Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-05-21
NAVAL NEWS.
Candidates AppoInted--Ame. Banaparte',
Son Turned Down-orders Issued.

Candidates Appointed-Mme. Banaparte's
Son Turned Down-0rders Issued.
The steamer Standish. of the Naval
Academy, went to Baltimore Yesterday
for supplies for the Monongahela.
Miss Jeanette Schenck has been seIec-
ted by the graduating class to present
the flag to the winning company In the
competition, which takes place un We'd
nesday, June 9TH.
The board of naval bureau chiefs has
decided to build the two new hattle-ships
with. .double-storied turrets, and to place
thirteen-inch guns in the lower turrets
and eight-inch guns in the upper tur-
rets.
Lieutenant G. +. Macklin, of the L.
;. Marine Corps, has reported ut tue
Naval Academy for duty. Lieutenant
Macklin graduated in '9S, and is we'll
known here. While cadet he was Que
of the best football players on the team.
The following orders have been issued:
Lieutenant j. NJ Stoney has been de-
tached from the Mare Island navy-yard
and ordered to the flagship Philadelphia,
relieving Lieutenant j. III. Hogerworf,
who has been detached and granted three
months leave. Lieutenant j. Ii. Haw-
ley has been ordered to the Naval War
College, Newport.
The following candidates have been
appointed for cadets ut the Naval Acad-
envy: Henry II. Bissell, New York; /;
alternate, Leroy Diller, of New York:
Joseph I. Buttrick, of Newport, r.. l.:
G. III. Lamberton, OF Winona, Mimi. r.
+, Turner, of McGregor, Iowa; r. G.
Saxton, of Edgar, Ne6raska; Joseph B.
Cabbell, Richmond, Va; j. G. Muir,
Los Angeles, Cal,
Six year cadets were examined in Sea-
man-ship today.
Three candidates have been rejected
on account of physical disabilities.
w, S, Turner, Kentucky.
Oscar Schmidt, Indiana.
+. {. Whitthorne, Tennessee.
The application Of Nine Bonaparte 20
have her son Jerome put into the Navy,
WAS denied 10y the President the other
day. The application was indorsed by
John Carroll, ex-governor Of Maryland
and q grandson of the Carroll of Decla-
ration of Independence fame. lie also
accompanied them To the White House.
The young man is a great-grandson of
Daniel Webster and a son of jerome
Bonaparte, which makes him a great
great-grand nephew of the great Napol-
con, but this was of no avail. lie did
not bSCulc Juc ldNpIdDlc HOllCc Vi tie
President.
The President has retired Admiral
Meade on his own application, and in
doing so has administered severe re-
buke to him. The admirai's applica-
tion was made to the Secretary of the
Navy May 9th, and 10y him forwarded
to the President, who yesterday return
ed it to the Navy Department with this
endorsement
Executive Mansion, May 20, '95.
The within recommendation is approx
ed, and Rear-Admiral Richard Meade is
hereby retired from actual service in the
navy, pursuant to section 1888 of the r..
S. The President regrets exceedingly
that the long, active service of this Off
Ger, 80 brilliant in its early stages, and
so often marked by honorable incident,
should, at its close, be tarnished by con-
duct at variance with commendable
career, and inconsistent with the exam
pie which an officer of his high rank
should furnish of subordination and sub
mission to the restraints of wholesome
discipline and manifest propriety.
GROVER CLEVELAND.