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Active, H.M.S., 14, 18 Admiralty, dilatory methods of administration, vii-ix, 27, 41, 155, 185, 269, 292, 295, 308, 323 ; decline to adopt the sub-calibre rifle, 84; the towing target, 85 ; the regulations for prize firing, 154 ; instructions on shooting, 159, 186 ; state of confusion in time of war, 200; blunders, 264-267 ; opposition to Sir P. Scott's system of director firing, 265; letters to him, 272, 325; views on the submarine menace, 274, 283; new rules for firing, 300; measures for the air defence of London, 306. Aeroplanes, 332-334 African, South, War, 93 Agadir scare in 1911, 255 Air defence, debate in the House of Commons, 316 Ajaccio, 80 Akado, 21, 22 Albany, 39 Albert Victor, H.B.H. Prince, midshipman in H.M.S. Bacchante, 35; joins H.M.S. Inconstant, 39 Alexander, Captain John Hobhouse, Captain of H.M.S. Forte, 7 Alexandria, 46 Alison, Sir Archibald, at Ramleh, 50; American War of 1812, 25 Anti-Aircraft Corps, members, 315 Antrim, H.M.S., 211 Arabi Pasha, at Kafr Dowar, 46, 50 Arabia, East Coast of, 9 Aranchi Bay, 251 Ardagh, Major J. C., report on the work of Sir P. Scott, 55 Argyll, H.M.S., 198 Ariel, the, 18, 21, 22 Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Messrs., 294, 323 Army, British, guns for the, 321 ; Asquith, Et. Hon. H. H., letter to Sir P. Scott, 269; opinion of the guns for London, 314 Astraea, H.M.S., report of the inspection, 28 Atalanta, H.M.S., sunk, 37 Australia, 39 Austria, war with Prussia, 3 Authors' Club entertains Sir P. Scott, 242 BACCHANTE, H.M.S., 35; Bacon, Admiral Sir R, criticism of Sir P. Scott's letter on the submarine menace, 276, 277 Baden Baden, 2 Badger, H.M.S., rams a submarine, 287 Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J., offers Sir P. Scott the gunnery defence of London, 304; letter to him, 315; on the want of guns for the Army, 321 Balmoral, 174 Barfleur, H.M.S., system of instruction in gunnery, 157 Barton, General, 120 Bate, William, 168 Battenberg, H.S.H. Prince Louis of, at Alexandria, 47 ; resignation, 284. See Milford Haven upkeep, 333 ; rate of speed, 333 cost, 285 Beira, 118 Belfast News, extract from, 278 Belgian forts, destruction of, 327, 328 Bellerophon, H.M.S., 263 Beresford, Admiral Lord Charles, Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, 184, 197, 202; grievance against the Admiralty, 202; peerage conferred, 202 note ; relations with Sir P. Scott, 203 ; "The Betrayal," 204; on submarines, 276, 278, 279, 280 Black Prince, H.M.S., 198, 292 ; Bluejacket, a wounded, story of, 299 note Boer War, 37, 93 Bomb, design of a, 287 Bombay, 6, 8 Botha, Chris, Mayor of Bloemfontein, 220 Botha, General, 107 ; Bousfield, Major, at Durban, 106, 114; tributes to, 173, 339, 340 Boxer rising, 132 Boyes, Captain H., member of the committee on naval uniforms, 70 Bradshaw, Sub-Lieutenant, death from fever, 15 Bridge, Admiral Sir Cyprian, "Some Recollections," 27, 28 ; on the advantages of Sir P. Scott's system of shooting, 158; letter from him, 166 ; on the inefficient gun sights, 184 ; criticism of Sir P. Scott's letter on the submarine menace, 275 on submarines, 276 ; criticisms of Sir P. Scott's letter on the submarine menace, 279 Britannia, H.M.S., 3, 4, 334 British Review, "Reply to Lord Charles Beresford," 204 Broke, Captain, gunnery practice, 25 Brooke, E. H., 114, 116 Brownrigg, Sir Douglas, 28 Bruce, Sir Charles, Governor of Mauritius, 128 Bruce, Admiral Sir James, at Taku, 133 ; Buenos Ayres, 235 Buller, General Sir Redvers, at Durban, 109; use of the long-range guns, 111, 120, 121 ; at Spion Kop, 120 ; letters to Sir P. Scott on his work, 125, 343 ; tribute to, 127 Bundesrath, examination of her cargo, 119 Bygdo Bay, 209 CALCUTTA, the, 33 ; Cameron, Commander Verney Lovett, walk across Africa, 20 Candia, 82 Canterbury, Archbishop of, Hon. LL.D. of Cambridge, 187 Canton River blown over, 145 ; Cape Town, 41, 123 Captain, H.M.S., sunk, 37 Carnarvon, H.M.S., 211 Carrington, Sir John, address to Sir P. Scott, 130 Casement, Sub-Lieut. John, promoted Lieutenant, 23 Centaur, H.M.S. , 323 Centurion, H.M.S., 149; Channel Fleet, gunnery scores, 143 ; gunlayers' tests results, 205 Chatham Dockyard, work on the mountings for long-range guns, 322 Cheefoo, 134, 135 Cheetham, Sir Milne, acting Chargé d'Affairs in Rio Janeiro, 227 ; China, 39 Christian, H.R.H. Princess, presentation to H.M.S. Good Hope, 211 Christian Victor, H.R.H. Prince, at 349 Durban, 106, 109 ; Pietermaritzburg, 107; letter to Sir P. Scott, 107; joins his staff, 109 ; death from enteric fever, 125, 211 ; grave at Pretoria, 218 Churchill, Lady Randolph, 120; at Durban, 123 gallantry, 123 ; taken prisoner, 124 ; escape, 124 ; reception at Durban, 124 ; on a machine for cipher messages, 207 ; interest in the trials of director firing, 252 ; decision on fitting Dreadnoughts with director firing, 261 ; order to change position of funnel and mast, 265 ; appointment of Sir P. Scott at the Admiralty, 284 ; conference with him, 291; offers him the command of the Dardanelles expedition, 295; measures for the protection of London against air raids, 304 ; on destruction of forts, 328 Clanwilliam, Admiral the Earl of, 35,38 Clary, General, 108 Clinometer, use of, 329 "Cobbed," punishment of, 13 Cochrane, Admiral Lord, first Admiral of the Brazilian Navy, 228 Colenso, battle of, 112 ; bombardment, 120 Collingwood, H.M.S., 263 Colomb, Captain P. H., 287 Colomb's flashing lamp, 76 Colombo, 128 Com-el-Dic, Fort, 47 Comino Channel, 62 Condor, H.M.S., sunk, 37 Congo River, punitive expedition, 17 Connaught, Duke of, Hon. LL.D. of Cambridge, 187 " Conned," meaning of the word, 239 Convicts, work on Whale Island, 34, 68,69 Coomassie entered, 15 Corcovado, picnic to, 228 Cowes, 23 Cradock, Admiral, 257 Cressy, H.M.S., sunk, 283 Crete, 81 Crimean War, 24 Cromer, Lord, President of the Dardanelles Commission, 327 Crosbie, Lieut. A. B., 19 ; wounded, 15 ; Brevet-Major, 16 Cullinan, Assistant Paymaster W. F., secretary to Sir P. Scott, 114, 340 Custance, Admiral Sir Reginald, committee on long-range firing, 181 Cygnet, H.M.S., 22 Cyprus, 46 DAHOMEY, King of, punitive expedition against, 20 Daily Graphic, extracts from, 278, 279 Daily Mail, extracts from, 279 Dardanelles, the, 295; operations, 329; Commision, Report, 326, 332 ; cost, 327 note Deer drive at Invercauld, 175 Defence, H.M.S., 292 ; Delarey, General, at the National Convention, Durban, 216 "Depth charge" for submarines, 287 Deutschland, the, 196 Devonport, School of Gunnery at, 58 Devonshire, Duke of, Chancellor of Cambridge University, 187; De Wet, General, at the National Convention, Durban, 216 Diamond, H.M.S., 35 Diaz, General Porfirio, President of Mexico, 248 ; appearance, 249 ; retires, 250 ; death, 251 Dorward, Brig.