X JBE £ POLICE GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. NEW SERIES. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1899. VOL. XVI., No. 1659. 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, NOVEMBER 21, 1899. DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES FROM HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE. Austin, Ernest Balman, George Beasley, H. Bell, John Brooks. Percy Brown, J. Brown, J. Buckley, Thomas Burns, John Burton, James Cannon, Michael Carter, Herbert Churchouse, J. F. Clark, George Wm, Clarke, Wm. Richard Cochrane, W. Connor, James Connor, Thomas Cook. Wm. James Cooke. John Costin, D.- Crossley, Martin Cummins, John Currie, James Curtin, Martin Curson, Joseph Doming, Tom Duckett, Ibbetson Dutton, Charles Elliott, Arthur Ed. Elson, Joseph Erlam, William Ewing, G. Finnan, John Fisher, Charles Forbes, George Foster, William Fowler, Ernest C. Fowler. John Franks, Israel Gallacher, John Gamble, William Gardner, Robert Garrod, John Edwin Gilmore, James Graham, James Gray, John Green, Thomas Greig, William Griggs, James Wm. Healey, Edmund Heath, Walter Hendry, Robert Herbert, James Highgate, A. Hilton, William Hudson, Charles Hudson, G. A. Hunter, Thomas R. Jackson, John John, K. Johnson, Albert Johnson, William Jordan, Amos Joyce, Thomas Keating, James Kelly, Edward Kemp, Frederick Kennedy, William Kersey . Albert engineer hotel waitr carman labourer labourer labourer miner moulder shoemaker carter collier nursry man labourer barman carman labourer labourer labourer labourer miner titter labourer salesman turner labourer labourer sawyer farm labr weaver bookbinder plasterer collier mason miner labourer seaman labourer tailor carpenter labourer learter jrailwy prtr ' labourer confeetionr I baker labourer ! labourer carman labourer van guard hatter baker labourer school mstr labourer labourer traveller hors% brkr iron worker shoemaker collier eletrcl engr cabint mkr labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer ; labourer carman Kichmond, Surrey S. E d m u nds, M nclis tr S. George's, E. Londn Widnes. Lanes Bow, Middlesex. West Ham, Essex Whitehaven* Newcastle, Northmb West Ham, Essex Islington. Middlesex St. Patricks, vVigau ; Corsham, Gloucester S. Michaels, Mnchstr Islington. Middlesx Bow, Middlesex Byker, Northumblnd Islington, Middlesex Lixnaw, co. Kerry Hendon, Middlesex St. Patrick's, Wigan Bury, Lancashire Ardfinon. Tipperary St. Cuthbert's, Edin. Carrighaholt, Clare E. Hartlepool* Hillingdon, Middlsx Morton, Yorks Islington. London L I'll bet h. Sui- rev iHigngate, Middlsx I St. Helens ' B) thwell, Lanark : Leeds Edinburgh Marylebone, Middx Han well, Middlesex Dublin [ Cheetham. Manchstrl St. James', Dublin Leeds, Yorkshire St. Mark's, Sundrlnd Lambeth, Surrey I S. Thomas, Edinbo. ro" Barony, Lanark Whiteinch, Lanark Manchester, Lanes Peterhead, Aberdeen Bermondsey, Surrey Wandsworth, Surrey Banbury, Wilts Barony, Lanark Lcith. Midlothian Horsham, Sussex St, James', Newmrkt Hackney, London Keighley, Yorkshire Bally, co. Antrim St, Mary's. Lancaster! i'reaiaw, Glamorgan Hull, forks Holborn, Middlesex Hornsea. Yorkshire Ever ton. Lanes Shankhill. Antrim St. Joseph's. Oldham Gordon, Manchester Curranagh, Donegal Hampstead. 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DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES FROM HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE— continued. King, Arthur King, John Leary, John Leighton, George Leroy, Donovan Little. D. Livingstone, Andrew Marsden, J. May. Chester McAleer, John McCombe, W. McEwan, David McMorrow, John McNeil, John McPhee, John McQuillan, Michael McQuirk, John Meeke, Samuel Messenger, Walter Miles, Henry Mole, J. Moore, John Morris, Charles T. Morrison, Thomas Mort, G. Narey, Joseph Newcomb, Wm. P Norris, John Patterson, George Pearson. Garbutt Pickford, James Rawlins. K. D. R. Reid, J. Reynolds, John Ripon, Charles Rogers, Charles Rogers, John