WA2K Radio is now on the air, Part 3

ORDER, ORDER!

The P. M. G. last Friday asked whether "the Theatrical Managers in conjunction with SIR CHARLES WARREN could not introduce into London the simple and orderly feature of the French queue." The "orderly feature" already exists in the crowd at most theatre doors. Not that this is what the P. M. G. means, but the "queue" system might be more frequently insisted on at Railway Stations, on great race-days for example. When the crowd arrives unexpectedly, SIR CHARLES WARREN, or one of his agents, could be sent for. SIR CHARLES's intimation to the Managers would be a quotation, adapted from the Midsummer Night's Dream, "When your queue comes, call me!"

General Sir Charles Warren, GCMG, KCB, FRS (7 February 1840 – 21 January 1927) was an officer in the British Royal Engineers. He was one of the earliest European archaeologists of Biblical Holy Land, and particularly of Temple Mount. Much of his military service was spent in the British South Africa, but in earlier life he was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1886 to 1888, during the period of the Jack the Ripper murders.

"THE WEAKER VESSEL" - There was an article with this heading in last Friday's St. James's Gazette. The title of the article caused a great sensation among "My Lords" at the Admiralty. Lord CHARLES BERESFORD hadn't time to read it, but wanted to know why on earth the writer didn't speak out plainly and say which vessel he meant in particular.

Charles William de la Poer Beresford, 1st Baron Beresford GCB GCVO (10 February 1846 – 6 September 1919), styled Lord Charles Beresford between 1859 and 1916, was a British admiral and Member of Parliament.

Beresford was the second son of John Beresford, 4th Marquess of Waterford, thus despite his courtesy title as the younger son of a Marquess, he was still eligible to enter the House of Commons. He combined the two careers of the navy and a member of parliament, making a reputation as a hero in battle and champion of the navy in the House of Commons. He was a well-known and popular figure who courted publicity, widely known to the British public as "Charlie B". He was considered by many to be a personification of John Bull, indeed was normally accompanied by his trademark, a bulldog.

His later career was marked by a longstanding dispute with Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fisher, over reforms championed by Fisher introducing new technology and sweeping away traditional practices. Fisher, slightly senior to Beresford and more successful, became a barrier to Beresford's rise to the highest office in the navy. Beresford rose to occupy the most senior sea commands, the Mediterranean and Channel fleets, but failed in his ambition to become First Sea Lord. Charles was captivated by the sight of the Channel Fleet at age twelve.