-General, 137 "Dotter," introduction of, 87 Dover, 208 Dowell, Admiral Sir William, 53 Drake, H.M.S., 179; design of the first, 262 ; place of the mast, 263 Drummond, Lieutenant, 137 Dufferin, the, 222 Duke of Edinburgh, H.M.S., 59, 198 Dummy battleships, design of, 284 ; Dupree, Col. Sir W., Mayor of Portsmouth, 171 Durban, 99, 106, 215; martial law proclaimed, 113 ; National Convention at, 216 Edinburgh, Duke of, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, 61 ; use of a signalling lamp, 61 ; patron of the Naval Exhibition, 70 ; member of the committee on naval uniforms, 70 receives Sir P. Scott, 174, 242 ; interest in gunnery, 176, 299; at Whale Island, 185 Egypt, disturbances in, 46 Electrical range transmitter, 40 Encounter, H.M.S., 18 Engineer, extract from, 279 Escombe, Rt. Hon. Harry, 342 Estcourt, 107 Eurydice, H.M.S., sunk, 37 Ewing, Prof. Sir Alfred, 188 Excellent, H.M.S., 14, 26, 29, 58, 67 ; school of gunnery, 178 Fallieres, M., President of the French Republic, crosses to Dover, 208 "Fanny Adams," 7 Farquhar, Captain R. B., 88 Farrer, Sir George, at the National Convention, Durban, 216 Fegan, Staff-Surgeon Henry, C.B. conferred, 16 Ficklin, Sub-Lieut., death from fever, 15 Fiji Islands, 39 Fisher of Kilverstone, Admiral of the Fleet, Lord, vi; on the "Foolometer," 32; in command of H.M.S. Excellent, 59; orders long-range firing in the Mediterranean, 161 ; First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, 194, 202, 284; on Sir P. Scott's system of routine training, 241 ; design of H.M.S. Dreadnought, 262 ; resignation, 286 ; conference with Sir P. Scott, 291; result of his resignation, 292 Flattery, Cape, 37 Fleet, character of the shooting, 48 ; long-range firing, 178, investigation into, 181 ; scheme of reform of gunnery, 179-181 ; defective gun sights, 182-185; battle practice, 191-194 ; improvement, 192 ; manoeuvres, 206; system of cipher messages, 207 ships to be fitted with director firing, 291 Foam, H.M.S., 18 "Foolometer" machine, 33 Foote, Admiral Randolf, Senior Lieutenant of H.M.S. Excellent, 59 Forcy, Mr., Director of Stores, 291 Forster, Rt. Hon. Arnold, 157; on the fortification of Wei-hai-wei, 168 Fort Pharos, 50 Forte, H.M.S., 5, 341; Fremantle, Admiral Sir E. B., " The Navy as I have known it, " 12 ; air defence of London, 316 George V., King, midshipman in H.M.S. Bacchante, 35; joins H.M.S. Inconstant, 39; H.M.S. Excellent, 59; patron of the Royal Naval Fund, 71 Germany, 3; defects, 196, 290 ; ships fitted with a director system of firing, 255, 261 ; improvement in the system, 269 ; submarines, 270, 283 ; system of searchlights, 324 ; War declared, 281 Gibson, Cecil, wounded, 22 Glasgow, H.M.S., 13, 283 Globe, the, extract from, 278 Glover, G. H., 74 Gneisenau, the, 256, 283 Goliath, H.M.S., sunk, 296 Good Hope, Cape of, 6, 23, 38, 41 Good Hope, H.M.S., 198; balls, 210, 216, 225; presentation to, 211 ; system of night-firing practice, 240; director firing gear removed, 246; sunk by Germans, 256, 283 Grafton, Captain E. H., Commander of H.M.S. Good Hope, 206 " Gravity lamp," 62 Great Britain, war declared against Germany, 281 Green Mountain, 16 Grenfell, Lord, Hon. LL.D. of Cambridge, 187 Grey, Lord, on destruction of Dardanelles forts, 327 Griffiths, Sir Ellis, 317 Grounds, P.O., record of shooting, 157, 169 ; Gun-layers' competition, 301, 335 Gunnery practice, condition of, 25, 73, 282 ; practical and theoretical course, 30; improvement, 192 ; meaning of naval gunnery, 242-246; difference between firing on sea and land, 329- 331 ; progress of, 335 the sight-setter, 85; parallel firing, 257-259 ; elevation of, 293-295 ; for the Army, 321 Haddock, Captain, Commodore of the S. 0. Squadron, 285 Hamilton, Bear-Admiral, in command of the Second Cruiser Squadron, 227, 240 