The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-22
postponed until the morrow, In the hope that the sky
would be more propitious.
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

postponed until the morrow, in the hope that the sky
would be more propitious.
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
AsAroIIs Tuesday, June 2, 1857.
The out TO day In his brightest rays, to
Danish the recollection Of yesterdays gloon. AT 10 n
the students, mustered In the fort awaiting the order
for target firing As the signal vas given they
biased away in downright earnest, with solid shot, shell
and grape The targets were stationed Ut the distance of
100 and 800 yards from the battery and each gun
nred 1t sighted. You will, no doubt, be
surprised when tell you that every shot would have
struck email sized vessel With the aid OF the tangent
sight and steady eye, heavy 80 FOUNDER be aimed
and fred accurately musket few years ago the
practice ship Of the academy, while cruising in the British
Channel with the school ship Of the English navy
Of youngsters went board of the latter during
target exercise, and invited 70 take shot with the
British metal One Of them accepted the invitation, and
to the establishment Of the who ships auy smashed
target after target The same yonugster riddled
dgu-e Of mans size at the distance OF AG yards, With
the balls OF boat howi,zer he will assuredly make his
mark in the first sea fight to which he will be summoned
lie quite sufficient however, to be able 10 hit fishing
smsck ofener than to miss it. Nothing could induce
TO anchor in mch a craft under to days fire. The shell
firing excellent, each shell bursting at the proper
ime, with telling proof Of destructive power. Upon
entering ships side OF these shells knocks the wood
work into spnters which are Of themselves weapons OF
Commander Dahlgren, in his interesting book on
',shells and Shell Guns" says:L"whle hrog nine inch
II them passed through the light upper works Of
he vessel, and, bounding several times on the water,
logged the target (wbie oak thirty inches hick, dis.
800 yards the explosion followed almost instantly.
examination the shell appeared have entered about
the explosion radatDg from ito bed which very dis
tLct iDdicatad forced out and broke of three outer tim
bers tWelve inches by ten inches square, and shat
tered the middle tim sers aterallyn all about u cubic
feet of sound BOD dspla ,ed" This paragraph tells
wondrous tale Of the effects of shell firing D. airing
shells vas amply proven. snope ODESSA ssa.p
rnnd, at kpburn and at Sebasope-wherever there
wood 10 be enited or vessels 10 be blown those Pax
This PARTON OF the programme concluded with 30 no
brisk grape practice WAS astos.hed at its effect The
of them reached the distance of 200 yards the
battery. One hardly estimate the havoc that such
firing would make among fleet of boats 1t was our
peror gunnerv that brought out of the Of 1912 With
the trophies Of thirty one captured vessels OF the enemy
and only by superior guDnery tina, the victory in any
of constant practice In this It Is In the Naval AGA
denny that the yros Of navy train ed 10 the hand
ling OF guns is there that they become marksmer and
acquire that skill which, when impaired to their crews,
will enable them one day to sweep the
The next exercise sas boat sailing A miniature feet
o. boat manned by the ycongstess went through va
tactics The introduction Of steam has modified but
wholly POLISH the old system Of tactics Hence,
this boat exercise is practised illustration OF what
can be done with large vessels The manauvres, how.
ever OF which boat Is capable limited, owing
peculiar rig Moreover as the services or boats are 10
constant demand in the vice. 10 necessary that those
who In charge Of them should know h)x to handle
them This knowledge is acquived by the boat exercise
From the boats the students summoned the fen
cling hail. and there place interesting exhibition OF
the noble art Of self defence Each cla@ armed With mask
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other Many PERHAPS took advantage or the
oppor unity to square accounts With rival, enemy,
son all seemed anxious 70 shos what they could do In
OF stern necessity With rapid thrust and sku parry
they worked Themselves into high state Of excitement
bu thanks TO the and button they received neither
scratch bruse. The previous exercises all
eded afsrs, but here there personal sntagonism,
and "when Greek meets Greek, then the tug OF
their IRE and bravery and taught them the truth Of the
adage-"Theres many clip between the cup and the
seemed especially tickled by the pluck Of Of the
Lihputan swordsmen, who went into the fight cool
but once warmed, welded their foils If
Kingdom or a fair lady were In the balance.
The no wzer exercise WAS the last the programme,
and possessed interest that was considerably
HANGED BY late events in China n results may be briefly
noted reported by the officer In charge, nded OF
D~bigren's boat howtzers, weight 43o lbs, In l min.
o. sec from Ore TO nre The was fred at the order
shore) and q kedge dropped the stern ct the
same time The gun was shifted from It's boat TO it, field
maneuvre executed In IS seconds, and It has
been done In the short space Of so seconds The target
distance OF 800 yards; the firing done
with shell and shrapnell-the charge, 10 ounces. The
shells, with OF. fuses attached, exploded at
the target the shrsppell with 2H OF fuses, exploded
frUm 90 70 LOO yards In front Of It," With such
weapon, handled In the above mastery style, single
boats would be match against host Of Cinnamon.
the Chinese waters have taught the Cees.s lesson in
bowzer nrpg they win not soon forget They learn
still more before they admit the bArbarans within the
The Academic Boardu commences is labors TO- NOR.
row. Every student will be subjected TO rigorous
None but these who give satisfaction 10 every
department OF study will be permitted TO advance 10
higher class and rome will resign in consequences OF one
failures. Those who graduate al the end Of four
ears competent 10 perform any duty In the line of
their protest. The failures In the lower classes
often 10 be attributed TO the limited scale Of Information
possessed by pupils entering tue academy. Higher
qure ought To be demanded Of applicants FOR adms
sion into the naval service, snce all are espcc ed TO be
equally proficient when they graduate II rarely happens
that those who aggards from the start can their
distance In the long run.
have been thus proix and particular In noticing the
mspnuvres and exercises that take place during the
ual examination at the Naval Academy. In order that
tbose wbo like myself are not In the navy may have
Of the In hch the future defenders Of
our common country uair ed and brought up will
Add here. aso that there many opinions
abroad In regard 10 the social position &c Of the youths
Who yearly 10 the naval and military academies
The records OF both institutions bear testimony TO the fact
that the defenders OF their country selected chiefly
from am.ng the In the matter OF birth and socal
Advantage the navy army not whit better than
that OF civil professions But such Ia the life giving
power OF repuscanis and tuch the course of DESTRUCTION
adopted academies that the rough uncouth OF
the mechanic iculturist s transformed, 4, few
Years, into q polished, educated man u often happens
that newly nedeed graduate will Affect 10 ook down upon
bs pspy dressed felo citizens, bat tuch folly cannot
sfect those vbJ conscious OF their merits Here
again the fair hat responsible for II LADY
"Will tempt and tease q man,
wbs 10 there he'll no, do"
We all vsin oonceited moras, and there IL ofen 70
be found much vanity under sloucbed as under .
cooked hat Al all eveuts, the very tive citizen
al sys say to he favored brother, In the language
Of Punch al pave for yer"
Bot there Il another consideration that hro into bold
relief the sdy antsges OF the Naval Academy Give an
er orapt skipper command OF q Of gar and he will
dive cre~ into mutpy; elevate petufogsing lawyer
10 the bench and justice will take her light from
thence enr q sturid mechanic With the execution OF q
great and you will have pile OF mis- shapen mate
ras 40 so give Tom, Dick and Harry carte blanche TO
the Navy In their upletered condition, aud TO re-
90, and you will soou have grand tumble OF tar
epaulets rum and anarchy. And ye there are m who
DEC aim agsu,t the government academies the
srrtocracy auocracy and various other ocfscIes