... second class boys, when old enough, should be advanced to the first class whenever vacancies occur. The system of first class boys has answered well so far as it has gone, and boys thus brought up prefer the comfort and cleanliness of a man-of-war... A letter ... on the system of war and peace complements in her majesty's ships - Página 12 por Maurice Frederick F. Berkeley (baron Fitzhardinge.) - 1839 - 80 páginas Visualização integral -
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