Ryall, Thos. Edwd. Ryan, John Seaton. William Sendall, Wm. Geo. Sime, John Smith, John Smith, Samuel Smith, William Smith, William Sollinger, Geo. D. Stanton, Benj. Jas. Stanton, C. Steed. George Stevens, Solomon Stewart, C. E. Stewart, William Stokes, George Sudbury, William Tarry, Frank Taylor, Alfred Jas. Tobin, Joseph Tupman, James Verrall, Frederick Walker. John Henry Ward, James Webb, Henry W. Weston, John Albert Whitehead, Arthur Williams, Thomas Willis, William Wilmott, James Wilson, Thomas Wood, Frederick Woodwood, Edward Wrench, Charles R. Young. Robert Discharged for Misconduct. NAME. REG. NO. CORPS. HAIR. EYES. TRADE. CAUSE OF DIS- CHARGE AS STATED ON PARCH MEXT CERT. PARISH AND COUNTY IN WHICH BORN. DATE OF DIS- CHARGE. PLACE OF DIS- CHARGE. MARKS AND REMARKS. Brannon, Thomas Furns, William Gorman, J. Healy, Patrick Kirby, James Murray. T. Peers, George Roberts, James Taylor, Aaron Ward, Harry Fredk Blackburn, Lanes Liverpool, Lanes Leeds, Yorkshire Kilrush, co. Clare Birminghra, Wrwck Holly wood, co. Down Dublin, co. Dublin Lambeth, Middlesex Birminghm, Wrwck Stafford, Staffs ARMY RESERVE. OFFICE NO. NAME. REG NO. CORPS. HEIOHT. COM- .. PLXN. HAIE' EYES. TRADE. ENLISTMENT. PARISH AND COUNTY IN WHICH BORN. DESERTION OR ABSENCE. MARKS AND REMARKS. DATE OF | PLACE OF DATE OF PLACE OF 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 Bird, William Thos. Bollans, Geo. Alfred Byrne, Martin Canning, Charles Crawford, Robert Hamilton, George Metcalfe, Michael Murphy, Thomas O'Neill, William Quadling, David 23942 9570 22982 3405 2719 2817 3437 4123 2875 7310 Royal Enginrs. 3rd Coldstrm G. Royal Enginrs. 1st E. Kent R. R. Dublin Fus. East Surrey R. R. Dublin Fus. R. Dublin Fus. R. Dublin Fus. 3rd Coldstrm G. 29 25 33j 283 30) 28 28 2SJ 29| 32! 5 74 5 10J 5 6} 5 10) 5 7 5 7j 5 7 5 4) 5 6J 5 10 fair brn blue medm aubrn brn fresh Idk brn blue fair brn brn fresh jbrn blue fair ' brn ' grey fresh It brn grey fresh idle brn grey fresh brn grey fresh brn It hzl brass fnshr carman carpenter groom moulder [ abourer servant Labourer groom fisherman 22 Oct, ' 89 9 Sept. ' 93 12 June' 88 12 Dec. ' 90 20 Oct, ' 87 2 Nov. ' 89 30 Oct. ' 89 1 June' 91 30 Jan. ' 88 3 Dec. ' 87 London London Maryboro' Dum Dura Dublin London Naas Naas Naas Yarmouth Stratford, Essex Marylebone, Middsx Rahern, Queen's co. Liverpool, Lanes Dublin Lambeth, London St. Catherine's, Dbln Mullinavat. Kilknny Rahan, King's Co. Aldebv. Suffolk 1 Apr. ( Chatham 6 Nov. Chelsea 1 Apr. Chatham — Apr. Natal 23 Oct, Naas 7 Nov. Kgstn- o- T 23 Oct. Naas 23 Oct. Naas 23 Oct. Naas 10 Nov. iChelsea dots ring It frm it hand mole bkarm sailor rt frm dots It frm vac 2 It arm £ 10 wthn wreath It frm LD rt wrst man's hd 2 ancs It frm 4 scs It hnd cicatrix It shoulder star back rt wrist both ears pierced 165 Smith, James 166 Sullivan, Quinlan 167 Welsh, Patrick J. 23195 4109 2849 Royal Enginrs. R. Dublin Fus. R. Dublin Fus. 354 5 8J 27J5 7 30), 5 10 fresh black hazel ( boat buiklr fresh dk brn jblue ' labourer pale Idk brn [ grey Iclerk 9 Oct. ' 88 8 May ' 91 18 Jan. ' 88 Aberdeen Merthyr Naas Huntly, Aberdeen Castletown, co. Cork Curhavnaugh. Mayo 1 Apr. Chatham 23 Oct. Naas 23 Oct. Naas small mole below rt shoulder sc above rt eye sc It. frm [ labourer labourer labourer plater clerk tailor labourer miner clerk tiiiill workei slater labourer clerk moulder painter labourer gardener labourer labourer j cabnet mkr miner frnch plshr van guard hawker carter core maker shoemaker labourer fisherman grocer clerk moulder billrd mrkr gardener porter bricklayer harnss mkr whitesmith collier butcher carter groom collier porter labourer labourer porter steward fishmonger labourer cashr& clrk labourer farm labr laboure' labourer labourer farrier collier porter moulder labourer plumber labourer mason miner miner labourer labourer miner seaman boatman quarrvman Liverpool, Lanes Norton, Durham Ennis, co. Clare Dundee, Forfar Faringhm, Sevnoaks Alnwick, Nrthmbld