MERCHANT OFFICERS

Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 47, 25 August 1919, Page 8

MERCHANT OFFICERS

KECEIVED BY VISCOUNT

JELLICOE.

H '"Fifty member^ of liie Merchant Service r, Guild "were received by Admiral of ths_ -Vleet Visconnt Jellicoe in his cabin on Aboard H.M.S. New Zealand this morning. ■The Admiral.- in receiving . his.guests, •'spoke feelingly of the .good fellowship .iHlist, cxist-^rbEtween the Navy .and the -Mercantile .Miuine. The war would not ■ lisvt tw: -ivi.-ti. he said, had it not been .• jor llii. 3i.".-ii ill the Mercantile Marine. ;'The-:r>!-!nliocs of the Navy felt that there ■was a chord of sympathy between 'the two !■'services. Jle referred to the fact that L: he w:s tlie soil of a captain in the Mer- ■ ohi;nt Service. He concluded by referling to the important mission that had been entrusted to him,, and said that no : doubt he would consult members of the "guild on certain questions. (Applause.) ■■' Replying. Captain F. A. Macindoe 'i ! (secretary of the Merchant Service Guild) "said that before leaving the guild's rooms '.he hair read to member* Admiral Jelli--1; eoe's speech at the .annual meeting of the •".Imperial Guild. / In that, the Admiral -had shown how sympathetic he'was with i.'tlie merchantmen.

;; 'Before the members left the battle••ship, Viscount Jellicoe .handed to CapSlain Macindoe an autograph photo of i; himself, ' This will be'placed in the ii guild's rooms.