To the Editor of the "NontH-Cuiwa DAILY News,"
Sm—Rather late I got hold of the various articles that appeared in your esteemed daily on the above subject. In connexion therewith I think it might be of some interest to quote a remark once made to the writer by a distinguished Chinese Naval Officer. He put the matter very tritely, "Those of our young men, that possess the necessary education to master the theoretical end of the profession, will never soil their hands in acquiring the requisite practical experience that goes to make up the finished Sailor, On the other hand the men brought up at sea, such as quartermasters, bosuns and pilots, will in but the very rarest instances acquire theoretical knowledge necessary to make him m successful Brid Officer."
Nuff said!
Tam, ote, Buve Warer
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.