Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-01
A DAY WITH THE MIDDIES.
Yesterdays Naval Cadet Exercises In Ses
manship at Annapolis.

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The annual exercises in seamanship took
place yesterday at the q. s. Naval Academy at
Annapolis. These exercises took place on the
old bark-rigged sloop-of-war Enterprise.
| Shortly after clearing the harbor cadet boat
swain mates called all bands to "make sail ~
Temporarily the ship was out of the hands of
the officers. The executive officer, Lieut..
Commander Fitzpatrick merely standing off the
bridge directing in a nominal way. As much
attention is paid now as ever at the academy in
| instructing the future officers in the science of
| seamanship. At the school instruction is
limited to few weeks in the year afioat, which
is amplifed by the summer practice cruise in
the sailing sloop-of-war Constellation.
Before noon the Enterprise was back along
side her dock and all hands disembarked for the
steam drill in the steam engineering building
The engineers department is particularly
proud of its work this year, because Cadet Beu-
ret, from present indications. will be No. in
the order Of graduation. 1t is predicted he will
| obtain higher point in his studies than Cadet
Taylor did in 1885, who broke the record in
passing the highest Of any one who had ever
| come out of the academy, and selected naval
| construction as his vocation.
All of the irst-class cadets after the steam
ship drill gathered in the hal; of steamship en-
| cheering and there demonstrated to the board
| an intimate Rcquaintanceship with their work.
The visitors saw the cadets take the great prac-
| tlce engine to pieces, strew these about on the
| floor. put them back in place again and then
| start and run the engine in almost as short
| time as it takes TO relate the story.
The board of visitors were shown specimens
| of designs for engines and boilers, the work of
| the students. In addition to the drawings the
note books of the cadets were on exhibition.
showing all their calculations of the complicated
machinery their instructors had given them to
| work out.
OF the practical illustrations Of what the en-
| gineer class has done during the year there was
| a completed triple expansion engine. Senator
White OF Louisiana, member Of the board
evidenced particular interest in this branch of
| the course.
The superiority of the engineer cadets is
proved by the fact that most of the schools of
! the country want the detail of engineer officers
of the navy to fill the chairs Of mechanical and
| dynamic engineering
| A number of engineers have resigned their
| commissions to accept lucrative posts az con-
| sulting engineers to manufacturing enter
prises all over the land. No less than six have
| ceased to be officers of the navy because they
| were wanted as permanent instructors in col
leges One fills chair in Cornell University,
another is at the University of Pennsylvania,
Ann Arbor, Mich, has one and the Agricultural
College OF Backsburg, S. c., has captured
| another.
In the afternoon the cadets fought sham
| battle under the battle tactics of the new reg
ulations which were introduced for the navy a
| year ago. This was a spectacle highly pleasing
| to the board of visitors and many others. The
action took place on the government farm
| under plans laid down by Lieut.. Pullman, in
| structor in infantry drill.
At a business meeting of the board Of visitors
in the afternoon Capt. Phythian. superintend-
ent Of the academy, made an address on the
/ needs of the institution