The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-03
TINE vrrr,e STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.

and Description OF ses, VcsSeks-studens
Life ON Shipboard and %sudent Life ~
che Aosasmy-Ths Kind ~ Instructisa
Given and Hsvv &c Il 0ivsn~b1Sss and
sleeping Arrangements snd Raiss ana
Regulations GsneraiIy-TAe Flee on
tinusacc, &c., 80.
QUE T0RrHEss MONROE coRaAsr0NDxNCH.
FoRrRxss MoseoE juno Is, 1898
The students OF our national naval school, Annspo
lis have the promise Of delightful three months cruise
before them unmxed with the wsarying tedium Of dry
text books unpalatabe daily chapel exercises and Ian
guild soiourn land during the summer sosce Agree.
able change OF scene, exhsr,ng life on the broad bo
som Of the famed by salt beezss the instruction Of
plain every day practical kind and supsradded to this
youth, buoyau health most agreeable sociablty, fine
ships, good moss arrangements and what despite the
rough features mixed with It. be wanted to insure
pleasant as well profitable timer And such time
present appearances should say. very conciusively
foreshadcw
SamEs ssD WHEREABOUTS OF THE SCHOOL snirs
The vessels selected for the present cruise OF the Naval
Academy pupils will be remembered By the
HERaLp readers the old frgates Macedonian and Savan
nah the sdewhee double ender steamer WINNIPEG, the
screw propeliers Marble Head and Saco, and yacht
America. These vessels left Annapolis last Tuesday.
The Macedonian the flagship of the aeet the wnnipec
and Saco, arrived here this morning. and
anchored in the Roads Most OF the day has been spent
BY the two former vessels in adjusting their compasses
At the magnetic buoys The Savannah lies anchored
the ghtship at the mouth OF the bay waiting for
favoring wind bring her here The Marble Head and
yacht America at the Portsmouth Navy Yard Il IL
expected they viii arrive the general rendezvous hero
within day two and shortly after that all propose
TO leave in concert Within tho past three months sach
OF these vessels needed repairs have undergone tho
Ugh ovchaung ut the Portsmouth Navy Yard thai
all now In iptop condition TO enter the duties
sigped them.
Through potenoss OF the commander Of the naval
tender Mercnrywhose name, by the way, l. Joha
Brown, but resuscation from the Wondering remains
OF the original John whose soul is still marching OIL
have been enabled to visit the different vessels OF the
beet That trim neatncss or everything, tina, shining
gosness of decks that dazzling brightness of brass aud
copper and iron from the small visible ends of the
smallest bolts TO the huge PARROTS howtzera looking
so calmly defiant from portfolios and on and between
decks that pleasing courtesy OF tho officers that brown
heaiihful look Of the men and marked uniformity and
dness of their dress and last and mol lesst that ev
dencc everywhere OF perfect order discipline the
noticeable features or every well regulated naval
ship, show themselves on each vessel with like
pleasing and characteristic prominence. ! say this
much OF all OF them, as II Is no part OF my pre-
sent purpose TO 60 into detailed descriptions Of
eacn, and for which indeed. there i no necessity,
decks, though. Of the old Macedonian. II is natural
TO recall, aud With the just pride OF true Ameri-
can the circumstances OF her brilliant capture by Com
modore Decatur from the English in the war OF 1912
aud contrast her present mission with her career aud
purpose then. She has undergone good deal Of trans
mogd6cation since that period, and few traces remain
OF tat trying aud bloody ordeal Of half century ago
And like exctstion Of national pride, thcurh OF df
ferent kind, ono fceis on board the yacht America
rds manly and sturdy form OF George s,eers
comes to memory, aud so that memorable yscht
regatta or Cowes, at which the America. a 1.-THE
aud graceful water witch gded with perfect by al
her compettors gaining for as the championship over
~ sehsspssd' Sold 10 90 Eusi,shman who going ,n,o
the slave trade sinks her in the st. Johns river for fear
OF implication 10 his netarious franc she Is raisod by
Captain p. Rodgers present executive officer of the
Portsmouth Navy Yard aud anay is turned over 10 the
Naval Academy. As Especial nducement TO high schol
arshr. the command OF her in tho present cruise was
promised the first scholar OF tho graduating casa
She has DO slightly altered from what she was al the
lime George Steers owned her Her boom has beea
shortened twenty feet aud The length OF her les.
