PRINCE AS A SAILOR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1304, 6 December 1911, Page 3

PRINCE AS A SAILOR.

■THItEE ■■■MONTHS , - lIAKD WOIiK IN . THE m.\m : ST,\.\\ ■ The rrin'cp-of Wales, ponn'.udrrt on Tbin-.-day, Octobor• 2fi, lii,s- «t-i ; iod of traininf,, on bcahl ibo.lwitllcMim liindusbn. lJofore loDviii'i'-tIM? iwUU'sliin ■ <\ wri' , ? . of presentations wern in.-idn. to bis Hoynl , Tl.iglini<.ss in. the ward-room, several "of Ilio'sliin's-bflicors 'prcsonliuj him , with .signed "watnr-cslour dr.iwint's of Iho Hindustan as a souvenir'ot bis af>oci,% tion with Ilio vr-Psol. . ■ : i\s Ilio Prince took liis donarturc 't.lin ship's bnnd -s-truoU np "(.ind Ulcss thn J'riiioo.oi' W.ilo.s" iiucTus nil adieu "Auhl Ling.Sync,.'".(ho whol' % of tlin- oflicors and mnn liiuftering cu deck and joiniug iu tho refnin, . .

. A. three'months' cruise was arrangrd, and tho IVinco lias worked . thoroughly hard for tho whole.of .that period.'■. . '• On board the Hiiulustau there have been some departures.from, general practice, but they have certainly not lxioii diVrriminitory in tho l'rince's favour. Captain GaimilHl, wise has had char;<n of his. Royal Highness, was anxious (:> givo him at least n fair 'nsight into nil. departments of a great battleship, and. as the ,, iirogrammn had to b< , eoitipresjod into threo months somo iiiodiGcations of thn usiinl courpo. of training. 'wero. inevitable. The I'rincn, has neiwdiugly. reccivod liis instruction from or through (ho head of every siiiglo do.partnicnt vm board. Ho has hod .to porforin for.' a period tho duties of b_-gunnery, liewlonint nud (lioso of practically pvo'ry. otho'r rank on board, ond the result has bewi that ho has acquired sonio experience •>{ cvory department of work and "of'duly,- .. tyuritii; thfi coming winter, ho will can--liuuo his studies at York Coltacc, S'mdrinßham, and, whilo it. is officially s'.btcd thai, the plans for his future h'nvo- no': yet bfien definitely made, it is undo stood that these studies are intended to be preparatory to' a course at one of the groat universities. -

The young Prince is of a particularly modest and retiring disposition, and lift apparent ililiiilcnw in public rniplit 'Wt.ily fc misiiilw'iii'oh'J. To thosw must closrby iu toncii with him is known lo l«j ('wjilv anil t'iil.liir,ias(i«illy vni'ncsl in thti. (lisch.iT(ji> «t' any duty i>ntrusli<t( iu hi'ii . lint, villi iiis . studiousiu's'ii is assui'iiil«l. nioVJuil of (.lixpositioii and Urn ]I« is, hkv hi-i I'nthor ':md''irraiutlnlhcr, a particular' ly-koen obscrvi'.r and aMiiUi critic of what boos on (ironml'hjm, aml wen >.-litn apparently, most nbfo'rln'il allows vitv io-«- of tl'u> details to isuim.' him. ■"■".

Captaih Camplwll, in an iiilcrv'-jw, said: "Tho Prim'o of W'ivlih has chcerfnlly ,and. cfficfctitly' ■ IUo loss ap-enablo as well ;.s Iliy nK.st .-irivimlili' of his'tasks. On 'Monday, for rxnuiplo. h<? was lxiariiiK his sharp in 'coaling sliip." He has workod hnid in (he gunroom anu at drill, and bas, amonß ather things, beo.n aspociotod with Iho landing of small ivirtips. Ho always appeared to (,'et an grip of,w.hat wasVwt. uitd to learn',' and his jfeimine ihterest provßnied' him from I'ojjardiH's h.u,V"diity on board tis tuo HaiU ■' .. ..