The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-09
THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
ANNUAL REGISTER FOR THE TwENTY-NINTH
ACADEMIC YEAR-LIsT OF THE FACULTY AND
STANDING OF THE CADETS.


STANDING OF THE CADETS.
ANNAPOLIS Nd. JAN 8, 1879.
The annual Register Of the United States Naval
Academy. Annapolis Nd, for the twenty-ninth
demic year, ls7s79 has just been issued. The Regis
ter opens with brief historical sketch OF the acad-
envy. which. it states. founded in ls45 by Hon.
George Bancroft Secretary of the Navy. in the adj
ministration of President James X. Polk. 1t was
formally opened during that year under the name Of
Naval School. with Commander Franklin Buchanan.
In four months after tho school contained fftysix
,ndshipmen Us students. The officers duty at the
Academy now are:-
Commodore 4. A. Parker superintendent.
Commander S. d. Green, senior aid to superinten-
dent.
Lieutenant II. Perkins, aid to superintendent.
The academic staff consists of Commander Z. v.
McNair, commandant of Cadets Lieutenant w. H.
Brownson, assistant to comnandant OF cadets.
Ssdmdnship Ndrdi Tactics aud Ndrdt Constr7tcfion-
Commander T. VI. Shepard, head of department, with
Lieutenant Commanders C. " Gridley and G. j..
Train and Lieutenants W. H. Emory and L. G. Logan
as instructors. Matthew Strohm, instructor in box
ing swimming and gymnastics.
Ordnance and Gunnery-Commander A. I. Mahan,
head of department, with Lieutenants j. G. Solely.
William H. Parker, Jr.. j. W. Miller and Duncan
Kennedy instructors. Atoine j. Corbesier, sword
master; Jean b. Retz aud George Heintz. assistant
sword masters.
Observation-Disclosures w. W. Hendrickson. head
Dickns, Lieutenants Socrates Hubbard. r. Il. Inger
soil, .. c. Paine and II. 0. Rttenhouse; Masters g..
L. Dyer and G. W. Bartlett. and Ensign A. G. Hodgson
Steam Engineering Engineer J. p. Sprague.
head of department.; Passed Assistant Engineers l..
w. Robinson, G. II. Greenleaf. w L. Nichols David
Jones. C. H. Manning and g. II. Kearny and Assist
ant Engineer A. v. Zane as instructors.
Astronomy. Ndrigdtion and Su,re,rng.C ommander
J. A. Howell. head Of department., with Lieutenant
Commander A. ID. Brown and Lieutenants W. J. Bar
nette and c. G. Bowman as instructors.
Physics and Chemistry-Profcssor Henry d. Todd,
head of department, with Commander W. NJ Fogcr.
Master S. A. Staunton, Ensign A. A. Nicholson, Pro-
fessor n NJ. Terry and Professor c. T. Monroe rs as
sistants.
Mechanics and applied Observation-Disclosures J.
M. Rice, head Of department. with Lieutenant NJ r.
=. Mackenzie. s. W. Very and Harry Knox ~ in
structors.
English Studies History and La'o-Professor J. r.
Miller. n NJ Wise. J. v B. Blocker. r. r. Jasper
| and s. W. Tyler; Masters @. II. Lyman and q. T.
Miles and Assistant Professor N. w. Fay. instructors
Modern Ldngudges-Profcssor l.. +. Prudhomme
head of deDartment, with Meutcnants II. G. Derby
A. b. stoyers and A. P. Nazro; Masters Aaron Ward
and w. =. Cason Assistant Professors A. v 3. Cour
cee Eugene Dorillers, Jules Leroux and Hippolyte
Dalmon instructors in French and Spanish, and
Professor Pedro Montaidc instructor in Spanish :,
partment, with Assistant Professor @. F. Bauvet as
assist ant.
Officers Not attached TO the Academic .StoG-Com-
Medical Inspector A. L. Gihon: Passed Assistant Sur
geons. W. A. Corwin. g. f. Harmon and +; H. Green
Acting Assistant Surgeon. I. o. Walton; Paymastcr
| A. $. Kenny. commissary; Paymaster +. IL. Swan
storekeeper: Chaplain. Robert Hudson: Assistan.
| assistant librarian; X. NJ. Chase, secretary.
Marine Garr1son-Captain O. Y. Houston, com
mapding First lieutenant 8. H. Gibson, and second
Mais-C. J. Murphy. Samuel Lee. William G.
Smith, l.. NJ. Melcher, attached TO santee and Dale
| BENJAMIN Silver attached to ironclad Nantucket
Benjamin e.. Perry and Joseph Rogers. attached te
steamer Phlox. Total. ninety-six officers aud pro
| fessors.
| Cadet Lieutenant Commander Randolph II. Minel
has the command next to Lieutenant Solely in thu
| cadet battalion.
| THE STUDENTS.
The students at the academy number $40. In classes
| as follows:-
Cadet Midsaipme,-First class. Al members; secont
class. 90 members; Third class. s5 members; Fourth
| class, IS members.
| Cadet Engineers-First class, % members: secont
class. - members; third class, % members; fourtl
| class, ~ members.
In tho first class of cadet midshpmen Randolph
| Huntington Miner. of Ohio. stands at the head.
In the second class Philip housewife Algcr, ar
pointed mt large by the President, stands ut the head
In tho third class John Loenis Shock. of Pcnnsyl
! vaiiia. stands at the head.
In the first class OF cadet engineers Walter Martir
Mcfarland, OF the District of Columbia stands at ~
head; Albert William Stah OF New York. ut the heas
| of the second class. and Gristavc Kaemncrling. %
| Indiana. at the head of the third class.
There have been examinations to determine thu
standing of members OF the fourth class.
There were the following designations during tn
year ending November /. ls7s:-Cadet Midshipmei
T.. ID. Bronner c. Peasants, w. u. Whittlcscy. ,. >
| Garland W. f. Best Il. L.. Harrison, VI. Jackson,
Baily, W. N. King. Jr.: q. III. Bclinger q. A. Scott
| A. J. Jones and Cadet Engineer A. W. Temple
DedUs-Cadet Engineer Nj. ID. NOEL, at York. Pa.
and Cadet Midshpman j. b. Murray. ut New Yorl
| city.
| iieinstalst,-Cadet Midshipmcn John Taylor. j.
Porter. Ambrose Cramer J. l.. Purcell, Il. l.. Bonfl
and A. Il. Hasson; Cadet Engineers w. Strothe
| Smith, I. j. Hogan and II. q. DUNCAN.