MR. GIBSON BOWLESI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty has the attention of the Board of Admiralty been drawn to the fact that Captain Douglas A. Gamble, M.V.O. who has been superseded and placed on half pay 696 in consequence of a midshipman having shot his superior officer in the gun room; of H.M.S. "Kent" on May 2nd, knew absolutely nothing of these proceedings; is it the fact that the sub-lieutenant, as senior executive officer in the gun room, is, by the King's Regulations, responsible for the prevention of all irregularities therein; and, in reference to the statement of His Majesty's Government that, besides the supersession of the captain, the others concerned were suitably dealt with, will he say how the sub-lieutenant was dealt with.
§ MR. PRETYMANEvery captain is held responsible for all that occurs on board the ship he commands. The reply to the second part of the Question is yes, subject to the captain's orders. The sub-lieutenant concerned was severely censured.