Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-07-01
NEEDSOF NAVAL CADETS.
Some Practical Recommendation 81 the
board OF Visitors.


Board OF Visitors.
The annual report Of the Board 81 vlsl.
tors 10 the Annapolis Naval Academy.
Commodore George Brown. president
was made public on Saturday. Thaslref
subject taken up Is rs 10 the question 81
admission TO and discharge from the
Academy. The Board unanimously Re.
commends that the academic course be
reduced from six to four years, and that
ct the end ct four years the cadets be
commissioned a. ensigns. Ii also recon-
mends that II should be required by Law
that the designation Of persons for an
| pOintmeuts and their alternafes be made
one year 10 advance.
The Board also recommends that the
maximum limit Of age for entrance be 10
instead Of 20 years. The Board believes
that the value Of the coarse OF instruction,
both to those who reach graduation and
TO those who fall of graduation, Il impair.
ed by the smallness OF the number who
can reasonably hope to attain positions In
the naval service
The morals. discipline and scholarship
Of the Academy have been improved 10
the last four years, but the Board thinks
IL would be desirable for the Government
to find occupation for more graduated
cadets than are now taken annually into
the Naval Service, and suggests that Con.
gress put these young men into the Rev.
enue Marine Service. This would be
virtually offering prizes for diligence.
and would be good place TO have naval
officers.
AS to subjects Of study and standard
OF scholarship the Board approved of all
the present subjects OF study; also the
methods by which the time given to each
study Is arranged. 1t also considers that
all essential studies are taken up excep
ting international law. which It believes
should be taken up by the cadets as
absolutely Indispensable. and the room
for this study should be made by
diminishing the volume Of work IN some
thinks that more opportunity should be
mechanic arts, and the introduction OF
cadets into the shops at an earlier period
of the course.
In regard tr discipline, drill, practical
exercises and police, the Board states
that the discipline of the Academy is all
that Is required for high order Of
military training. The regulations are
exacting, but are so enforced as to
establish pleasant relations between the
officers and cadets. The example shown
by the officers has q beneficial effect In
this respect. The system OF practical
exercises which has been adopted Is COM
mended, and in the matter of administra-
tion and policy no changes are suggested.
The board considers that the facilities
for work In steam engineering ought TO
be enlarged and amplified. The equip
ment now available In this department.
II says. Is partly absolute.
Owing TO the extensive application OF
electrical appliances on board ship there
ought to be an electrical plant similar to
that In use on the best equipped vessels al
the academy. Some appliances are also
Deeded for experimental tests of mater
ials used in the construction of vessels.
In conclusion the report says that the
finances seem we'll administered and the
interests of the government and cadets
carefully guarded. The library Is well
arranged