Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-05
DRILL FOR THE FLAG.
PRESENTED TO THE COMPANY BY
MISS SMITH,
II Is Won BY Second Glass Command
ed by Cadet p. M. Bannon, of Mary
land-Skrmish Drill at the Gov
ernment Farm-Dress Pa
rade this Evening
Athletic Tourna-
ment-Etcs
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ARRIVES.

itors witnessed practical exercises i n
steam tactics by the cadets Of the first
class, under the direction of Lieutenant
Beatty, and the boats under oars by the
three lower classes, in charge of Lieu
tenant Dewitt Coffman. The launches
were each under charge of q cadet COM
missioned officer, and the boats under
cadet petty officer of the second class.
Ten steam launches were employed in
the steam tactics, and there we're twelve
cutters driven by eight or ten pairs of
oars each, and with Lieutenant Beatty
in the flagship. The board watched the
evolutions from the Standish, which fol-
lowed the fotilla into the harbof Each
squadron advanced in line and in file,
and performed various maneuvres on
signal from the flagship.
INFANTRY DRILL.
The weather and the authorities were
merciful to-day to the naval cadets. One
sent clouded skies and cooling breezes
and the other gave canvas jackets and
| trousers, and so. the cadets paraded to-
day clothed all in white. Exercises be-
| gan at nine o'clock this morning on the
| parade ground with battalion drill, un-
| der command of Lieutenant f. j. Haese-
| Ter. The battalion marched in review
of the Board of Visitors, and then took
| position on the sea-wall and fired, in
unison, volley at target about hun
| dred and fifty yards distant. After the
| firing, the target, regulation size. about
| four feet by four, WIS brought ashore,
and peppered with shot, was shown the
Board of Visitors. The battalion pro-
ceeded in its drill, with forming by com
panies, marching in line, firing by COM
| panies, forming by battalion, firing by
! battalion, advancing and projecting the
! flanks. marching by columns of fours,
| in solid ranks of eight, and by hollow
| squares. This latter was the best TAX
| ing Of the evolutions, though all was
spirited and precise. The firing in vol
| leys was as one man had pulled all the
| triggers at once.
This drill over, headed by the band,
the battalion marched away to ssOkla-
homa," the latest addition to the Naval
Academy, where all the cadets were TO
climb over the garden wall" The spec
| tators went scampering over the half
mile course to see this interesting ma
peuvre. Promptly the cadets arrived
and promptly they mounted the nine
| foot wall, over once inte King George
street, and then back again into the
| Academy. Fifty-three seconds was all
the time it took for the whole battalion
TO scale the bastion. Again the battal-
lion marched off. This time to the Gov
| ernment Farm. One squad takes the
county road, and seeking aposition near
| Cemetery Hill, await the arrival of the
main body of the battalion. They have
not long to tarry, for through the groves
come the aSsailants, firing as they come.
| The foe retreats. Then the advancing
line throws out its skirmishers and next
flanking column appears on the right
of the enemy. Again the foe falls back
toward Strawberry Hill. The battalion
] follows up briskly its advantage, pres
sing forward III the centre and cosing
| in on the wings. Captain Saith and
| his little band of defenders make last
stand on Strawberry Hill and are flank
cd and captured.
Immediately after line Of defenders
is placed on the ridge that runs back of
| the Cemetery woods. Then the battal-
| lion advanced, throwing out its skir-
mishers as it came, and, leaving its dead
and wounded, as it advanced, firing at
rapid rate, finally carried the ridge. At
ter the battle, the dead arose and the
wounded were healed of their own voli-
tion and rejoined their companies. This
stimulation Of injury is SO natural that
spectators are deceived and think some
accident has befallen the PROSTATE ca
dets. Altogether now, the battalion
marches off around the public road with
the band playing away at its head. 1t is
now not so cool, but the cadets bear
their labors well and not one falls out
of line. The Board of Visitors we're in
terested in all these proceedings, and as
the members we're rolled away an car
riages to the Academy, the bulk of the
spectators returned afoot. The cadets
were marched to the armory, and, after
firing one round more out Of the armory
windows, to war up their guns, proceed
cd to clean their guns for the compete
tive drill for the colors this afternoon.
The drill was a success in every particu-
lar and the officers deserve great deal
Of credit for the manner In which it
was conducted.