New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27

shake hands with the newcomer. sootty' had Oeeh
cook aboard the ship not many months before ana inc
bows had not forgotten him.
The same discipline which Is observed IN all inc
ercises of the ship Is maintained at the boys studies
The large schoolrOom Is the gun-deck. ana the
tables which used for meals at dinner hours no"
become desks II a stranger should visit the snip
schoolroom I'm school hours tho boys would give Only
a glance and Immediately turn their attention 10 ther
books again school aboard the st. Marys begins at
8 80 O'Clock when prayers are held In The gun rooh
Commander McGowan reading the service. Studies
which embrace the usual branches taught III The com
mon schools then taken and last until noon The
school hOurs for the afternoon from TO O'Clock
At 4 O'Clock the boys are put through nautical drills
such a. going the masthead and manning the
wards Saturday is observed as a day Tor general
scrnbbing. polishing the brasswork, holystonng the
decks and putting the ship IN order for Sunday Some
Of The boys are allowed 10 home over sunday, while
those who remain aboard attend services which are
conducted by Commander MCGOWAN
Tie annual summer cruise Of the 81. MARY ,
In foreign waters Is looked forward TO with great III
teret by the boys. Then IS the time they are to BE-
tested as to their real eamanshlp us all very well
IN he pu, over the masthead or 10 run out on the
vadar1ns Of the ship when In port and quietly moored
alongside OF a dock, but it Is altogether different
n.,ter when the ship is keeling over on her beam
ends and the wind nearly blowing the buttons on the
t,ck.s And the boys begin 10 stop bOustlng about
their nautical proves when the time f0r putthg 10
ga approaches, tor they know that wind and waves
are no repcctors Of persons, ana furthermore 'ha'
dreaded se.,slckncss is humiating come down" from
rort to,stinc There is a keen rivalry between the
:, Narv,s bows and the Saratoga, the schOOlship OF
pIdladep;iia They both arrive In foreign waters AT
the same time and frequently meet NJ Suoh uhlcS
both crews are on their best behavior.
While the ST. Mary's at Lisbon last summer
tho saratoga appeared In the same port Instantly
hat he
and the Ncw.York toys Immediately stilfened up
Ilod tho decks with heads a tTGe higher and assumed
ON ,us,ere expression Of cOunieDancc such rs might
he expected Of very superior iars
THO arrival of these American scholarships IN
pronean nors awakened great interest wherever they
went and they the recipients OF every Courtesy
Government anchorlng grounds AID mooring' were
,, ., tboir disposaI department tugs offered their
rv,ce free OF charge and when In France when there
wos an International exchange OF conf's'cS Dcl"ee"
visiting Russian naval officers ana french haV' o"'v
the boys Of the II. Mays were invited TO puDhc
! . p,ncbn oven III the French naval officers to the
pueei,ns but The boys were not allowed to attend as
champagne and liquors were served during ,"c ~
,crchaugc OF festivities between Germany ana fhghd
h :, Nary,s was again treated with distinction and
courtesy. ., $500. ana -,
nTbo Liverpool Journal Of Commerce sent one OF
e hat writers 10 southampton when one OF the Amer
,oan schoolships there and wrote long account oi
the ship and her officers. Ihs ana many o,"'i no','
rn - the most Hattcrag character and attention
| zoe oo,,.d ,o the fact that England had nothing Ike
u one long editorial in "The British Nautical Jour
rolp closed by asking who will do likewise Tor onr
merchant mariner French newspapers also pnbl''hcd
,ho most complimentary notice Of thee scholarships
| The tchoolship 81. Mary's has been IN opeN'uoh
since 1875 that the school Is now III us siA"'"e"
~ DurIng this time ,557 boys have attended the
1900, and 400 have been graduated from her, over
brecouartcrs OF them going TO sen ms petty officers or
in other capacities The instructors In the st. Mary
are rpIted states naval officers. The present officers
ore. Commander John Mctowan, superintendent
9tor,.nnnt w j. Darnette, executive officer Leutcl-
, trnmJcv senior Instructor: Enslgn X. T. L0poT.
nior instructor: and Passed A. sstant surgeon h"DeT
"'T Thn crew OF the sip aside from the
| ~ do the hard and rough Work 81
t1ys ,,n "" Thcy are 90 I'm number: boatswain.
mr fcvord master alarms, captain OF the hold. car