* * * * An advertisement in a daily paper
inviting " members of the Naval Service," meaning, presumably, naval officers primarily, to submit to the paper for publication—subject, of course, to the Censor—against payment commensurate with the interest and use made of them, photographs bear- ing on the war at sea suggests, what seems a little surprising, that naval officers (and other ratings?) are free to take war- photographs for publication. There may be no grave objection to this, but the rule in the navy is evidently different from the rule in the army, where, I believe, all photographing by officers is strictly forbidden. No one grudges any naval officer the occasional fee a good photo- graph would bring him, but obviously the best photographs would be photographs of naval action, and when action is in progress officers probably have other things to do than manipulate cameras.
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