Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-03


after his admission to the naval aea'
deny We now continue with others.
Under date Of October ~. 1850 he
writes.
My drill this week has been ma
ship. The whole school has sca.,aH.
manship this week We have q large
sailing vessel and the cadets are given
sauous and we have been putting up
the sails. have been aloh. away ~ in
the rigging. helping TO url the sails, etc.
All wear their white canvass suits here.
A number of men have been 'bilgcd. "
that is sent away from the academy be.
cause they could not pass In their
studies. Some have been here TO ana
three years.
There are some cadets who have
'sl.,.a" and ru. .aproiH,meuls and
come back again. Zoo January OF Feb.
ruafv there viii De an examination, and
no telling who Will fail may ilil aud
have TO come home, hut hope aud
guess not, Dot no telling.
The main thing here nov BE- study,
Jul taking not much umc We are
worked at every recitation and have
monthly examination Nhic1 WI'l COME
SOON. alU th0u O. tCm'.auuual aui an
aruu1I examination
a mI posted every week .hoas Che
Hlmcs ui those who have not passed
satisfactory mark for che week some
names have t1us bcca posted uut
mine has not.
a way OF making cadets keep
straight coz uEm De- iV giving them
dement's oI mares lor ans bad conduct
of negligence of ans Kind. ior,y or hiy
arc reported every dly. and some SCI
only one dcmeHi and some get Ten
depending on ihs acl AU have a PRIV.
ii-rc oI handing in an excuse. 10 % ls
satisfactory 20 De- Hccuntcd and vou ECi
u0 demcui % not you gutsomc. AsYct ]
havc none and there are very few who
have not some.
Under date OF December s;h, 1859. he
write
study night and day a.most.irom siH
Boz the morning ul Ten 90 night only
during drills. etc. oHru ] SCI up 90 i've
In The morning, There D. 90 sc ting
along here without study and hy doing
this many cannot keep up and they will
"bugc n February on the semi.auuual
examination. That is they will be cX'
twenty ur thirty who generally "bilgc' /
out Of each class aud the examination /
in February determines this. There IS /
no telling who will "biIgc" I'LL February. /
! hope not to "bilgc." ! stand good |
show at present not to. and am work.
ing hard for Il.
Our weather Is very. fne We have had
no snow and Il Is very moderate. We
will II seems have a sunny Christmas.
My drill this week Is dancing We |
have no girls to dance with, but in each
couple one takes the part OF the lady /
aud The teacher to distinguish them has |
The boy tie a handkerchief on his arm.
Under GATE 81 February 3Ath, 1880 he
writes:
We had: holiday on Washington's
birthday / and about a dozen others
got boat and went over the river to
the proving grounds. This place IS
about a mile from the academy. II Is
here that all cannons used Ia the navy
are tested before being used.
You should see some Of the big
cannons they have there to test Some
OF the newest are cannous for the new
ships Just made. These guns are about
twenty to thirty feet long and about
four feet In diameter at the brecch.
Here are many old guns used IN the
war, and piles OF cannon balls varying
from four To fifteen inches In diameter.
You would be surprised TO see the
targets that have been shot through by
some modern guns.
There are plates OF iron solid, about
eight OF ten feet square, and fourteen
inches thick and these new guns have
shot right through such a plate OF iron.
saw several targets thus shot through.
You can hardly imagine what large,
powerful cannons are now made. They
carry balls about one foot IN diameter,
and weighing about 500 pounds.
The following is a paragraph from a
letter dated March rs, 1890
The other evening some fellows made
noise up In the corridor, and as the
officer in charge could not lind out who
1t was, he waited an midnight, when he
had all the cadets called up, dress and
form In companies outside OF quarters.
Then he gave as a half mile march. and
let us go TO bed when we came back
This was done so as TO be sure to
punish the ones who made the noise.
Under date OF April 9th. 1890 he
writes;
1t is now April, one week Of Il has
gone, Only three more weeks finishes
April then four weeks of May and the
academic school year Is No. Then
comes graduation week aud then the
cruise. Alter the cruise which ends
about the last OF August all cadets will
have four weeks leave In which TO go
home and return By October ~. But I
suppose could hardly get home iu
time. Next year, my class gets about
two months leave, when ] guess I Will
come home.
Under date OF April 18TH, 1892, he
writes:
Spring Is here and Il Is hard TO study
any more Every body Is having spring
fever Trees are leafng out AMI b os.
sOming, Last Saturday we went out in
the bay and had gun drill, As before.
We went In the steamship Wyoming
which Is battle ship all rugged with
cannons, etc. Ater gong out abuu
eight miles, we put the target out In the
water, IL consisted OF a framework of
wood with black cloth tackled 90 u. We
sailed on about a mile aud then had
about two hours shooting az Il with the
cannon, The largest cannon were righI
inch guns, carrying ball of $50 POUNDS
and the others were SIX inch guns.
,aymE fifty pound balls. Each shot
o1k about peck OF powder Tor the
tis guns II was fun to shoot AMI then
notice the bal strike near the target
Aruwng up The water thirty or io.t
Iprt lu the alr II was surprising how
correctly the guns shot. lor al tins di,