Hampshire, H.M.S., 198 Hampshire Telegraph, extract from, 277 Handy, the destroyer, 148 Hannay, Mr. David, opinion of submarines, 278 Hannibal, H.M.S. , 143 Hannon, Mr. P. J., on Sir P. Scott's views of the submarine menace, 278 Harland and Wolff, Messrs., valuable work of the firm, 285 Harmsworth, Mr. Cecil, 156 Harris, Admiral Sir Robert, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope Station, 95; orders for the mountings of the long-range guns, 100; instructions to Sir P. Scott, 105 Hawke, H.M.S., sunk, 283 Heath, Commodore Sir Leopold, 8 Hely Hutchinson, Sir Walter, Governor of Natal, 95, 107 ; testimony to the work of Sir P. Scott, 337; dispatch from, 333- 340 Hercules, H.M.S., 14 ; punitive expedition up the Congo river, 17 ; destruction of native villages, 18 ; ovation at Portsmouth, 23 ; recommendations for improving the dockyard at Simon's Bay, 41 Hildyard, General, 108 Hofmeyr, Mr., 224 Hogue H.M.S., sunk, 283 Hong Kong, 130, 149, 169 ; advice to Sir P. Scott, 78 ; offers to present a cup for competition, 88 Hunter, Sir David, General Manager of the Natal Government Railways, 110 ; Hutchinson, Lieut. R., 159 Hyde, the brothers, story of, 24 Hydroplane motor boat, design, 288 Illustrious, H.M.S., 88 Inconstant, H.M.S., 35; on fire, 41 Invercauld, deer drive at, 175 Ireland, condition of, 273 Ironside, Bax, 228 Irresistible, H.M.S., sunk, 296 JANE, Mr. F. T., handbook on airships and aeroplanes, 318 Japan, 39, 145, 164 Jelliooe of Scapa, Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount, vi ; member of the committee on improving the regulations for prize firing, 154; acts as umpire, 157 ; wounded at Taku, 166 ; in command of H.M.S. Drake, 179 ; knowledge of gunnery, 179; Director of Naval Ordnance, 189, 190, 194, 301 ; in command of the Atlantic Squadron, 197, 251 ; "The Grand Fleet, 1914-1916," 197 note, 324 note, 326 note ; on the receipt of a signal, 208; member of the Admiralty Board, 247; instals director firing in H.M.S. Neptune, 247; advises the Admiralty to fit director firing to all ships, 251; on the value of the system, 253-255 ; Commander-in- Chief of the Grand Fleet, 288; reasons for avoiding an action at night, 290, 324 note; reform of naval gunnery, 301 ; invested with the insignia of Knight Commander of the Victorian Order, 302; on guns for the defence of London, 309 ; inferiority of Grand Fleet's searchlights, 324; leaves the Admiralty, 325 Johannesburg, 219 Johns, Mr., 94 Jones, Captain, 173 Joubert, General, 96 Jutland, Battle of, 197, 254, 292, 324 note KAFR DOWAB, 47, 50 Kennedy, Sir R. J., at Monte Video, Kentucky, the, 149 Kerr, Vice-Admiral Mark E. F., at Fort Com-el-Dic, 50 Kerr, Lord Walter, First Lord of the Admiralty, introduction of competition in shooting, 300 Kiao-chau, 165 Kiel, 194, 293 Kimberley invested, 95 King Edward VII, H.M.S., mixed armaments, 262 Kirkness, Lieut. J. L. S., gunnery officer in H.M.S. Good Hope, 206 Kitchener, Field-Marshal, Earl, Secretary of War, reply to Sir P. Scott, 281 ; Kruger, Paul, house at Pretoria, 217 LADYSMITH, siege of, 95, 105; attack on, 108 ; method of communicating by pigeon, 110 ; by searchlight, 111 ; relieved, 125 Laings Neck, reverse at, 38 Lamb, Charles, on proverbial sayings, 303 Lambton, Admiral Sir Hedworth, 95 ; wires for ammunition, 103 ; guns in the siege of Ladysmith, 104, 346; limited supply of ammunition, 104 ; committee on long-range firing, 181. See Meux Colomb's flashing, 76 Lang, Rev. Francis, wounded, 22 Las Palmas, 91 Lee, Admiral Vaughan, 309 Leipzig, the, 