Phot J. RUSSELL & SON, Baker Street. VICE-ADMIRAL SIR ROBERT HENRY MORE MOLYNEUX, K.C.B. HE career of this gallant officer opened in the Russian War, in the course of which he served both in the T Black Sea and in the Baltic, being also present, in the old "Sans Pareil," in the Black Sea at both the bombardment of Odessa and the great Naval attack on Sebastopol of the 17th October, 1854. As captain of the " Ruby" in the Levant during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, he did good service under the late Admiral of the Fleet Sir GEOFFREY HORNBY. In the Egyptian War of 1882 he commanded the " Invincible," at the bombardment of Alexandria, temporarily flying the flag of Admiral Sir BEAUCHAMP SEYMOUR (Lord AIXESTER). Later, when employed as Commodore in the Red Sea in 1884-5, he conducted with the highest ability and success the prolonged defence of Suakin until the arrival of General GRAHAM'S expeditionary force. For this he received the K.C.B.—having already won the C.B. for Alexandria. Sir ROBERT MORE MOI.YNEUX, as a flag officer, was last employed as Admiral Superintendent of Devonport dockyard, which post he vacated in August, 1S94. THE NAVY AND ARMY ILLUSTRATED. [Feb. Ctb, 1897. THE TRAINING OF ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERYMEN. SQUAD OF R.M.A. AT PHYSICAL DRILL. rT>HE Royal Marine Artillery is under the Admiralty and receives its orders through the Deputy Adjutant-General for Royal JL Marines at Whitehall. With the exception of the detachment actually serving on board ship the corps is permanently stationed at Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth, its headquarters, where all the training both of recruits and drilled men is carried out. Their uniform is the same as that of the Royal Artillery, except for a few minor differences such as the wearing of a grenade on the forage cap, and having a slierhtly different knot of braid on the cuff. The corps owes its origin to Lord Nelson himself in the year before Trafalgar < At that time it was found that naval officers had more than they could well do to teach the pressed men of the fleet sail-drill and seamanship and gunnery as well, and Nelson tried the experiment of embarking Royal Artillerymen to assist in the gunnery training on board his fleet off Toulon. It was, however, found inconvenient, and in 1804 the Admiralty organized a marine artillery force to help in training the bluejackets at the guns. Feb. 5th, 1807.] THE NAVY AND ARMY ILLUSTRATED. 87 The Royal Marine*5, are enlisted at Chatham, Ports­ mouth, Plymouth, and at Walmer for twelve years' continuous service, with, in some cases, nine years' further re-engagement. From among the recruits the men of best physique (five feet nine inches with chest measurement in proportion beingtheminimum height) are permitted to volunteer for the Marine Artillery. Their training is carried out at Eastney in the most thoroughgoing manner, the instruction beginning with Infantry drill and Phy­ sical exercises and gymnastics, followed by courses of mus­ ketry, exactly as in the Regular Army, Naval gun drill, as on board ship, and target practice, land service gun drills, field battery, garri­ son and siege artillery drills, and repository and laboratory Royal Marine Artillerymen at Eastney, at Drill with 12 fir. B.L. Field Gun. work as at Woolwich, with in addition an elaborate course oi Infantry field training. In three of our illustra­ tions we see men of the R.M.A. atphysical drill in the modern fashion, used through­ out both Navy and Army. Another illustration shows the men handling a 9.2 inch 22-ton gun, with all the fit­ tings and mountings that are found on board the ships that carry these pieces. Another shows men handling a 12-ponnder field gun, as used in the Royal Artillery, and as they themselves would use it when landed from a ship in Naval Brigade operations. Another also shows a boat's crew in their rig for target practice, or submarine mining wcrk, or any special purpose thit might be required. At the end of every course each squad under training is examined by a Field Officer, no recruit being passed on to the next course of instruction unless he is considered fully qualified in the one preceding, particularly in regard to Naval Gun Drill, the special raisou Royal Marine Artillerymen at Eastney, at Naval Gun Drill with 9.2 inch B,L. Gun, d'etre of the Marine Artillery­ man. It takes upwards of two years' work on the aver­ age, for the recruit to pass through these courses, and until tin Lt has been satis- factorily done, he is not in ordinary circn in stances con - sidered fully trained and fit to be marked as "First for Sea"—that is, ready to be embarked on board ship. In an emergency, however, or in the case of a general mobili­ zation, a recruit would be considered sufficiently ad­ vanced for service in the Fleet after qualifying in Naval Gunnery, Musketry and In­ fantry Drill. The officers of the corps go through a course of training: at Woolwich, at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, a Naval gunnery course on board the " Excel­ lent" or " Cambridge," and a torpedo course in the "Ver­ non," finishing up at Eastney " - by going through the same Photos. SYMONUS 6- CO., Port nut, course of instruction as the recruits of the rank and file. The Boat's Crew of the Royal Marine Artillery. 