POLICE GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. NEW SERIES. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1899. VOL. XVI., No. 1667. It is requested that the Admiralty and War Office Forms giving descriptions of Deserters, < tc., from Her Majesty's Naval and Military Services, for insertion in the POLICE GAZETTE, and all communications in connection therewith, shall he addressed to THE EDITOR of the POLICE GAZETTE, New Scotland Yard, London, S. W. R. ANDERSON, Editor. WAR OFFICE, DECEMBER 19, 1899. DESERTERS AM) ABSENTEES FROM IIER MAJESTY S SERVICE. T 1 Anderson, David Barlow, James Barton, John Blake, Robert Bollans, George A. Brien, John Brown. William Burke, Daniel Burke, John Burns. Henry V. Caistor, Walter Carley, Alfred Carroll, Patrick Collett, Walter Cooper, George Copeland, William Cowley, Fred Crawford, William Davies, John Develin. James Dodds, John Thos. Doherty. John Dorling, Charles Doyle, John Doyle. Patrick Eadie, Arthur Easton, James Edwards, Wm. D. Elliott, James John Elliott, Thomas Fenton, Wright Fitzsimmons, Dan. Foster. Mark Graham, Arthur Gurney, Edward Hagerty, Cornelius Hands. M. R. Hardinge, Geo. Wr. Harrington. Thomas Hartfield, William E. Hill. William Hoban, John Thomas Hodgkinson, Herbt. Howard, Arthur Hunter, Arthur E. Hyland. Patk. Jas. Jeal. John Frederick jones, Harry Kays, Charles Lambert. Henry Mapleson, Frank Martain, William J. Matthews. Ben. McCafferty, Dennis MeCann, Thomas McCormack, James McInnes, Hugh McLean. Hugh Merle, H. W. Milligan, Thomas Nash. David North, Richard O' Brien, Patrick O'Neal, Henry Palmer, John Payton, Timothy Pigott, James Poole, Arthur Ratcliffe, Thomas Reay, Thomas Rennison. George Reynolds, William Rickett, Thomas Robinies, John Robins, John Ross, Thomas Royle, William Ryan, John Scott. Joseph Scott. William labourer butcher miner labourer carman labourer engineer labourer ship's std ham ' iiv iin dock labr labourer labourer hatter plasterer plasterer litter carpenter lab wer laoourer labourer labourer labourer labourer saddler groom bricklayer timbr bndr sailor acul rna. vcr tailor engine trnr weaver seaman jcollier tube trade clerk labourer I labourer I collier carter carter butcher labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer miner labourer labourer labourer black smith labourer labourer waiter barber labourer [ labourer labourer docklabr labourer [ labourer miner clerk mill hand ( labourer laoourer iron workr I boatman labourer [ printer I labourer ' plasterer jabourer labourer Steward Chin con, Northiubld Walsall. Staffs Barony, Lanark Burnley, Lanes Marylebone, Londn Cappawh i te, T i prary Falkirk. Stirling Doneraile, Cork Whitechapel, Mi Ids Bi )•• nin'- rhm. Wrwk l^. iugton, tviidihesx Poplar, London St. John's. Sal ford Woo bunt, Bucks Bridbury, Cheshire Dun- nurray, Antrim Twickenham, M i d d x Macclesfield, Cheshr D > wlais, Glamorgan E inln'e. T/ vnark* hi- il < i\ i'iiui( y, a..-- niiis Con will. Donegal S. James, BurvSt. Ed. St. Nicholas. Dublin St. Margaret, Dublin Kensington, London Barony, Lanark- Liverpool, Lanes Belfast, Antrim Manchester. Lanes il. uiiax. t'o. ic.-, St. John's, Salford St. Woolfran* Burnley, Lanes Kilburn, Middlesex Mcrthyr Tydlil* Birmingham Clifton Down, Bristl Kennington, Surrey E. Grinstead. Sussex . Mieitichl, 1' oiKs St. Mary's, Nottngm Sheffield, Yorks S. Thomas, Winchsti Aldershot, Hants Ross, Galway Marylebone, London Knutsford, Cheshire Monmouth, Mons. Lucknovv. India tf. irro w- iii- i'iiiuess Kilsyth. Stirling Harrnondsworth* Bon beg, Donegal Greenock Liverpool, Lanes Barony, Lanark Govan, Lanark Hoxton, Middlesex St. Peter's, co. Down Koston, Statf•> Verwood, Dorset Do u u ey B rook, D bl i n | Chiswick, Surrey ! Doneraile, Cork Sheffield, Yorks Rosewell, Midlothn Manchester, Lanes Bradford Workington* tveiso, Durham Old Monklnd. Lanrk Barton, Cheshire Hammrsmith, Mddx Lambeth, Surrey Glasgow, Lanark Belfast, Antrim Bulgerton. Limerick Wigton, (.' umberlinli Batterwea. Surrev i anchor li L) It- frm somewhat pigeon- chested • to Newcvstle- on- Tyne sc rt frm dots It frm small mole top sternum vac 2 rt flag & anc bk It hnd * frm Stirling cross JHS rt arm sc belly . 