Naval courts martial . ron, was being driven ashore by a gale in theGolfo de Peiias on the dangerous coast of southernChili, a sailor who had already been wrecked in a man-of-war on the Barbary coast, told his comrades thattheir pay would cease from the moment the ship waswrecked. They would then no longer be subject tothe Articles of War. He was right. If Captain DavidCheape of the Wager had been a man of reasonable tactand temper, he might have kept his command over hismen, or at least over the great majority of them. Butas the narrative of Admiral Byron, who was then amidshipman in the Wage
Naval courts martial . ron, was being driven ashore by a gale in theGolfo de Peiias on the dangerous coast of southernChili, a sailor who had already been wrecked in a man-of-war on the Barbary coast, told his comrades thattheir pay would cease from the moment the ship waswrecked. They would then no longer be subject tothe Articles of War. He was right. If Captain DavidCheape of the Wager had been a man of reasonable tactand temper, he might have kept his command over hismen, or at least over the great majority of them. Butas the narrative of Admiral Byron, who was then amidshipman in the Wager, and who remained loyal tohis captain throughout, clearly shows, Cheape was apassionate man of no judgment and of the most brutalselfishness. He endeavoured to dictate and overbearwhere he could only persuade. He capped a courseof stupidities by killing one of his midshipmen in i-. ^ -»*.- •;<.~ ^ l^v^tAcry:-^ t?^.4- <3a^1^ fiT-T^X. Z-^^-)^ ^-U e-yy^ l-ff /^ -/??^y^ yVI-a 4^^ 7^ Caj,h P^^f. f/i^ A^ J -f^. Page of text and signatures, from report of Court Martial, 1694 -y^^T-cr//jS. Q
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