Falkirk, Stirling Everton, Lanes Norwich, Norfolk Dundee, Forfar Rothsay, Bute Barony, Lanark Drumkaran, Leitrim Kilmarnock, Ayr St. Cuthbert, Edin. Shankhill, Antrim Greenock, Renfrew Aberdeen H udders field, Yorks Waltham Aby, Essex St. James, Morpeth Kilmarnock, Ayr Camber well, Surrey Sunderland, Durhm Disley, Cheshire Keighley, Yorks Wandsworth, Surrey Birr, King's co. St. Mary's, Grimsby Woodsetts. Yorks Oheadle, Cheshire Wihaborne. Dorset Maryhill, Lanark Witton Pk, Durham Sandymount, Dublin Chelsea, London Chorltn- o- Medlook * Corsham, Somerset Rathmines, Dublin Wigm. Lanes Kennington, Londu Dalziel, Lanark Walsall, Staffs Rowley, Staffs St. Luke's, Middlsx Walworth, Surrey Barnet, Middlesex St. Pancras. London Battersea, Surrey Lambeth. Surrey Wrexham, Denoigh St. James'. Edinbro' Govan, Lanark Prestbery, Cheshire Liverpool, Lanes Worm leighton, Oxon Stepney, Middlesex Carlow Swallownest, Yorks WalhamGrn.. L') n In [ Gloucester, Gloaestr Drumcondra, Dublin Kingston, Surrey Islington, Middlesx Dewsbury, Yarks Deansgate, Lanes Sherrif Hill* Manchester, Lanes Barony, Lanark Chead'le. 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London Watson. George TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1899. THE POLICE GAZETTE. ABSENTEES FROM THE MILITIA. . OFFICE HO. NAME. Burke, Patrick Calderwood. Harry Crawford. Andrew Currie, Harry Holyoak, Arthur Hyndman. W. E. B. Joesbury. Edward Lewis, William Lynch, E. McCann. Wm. McRyan, Owen Meakin, Samuel Motherwell, John Myles, Edward Ram, Thomas Restrick, William Robinson, Geo. T. Rose, John Thomas Ryan, Thomas Smith. Edward J. REG. NO. Whittaker, Wm. Williams, John Williams. Stephen ADMIRALTY. Description of Deserters from Her Majesty's Sea Service. OFFICE NO. NAME. SHIP DESERTED FROM. DATE. RATING. WHERE BORN. B 0 •< H a 2 E as COM- PLXN. HAIR. EYES. MARKS AND REMARKS. 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 Ahern, Michael Anderson, Hy. Barker, Henry Blackwell. J. R. Burden, William H Burnett, Walter Chapple, Thomas Dealler, Fred Fisher, George Gillespie, John Royalist, straggler Pembroke, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Vivid, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter 13 Nov. ' 99 7 Nov. ' 99 4 Nov. ' 99 3 Nov. ' 99 30 Oct. ' 99 7 Nov. ' 99 30 Oct. ' 99 31 Oct, ' 99 1 Nov. ' 99 4 Nov. ' 99 stoker acting E. R. A. stoker. 2nd class O. S. signal boy stoker stoker E. R. A. stoker OS. Klnsale 27$ Belfast 26 Halifax, Nova Scotia 19 Notting Hill, London 18 Roch. lale, Lanes 17f Frazerburgh, Aberdeen 19$ Hammersmith, London 27f Deptford. Kent 34J Hull, Yorkshire 23* Temnland, Dumfries 19 5 8 5 6. J 5 8 5 5 5 1 5 4} 5 5 5 6 > n 5 8* fair fresh fresh fair fresh fresh fresh fair fresh ruddy brn dk brn It brn brn brn brn brn brn dk bru brn blue brn blue grey grey blue blue blue blue grev ttd It arm girl's head anchor & c It arm woman rt arm bird tree snake & c It arm flower flags Jcc rt arm LD It wrist bracelet anchor 4tc rt frm ring 2nd rt finger 202 203 204 - 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 Hooligan, Michael Hooligan, Thomas Jennings, Albert Kenny, Hugh Kirkbright, John Lyons, Patrick Murphy, James Murray, James Neil, Eugene Newton, William D. of Wellington, deserter Vivid, deserter Pembroke, deserter Royalist, straggler Pembroke, deserter Vivid, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Wildfire, deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter stoker, 2nd class stoker, 2nd class stoker. 