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DESERTERS AND ABSENTEES FROM HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE— continued. DESERTION OR ABSENCE. Seacole, Albert Senior. Harry Shaw, Frederick Stewart, George V. Stewart, John Tacey, John Thomas, Thomas Thompson, John Tonge, Fred Tourlamain. Alf. F. Truss, G. W. Walsh, John J. Walsh, Patrick J. White, J. White, William Williams, Edward Wright. James labourer seaman groom clerk labourer fishmonger haulier labourer striker carman groom butcher carpenter shoemaker labourer labourer Icrrier's asst liailey, Oxon. Doncaster Blackpool Bangalore. E. India Barony, Lanark St. Thomas's, Lcicstr Pontypridd, Glam. ' St. Peter's. Grimsby Sheffield, Yorks Clerkenwell. Londn Peter bro , Northauts Cahir, Tipperary I'allaskenry, Limrck Bolton. Lanes lluth, Glamorgan Aberavon, Glam. Bootle, Lanes Somers Harry & c It frm sc & c rt sc It groin & shin wto Gosport sc forehead It jaw palm tree It arm mole rt arm * to Glencorse small sc rt elbow • to Cardiff long sc incised wound forehead sc rt temple indistinct ttg above It wrist sc undr rt eye outr It Ig & ovrltbtk x bck It hnd x & c rt frm hrt rt hnd sc back head girl bird flwr It frm Spanish girl rt sc nape neck Bailey, Edward Barber, John Burke. Stephen Hill. William Jackson, Robert McGurk. John collier groom labourer labourer labourer labourer Haydock, Lanes I Leeds, Yorks Clifton, co, Donegal Carswene, co. Kerry j Padding ton, Londn Belfast. Antrim collier marks on body American coat of arms rt frm internal squint If. eye sc It arm flower Flo rt frm smallpox scs face Aldridge, J. Ashworth, James Byrne, John Daniels, William Dean, Arthur Dochrell, Thomas Irvine. William Jones. Thos. Wm. McLean, James Mulhall. James Noakley, Martin Smith. A. Spencer, Jos. Sutton, Charles Taylor, George H. Whelan. Jos. White, John Wright. Arthur groo. n shoemaker teacher [ clerk engraver labourer ' cooper fndry labr shoemaker tailor labourer baker gasfitter labourer spinner gardener labourer fishmonger St. Joliu's, Manchesc. r Riwten stall. Lanes Hexham, Nlthmbld Manchester. Lanes S. George'Sj'Brmghm Ludsdown, Kent Scalloway, ShetlanJ Bolton, Lanes Camberwell. London St. Mary's. Dublin ' Manchester, Lanes London, Middlesex Bermondsey, Surrey St. Luke's, Middlsx flower Brougbton* ' lVnsiland, Carlow Hulme, Lines Biggleswade. Bedfrd sc forehead blue dot It frm mole frnt neck mole between shoulders tto It wrist sc rt lower jaw mole back neck scs back both elbows W It frm cluster warts windpipe pock mrks face 2 dots mddle brst burn sc chest 3 oval scs rt lumbar region dts It fm sc rt head white sc It link moles It hip & bk nk anchor rt frm # Salford, Lines cicatrix It eyebrvv nose deflected rt sc rt. shin mole back Austin, John Beattie, Samuel Bell, James Berry, Henry Brown. William Burns, John Campbell, Daniel Campbell, Donald Careys, Patrick Carolan. Simon Clarke, Charles Connollys, John Corns, Ralph Costello. Francis Coyle, Bernard Coyle, John Craig, John Culey, James Cummins, Francis Curnyn. James Daley, Joseph Dolan. James Donnelly, John Devine James Devine. Patrick Duncanson, James Farrell, James Ferguson, Archibald Ferguson, Roderick Fitzpatrick. John | Gallacher, Samuel Gannon, John Gaynor, Michael Gilmour, Joseph Goldrick, James M. Gourley, Charles Graham, John Graham, Roderick Grant, Edward Hackett. Andrew Hartley, William L. Heaney, James Howell. Owen Joyce, Thomas Kane, John Kelly, John Kelly, Michael Kiernan, Patrick Kirk, William Lawlor. Patrick Logan, Patrick Matthews, Frank McAskill, Donald McCabe, Michael McCafferty, C. McCaffrey, Patrick McCallum, Adam McCallum. William labourer labourer spinner collier labourer labourer moulder fisherman [ labourer [ labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labjurer wood turnr labourer barm in bricklayer labourer labourer labourer ( labourer [ labourer moulder j labourer I baker labourer Labourer labourer labourer labourer paper mkr labourer I