'History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).' [‎570] (589/622)

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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
feelings have been expressed by Her Majesty's Government,
they are shared by His Excellency the Governor in Council,
and have influenced all the orders for disposal of the officers.
u His Excellency the Governor in Council begs Commodore
Frushard and the officers of the Indian Navy, to accept this
renewed assurance of the respect with which the Government
regards their past service and of its desire to mitigate, as far as
possible, the disappointment attending the change in their
career.
u At noon, on the 30th instant, the broad pennant of Com
modore Frushard will be saluted by eleven guns from the
battery at the Apollo Pier. The flag of the Indian Navy, long
known as " The Company's Jack," will then be hoisted at the
Castle flagstaff, and saluted by twenty-one guns. At the close
of the salute the Indian Jack will be hauled down, the broad
pennant of Commodore Frushard, and the pennants of all the
Indian Naval vessels in harbour will be struck, and the Indian
Navy will cease to exist as an effective Service. Commodore
Frushard, on landing from the ' Ajdaha,' will receive a personal
salute of eleven guns.*"
The passage in this Order, in which it is stated the Home
and Bombay Governments felt " regret and sympathy at the
extinction of an honourable Service," and their " renewed
assurance of the respect with which they regarded its past
services," was very acceptable to the officers of the Indian Navy,
as a graceful allusion to a disruption of relations that had
existed since the period when Bombay was ceded to the East
India Company by King Charles' II. ^ But, nevertheless,
considering the lengthened and varied services rendered by the
Indian Navy, this Order is of a very meagre character. Surely
someone in authority might have given a more complete list of
its " war services" than was conveyed in the mention of
" Burmah, China, and Persia." Was there no one sufficiently
conversant with the history we have laid before our readers, not
to be aware of the magnitude of the services it had rendered to
that Company when it was a feeble Corporation struggling against
^ By another Order of the same date, the Grovernment directs that, "after the
30th instant, the vessels hitherto belonging to the Indian Navy, will be borne as
supernumeraries of the Bombay Marine The navy of the East India Company. . The present pay and allowances will
be continued to the man-of-war crews until discharged. The Dockyard establish
ments will be maintained until further orders. Captain Young, C.B., the Assist
ant and Dockmaster, will, as Superintendent of the Dockyard and of the Bombay
Marine, take the control of the Docks, vessels and establishments. Captain
Young will make arrangements for the care of the seamen who are still undis
charged. The Examiner, Indian Navy Department, will continue his functions
as Examiner, Marine Department. The Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals
for the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. Division and Indian Navy, will exercise medical supervision ot
the Bombay Marine The navy of the East India Company. , and be called Deputy Inspector-General Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. Division
and Bombay Marine The navy of the East India Company. . The Indian Naval Draughtsman will be called Marine
Draughtsman."