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The Military Sketch-Book. Vol. 1 (of 2)

Note 3 — FIRST WEEK IN THE SERVICE.

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This alludes to a case in which the magistrate censured a midshipman for appearing in uniform in the streets. His worship said, that if the officer had business at the Admiralty, he might have gone there in uniform; but it was proper on no other occasion.

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