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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY. t)l
F. Whitelock, J. J. Bowring, J. F, Prentice, J. Buckle, C. F.
Warden, T. W. Dent, S. H. Buckler, J. Sheppard.
" Such of the officers above named as are still performing
duty in the Indian Navy will be relieved as soon as arrange
ments for that purpose can be made, and their retirement will
be considered as taking effect from the date of their relief, when
promotions will be made to fill the vacancies."
These retirements created a flow of promotion, and during
the year 1839, the following cadets, called " Volunteers," joined
the Service:—Messrs. C.Eden, H.N. Garrett, A. Foulerton,
G. N. Adams, A. Timbrell, H. 0. Cook, F. Pratt, J. H. Dis-
browe, J. Tronson, R. Ritherdon, M. B. Worsley, H. Batt,
A. J. Smith. H. Ralph, F. W. Hopkins, A. M. Melvin, Miles
Patrick, R. A. Stradling, C. G. Constable, C. N. Nixon, T. S. H.
Twynam, D. R. Dakers, J. G. Fullton, W. L. King, F. W.
Nott, H. A. Fraser, B. H. Crane, E. G. Reynolds, N. F. Hunt,
R. Barker, E. Peevor, W. H. Marston, T. C. Barker, J. Thomas,
J. Soady, H. W. Etheridge, E. Bode, A. W. Chitty, E. Giles,
and C. A. Sandeman. Within a few years, Messrs. Eden,
Ralph, Garrett, and Soady were drowned at sea; many others
died in the Service, or were invalided, from effects of climate;
and of forty officers only the following fourteen survived to be
pensioned off on the abolition of the Service within twenty-four
years, when their average ages could not have exceeded forty
years, viz.:—Messrs. Foulerton, Adams, Tronson, Worsley,
Batt, Hopkins, Stradling, Constable, Twynam, Fraser, Peevor,
Etheridge, Chitty, and Giles.
As concerned the paragraph of the Court's letter relating to
the command of the steam packets, the Superintendent pub
lished an order, dated the 9th of November, 1838, notifying the
directions of the Governor in Council, that lieutenants should
be appointed to the command of the steam packets, " unless a
commander shall specially apply for the appointment." "This
arrangement," continued the order, "to be accompanied by
placing passed midshipmen An experienced sailor, but not a commissioned officer. in charge of watches." Such mid
shipmen were to receive two rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. a day, in addition to their
pay, and midshipmen An experienced sailor, but not a commissioned officer. who had not passed their examination
weVe to receive an addition of twenty rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. a month.
In consequence of the partial transformation of the Indian
Navy into a steam Service, it was necessary that a suitable staff
of engineers should be appointed, and, accordingly, by an Order
of the Governor in Council, dated the 21st of November, 1838,
regulations were issued relative to the appointment and allow
ances of this class of officers.* In March, 1839, eleven en-
Rogers, t * r ^^ ie following is the Order referred to above :—
" Regulations as to the appointment, allowances, &c., of engineers in the East
India Company's Naval Service. All engineers are to be appointed by warrant,
in the same manner, and under the same regulations as the warrant officers of