Evening star., 1896-01-18

irgs by Mr.. Flagg stands on an easel In the
library at Annapolis. 1t has been at the
Navy Department in Washington anu mas
been admired very much by naval ohcers.
1t is a radical plan. In the first place it
proposes to reclaim some of the harbGr ana
the river bed beyond the present sea wall
a wall by the way, which, like many of tho
buildings, is crumbling to its IAN instead
of meeting at an obtuse angle then, the lines
of the sea wall where the river severn enters
the harbor will meet at a right angle.
On the river side, the parade ground VIII
extend, as now, right down TO the sea wall.
About 800 yards from the line of the river
wall U estimate from the plan as drawn by
Mr. Flagg) a deep-water basin is to be cut
into the harbor side. A boat house VIII De
built from one end of this basin, extending
in the direction of the harbor wall toward
the river. Corresponding to this at the
other end of the parade ground Will be the
long, narrow armory. Between these two.
connected with them by colonnade pas
sages, like those which connected the wings
of the court of honor at the worlds fair,
Chicago will be the dormitory building
1t will be shaped like a letter e whose
tongue has started off in the wrong d.
rection. That is, two wings of the dor
mitory building will extend parallel with
the armory and boat house and from the
connecting wing, which faces the parade,
an extension will be thrown out toward
the parade This extension will be three
stories high. On the ground floor viii be
an assembly room; on the second floor, a
dining room: on the third floor, the Kitchen
In the center of each of the three sections
of the dormitory building will be a court
and the dormitories will be arranged SO
that there will be a study room for two
students, with bed room for each, one
on each side, and all three of these rooms
will have direct ventilation. The stair
ways connecting the upper and lower
floors will be between the main dormitory
building and the assembly room extension
New Arrangements.
Under this plan all the living rooms will
be grouped together within easy distance Of
the armory and the boat house, to which
there will be covered passageways. And
the armory will be beside the parade, while
the boat house will be built at the edge of
the deep-water BASIN
Directly opposite the entrance to the
basin will be a promenade landing on
which there will be a band stand. There
will be a broad promenade behind the band
stand, its arc cutting, piece out of the
i strip of lawn between the band stand and
the chapel. This strip of lawn will be cut
nm by paths. The chapel will be trefoil
shaned and 1T will stand just opposite the
entrance to the grounds. On each side or
the entrance will extend the line of officers
quarters, as snow.
At the end of the grounds opposite the
living and exercise buildings will be
grouped the academic buildings. The larg-
est of these will have offices for the su-
perintendent and the academic board in a
| loEg structure at right angles with the
| line of officers houses. Two wings ex-
| tending out from this toward the lawn in
| the middle of the grounds will contain the
recitation and lecture rooms. On the other
| side of the main structure will be the Ii
brary wings. Between the academic build
| irgs and the officers quarters will be the
| physical and chemical laboratories build
ing On the other side of the academic
| buildings, near the wharf, will be three
| buildings-the coal house in the middle,
| the steam engine house on one side and
| the power house on the other.
Mr.. Flagg has only sketched out the pro-
posed architectural features of the new
buildings. These are to be left for future
| development. What is wanted of Congress
| row is that 1t adopt the proposed group
| ing Of the buildings and appropriate the
| money necessary to begin the rearrange-
| ment of the grounds.
| GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm.