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Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Old Navy: From the Journals and Private Papers of Captain Edward Trenchard, and Rear-Admiral Stephen Decatur Trenchard It is seldom that the "inside history" of our navy has been so interestingly revealed as it is in the journal and private papers of the late Rear-Admiral Stephen Decatur Trenchard, and of his father. Captain Edward Trenchard. The history of the navy, as taken from the official reports of our commanders and other public documents, has been given to the country in various forms, but they, as a rule, touch only on well-known actions orrands of public service with which the general reader already is familiar. There are many acts of heroism, many thrilling episodes, and many romances wrapped up in the private lives of our officers which have not been made public, and are known only to a few of their most intimate messmates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.