New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-08
seamen are experts and cannot he procured by dram
ar secured Tor an emergency Ike the present 6ny more

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Seamen are experts and cannot be procured ~ nrsn
secured for emergency like the present. an! ho'o
than engine, r. OF accomplished gunDery Objects:
| Stimulated by patriotic mpulse. men NAV yoluntse.
70 serve their country in any capacy put tne! o
BIZ lde available without training anu eh
perence at sea. go
The organization Of a man .ofwar il very diheren,
nom that Of merchant weasel hrstfate ssi w
soon make himself home board Of any ship put tne
division Of duties-the system OF petty olcer-he TX
ercse at quarters and in boatstbe discipline the 90
seryances and tie thorough and complete SsIeh VI
man of war are known on, ~ naval ships There are
by which 10 teach land.men 10 become siuoIs
except shipboard and there IL difeny In ihnusne
native Americans enter either the naval OF merchant
service In other countries The field OF adventure ~ re-
srictcd here the are many besides ocea nv
not that any State bnt hasrac'iuse,'s ms
nautical school Encouragement II gwen 10 the young
in every other calling: but the naval and merchant ser
vice. ia time Of peace depend almost entTey upon te
foreigners aud the homeless FOR mariners 10 sali tf
ships These men, who hardly touch the shores "lt9
out finding themselves the victims OF lana shhlss, au
who scarcely receive thought IN the vast ana gsnsros
sanitary operations PIT in motion by wealth ana oeie
cent patriotism have enriched country by Their Ia
boTs i'm commercial employment; and IN danger pIlVa
ton and hardship have adhered with unwaverirg hde
ity to the fagnever disappointing u.s. ana never giving
Us defeat. . . -.
With a view OF doing measure OF justice TO this
mertorous but too much neglected class and NJ pre-
mnary step toward their elevation and usefulness the
Sabine has been fitted up for the purpose OF school,
ship for bows This is in fact areyiysl. with some
mod fcations OF the apprentice sysem which while
WAS continued, worked beuefcBiy for the sailor anc
the country Some requisite 10 cleyn TIE
condition and the character II this class when the
sailor lie neither logged nor taught 20 become drunk
ar,-tyo important steps in the right direction toward
making him a man 10 be trusted on shore ~ well as
aAoat. .
! Commencing as apprentices the school ship Il
would be well open tie sailor boy The way to pro
motion BY giving him opportunity, II he shall deserve
H. of entering the Naval Academy. From among ths
apprentices the school ship selection OF ono ua OF
.trf,
great al vantage 10 the service ahd the COUNTY, lhce
apprentices in their preliminary training on the school
ship viii have developed their eaploi'es AUG APTITUDE
for the profrsson and in transferring them 20 The
Academy there viii not be the manifold errors when
attend large portion Of those who are appointed
under the present sysiem. N"re enrn
n. school ship and The ANIMAL selection II mdshipnen
or one half the midshVmen, directed 10 be made ron
these apprentices ita effect you'd DC mo-, 'nsnte o.
the sailor well as the scaoois and The service. II
would pOpnarle the navy, aud open 10 those VINO may
have enlisted the highest positions and hohoFs Of The
service.
NAVAL ACADEMY
Congress having By the act approved MAY IL ie"i,
directed that the United states Nnya! Academy shfH
be returned to- and established at tie naval Ac ,de'hf
Grounds IN Annapolis, IN the state ~ Ne'yland Deoe
the commencement Of the academic year tlghie"h
hundred aud siXyh,e i VII be necessary 'hnt prep
ara,iors Should be commenced FOR putting inc nnnuls
and grounds in order MS early in the ensuing SPrng n
the Mar DEPARTMENT can leave them. The schoo hha
tae service Ill! be benefited ~ having the ins'tluoL
permaneally established. and when this u ELECTED IL
win BE- enabled ursne iis career under CIRCUMSTANCES
more favorable 10 the efficient training 81 the Hldshll
men. - 1900 q
Blake has preserved biz connection with The school
during It's unsettled saie and its gsment ander
many dsady autagcs lat been or.dilale 10 LIN hnd De
associates
Preliminary measures have been taken 20 carry into
ene lie aW OF the lssi &c sion u Congress, authorizing
the education al the Naval Academy 81 cadet cngi
neers TO be selected from youths not over sh'ch
YEAR, Of nge Who shall have been engaged At least two
wears IN the fabrication ~ steam machinery ecu
lar has been Issued and printed IN TIE papefs OF Tue
great Manufacturing cues, lhNiitE "Fl"'"'i"-' :"
Eesorr Ills plan shall be put in operation. !, isre.
