...Captain , because I considered him a " diligent, attentive, and skilful officer; butthecon" duct which is imputed to him has always met my " decided reprobation,...on these occasions he was for many hours afterwards melancholy and silent, sometimes not speaking a word again for the remainder of the day. Before the...

...met my de" cided reprobation, as being big with the " most dangerous consequences, and sub" versive of all real discipline." When the offence was of such...on these occasions he was for many hours afterwards melancholy and silent, sometimes not speaking a word again for the remainder of the day. Before the...

...' because I considered him a diligent, attentive, and skilful ' officer ; but the conduct which is imputed to him, has always ' met my decided reprobation,...consequences, and subversive of all real discipline. ' Before the Admiralty regulations had prescribed a regular registry of corporal punishments, Lord...

...treatment he became an excellent sailor.* Speaking of harsh severity, his Lordship says, " such conduct has always met my decided reprobation, as being big...consequences, and subversive of all real discipline," In 1793, (when Captain Collingwood,) we find, from May 21 to Sept. 12, twelve seamen and marines were...

..., because I considered him " a diligent, attentive, and skilful officer; but the " conduct which is imputed to him has always " met my decided reprobation,...being big with " the most dangerous consequences, and subver" sive of all real discipline." When the offence was of such a nature that the necessity of corporal...

...Collingwood abhorred it we may gather from his exceedingly mild employment of it.1 It is said of him that, "when the offence was of such a nature that the necessity...on these occasions he was for many hours afterwards melancholy and silent, sometimes not 1 " My friends," exclaims James Hannay, in his admirable novel...

...Collingwood said of an officer who was famous for his flogging tendencies : " The conduct which is imputed to him has always met my decided reprobation,...most dangerous consequences and subversive of all discipline." His dislike of corporal punishment, we read in his CORRESPONDENCE, grew daily stronger,...

...attended to their material and spiritual wants with scrupulous care, he condemned excessive flogging as 'big with the most dangerous consequences, and subversive of all real discipline', and he insisted that his officers address their men with courtesy: If you do not know a man's name,...

...public, their revulsion at having to witness flogging.37 Collingwood regarded excessive flogging as 'big with the most dangerous consequences, and subversive of all real discipline'. He consciously trained himself to rely on it less and less until in the end he could manage his ships...

...' because I considered him a diligent, attentive, and skilful ' officer ; but the conduct which is imputed to him, has always ' met my decided reprobation,...consequences, and subversive of all real discipline. ' Before the Admiralty regulations had prescribed a regular registry of corporal punishments, Lord...