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THE discussion in the House of Commons on May 17 on the vote for educational services in the Navy Estimates raised several points of interest. We note a general wish to open more widely the door from the lower deck to the commissioned ranks. At present the most promising of the younger seamen can rise, through the intermediate rank of mate, to that of lieutenant at an age which does not shut them out from further promotion. Several members expressed a hope that it might be possible to promote ships' boys to the rank of midshipman. The First Lord is reported in the Times to have replied that the Admiralty “could do no more than place at the disposal of these lads the very excellent educational facilities now open to the lower deck, but would approach the question with a steadfast determination to remove every possible obstacle which appeared likely to prevent these lads attaining their object.”
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Naval Education. Nature 105, 445–446 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105445a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/105445a0