The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-14

oSiSerins attitude you would suppose he had
eyes u can See arac,ao. ad sov sse yoa
M ma presence ana consequent immunity from de-
merits the little salt crcpt back under the tara
ana eoiied himself up for peaceful sumber. There
Are about 100 midshipmen on board and $50 seamen
in an $50 men, The whole OF the first class, part OF
the second and al OF the third go on this cruise
the Dale and Santee. The graduated class has
leave, and viii be broken up Into squads and de-
tailed for duty In the various sluadrons The Con-
steiation ranks now az third class ship; last
year a lrgate, but IL al present used NJ soo,p Of
4 war; was the consort last year OF the Saratoga
The cruise this year VIII probably be to Halifax,
stopping at New London and Boston, and extends
4 nom the 10th OF June to the Both Of September,
when the academic year begins. The third class
men are highly eated at the idea; think they'll
have glorious time. This s their first cruise. Said
an old stager to me, with diabolical grin, "Ah,
they'll get enough before We're out at sea ]"
And sure enough they will for what with going to
bed In hammoeks, swung TO rafters and dovetalled
: Into one another; hammooks that may sometimes
tilt you out the noor that butt against each
other with monotonous regularity when the sea is
thigh; that are never the most luxurious anyhow,
and night watches -four hours apiece, with the
rising bell at six In the morning; climbing Of rig
gng, hard tack meal coffee, rolling that knock
and wearing apparel by no means cleanly-with
ali these poor little fellows OF very slim fifteen
Z years must ieel some disoouraging
QUAvERs IN THEIR HEARTS AND SToMACHS.
STILL there Ia nothing In the world that sooner
make boy man. There IS so much demand for
vigilance, activity and hard work--no time allowed
for spinning those bright dreams ana gaudy visions
which have wound themselves about the actions OF
80 many boys Just entering hfe .sight-
seeingn ls great educator; and frequently
these cruises are as far "a Europe-to the
Mediterranean sonetimes--and thus the middies
have dne opportunities for gaining very valuble
Information The Constellation Is In every respect
q model ship. Not only has she, perhaps. the best
and neatest but also contains more improvements
In naval architecture and naval appliances. She
has curious arrangement for expelling foul air,
which is at the same time selfblowing fog horn.
The SD ing which aids ths working OF her anchor
chain is some thing new, ana the Gatling gun which
before alluded to is a curious affair to be tested
on the present voyage. had lust finished exam
ming tlis gun and was making my way forward
when stumbled over big, ruby faced Irish sailor
crOuched over huge platter, whose contents were
fast disappearing said contents being red, stringy
and noating In some sort OF fiuld.
"What are you eating ~ ! asked.
"Faix, an its onions, II Ia" said he. turned an
4inquiring glance upon the MILDLY at my side.
"onions," he explained. And onions sure enough
they were-red onions not savory white fellows,
i with butter and cream, but red, In the SKINS!
How said |, turning to my companion, ID
y You and the sailors get alongf n
"a "ohi' he replied, drawing himself up and raising
his eyebrows; 1--WE don't have anything to do with
4 them; theyr very ignorant set OF men-very."
"Oh, nO,n reiOined, laughing at his ludtcrous
4 fear OF my Identifying middies and "tars;' don't
mean that. do mean how do they like the idea Of
being olicered by you youngsterSY"
ooh, very WELL They have to, you see. We don't
ask em.n
just then caught the eye OF an old ',salt'' just
behlud us. He grinncd Pravely. The middle saw
that grin and changed his tone; for that grin beto-
kened no more sly favors. no more kind hints from
the veteran when his young commander shouldn' {
know exactly what to command. Very quickly the
< middle veercd about: "But they're very clever
r set OF men-very; never saw better" At this the
aged sailor's cOuntenance cleared up; he Winked
+ kindly at the young naval man.
THE DOMESTIC QUARTERS.
The first deck, on which the sailors mess Is called
i the spar deck; here is where hand to hand fights
take place. boarding conflicts, &c. The second Is
the gun deck, where the midshipmen's hammocks
are slung. This cruise will determine the battalion
officers for next year. These officers are selected
not according to standing In class but according tc
81 skill in navigation. handling ropes and general
n ply steal appearances In consequence the contest
n FOR these honors will be very warm, as the most
empty headed have chance Midshipman Shentze
stands az the head Of the first class Japanese Matt
Is not on this expedition; Katz is, however, and
colled up under a big Parrott eleven-inch, seemed
to enjoy the situation hugely.
