The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-30
LIFE ON A NcnooLsm,r.
How the Cadets are Kept 20 their
studies Ou Board OF n Mau-Of-war.
New York Express, july -.


How the Cadets are Kept 10 their
studies On tsoard OF a MaH-of-w~r.
New York Express, July y.
It's commonly received falacy that
during the summer al least, Annapolis cadets
have n nice, easy and pleasant time Of IT,
Time seems TO the enviOus locker on who
perchance has seen them strolliug around
his native city, 10 their cool and elegant uni
form, to bear them gently on its bosom
down the river of lie; and altogether the
,,sx,.s yer. as be tries in vain to gain the eye
=. his insmv.. alta, riveted Is it is on the
t.,i, ue cap and brass buttons opposite, feels
drc,as. Ally cool aud sntagoDisIic to oil
rroieft< of naval expenditure, and
n wsrdiv 70. listers vow - vote for
,he roduc,,", of next years approx
prls,ions. The s,s ndish and Ma, flower. y.
Inc over in the basin b, the navy yard this
afternoon ara two twin Gu, "'s,os, ,hn .ne
perfection OF their sppoin,us>, n' Inc Insignia
OF governmental service. They =, .AaIuy
alike in every respect. Each sutsn>. WY
take the first and second CLASSES Of the es>
engineers az Annapolis for four moths
cruise to the principal machine works Of The
country. A practical application of the me.
chanical studies Of the last term is the end
sought IL seems delightful to contemplate
but, the reality is quite another matter.
Fresher air and added interest are all ttat re-
lieve the mJnotony of routine study. The
two classes on board the two vessels al
ways travel in company. Ia going from
port to port the students have tho On.
tire charge oftho engine room, acting MS
assistant engineers and fremen. While in
port the routine of duties is by no meaps Il
light one. AT 8 o'clock Ia the morning they
are mustered up, and proceed to visit tn.
machine shops Of the locality. They are
accompanied by their officers, who arc slso
professors. On all the large pieces of ma.
ehlncry lecture, with prselical illustrations,
Is given, OF which the students are required
To! ke notes End make mechanical drawings
OF the parts. After visiting the various
yards return TO the ship is ordered. All
hands are then piped 10 dinner. After dinner
the drawings made must be finished up, the
notes written cut in the form of an essay in
the daily journal, and the points in practical
engineering that have been brought up in the
morniag'- lecture looked up snd explained
in the text books, Then comes the recita-
tions, and af,erward few hours in
the evening ashore. The same expert.
euces arc repeated the next day,
aud when the yards are eGtirely exhausted
another place VIE sought. The two cutters
now at the hayward left Annapolis on the
18Th of..June. Each..hsd on board twenty
four cadet engineers. From Annapolis they
went 10 Washington and thoroughly inspect
ed the government aud private machine
shops there. Thence they proceeded ID
'Norfolk, Va, where are large AM, ana valuabie
mechanical appii,,@..""sS; then to wilmington
Del, and from there they Wv W ou ssS =,
Pa, Ga leaving Chester they proce,,.' "
Philadelphia, where two wee ks were ,n.umed
While there the Pennsylvania RAILROAD pisced
a special train ut their disposal and be vas,
and intricate engines of the Harrisburg ma
chine.sbops were inspected. Proceeding then
up the Hudson, Newburg and Cold Spring
were called upon TO contribute their quota
of information TO the aspiring nautical mind
after which full speed was made for Brook.
Ign. TLey remained there until Monday
visiting, meanwhile, the different shops in tn,
vicinity.
From there the courso will be eastward. A
week will be spent at the torpedo sts.ion nj
Newport and Providence. Bristol and other
manufacturing centers will DO visited, after
which tho class will return to Annapolis 10
secure their months leave of ab.ence. 1t will
be seen that the trips not one of unalloys d
enjoyment, I'm ess tho student be tspecisll
and peculiarly enthusiastic in his profession.
tis however. in the highest degree valuable
The professors at Annapolis are among the
strongest advocates Of tho yearly tours, ard
they have in the past doubtless accomplishtd
much service