. The fleet from within. Being the impressions of a R. N. V. R. officer. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY i^M. M p y c :?^ c IV LONDON AND EDINBURGHSAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO. LTD. 1919 PRINTED BY HAZELt, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY. TO THE LASS WHO LOVES A SAILOR 426557 AUTHORS FOREWORD I AM not concerned in this work with thestrategical aspect of the greatest Navy inthe world. That has already been dealtwith by experts. Rather do I wish in theseimpressions to present to the public a phaseof the Citizen Navy at war which has beenhitherto overlooked. I refer to the humanphase. I
. The fleet from within. Being the impressions of a R. N. V. R. officer. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY i^M. M p y c :?^ c IV LONDON AND EDINBURGHSAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO. LTD. 1919 PRINTED BY HAZELt, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY. TO THE LASS WHO LOVES A SAILOR 426557 AUTHORS FOREWORD I AM not concerned in this work with thestrategical aspect of the greatest Navy inthe world. That has already been dealtwith by experts. Rather do I wish in theseimpressions to present to the public a phaseof the Citizen Navy at war which has beenhitherto overlooked. I refer to the humanphase. It seems to have been forgottenthat the Great War produced a new Navyas well as a new Army, and it is the atmo-sphere consequent upon the new order ofthings that I have striven to represent inthese pages. I have been prompted towards publishingthis book by the interest shown by a num-ber of my old shipmates and friends in theGrand Fleet—, , and !It was through the good offices of the lateCommander-in-Chief Coast of Scotland andmy colleagues on his^staff that I had the 12 ? ..AUTH
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