-pectiuly submitted. IN view Il The radical changes
Which have been wrought by steam ne motive power
or naval vessels Whether steam nerrng should het
be made 10 consulate hereafter necessary yarI OF the
~ all mid-hpmen. thnt IN our iuiGre navy
every line shocT viii be- ,tean-rnglheer Hnn qnahe"
4, have coup,te command ard direction 81 his shin
Hereafter sysry vessel oi.w.r mnst he steam veS,e
Those designed for ocean servie, ~" be furnished WIN
sail, In order 10 economic fuel willie cruisingi the
present and future navy Will therefore combine sails ana
steam IL motive power and seaininship and steam en-
giIe driving will each lie necessary 20 make the finished
officer The officer sail and nnyi gate
ship and the officers 10 run the steam engine are about
equal IL humber.
uhai, attention may have been given by him to the
theoretical study Of steam, II yet capGbe VI ,ahine
charge OF an engine nor are s'ean ens'hs aIi,ers
her Egnting her guns. ard preserving her discipline
when vessels propelled exclusively b! sans there
were but two officers. excepting IN haeshp~' IN, lhe
surgeon and paYnasteI. who were not ineoffcers Bnt
under tlc present naval system new and additional
corps IL introduced rs many steam.ensineers beng
required FOR vessel az there are Iihe ohcersi ale
while cruising under sai lying In port. or peIfo m
Ing any duty when the engine Al rest one.hlf OF the
officers arr, BY existing regulations idle and Incapable
OF participating IN duties that are omen Aborous ana
oppressive ON the officers Of the bne comparatively
speaking The engineers would willingly share these
duties we're they acquainted with them. Bat hall the
officers of IA steamship cannot keep watch. cannot hayI
gate her, cannot exercise the great guns or small arms.
nor except rs volunteers under line officer take part
! In any expedition against the enemy. On the other
hand the other half of the officers are Incapable OF
managing the steam motive power or Of taking charge
of the engine in emergency. nor can the com
mander Of a vessel though carefully taught every duty
of a sailor ana dTiil officer undfsi nj. OF hs own
knowledge. whether The engineers and nIeinen are com
! petent not.
The remedy for al this il very simple. provided The
principle once recognized and adopted % making
our officers engine drivers as well a. sailors IL would
not be expceat interfere v:. tie present status OF
line officers OF eng neers-the change would be too rad
teal but should begin by toae DIG each midShipman
to be able discharge the duties OF line ocers ana
stcam.e BgineeIs To combine tie two IN one profess
sion 30 that officers educated can tale their watch
alternately in the nginc- room and OF dsck.
Objection may be made that the duties are dissimilar
and 1hut scaIB.engne driving 10 specially 1he dn'
ties are no, more dsrimar than seamanship and gun
n.ry When seananshiy was the only education gwen
10 Az officer not believed he could ever learn 10
teach sailor, "a drill and n sergeant 81 m.rines per
formed the duty which is now 81 admirably discharged
by the graduates Of the Naval Academy. when gun
merry became specially. II Was neonsdcraciy ana un
wisely proposed 10 have corps 81 ordnance ."ncer
enQraf,c ed upon the naval service separate orgalzn
ton which should draw 20 itself tie Knowledge so nc.
cessay each ana therefore proper to be distributed
aEong all The officers. ,,-
euupey and the infantry drill and the service thereby
saved from distinct organizations In these respects,