The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-28
OUR CADETS.
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a blouse buttoning with one row of but
tons down the front which don't show.
Besides those they must have a half
dozen working suits of white duck.
They pay $24 month for board and
washing while at the academy and $13
or S14 on shipboard They are allowed
SO commuted rations per month. All this
comes out of the $500 year salary the
cadet ia allowed They have to buy
their own books. Their salary just about
enables them to keep even and have
enough money to go home on when the
annual leave of two weeks comes in Sep
tember. The summer cruises take place
from commencement time in June until
Septem Der.
The cadets have their fun and nick
names like ali other college boys. The
JOURNAL man pointed to an old fash
toned broken down organ which stood in
the rece ption room and asked, "Does any
one ever play on that old tobacco box!"
One of the cadets said. sob, yes; Holy
Joe works it every Sunday mig h." And
then it was explained that Holy Joe"
was the chaplain who conducted 7. NJ.
c. a. meetings on Sunday evenings. No
matter what name the chaplain's parents
may have bestowed on him to the cadets
he is always known as "Holy Joe" or
sacred Mike"
An old ship with all its sea
going fixtures removed ard ttted
up like a house 10 moored at the
wharf at one end of the academy.
g rounds. This is the prison ship, where
offenders are sent for two weeks or for
more, according to the nature of their
offense Whenever a cadet is caught
smoking or chewing or playing cards,
to the prison ship he goes The hard
ship OF it is only that he is away from
companions and friends, has to walk
has to sleep in hammock. No Kansas
cadet has had to see the inside of the old
prison ship officially, or if he has none
told the corr espondent about it,
The cadets get to see the girls once in
awhile, but it would be hard on them if
they had steadies. Eight hops were
given in the armory this winter and
there is an officers ball, which the cadets
may attend. "We can get to see the
girls all right" said one of the cadets.
"but the trouble is there are not many in
Annapolis. We have to import them
from Baltimore and Washington"
Representative Kirkpatrick's son,
| Byron, is now at preparatory school al
! academy either at the May or Septem Der
| examin atoms.
A brick wall about nine feet high
| surrounds the academy grounds, which
are beautifully situated on an arm OF
Chesapeake bay, and a blue coated
marine with a gun PAGES before eact
! gate.
| There are several Kansans now on the
! pay roll of the navy. They are: w. w
! Fitzpatrick, lieutenant commander, Hght
/ house inspector of the Fourteenth dis
trict; William G. Babcock, lieutenant
serving on the cruiser Michigan, in the
northwestern lakess; Waldo Evans, en-
sign, on the Detroit, Asiatic station
Bon B. Bierer, ensign on the Yantic
| Luke McNamee. ensign, training shiI
Essex; James J. Phillips, post assistan
| paymaster on the Bennington, Pacific
station; Allen NJ. Cook, assistant engi
neer, Amphitrite, North Atlantic sta
ton; Omenzo G. Dodge, rank of lieu
| tenant, professor of mathematics, specia
bureau yards and docks; Daniel c. Nut
ting, Jr., assistant naval constructor
navy yard, Norfolk. NJ. F. 81.