Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-10
Uncle Sans Navy.
Experiences of a Naval Cadet from Utah, a.
Given in IIi- Letters.

funeral of a naval officer who was at
ONE time commlnialt Of the cadets
/ here A cadets in iull dress. aticuIa
tho funeral it ihc chapel ani tlau
matched tu the academy cemetery
where be was buried The band and
marines went also. besides many OH
Gers and other people.
Last alfI IJy there was game OF
I foot ball between cadets aud ST. Ihus
college. The cadets were 90 90 (.
! Another game come. Oh 81 saturday
[ with John Hopkins University of blu-
| more.
uader date Of january 10th. 1891 he
says:
The two cadets OF whom ] spoke as
gougiug" have been dismissed The
one from my class was from Virginia
md instead of going home, be was SO
ashamed TO 20 there, he has gone To-
Texas. Tie was very smart fellow.
'nd had no need OF 'gouging' lie
was care'csi
can't say when will get home II
hC ucH hHl passes. we will get four
months leave from June TO Oltobcr 10
DO does not pass. we get SIX weeks, only
rom August i5 90 October ist.
Our food b. excellent, could not ask
i1r better Always plenty OF bread,
lui,cr. milk. vegetables, fresh meat.
hsh, canned FRUIT jams, oatmeal. etc
90 cuuuc ! can't mention all, but sui.
ice u TO say we have excellent food
always aud plenty of H. Get ice cream
and cake every sunday, and oranges W
bananas or apples or grapes, etc, every
day at dinner
90 January so. 1891, he wrote.
am afraid 1t has been some time
since I wrote. have been careless.
but ! am partly cxcusablc, ON account
OF being s0 busy for the scmi-aunual
examinations. which arc nearly com.
pletcd This whole week has been
devoted 10 nothing but examinations
iuf 900 classes, on the work gone over
the frl term This IS the final cxamin-
alton on these studies We have no
drills. but devote every moment to
study that We have outside Of the cx-
room. Examinations are I've
hours aud some seven hours long. dauy
% is somewhat Of strain on person.
Whcl they are five hours long we go TO
them at a. M, and gct out NJ I p. M.
In five minutes we have dinner, five
minutes alter dinner is study call, for
those who have NO afternoon cXamina.
lion. while those who have one 10 to Il
ell Q p. M Recreation hours . to 1850
and then study again. One IS not only
busy during the scml-annnal week, as
We call u. but begins TO review a week
or before. one must do this for to rc.
view half a dozen books Of 900 or 500
pages each IS not thing to be done ~
enc evening.
OF the results Of the examination have !
not yet been posted, but ! know did |
alright My monthly marks arc general |
w so high that ! would pass d / got q |
cipher on the examination. But one |
dosen'tgct zerocs very often. did very |
well.
The scmi.annual examination has |
doomed several cadets to "hlgc.' The |
fourth class always loses about a dozen
men the first ssmi-annual, and they will
do the same this year. / don't think
anyone of my class will be dismissed,
tut there will be one or two oi the first
and second classcd 30. There Is a
general sitting every annual aud semi
annual examination.
My writing Is not very good but how
can you expect good writing when a
person has 10 40 10 an examination five
hours and write from thirty to iorly-hvc
sheets OF paper larger than iools'eap,
full OF answers on the examination ques.
uous' A person has just so much time
and must rustic and write just as fast as
he possibly can. When the time Is up,
you must drop everything and get uut
OF the room Just 90 the minute, one Is
always crowded Tor time,