Records, by Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher

by Baron John Arbuthnot Fisher Fisher

3. Chief Inspector of Machinery, Sir Henry Benbow, K.C.B., D.S.O., R.N.

Habeshi, Dorman’s Park,
Surrey,
20th April, 1908.

Dear Sir,

Permit me to congratulate you on the success of the new system of Entry and Education of Naval Cadets, which has always elicited my warmest sympathy as the only means of doing away with class prejudice. A relative and namesake of mine, a Lieutenant in the Service, only the other day spoke to me most highly of the mental and physical development of the present-day Cadets, and remarked how very favourably they compared with the Cadets entered under the old régime.

I remain, dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
Henry Benbow.

Admiral of the Fleet
Sir John Fisher, G.C.B., O.M.