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Indiscretions of the Naval Censor
Indiscretions of the Naval Censor
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I HAVE been induced by some people for wbom I have a high regard, and in some cases even affection, to attempt to set down some of my recollections of the four and a half strenuous years of my service as Chief Censor at the Admiralty during the late War. I am painfully aware that in the pages that follow there are to be found
(1) No trace of literary merit; that is a gift which but few naval officers are so fortunate as to possess.
(2) A deplorable lack of continuity and hence no "construction'' in the trivial narrative. That is due to the fact that I never kept a diary for two reasons: firstly, it was too dangerous to do so, and, secondly, I was too dead tired to have any inclination to write when the day's work was done. To say that I now regret this omission is to put it very mildly.
Now that it is all over I realise how fortunate I was to have such an interesting job and I gratefully acknowledge the consideration I received from all the high Admiralty officers under whom I nerved, from many members of the Press, from authors, artists and photographers (both moving and still) in carrying out my duties. My reward is that I feel I have more friends among that section of the community than I had before the War, and if I may judge from the many letters I have received from them they appreciated my efforts to help them and realised that I never desired to hinder them.
I do not feel disposed to apologise for the launching of this record, as the public, unlike me, who during my term of service had to read any and everything that came before me in proof form, need not wade through the following pages.
N.B.—I gratefully acknowledge valuable help kindly given me by Mr. Archibald Hurd in the final stages of preparing the book for press, and I need not assure his many admirers that he is in no way responsible for its literary style.
(1) No trace of literary merit; that is a gift which but few naval officers are so fortunate as to possess.
(2) A deplorable lack of continuity and hence no "construction'' in the trivial narrative. That is due to the fact that I never kept a diary for two reasons: firstly, it was too dangerous to do so, and, secondly, I was too dead tired to have any inclination to write when the day's work was done. To say that I now regret this omission is to put it very mildly.
Now that it is all over I realise how fortunate I was to have such an interesting job and I gratefully acknowledge the consideration I received from all the high Admiralty officers under whom I nerved, from many members of the Press, from authors, artists and photographers (both moving and still) in carrying out my duties. My reward is that I feel I have more friends among that section of the community than I had before the War, and if I may judge from the many letters I have received from them they appreciated my efforts to help them and realised that I never desired to hinder them.
I do not feel disposed to apologise for the launching of this record, as the public, unlike me, who during my term of service had to read any and everything that came before me in proof form, need not wade through the following pages.
N.B.—I gratefully acknowledge valuable help kindly given me by Mr. Archibald Hurd in the final stages of preparing the book for press, and I need not assure his many admirers that he is in no way responsible for its literary style.
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