Midshipman Ca ter who came near being
4 droweed not long since, has met with another mis-
hap. While ont rowing the other day he managed
; TO spran his arm severely. As was about TO take
Ia fun length portrait OF Midsnip,aan Katz, while
Hgrinnlng savagely at a sugar cake, heard q voice
above shout "Boat for shoreri and had barely time
to bid the officer OF the deck goodby. expressed
my kndest thanks to Midshipmen Halsey Fowler
Il Underwood Muse ana Nicholson for the pains the,
j. took to show me over the ship. You may be sur
the advent of a HERALD correspondent among then
h in blue jacket and rowing cravat, knotte
81 behind his ears, addressed his fellows In thi
= wise from the toucn-hole OF broad slider ::
"Thet feller's come here to take us all down Dom
you see his pencil9 One o. those chaps as is allu
: q noppin' their tackle about everybody eise'
: he don't. Fore next week Wen enjoy an unpleas
ant popularityr" The sun was Just setting az ",
pulled away from the ship, and ] could descry, IA
: up the river, innumerable small craft swimming
over Its smooth surface ana dal ting around tn,
old monitor thar, plooare, KEEPS watGn over tnt
: down the tide quivering and sometimes lost in thu
splash OF oars. / was told these pleasure par
ties, consisting chiefly OF Naval School ladies ant
some OF the graduating class who had not yet LEI
for home. Ii was beautiful evening, and, doubt
less, quite In accordance with the softer emotion
"A a q
= slonlsts. IL was
: THE LAST GRAND ASSAULT or THE SEASON
= This rowing party, and those bellies VINO had no
succeeded In drawing matters to an issue at TIL
"a Grand Ball. were now making strenuous efforts Il
Il ain some melodiou5 plot Of peechen green an,
~ shadows numberless had been sadly futile but sof
Lydian measures catching glad refrain from I'll
e. blue waves stirred the gentler feelings Of ire
III fragable youngsters on this occasion. What powe
could resist the charm OF their innuenceY Proudly
gladly do the victorious fair ones guide thei
triumphant barks toward tue cedar lined sea-wal
Of the Naval School as the big clock stares ana 9TH
cold, round moon shines calmly down"
TUE ADMISSION EXAMINATIONS.
"a The examination of candidates for admission i
T. now going on. 1t Is very rigorous and embraces
81 graphy and arithmetic. The physical inspection i
most rigid. About fifty candidates from every guar
ter of the Union had already arrived-several from
Fl Texas aud one from distant Wyoming. The most 0
them are lamentably ignorant OF the rudiments.
met very bright fellow from the North yesterda,
who told me he had passed " first rate " on orthog
raphy. "Now,n said /, "spell rarefy.n "Ra-ii
q fy,n he answered readily. "No.u "WeI rar-r-fy.i
" Wrong.n And no was utterly nonplussed when
showed him that it did not even contain an l. i
has been found that more boys fail on that one wore
than any other In the vocabulary. One hundred
and 1fty appointments have been made SO far 20
this year. OF course not more than half will pass
y there are three stages of examination: the oral
Il written and general viii n latterly is termed " 10
"a ing before the battery When boy fails in one o
the first two and passes well in the second he /,
allowed another chance and is questioned inds
criminatey by each examiner. OF course
failure to pass the physical Investigation
:" Kills" candidate at once. Boys OF all de
scrptlons are sent here, from the mos
artistic city youth to the greenest rustic
4 Generally they are picked from the family scape
goats. with here aud there mild and placid 'gooC
boy sadly out Of place among the don't care, free
: and. easy middics. The amount OF bad grammar
and anachronisms perpetrated by these
Il our future naval heroes. is something
fearful 1t should be warning TO teach
ers to improve the groundwork OF their ed
ucatonai system; for single blow nom Nava
VI School Examiner seems TO send the whole edifce
totterlng 10 the ground. The examinations extend
from the 5th to the 10th inst. There will be second
81 course in September for those failing TO pass 81
this-wlo may he reappointed-ami for any new
q appolntees. There will probably be overa hundred
i'm the fourth class next year, which large number
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