2nd class stoker stoker, 2nd class stoker, 2nd class stoker, 2nd class stoker stoker stoker, 2nd class Innis, co. Clare Dublin Plaistow, Essex Ballyhedona Birmingham St. George's, Liverpool Lisburn, co. Down Liverpool Canning Town, London Victoria Docks. London m 25 21 24 28. i 241 23 28 25 J 20 J 5 9 dark 5 5. J fresh 5 6^ fresh 5 7iifresh 5 5 fresh 5 3 ' fair 5 73' fresh 5 4 dark 5 5 J fresh 5 62 fresh brn It brn black black Ik brn light brn brn light dk brn blue blue blue hazel dk brn hazel brn brn hazel tf- rey sc It cheek flags and Good Luck rt arm bracelet It JKHEW It arm crossed flags rt arm ttd rt frm rings 2nd & 3rd It fingers sc rt eye girl flag 4cc rt arm ship horseshoe Ate It mole hip sc back head W heart It arm cross back It hand ' 212 213 214 215 216 217 Precious, John C. Small, James J. Stewart, William E. Taylor, William D. Thompson, Ernest Weaving. James Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter D. of Wellington, deserter Howe, deserter 2 Nov. ' 9y 30 Oct. ' 90 10 Nov. ' 99 3 Nov. ' 99 4 Nov. ' 99 6 Nov. ' 99 sail maker's mate stoker acting E. R. A. S. B. A. stoker, 2nd class stoker. 2nd class Folkestone, Kent Staines, Middlesex Ipswich Manchester Cirencester. Gloucester 22\ 22 A 2lj 23* 22J 22J 5 4 5 53 5 92 5 5 5 4J 5 4 fresh fresh fresh fresh fresh fair brn brn dk brn brn ,1k brn light grey blue grey hazel grey blue sc It calf & It neck heart It arm dagger rt arm sc rt side forehead sc back rt hand spot ttd rt hand Discharged for Misconduct. ROYAL MARINES. Description of Deserters. Discharged for Misconduct. I labourer labourer gardener labourer brass caster musician caster carpenter j butcher 11abourer labourer I polisher labourer [ labourer labourer labourer labourer ! labourer tailor stick mntr labourer labourer labourer Oldham. Lanes Manchester, Lanes Bothwell, Lanark Loughboro, Leicestr Birmingham Sherbrook, Quebec Birmingham Southampton, Hants Wakefield, Yorks Ayr. Ayrshire Lavish, Tyrone Birmingham Hutehiestown. Lnrk Barony, Lanark Enfield, King's Co. Hamilton. Lanark Elswick, Northmbld Ilkeston, Derby Frankford. King's C. Clerkenwell Liverpool, Lanes Manchester. Lanes Wapping, Middlesex P Fit frm CR rt arm • Pontefract dot back It frm bunch flwrs rt arm warty mle rt hip AJ female figure back rt frm scs It cheek dots frms * to Maryhiir Barracks sc rt knee SM back rt frm OZ and DB rt frm fleshy mole inner side It arm crossed scs over It eyebrow birthmk rt body sev scs It side head cross and Love It frm vac 3 It x ILVS blue dots It frm clspd hndsrt frm In memry mother ' heart It frm jflower rt frm McKenna. P. 4th Cheshire R. Dukintield. Cheshire McPherson. Jas. C. Unicorn Dundee Bowman, Harry Brown, George Carson, Edward Constable. Charles Gardiner, Chas. A. Hardy, James Hawes, A. J. Johnston, James McCormack, Jos. A. Millington, C. F. Mooney, George Payne. W. E. R. M. A. Portsmouth R. M. A. R. M. A. Portsmouth R. M. A. Chatham Chatham Portsmouth R. M. A. R. M. A. R. M. A. Wapping, London Lambeth, London Blackfriars* Droitwich, Wrcstr Stepney, London Woolwich, Kent Lewishara, Kent Crieff, Perth Sydney, Canada Tongham. Surrey Islington, London Norwood. Surrey waiter painter labourer carpenter painter brklyr's Lab labourer miner chmsts asst bottler shop assist harnmermn . sc over it eyebrow and back It hand anchor It arm sc It frm dot It leg • Glasgow sc rt knee sc upper lip heart and AH rt frm H It anchor It arm ( faintly) ,2 scs back of head | sea It wrist knees rt arm and breast | sc back It ear Peel, Walter Chatham Middlesbrough* carter faint scs rt eyebrow forehead rt elbow & c * Yorks 2 T H E P O L I C E GAZETTE. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 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— (>.) 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 JDiscipline 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— (&.) 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 th » 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 arc to be stated in the notice to the Police :— ( a.) Breaks out of his Ship. ( 5.) 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. (<•.) 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 nightr 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 m< 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. Alcock, J. Aldrich, R. Baird, J. Bedward, C. Bentley, E. Blake, J. Booth, M. Boyne, J. Brenton. J. Buckley. 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