Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-10

Under date Of June 90. 1899. he speaks
oi going on board the United States
ship Constellation, with his class, and
sailing on Chesapeake bay. DIE says.
"On the ship are about one hundred
blue jackets or marines, who assist TO
showing the cadets, and who keep ths
ship in order. There are about ten OF
twelve naval officers, a doctor 70 chap
lain, $50 cadets, besides cooks aud SEQ
wants"
A letter dated q. S. S. Constellation,
New London, Connecticut June sl.h,
1892. says
We arrived at New London last Fri
dav. lung l-. We had O good yoyag,
from Annapolis. We have seen most
ail sorts of sea weather. calm i0Egy.
rough windy. etc After passing Rue
capes at the mouth OF the Chesapeake
we went out into the ocean about one
hundred miles. then sal ed TO Nlutaus
point ON Long island and 10 New Lon.
don. Queer 90 say ! have not been 100
aII sea SICK. and some others have moi
but many have been vomiting aud uI
able to cat Tor several days. Sea sIcE.
ness does not come from "a calm seq
but in rough weather when tue ship
rolls so you can hardly stand up.
We have had two days liberty iu thc
city. We lay at anchor about % block
from town. II is nicely situated on long
island sound and many rich people
come here to spend SUMMER Il Is
fine city Of 1900 people, and has
some Of the pfcIlicst HOUSES aud sur
foundings ! ever saw. Remember 1t is
a New England town, no negroes and
negro shanucs. OF anything but thun.
] suppose you have read of the grand
boat race Of Harvard and Yale COLLEGES,
which took place here. We adj went
in boats to see H. The city was full Of
visitors aud the river on which
New London Is situated and on which
the race took place was covered with
yachts and boats. all dfaped with flags,
blue for Yale and crimson for Harvard.
Here saw some Of the finest pleasure
yachts ! ever saw, owned by rich men
living east
We have a little repairing TO do here
and may not leave tiil after the 3th OF
July We 10 next to Newport, h. ].
| am well aud hope all At home are.
In a letter dated Newport, X. l., Sat.
urday. July i9. 1850, he says.
We arrived at Newport Thursday
evening and stay till Monday or Tues
day. This forenoon all cadets were
taken to the torpedo station aud were
shown by the officers all through. A
description would be too long but ! viii
merely mention a few things.
First we went to the laboratory where
they have all chemicals, trying to invent
new explosives, smokcless powder, etc.
We here saw all modern explosives, In
Guiding smokcless powders, dynamite.
and perhaps twenty Others, and spcci-
mems Of iron showing their great force
NeN we wenrto the place where they
make gun cotton, an explosive made Oi
cotton and nitro glyccrine. Il Is queer
thing. You can put IL Ia the ire and Il
won't burn or explode but must be eX.
ploded by a preparation OF mercury.
The next was the electrical laboratory
showing how electricity was used ON
ships and torpedoes.
Next was visited the torpedo factory.
And last OF all was Witnessed the firing
OF several tofpedoes In the harhoT. II
was surprising TO see how small tor
pedo will throw the water and mud up.
a specimen OF each class OF explosives
was fred of on an iron plate to show
how they would indcnt thei iron on which
they lay.
an cadets have liberty TO so ashore
this afternoon but few are gong as u is
rainy. have not been around the city
vet aud don't know much how ID looks.
but from appearances Il Is very bcauu.
iul. A great pleasure resort Il D. In
summer, aud many rich people are here
spending the season, \andCfbilta
pleasure yacht is here, al anchor few
rods from our ship, also many other
pleasure yachts Of the summer people.
Under date OF September 5oih. 1890.
lie writes from the academy
Yesterday was the day for cadets TO
report from leave. The academy pre-.
scented a lively scene, They began to
come IN about 10 a. M, and kept stream
ing In all day. You would have thought
Il some express or railroad Office the
way trunks, valises and cadets came In.
Everything is settled nov aud studies
begin tomorrow, October Ist OF course
the fellows coming from leave had TO
begin to haze the "plchcs" aud yestcr.
day the very first evening four cadets OF
my class where caught by the officer in
charge OF cadets, hazlng some "plebrs,"
lie walked right into the room and saw
the poor "plenc' trying TO root q penny
out Of big washboWl OF water win
bis nose only, while the other fellows
were looking on, laughing, etc. They
were neatly caught Today an inyesti.
cation Is going ON and it seems at pres
ent that some OF them wall bee obliged"
Tor IL. In an such cases, the upper
class men Try to get out OF 1t in any way
possible and they 20 the "plcbus" and
make them tell some untrue story TO
clear them. Many slorius are told here
10 keep clear OF trouble.
Under date OF October asst 1880, he
writes:
The cadets caught hazing were given
fNy dement's each aud restricted from
leaving the academy for two months.
"A few days ago the superintendent
called mp the third class together AND
gave them 10 understand that all hlsIng
must be stopped Immediately Sine.
this time one fellow has been caught lt
H. lie Is under arrest and Is confined
20 bis room, except Tor meals and one
hours exercise daily ] guess he will
be obliged. Sunday there were two
fights between cadets one was be,
tween two men of my class, They
went 10 the gymnasium and had fought
only two rounds when tine academy
police stopped o. The other GEht Was
between "a third class man and second
class man. They fought fourteen rounds.
when time was called, aud the hgut
called &c. These TWO were terrible
looking fellows when they had finished
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