88 THE NAVY AND ARMY ILLUSTRATED. [Feb. 5th, 1897. THE NAVAL POLICE. HE Master-at-Arms and the Ship's Corporals constitute T the police department on board a man-of-war. They comprise the body of men specially charged with seeing to the general maintenance of order and discipline among the men and the observance of the Standing Orders of the ship. The Ship's Corporals, in varying numbers according to the size of the ship, form the staff of the Master-at-Arms. The functions of the department embrace in their scope more particularly the prevention of disorderly conduct and the detection of crime, the keeping of the defaulters' book, and the taking charge of all prisoners, and seeing to the proper carrying out of all punishments ordered. The Master-at- Arms and the Corporals are also held responsible that all fires and lights on board are put out at proper hours, that no spirituous liquors are smuggled into the ship, that the store­ rooms are safely locked up and the keys in proper custody. They have, further, when in harbour, sanitary duties to perform, being stationed at the gangways to see that no unripe fruit, unwholesome vegetables, or objectionable articles of food of any kind are introduced into the ship from the bumboats, while at the same time they keep check of the men going off on short leave or returning from leave, when it is also part of their duty to search all boats and boat crews. The duty, it goes without saying, is no light one to perform, and requires special qualifications in regard to temper, tact, and trustworthiness in those charged with the special work. " If I were asked," a modern writer has said, " which post on board ship I would sooner see filled by anyone else than Master at-Arms and Ship's Corporals, "Devastation." myself, I should unhesitatingly reply, that of the Master-at- Arms, or chief of the police. It is a thankless billet at the best, for though a man be even-tempered, tactful, estimable, and exemplary in character and conduct, just in his dealings with the ship's company, and, as they say afloat, ' ready to act jonnic all round,' his efforts are seldom appreciated at their true value, and he cannot help incurring a certain amount of odium." While it is open to either bluejackets or marines to take up the appointment, only men of tried and approved character are eligible for admission among the'ship's police, starting, in A• • * li 1 « # the first place, with the rating of the Ship's Corporals, second and first- class, and thence advancing in order of seniority and experience to Master- • L at-Arms. Three years' service at sea, in addition to the special qualifica­ tions as to character, are required before an applicant may offer himself for admission to the junior grade— Ship's Corporal, second-class. The Master-at-Anns and the Ship's Corporals have only been specialized into the police depart­ Phy.o. W M. CROZKETT, Plymouth. Copyright.—H. & ment on board within the last hun­ K dred years or less. In old times they Master-at-Arms a?id Skip's Corporals, " Impregnable. had to take on them, in addition, special executive functions in con­ nection with the general training of the men on board in the handling of small arms and musketry exercise, The rating of the Corporal in this second regard is, indeed, in point of antiquity, one of the very oldest in the Naval Service. It dates back to the time of the Armada, when Corporals were introduced on board Queen ELIZABETH'S warships, and specially allotted to look after the small arms of the ship and the musketeers' equipment, and to instruct and exer­ cise the small arms' men in the use of their weapons. The Master-at- Arms—under that designation at least—did not come into being until upwards of a century later, and his duties likewise were at first—as the name of the office itself would seem to imply—was principally connected with the musketry instruction of the small arms' men on board, under supervision of the junior among the ship's lieutenants who, at the same time, was known on board specially Photo.