sened She is schooner rlgged hundred aud Two feet
long ,weniythree leet SIX inches WIDE ana 70 coming
hour Her QUIT !, yesy sesrn y s9ges, ne' a. s
Suupsa or naval rurns ~ INF eLgEr
Scattered through the vessels constituting the neet are
tho present pupils OF the Naval Academy. besides the
late graduating cass, numbering seventy -four members
all -four hundred and twenty h,e adolesoent mid
dies The classes mixed up 90 the yarons vessels,
aud the number each i not uniform but varies &C
cordng 10 the size OF the different vessels. On each
ship they are arranged divisions Tor tho greater con
venence Of instruction. in this regard the most per-
fcct system prevails Everything and everybody, 10
fsei has a place and everything moves WIN me
assurance aud regularity OF ciocswork
COURSE 0r sssTfCcroN
As intnisted above the instruction y wholly prset
Text books the bnomsi theorem aud the confusing
demonstrations Of comic sections and the integral ana
dnerentlai calculus are laid aside, and N
msnshp. navigation, gunuery and stesm eng.
nssrng. IL In all, so TO speak, plain sailing TIE
able time Their position is that Of midshrnen, and
thor duties those OF this class OF subordinate officers
they stand watch on deck soa wen on s
while the sailing vessels the duty Of going soit and
adjusting or removing the calls ana doing ~ me WORK
OF ordinary sesnsn except cleaning tue decks Those
coats on aud sleeves rolled Up. PERFORM the dirty ,nd
dsgeesbie duty Of shoveng the coal and Feeding Tue
rarnaces Tho theory In to isusrixe al With the du
ties OF managing sailing and nesm vessels snd the fl-
est practical development OF this theory Is the para
moun, IL rot sole object OF hls cruise Before the
cruise terminates those now on The steamers wiz be
.,, ~ :, es. as ~ ,.mspss Win The
minute details or the dyeu bIsnches % nayiga-
ton An this. as will be ssen, IN eonsonsnce
with the genius Of institutions, which = eniinen,iy
practical and IN training men Tor the navy every
effort made 10 accomplish ps same rcsrlt that the
men sor The army Ths Instructors. al Of whom are
rradustes Of the Academy, and hold tue portion Of
selected win speclsI reference their fitness for their
respective places Practically, ths,esote, these TIRES
oshs anaa. oIp.s may sorsss, NJ. u
ect Of naval duties than the entire Instruction o. es
rsnsning months Of The year. Viewed 70 shis iish'
| thsir importance 10 readily rscognized
MSS sIsBfsC AKvsSsn3gyts
while the oosrs. in accordance With the hsiatsl sud
proper rules occupy the cabins and ward he o.i
complete and ample arrangements have been made
for proper mess and sleeping accommodations Ut me
Academy fupis The Frat class members mess ~ tsn'
selves and toe others have rromiscnoas messea All are
supplied from the naval csisssry IN he sans msnnsr
o. While puuuns their stsdlss a. tho Acsiemy snf the
expense charged to Zach asthen from the yesry spfe
pr alton of dve hundred eo'sta allowed csch n 'hsn.
The food i ~ tho boz quality and of grrclcni vssiciv
aud Eys ~ COOKING 70 sssy ofdnsry sua unromlsr n
lug sppeises Ths sieefsges Winch 10 nrdinsFy times
are oggpsS W he osdns-v sestaea - apart Tor
Their use l0r okng dnins and slscT'nV rnfinses.
L An sleep in h1umo ~ ana they are nniv abofs1
\ cersin Tines gr .lneans srftuoHs lGiGfs n
ksfaiy necss.arg 10 add ns cgnifshsnis theHEh,
VIII the liberal sup ~ rscsef motr. RAW isve,
skilfni dodge stfsf.Af rnsn0rfss ~ hih a'ras
M cat sxpsr.pces hsrc wsde them sde,is there Z.
\ no donbt or sdarp aud sssiui sf1wagss
liberal rupyss q ths ,osstsd ssjcni ~ the mora
teaching .nd cumulative psscr,s ne world eoald 80