283 Leon Gambetta, the, 208 Lewen, Cape, 39 Limpus, Commander A. H., at Durban, 106 ; tributes to, 127, 340, 343 Little, Mr. A. W. A. Knox, Managing Director of the Leopoldina Railway, 228 Livingstone, Dr., 20 Lloyd, Pennant, First Lieutenant in H.M.S. Scylla, 80 London, defenceless state from air raids, 303 ; character of the ammunition supplied, 305 ; protective measures, 308-315 ; number of guns, 309-314 ; taken over by the War Office, 316 Ly-ce-mun Pass, 130 MADDEN, Admiral Sir Charles, 287 Mafeking invested, 95 Magnificent, H.M.S., 143 Maine, the, hospital ship, 122 Majestic, H.M.S., sunk, 296 Majuba, reverse at, 38 Malacca, Straits of, 129 Malta, 46, 66, 80 Maltby, Sub-Lieut. Gerald, wounded, 15 Manchester Courier, extract from, 277 Manchester Guardian, extract from, 277 Mariotis, Lake, 52 Marks, Mr., suspect, 116 Mars, H.M.S., 143 Marshall, Sir James, Director of Dockyard Work, 291 Masts and sails, training in the use of, 35, 36 ; abolition, 37 Maunsell, Mr. R. E. L., Chief Engineer of the South Eastern Railway Co., 312 Mauritius, Island of, 128 Maurity, Admiral, 228 May, Admiral of the Fleet Sir William, 300; design of a ship, 264 Melbourne, 39 Merchant ships, use of, 286; Methuen, Lord, Acting Governor of the Transvaal, at the banquet at Johannesburg, 219 Meux, Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Hedworth, 181. See Lambton Mex dam, 52 ; Middlemas, Sub-Lieut. A. C., promoted Lieutenant, 20 Milford Haven, Marq. of, 47. See Battenberg Milner, Viscount, 117 Minnesota, the, 153 Molteno, Mr. J. T., 224 Monitors, elevation of the guns, 294 Monmouth, H.M.S., sunk, 256, 283 Monte Video, 37, 230, 238 Morris, Colonel, Commandant of Durban, 126 Morrison, Dr., 164 " Mud Island," 33-35, 67 Munday, Sub-Lieut. Bobert, killed, 15 Murren, 269 NAPOLEON, Emperor, on the meaning of strategy, ix ; Natal, loyalty of, 113 Nathan, Sir Matthew, 222 Naval, administration, vi ; College, Portsmouth, 3, 14 ; Exhibition Fund in aid of, 66, 71 ; gunnery, meaning of, 242-246 Navy, rule of the Service, 198-200; future of the, 332 gunnery, 26, 192, 282, 296-302 ; ships, inspection of, 26 ; committee on, 70 ; officers, on half-pay, 89 ; parallel firing, 258 ; Estimates, 274 ; target practice, 297 ; prize firing, 297, 298 ; searchlights, system of, 324 Neptune, H.M.S., director firing installed, 240, 247 ; Neumann, Mr., 175 Newport, Naval College at, 153 Nicholson, Field-Marshal Lord, member of the Dardanelles Commission, 327 Nicol, Mr. John, Mayor of Durban, letter to Sir P. Scott, 344 Niger, river, 21 ; Nymphe, H.M.S. , 88 Observer, extracts from, 280 Ocean, H.M.S., sunk, 296 Ogilvy, Lieut. F. A., hunt for a dynamo, 111 Ogilvy, Commander F. C., 159, 173 Onslow, Lieut. Hughes, temporary Captain of H.M.S. Terrible, 127 Orion, H.M.S., competitions with H.M.S. Thunderer, 252, 268 Orkneys, the, 288 Osborne, 23 Otranto, the, 283 Outlook, extract from, 279 Pall Mall Gazette, extracts from, 277, 279 Paris, 308 ; defence of, 307 Pathfinder, H.M.S., sunk, 283 Patras, 66 Pearson, Captain, 67 Peiho, river, 133, 135 Peirse, Admiral Sir Richard H., 60; Pelorus, H.M.S., 235 ; Philomel, H.M.S., 120,342 Pietermaritzburg, 107 Pomeroy, Mr., invention of a bullet, 307 Port Arthur, 165 Port Elizabeth, 222 Port Said, 91 Portsmouth, 6, 23, 37, 53, 169, 208, 210; Gunnery School at, 26, 58 Powerful, H.M.S., 90, 99, 345 Pretoria, 116, 217 Prussia, Prince Henry of, in command of the High Sea Fleet, 194 ; Punch, cartoons, 177, 302, 317 Punta-da-Lenha, 18 Queen Elizabeth, H.M.S., ordered to the