The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-16


further inquiry whether the standaE
could not be supported on . highe
plane BY making fifteen yeara the loves
age Of which cadet could be recaved, o
whether the standard might not be astuall
raised, even II in order to this end
should be found necessary 10 provide 10
0 Temporary sub. cadetship 10 ensure tina
thoae who enter the prescribed cours
shall In NO case be deficient Q
the beginning. To raise the standart
Of admission would be only to put thl
Naval Academy in this respect in hAE
mony with the colleges and other Rd
Vanced schools OF the country, who's
terms OF admission are steadily rising will
the general advance OF education. We arl
clearly ol the opinion that the prohibition
oi the use Of tobacco among the cadet
should be iniorced. There are now upor
the shelves OF the library about 2. .SOl
volumes. We would recommend the
enactment Of . Law TO secure TO the library
free OF charge all Government publications
90 they are Issued. In the opinion Ol the
Board II is necessary that only enough
cadets shall graduate from the Naval
Academy to make good the annual waste
OF the navy, and that Congress should by
careful legislation provide against an aCcu-
mutation OF Midshipmen aud cadet engi-
neeFs. To grow old in these inferior
grades 10 to the manifest injury OF the
naval service, its discipline and lie useful.
ness. The present system seems to the
Board to be very fruitful Of evil.
RID SKINS MAKE AN uNEIPEcTED CALL on
THE INDIAN COMMISSIONER,
Indian Commissioner Price had q eur.
prise this morning. Three runaway
Indians from tie Chippewa tribe in Wis.
consin, accompanied by an interpreter,
all in paint and feathers, marched into
bis Office unannounGed and squatted un.
for o pow.wow, The four
arrived last night and went TO the fremont
House, announcing that they had come to
see the Great Father They registered Gs
Ben New Mexico, Interpreter, Charles Con.
tee, Mack Coon and sCarbsrewish, Com.
missioner Price was astonished when they
appeared before him. The interpreter
said they represented one hundred and
seventy'6ve families, who sent them to
Washington In hopes Of securing q new
reservation. As this tribe Ia especially
well provided for, and have more land in
their present reservation than they have
actual nee for, the Commissioner thus I'D.
dressed his visitors: "You can get no
lands here, and think you had better 90
back and work your corn and potatoes.
There is work for Indians to do besides
and fishing. They should
raise the products from the soil and
learn 10 work, as | have done many
times, with their hands and arms,
and become respectable citizens. The bui.
Ialo are all gone, and your own sense
should teach you that II Ia time 10 throw
of these feathers and rings and devote
your time to earning your living In an.
other way. This running over The Coun.
Try will not do. You are we'll provided
for and can gain nothing by coming to
Washington, and you must 20 back and
30 inform your people,"
Ben New Mexico enlightened bis com.
panlohs as To the reception accorded
them and the emphatic language Of the
UommisS orer. The only response was
an occasional "Ugh" and dissatisfied
shaking Of heads. They were then sent
back 10 thsr hotel with the repeated cd.
to return home at once.
wHrrrAKER's FRIENDS NOT SATISFIED.
Whittaker's friends are determined not
to let his case rest with the adverse find.
Ing Of the military court. They claim
that the evidence taken does not justify 4
verdict guilty, and they propose to make
an argument before the Judge.Advocate.
General, Then, II the Judgs.Advocate.
General approves the finding Of the Court,
friends intend to go before
the President and ask him to disapproye
Of 1t. They make no point on the color
question, and will not. In spite OF their
efforts It is more than probable that the
finding OIL the court will be approved.