Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-24
Some Good Advice to Naval Cadets.

The Baltimore Sunday Herald
undertakes to give some good and
wholesome advice to graduates of
the Naval Academy, and says;
ssSome Of the members of the
class which was graduated last June
1t the Naval Academy showed an
unusual and commendable degree
Of good sense and set the ca lets of
the future an example which it
would be well for them to bear in
mind and to follow.
"From time immemorial almost,
it has been a tradi ton in the insti-
tuition that the Marine Corps was to
be shunned-that the only place
for man was in the line. Such q
hold has this tradition obtained that
in recent years the government has
been put to the greatest trouble to
find the sufficient number of young
officers necessary to fill the vacancies
in the corps, while applications for
the line have been far more numer
Gus than there were appointments
to make.
CAS- a consequence very many
have left the service altogether and
others have been forced to exc out
an existence upon the miserably low
salary of an officer on waiting or
ders.
"Last June the Academic Board
was astonished to find that quite
nnm5er of men had voluntarily
applied for assignments in the Ma
rine Corps. And now it transpires,
as we have said before, that by so
doing they exhibited large amount
Of foresight and prudence. This is
demonstrated by comparison of
their present situation with that of
their classmates who desired and
obtained appointments in the line.
"The young officers of the Marine
Corps now have commodious quar-
ters in fine governmental buildings
provided with all the comforts of
modern society. They have all the
servants they could possibly desire,
and live in q manner that might
awaken envy in the breasts of many
a man Of comfortable private means.
ALI this is given them at Uncle
Sans expense, and besides they
draw salary of 81, 400 year and
never have to think Of the perils of
the deep as they are never required
to 20 to sea.
"The poor fellow who rejoiced in
his ensignship and rather looked
down upon the man who went into
the Marine Corps is now sweltering
in the crowded and uncomfortable
eteerage of some ship Of the line.
lie is subjected to all the rigors of
the most exacting discipline. He
cannot leave the ship without per-
mission, and must mount watch in
rain or shine. For all this he gets
no larger salary than the man in
the Marine Corps, and if perchance
he is appointed to shore duty be only
gets 81, 200, and only $1,000 if he
is on leave or waiting orders.
SIN the matter of promotions the
young lieutenant Of the Marine
Corps is far ahead of the ensign.
Quite number of first lieutenant
cies as we'll as higher offices are or
soon will be vacant, and the second
lieutenant of the Glass of 80 is in
the direct line of promotion. and
viii within couple of years at the
most outstrip not only his own class
mates in the line but also the senior
ensigns, to many of whom he may
have recited at the Academy and
who have already seen ten or fifteen
years actual service.
sIndeed, the lot of the marine
officer il happier clear through than
that Of the men in the line. When
be becomes : major. a. no doubt he
viii in due conrss of time, he will