Dardanelles, 295; Rasaltin, Fort, 50 Rawlinson, Commander A., 308 ; design of a motor lorry, 312 Rawson, Sub-Lieut. Wyatt, wounded, 15 Referee, extract from, 280 Reynolds, Sub-Lieut. Harry, promoted Lieutenant, 23 Rice, Lieut. Charles, 204 Rio Janeiro, 227 Roberts, Field-Marshal Earl, 116 ; on their value, 282 Roosevelt, President, interest in the Fleet, 150 ; Rosebery, Lord, on the value of Wei-hai-wei, 167 Rose-Innes, Chief Justice Sir James, speech on the Navy, 218 Russia, Grand Duke Michael, houses the guns and crews, for the defence of London, 313 Ryder, Admiral A. P., 55 SABOGREGA, punitive expedition against, 22 Sailors, hatred of Sunday, 11 ; quaint sayings, 49 St. Helena, 46, 91, 226 St. Vincent, 46, 214 St. Vincent, H.M.S., 263 Saldanha Bay, 214 Sandiman, Captain H. G., report on the appliances for signalling at night, 75-78 Santa Cruz, 239 Scapa Flow, 288; Scott, Admiral Sir Percy, grand-parents, 1 ; education, 2; at Eastman's Naval Academy, 3 ; gazetted a Naval Cadet, 3 ; at Wiesbaden, 3 ; joins H.M.S. Britannia, 4 ; H.M.S. Bristol, 5 ; H.M.S. Forte, 5 ; voyage to Bombay, 6 ; rations, 7 ; A.D.C. to Commodore Sir L. Heath, 8 ; joins H.M.S. Hercules, 14 ; gazetted Sub-Lieutenant, 14 ; joins H.M.S. Active, 14 ; breaks his leg, 16 ; at Ascension Island, 16 ; takes part in punitive expeditions, 17-23; promoted Lieutenant, 20; on board the guardship at Cowes, 23 ; received by Queen Victoria, 24; joins H.M.S. Excellent, 29, 58; instruction in gunnery, 29 ; plan for the conversion of Whale Island into a Gunnery School, 35, 58, 67 ; Gunnery Lieutenant of H.M.S. Inconstant, 35 cruise round the world, 37 ; at Monte Video, 37, 230-235, 238 ; at the Cape, 38, 93 ; at Simon's Bay, 38, 41, 222; voyage to Australia, 39 ; invention of an electrical range transmitter, 40 ; method of extinguishing the fire in H.M.S. Inconstant, 42 ; modification of diver's dress, 43; ordered to Alexandria, 46; at Fort Com-el-Dic, 47 ; method of bringing up 7-ton guns, 50-53 ; blows up Mex Dam, 53 ; at Portsmouth, 53, 169 ; testimonies to his service, 53-55, 337, 343-346 ; receives a medal from Queen Victoria, 57; promoted Commander, 59 ; joins H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh, 59 ; invention of a signalling lamp, 61, 75 ; Commander of H.M.S. Excellent at Whale Island, 67 ; member of the committee on naval uniforms, 70 ; exhibition in aid of the Royal Naval Fund, 71 ; promoted Captain, 72 ; Captain of H.M.S. Scylla, 73 ; in the Mediterranean, 73 ; system of instruction in signalling, 74 ; various inventions, 77-79, 85, 207 ; at Ajaccio, 80 ; instruction in gunnery, 81-88, 128, 138; sub-calibre rifle, 85 ; towing targets, 85 ; invention of the "Dotter," 87; on half-pay, 89; in command of H.M.S. Terrible, 90; ordered to proceed to China, 91 ; design for the mounting of long-range guns, 94, 98-101, 120, 121, 282, 332 ; at Durban, 102, 215 ; appointed Military Commandant of Durban, 105-119, 337; measures for the defence, 107, 340-342; arrested by a policeman, 114 ; examination of vessels, 119; equips hospital ships, 122 ; voyage to China, 127 ; reception at Mauritius, 128 ; Hong Kong, 130-132, 145, 169; address from Sir J. Carrington, 130 ; C.B. conferred, 131, 174 ; at Taku, 132 ; Chefoo, 135 ; "deflection teacher," 139 ; on the operation of righting the Canton River, 145-149; president of a committee for improving the regulations for prize firing, 154 ; at Wei-hai-wei, 165 ; addresses of welcome, 170 ; speech at a public banquet, 171-174 ; at Balmoral, 174-177 ; invested with the insignia of Knight Commander, of the Victorian Order, 174, 302; takes part in a deer drive, 175, 176; Captain of H.M.S. Excellent, 178 ; efforts to improve gunnery, 179-181, 191-194, 298 ; incurs the disapproval of the Admiralty, 181, 183; report on the defective gun sights of H.M.S. Lancaster, 183 ; of H.M.S. Centurion, 184; letters to the Admiralty, 184, 255, 256 ; Hon. LL.D. of Cambridge, 187; Inspector of Target Practice, 189 ; duties, 190; at Kiel, 194-196, 293; in command of the Second Cruiser Squadron, 197, 198 ; relations with Lord Charles Beresford, 203, 210 ; invention for cipher messages, 207 ; cruise round Ireland and Scotland, 208 ; at Christiania, 209 ; in command of a squadron of cruisers in South Africa, 210 ; system of routine training, 212, 241 ; at Pretoria, 217; Johannesburg, 219; Bloemfontein, 220 ; Cape Town, 223-225 ; farewell messages, 225, 229 ; at St. Helena, 226 ; Rio Janeiro, 227-229 ; promoted Vice-Admiral, 227 ; reply to the Minister of War, 234; at Buenos Ayres, 335 ; speech at the farewell dinner, 236-238 ; at Teneriffe, 238; Gibraltar, 239; system of night-firing, 239; in London, 241; audience with King Edward VII., 242, 291; speech at the Authors' Club, 242-246 ; work on director firing, 247, 259; visit to Mexico, 248-251 ; presented to Gen. P. Diaz, 249 ; joins H.M.S. Neptune to superintend trials with director firing, 251 ; points out the blunders of the Admiralty, 264-267; at Murren, 269; created a Baronet and promoted Admiral, 270 ; retirement, 270; on the submarine menace, 270, 286 ; letters from the Admiralty, 271, 325 ; letter to the Times on the submarine menace, 274 ; criticisms on his warnings, 275-281 ; appointed Adviser to the Admiralty on gunnery, 284, 325; improvisation of dummy battleships, 284-286 ; design of a bomb, 287; interview with Sir J. Jellicoe at Scapa Flow, 288 ; measures for fitting ships with director firing, 291; loss of his son, 293; on the elevation of guns, 293-295; refuses offer of command of the expedition to the Dardanelles, 296 ; report on the inefficiency of the shooting, 299 ; appointed to the gunnery defence of London, 304; measures, 308-315 ; at Paris, 308, 314; letter to Mr. Balfour, 313; appointed adviser to Viscount French on air defence questions, 318 ; forecast on aerial warfare, 318; visit to the front, 322; to H.M.S. Centaur, 323; on the difference between sea and land gunnery, 329-331 ; the future of the Navy, 332; dispatch to Sir W. Hely Hutchinson, 338-340; letter from General Sir K. Buller, 343 ; from J. Nicol, 344 gunnery practice, 81-88, 298; record of shooting, 88, 191 Searchlights, system in the Navy, 324 Sea-sickness, cure for, 5 Selborne, Earl of, 167, 300; character of his administration, 186, 191 ; at the National Convention, Durban, 216 approval of the regulations on prize firing, 154, 156; presents a shield, 156; order countermanded, 156 ; report on prize firing, 198 Shannon, H.M.S, 25 Sheerness, 5, 13 Shells, unexploded, difficulty of collecting, 47-49 ; Shimura, Admiral, 164 Ships, inspection of, 26, 144 ; abolition, 36 ; decoration of, 60; prize firing, 144; long-range shooting, 160-163; system of routine training, 212 ; fitted with director firing, 282, 326 inadequate appliances, 75-78 Simon's Bay, 38, 41, 222 Simonstown, 105 Sims, Admiral William S., ix ; at Hong Kong, 149 ; interest in gunnery, 149; suggestions for reform, 150; report to Pres. Roosevelt, 151 ; appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp, 151, 153; indiscretion, 152; in