fisherman [ tailor labourer . farm labr labourer [ labourer polisher labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer I labourer [ labourer tisherman labourer labourer labourer baker labourer Hessett. Suffolk Arroches. Dublin St. Mary's. Bolton St. Paul's, Rochdale [ Drumgoon, Cavan Govan, Kenfrew ; Barony, Lanark Barvas, Ross Armagh, co. Cavan Kilenkara. Cavan lUrney, co. Cavau Widnes, Lanes Lincoln, Lines [ Fern, L^ itriin I Armagh | Kilbride, co. 0 ivan North, Renfrew jEunisklln, Fermngli [ Euuisklln, Fermngh Blieklion. Fermngh St. Pancras East Stirling Ayr, Ayrshire Ivilmore. co. Cavan Bdliuagh. Cavan Govan. Renfrew Whitefield, Lanes Maryhill, Glasgow [ Harris, Inverness A ughalrchr, F r mngh Stranraer, Ayrshire i Killeshandra, Cavan Lvilmore, co. Cavan Eunisklln, Fermngh Derryvullen, Frmgh Barony, Lanark Kilwinning, Ayr TarbertHarris, I n vrs Dublin, co. Dublin Whitehill. Fermngh Hull, Yorks Edinburgh, Mdlothn Aughavea. Fermngh Walsall. Staffs Barony, Lanark Waterville, Kerry Caselerahan, Cavan Killeshandra, Cavan Leeds, Yorks Anna, co. Cavan k iiockn inn v. F i mu ll Oakley, Hereford Harris, Inverness Kilmore, co. Cavan Taghmon, co. Wexfd Anna, co. Cavan Kippoehhill, Lanark K inn£ rPark. Renfrew * St. Eilmunds cross It frm crucifix rt frm guardsman rt frm woman It frm MDKP in hrt rt arm cross & star It • jamesduff womn x with wreath flowers rt frm cicatrices of boils over loins dots it frm vac i it sc rt side neck sc It arm scs rt wrst frnt rt thigh It uppr arm * Harris SS It frm anchor base It thumb se forehead sc It elbow vac 2 It sc It elbow thistle heart clsapd hnds LB It frm " Harris sc rt nipple & rt shoulder blade • to Lichfield • to Cardiff coal sc nose snake on tree rt frm sc rt lower jawi sc under It eye cut chin sc below rt eye & It shldr * Harris * c bk It thigh small white scs back • imall sc It cheek lieart & horseshoe rt frm TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1 8 9 9. T H E POLICE GAZETTE. 3 ABSENTEES FROM THE MILITIA— continued. McCuish, Norman McDonald, Alex. McDonald, Angus J. McDonald. Donald McDonald, Donald. McDonald. Duncan McDonald. Hector McDonald. Hugh McDonald. John McDonald. John McDonald. Kenneth McDonald. Neil McDonald. William McEntee, Edward McGinney, John McGowan. Thomas McGuinness, James McGuinness, Michl. McInnes, Duncan McInnes, Farquhar McKay, Michael McKillop, Roderick McKinley, James McKinnon, John McLeod, Angus McLeod, Angus McLeod, Aulay McLeod, John McLeod, John McLeod. Roderick McLeod. Roderick McLuskey, Charles McPherson, Donald McVay. John McVey, James Morrison. Archibald Morrison, Donald Morrison, Donald J. Morrison, James Morrison. Kenneth Muir, John Mulally, Edward Mulvey, John Murphy, Francis Murphy. George Murphy, James Murray, John Murray, John O'Brien, Richard O'Donnell. D'avid O'Rorke, Patrick Quinn, Thos. Reilly, James Reilly, John Reilly, Nicholas Reynolds, Francis Shepherd, Frank Smith. John Smith, Patrick Smith, Roderick Smyth, Owen Stewart, James Stewart, John Stirling, J. D. Struthers, Andrew Teevan, Patrick Thomas, Thomas Thompson, John Tracey, James Turner. John Turner, Owen Tyman, Francis Walsh, John Watson, Hugh White, James White, James White, William Wilkinson, Ben. Williams, Frederick Wright. Zackriah I labourer fisherman labourer labourer labourer labourer [ labourer labourer [ fisherman I labourer baker labourer ! fisherman labourer [ labourer iron turner [ labourer labourer fisherman [ labourer painter labourer labourer labourer fisherman labourer labourer labourer fisherman labourer iabou Tei- la bourer labourer labourer ironworker labourer fisherman labourer fisherman fisherman labourer miller labourer labourer labourer labourer fisherman labourer labourer blacksmith labourer labourer tinsmith bricklayer labourer shoemaker labourer servant labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer bargeman labourer caretaker collier labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer labourer iron dressr weaver labourer table makr labourer Harris, Inverness Uig Lewis, Ross N. Uist, Inverness TarbertHarris, luvrs S. Uist, Inverness S. Uist, Inverness S. Uist, Inverness Glasgow, Lanark Harris, Inverness S. Uist, Inverness Tar bertH arris, 1 uv rs N. Uist. Inverness Uig Lewis, Ross Ballvhase. co. Cavan C istleraghan* Newry. Ireland Abbey, Renfrew Mullagh, co. Cavan Harris, Inverness S. Uist. Inverness Barony, Lanark Harris, Inverness Brookboro', Frmngh Harris, Inverness Tarbert Harris, I nvrs Harris, Inverness Harris, Inverness Ta rbert Harris, I nvrs Lochs Lewis, Ross Tarbert Harris, Invrs TarbertHarris. lnvrs Bar > ny, Lanark N. Uist, Inverness Urney, co. Cavan Old Monklnd, Lanrk X. Uist, Inverness Lochs Lewis, Ross Harris, Inverness Back Lewis, Ross Harris, Inverness B irony. Lanark Kills, co. Meath Ballinagh, co. Cavan, Ballyconnell, Cavan Anderston, Lanark ' Kilmarl, co. Cavan j Barvas Lewis, Ross I Govan. Renfrew Enniskilln, Frmngh D ; rrvvulletv. Frm< rh ilunishuicsuc. Frmgh Mullingar, W. Meath St. Peter s, Drogheda Drumgoou. Cootehill Killeshandra, Cavan Glasgow. Lanark Chelsea Mullaghoran* Johnstone, Renfrew Lochs Lewis, Ross Virginia, co. Cavau Barony, Lanark NT. Uist, Inverness Ratcliffe, Middlesex s. Uist, Inverness Innishmcsnt, Frmgh Mountain Ash, Glam. Barrhead, Rnfrwshr Drumgoon, Cavan KinngPark. Renfrew EJerney. Fermangh Abbey, Renfrew Ballinagh, co. Cavan Barony, Lanark Ayr, Ayrshire Govan, Renfrew S. Mary's. Whitefield Abbey, Renfrew BethnalG rn, M iddsx Merthvr. Gla- norgn * Harris sc It hip ' Harris • Kirkibost * Harris sc rt shoulder mole It thigh sc forehead * Harris * Harris blue dots It hand * Harris * Ballyjamesduff sc rt small finger man's head back It hand • Harris mole lower part abdomen little fing rt hnd cntrcd * Harris • Harris • Harris • Harris * Harris • Harris * Harris • Harris • Harris sc It groin sc bridge nose & top head mole back & chest ' Harris sc rt hip * Harris * Harris Queen Victoria ttd body slight sc side rt eye G Murphy clasped hands inr rt frm sc nose Isc both thighs vac 4 It 2 crowns It frm * Ballyuagh I* Harris cross < tec It. arm vac 2 rt coal scs rt & It frm FDSB It frm scs over It eyebrow long sc It arm B 1 rt. frm AC 1 IW It frm cross swords rt hand sc chin flower & spray Annie in scroll It fin sc back knee rt leg & chin Brandon, Philip Gay, Thomas Haynes, Stanley McGrath, James Mcintosh, John Neville, Walter Popplestone, George Probetts, John A. Slattery, George Thomas, Alf Waters. Robert Pembroke, deserter Wildfire, deserter Pembroke, deserter Britannia. deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke. deserter Phaeton, deserter Canopus. deserter Alexandra. deserter Pembroke, deserter Pembroke, deserter Bolton, Lanes Lambeth. Surrey St. Pancras, London Dungarvon, Waterford Hartlepool Liverpool Gunnislake, Cornwall Norwood, Surrey Poplar. Middlesex Bermondsey. London Limehouse. London ship chest girl & c rt arm coat of arms & c It se rt cheek anchors crosses dots J MeC 3 stai- s & c It arm & hand anchors & dots It arm woman rt arm Slattery It arm SS SS It frm TtvV 1- t frm Brennan, Patrick Mahony. Timothy Vivid Virid Dublin Ballincollig, Cork sailor It frm heart rt Kelly. James Stockport, Cheshr R. M. labourer cross It arm anchor rt sc small back 4 THE POLICE GAZETTE. TUESDAY, N o v E M B E R 28, 1899. EXTRACT FROM QUEEN'S REGULATIONS AND ADMIRALTY INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS REWARDS, & c. 766. Every possible effort i3 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 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— 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 efEected, 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 j'ears 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 arc 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, ( r.) 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 againstr » 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 Ma; jistrates 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. Aheran, J. Anderton, W. Andrews, A. Bannister, A. Biggerstaff, S. Carty, T. Coleman, G. Constable, C. Courtnall. 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