Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-26
L. S. NAVAL ACADEMY.
THE CADETS SUMMER ROUTINE.
Their Mechanical Training in the
Shops-How They are Taught
to Fashion in Wood for
Castings, &c.


COURT MARTIAL CONvENES.
Under the new regulations of cadets
at the Naval Academy, there is always
one class, the second, detained here dur
ing the summer, who undergo regular
course of instruction in the carpcntering
shop. This course begins at the end of
the second year and continues until the
end of August, while the first, third and
fourth classes are away on the summer
cruise. Mr.. Matthew &. Boone is i'm
charge of this branch of instruction.. lie
being appointed this year to succeed Mr..
James Q. Tier, who had held the position
for more than twenty years. The first
thing a cadet is taught in carpentering
is the name of the tools, and in the sec
tion room he must give proof to the pro-
fessor that he has mastered this. The
next step is to use the plane, and the ca-
det learns by practical experience how
To handle the jackplane, foreplane and
single and double iron foreplane, the use
of the gauge and how to saw to given
line without cutting into it. This is
the first day. work. On the second day
the cadet is required TO make disc
twelve inches in diameter with grooved
edges, after having marked it out OH the
rough board by hand. With the plane
the rough sides are smOothed down; then
the compass lays out the required circle,
and this is followed by the use of the
sp0ke-shave, a gauge and rat-tail file.
An inner circle is then drawn on the
edges of the disc a quarter of an inch
deep, and this is chamfered off flat.
chisel and file smooth the edges, and the
disc comes out a perfect piece of work.
On the third day a model of Il crosshead
or pump is required of the cadet. The
arms of the ciosshead are each aDout
fifteen inches in length, beveled on the
edges to perfectly fit Il circle. The width
of the arms is ten inches and the depth
one inch. The tools required to make
this are a chisel, saw, plane, file aud dI-
viders. On each piece of work the max
er's name is written aud he is marked
according to his work.
Many of the samples left 10y the cadets
are shown as evidence of their mechani-
Cal skill. These samples of woodwork
are mostly models for casting, some of
which turn up as iron rings in the ma
chine shop below the carpenter shop,
where the second class in the morning
of the long summer days file them into
artistically finished specimens. Some of
the woodwork left in the shop bearing the
names of G. L. Fermier, A. &. Nutting
and III. A. Pearson show great mechani-
cal skill. The cadets are taught to work
out models from wood, and to transfer
them from paper to wood. The instruc-
tion in this branch is so valuable that
some of the naval officers late in their
career have voluntarily taken the course,
and Others on duty here have asked that
their SONS might be allowed to take the
course for the practical good it affords.
The carpenter shop is under the depart
IF OF nj oaVtn of MI nj,
Engineer G. w. Rae is the head. Assis-
tants in this department are Passed As
sistant Engineers +. j. Schell, f. w.
bartlett ana l.. ID. Miner, and Assistant
Engineers III. w. Jones and III. q. Stick
ney. The cadets are taught carpenter
ing in sections of six or eight. There is
no section at work this week, all the
sections being at some other branch of
practical instruction, but one will begin
Monday morning.
Quite remarkable interest in base
ball sprang up at the beginning of this
week at the Naval Academy, and not
withstanding the intense heat of the
first few davs and the rain of Wednes-
day, every afternoon saw at least thirty
cadets on the ball field. Three match
games were played between the four
ry in athletic pastimes. The fist of the
series WAS played on Monday between
teams from the first and third crews.
The third crew won by score of 8 to 8.
The game was very close and until the
last inning 1t was anybody's game. The
winning battery were Webb and Collins.
Although driving rain was falling all
Wednesday afternoon, it did not fright
en- the Middies whit, and the second
and fourth crews had tussle on the
diamond. The ball was soon soaking
wet and so slippery that it was very
difficulty to catch, but in spite of all
disadvantages. the fourth crew won
handsomely by the score of s to Z. The
winning battery were Jenson and Lam
dis. Thursday saw the final champion
ship game between the third and fourth
crews, and it proved by far the most ex
citing game and best-played of the SER
les. Both teams did good steady work
and many fine plays on both sides gained
tumultuous applause from the specta-
tors. The following is the score: