charles scrivener, E. E. W. Leighsington* Battersea, Surrey Leith, Edinburgh Hackney, London Mundesley, Norflk Holloway. London labourer labourer labourer railway ptr plmbr's mt painter Love cross CB lt arm anchor & c rt * Wor< f> heart clasped hand, rt arm sc chin anchor & c It arm anchor DC & c rt JM rt arm cross flag* bracelet It arm sc lt side chin anchor dot lt wrist sc lt shin mole lt side Edwards, George Tunstall. Staffs circular back It leg Fowler, George 3rd E. Lancs. R. spinner Adington, Yorks 2 anchors J plant man lt frm indis rt frm 4 THE POLICE GAZETTE. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1899. EXTRACT FROM QUEEN'S REGULATIONS AND ADMIRALTY INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS- REWARDS, Ac. 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 60 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— ( ft.) 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. ( J.) 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, ( e.) 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. 6- 1. 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. 3rd Manchester Regt. R. Warwick Regt. 3rd Gloster Regt. Sligo Art. R. Warwick R. 3rd York & c Lanc. Rgt. 3rd York & Lanc. Rgt, 1st R. Berks Regt. 3rd W. Riding Regt. 3rd Manchester Regt. LONDON: PRINTED FOF HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE BY J. J. KELIHER & CO., 22. CHARING CROSS, S. W. ; 33, KING WILLIAM STREET, E. C.; AND MARSHALSEA WORKS, S. E. Atherton, E. Bryant, S. G. Checketts, J. Convey, O. Cope, Thomas Earnshaw, J. Farnell, J. Grant, Albert Green, Thomas Johnson, A. Kaye, F. King, George Martin, E. Morris, Frank Rogers, G. Russell, Andrew Smith, George Thompkins, W. Tully, M. Wood. R. 3rd YorK & Lanc. Rgt. Durham Artillery 3rd Middlesex Regt. 3rd Scottish Rifles Royal Artillery 3rd Scottish Rifles 7th King's R. Rifles 2nd Middlesex Regt. 4th Manchester Regt. 4th Manchester Regt.