command of naval forces in European waters, 152, 154 ; Director of Target Practice, 153, 189 ; in command of the battleship Minnesota, 153 ; at the Naval College, Newport, 153; in command of the Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla, 154 Slave dhows, 9 Smith, Mr. F. A., Mayor of Cape Town, 224 Smoke-cap, the Loeb, use of the, 45 Spectator, extract from, 278 Spencer, Earl, on the work of Sir P. Scott in South Africa, 345 Spion Kop, 120 Spiteful, H.M.S., 18, 21 Spithead, 5 " Spotting drill," 141 Squadron, the " Special Coastal " or " Scarecrow," 285 Stansfeld, Captain, head of the Anti- Aircraft Department, 308 Steevens, G. W., on the Royal Navy, 131 Stossel, General, 133 Strategy, meaning of, ix Submarine menace, 270, 274 Submarines, " depth charge," 287 Suez Canal, 39 Sultan, H.M.S., strikes on a rock, 62; sinks again, 64 ; towed into Malta Harbour, 64 Sunday on board ship, 11 Sunday Times, extract from, 280 Superb, H.M.S., 263 Surface boats, shortage of, 287 Swallow, H.M.S., 37 Swettenham, Sir Alexander, Governor of Singapore, 129 Swettenham, Sir Frank, Resident General of the Malay States, at Singapore, 129 ; Taku, 132 Tanks, development of, 186 Target, practice, 30-33, 297 ; colour of the, 140 ; remodelled, 142 Tel-el-Kebir, battle of, 46; Teneriffe, 238 Tennant, Bt. Hon. H. J., 316. Terrible, H.M.S., 90, 105 ; defective gun sights, 92 ; at Durban, 105, 340 ; Hong Kong, 130 ; ordered to Wei-hai-wei, 135 ; record of shooting, 157, 168; at Wei-hai-wei, 165; dismantled, 177 Thetis, H.M.S., 34L Thomas, Sub-Lieut. Prank, promoted Lieutenant, 23 Thomson, Mr. J., Mayor of Johannesburg, 219 ; bombardment, 135 ; captured, 136 letter from Sir P. Scott on the submarine menace, 274 Tongku, 134 Topase, H.M.S., 35 Torpedo boats, rams on, 287 Transvaal Republic, 91, 217 Triggs, Sub-Lieut. Bowden, promoted Lieutenant, 23 Trincomalee, 13 Triumph, H.M.S., sunk, 296 Truck lamp, 75 Tugela, 105, 107 Turret drill, 33 Tyrwhitt, Bear- Admiral Sir Reginald, Commodore, 323 UMGBNI, march with a 4.7 gun to, 109 United States Navy, gunnery reform in the, 150-153 Uruguay, relations with England, 238 VANDELEUR, Colonel, 47 Vanguard, H.M.S., 263 Venerable, H.M S., 181 Venetian blind shutter, use in signalling, 74 Vernon, H.M.S., 32, 71 Vicente Casaras, 237 Victoria, Queen, at Osborne, 23; receives officers and men after the Egyptian War, 55-57 Villiers, Sir Henry de, President of the National Convention, Durban, 216 WAAL, N. F. de, 223, 224 War, the test of a naval administration, ix War Office, takes over the gunnery defence of London, 316 ; acts as umpire, 157 ; encouragement of shooting, 158 work stopped, 167, 168 Whale, Mr., design of a motor lorry, 312 Whale Island, 33-35; process of construction, 67; cricket-pitch, 67; sham fight at, 185 Whitehead torpedo, 79 Whydah, 20 ; Williman, Dr., President of Uruguay, at Monte Video, 231, 238 Willoughby, Sir John, takes part in a deer drive, 175 Wilson, Capt. Gordon, takes part in a deer drive, 175 Wilson, Mr. H. W., opinion of submarines, 279 Windham, Captain, 157 Windsor, 56 Wise, Captain, of U.S.A. Navy, 134 Wolseley, General Sir Garnet, in command of the Ashantee campaign, 15 Wood, General Sir Evelyn, 38; on letter from Major-General Sir A. Alison, 54 Wrey, Mrs., 313 Wright, J., awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross, 112 Wright, Mr., 173 " X.," Mr., case of, 116 ; THE END PRINTED BT WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES, ENGLAND. <-Previous Chapter - Contents -> ^ back to top ^ |
