Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-04-16
NAVAL NEWS.
Candidates for the Naval lAcadsmy-wash-
inEton onicers Approve the Salute
TO Ladies-Orders Issued.

/ Candidates for the Naval Acadsmy--Wash-
inEton oficers Approve tho Salute
TO Ladies-orders Issued.
Secretary Herbert has selected the
successor of Commodore Potter as gov
ernor OF the naval home, near Philadel-
phia, and will assign Captain John Crit
| tenden Watson, who is now member
of the naval retiring board. Commodore
Potter retires on May 9th. Other naval
orders are as follows: Mate l.. Nj. Mel
cher has been detached from the Mime
sofa and ordered to the Fern. Surgeon
Howard Smith has been granted an ex-
tension of leave of six months. Lieuten-
ant B. A. Fiske has been ordered to spe.
cial duty, bureau of ordnance. Civil
Engineer A. j. Menocal has been order
Ell To the Norfolk hayward. Civil En-
gineer Il. Z. Prindle has been ordered
TO the New York navy-yard. Assistant
Engineer w. c. Hubert has been detach-
ell from the Hassler and granted three
months leave. Passed Assistant Sur
geon G.. III. L. Lowndes has been detach-
ed from the Hassler and ordered to the
Mare Island Naval Hospital.
The following cadets at the Naval
Academy have been appointed f. A.
Asserson, Brooklyn, n. Y; III. r. Stier,
(alternate,) Bloomsbury, Pa. A. n. Jor-
don, (alternate,) Brooklyn, n. y; III.
l.. Brinser, Harrisburg, Pa: &. L. Hick-
ernell, (alternate,) Scha fferstown, Pa.
/. b. Roberts, Oakes, n. Y. r. L. Wood,
(alternate,) Cold Spring, N. y; Harry
Goodsell, Highland Falls, n. Y; j. j.
Kuhn, Jr., New Brunswick, n. j.; +.
i. Hanscomb, (alternate,) Belfast, Me
+. III. Yates, Waterville, Me-; III. &.
Cooke, Petersburg, Va; w. n. Jeffers,
(alternate,) Philadelphia; w. ii. Conger,
Jr., Philadelphia; " A. Kimberly, West
Newton, Mass; A. G. Birnie, Ludlow,
Mass; +. g. Kalbfus, Harrisburg, Pa.
Clarence Ashfield, (alternate.) Tunkhan-
mock, Pa; w. r. Sayler, Jr., Pawtuck-
ct, r. L.; w. j. Frawley, (alternate,) J
Bay State, Mass: G. l.. Condler, Nc
Gaheysville, Va; w. N. CIepper, (alter-
nate,) Columbia, Pa; Victor Binder,
Philadelphia.
The order of Captain Cooper, superin-
tendent of the Naval Academy, which
prescribes the regulation infantry salute
for cadets under all circumstances, even
when they salute ladies, has the approx
al of all the naval officers stationed in
Washington and is one of the most sen
sible orders, they claim, that has been
given to the cadets for some time. These
officers declare that the ladies have no
just ground for protesting against the
salute. and several believe the cadets have
themselves brought abouta strict enforce
ment OF the tactical salute through their
disregard of officers when cadets arc walk
ing with ladies. An officer there said
that for number of years it had been a
subject of comment that the cadets were
not reprimanded for the hardness with
which they saluted superior officers. The
officers frequently went out of their way
in order to avoid cadets, when the latter
were accompanied by ladies, so that they
might not he subjected TO careless sl-
lutte or, perhaps, none at all. These of
ficers did not wish, it is said, to embar-
rass the ladies by calling cadets atten-
tiUn to their lack of compliance with
the academy regulations, and frequently
failed afterward to report the matter to
the commandant. Under the new order
OF things the cadets will be compelled to
be more careful in respecting senior of.
ficers, and when they stroll about the
yard and meet young ladies they are not
expected TO accord them any different
treatment.
Lieutenant Lawrence III. Moses, OF
the United States marine corps, is under
arrest at the naval hospital, Brooklyn,
The order was given by Commodore ST.
card, on the complaint of Captain Fred.
erick Rogers, Of the y-yard. The
charge is that the lieutenant treated q
superior officer with gross disrespect, and
will probably be court-martialed. None
of the officers concerned will say any.
thing about the trouble. Lieutenant
Moses is a son-in.law of Green B. Raum
formerly pension commissioner. He
was graduated from the Naval Academy
in 1892. A year afterward he was as
signed to the Brooklyn navy-yard and 3
year later he WIS promoted to first lieu
tenant.
Naval Cadet Eugene Bassett, of the
cruiser Baltimore, who has arrived at ST
Louis, Mo-, on his way to Annapolis
says he was at Port Arthur OH the day
after the fight there, in which it is al
legged the Japanese were guilty of the
wholesale massacre of. defenseless per-
sons. "While between 1900 and 2,00(
PERSONS were unnecessarily killed at Port
Arthur, I" said Mr.. Bassett, "there was
undoubtedly some justification for it.
Two days previous the Chinese had cap
tured number of japanese in skirm.
ish. Instead Of holding them prisoners
of war they killed them and then mutt
lated their bodies in fearful manner
This 10 what melted the japanese in the
Port-Arthur fight and caused the massa
ere afterward.