The San Francisco call., 1897-07-16

MOUNT
When the working forces in the Mount GEMS
tunnel met and the opening was maje, 1t was
discovered that the level on the rIench S'uo
was only sixty centimeters aboVe the G lsEtt t on
the Italian side. mat was l4''AS 4N'' 'Ai"H
three-quar ters OF YARD
THE LIGHT BRIGADE-S.. City. inns CORE
spondent is anxious TO obtain llst oI those
who took part in the famous charge az bHIa-
klava which has been immortahZed IN Ferse
uuder the title OF "The Charge OF the Light
Br gade." He is anxious 10 OBTAIN the !'stVr
be Informed where he can see copy oI H. ..
BARBER's PoLE-subscribar. City. The cor.
rect coiors for BARRIERS po!e are plue ana
white, not red, white and blue. Anc.eAt
BARRIERS performed MINOR operations III sur
gerry, and in particular, when bleeding was
customary, it was to the BARRIERS that the
patients applied to be bled. ITO assist this
operation," says writer on ancient customs
| ait being necessary for the patent 10 gfaspA
staff, tick or pole was always Kept Dy 'he
bar be r-surgeon, together with the hllet OF
| bandaglng he used for tying the patients
arm. When the pole was not in use the tape
or tllet was tied to IT, so that they mignt %
both together when wanted, ana IN TINS sIale
the pole and tape were hung at the door rs
| sign AL length, instead OF hanging out the
| identical pole used in the operation, pore
was painted with stripes around II IN lnIta-
| tion OF the real pole and bandage, ana thus
| came the sign"
| Lord Thurlow, in a speech in the House OF
Lords, July II, 1897, said that oy staIuae,
| still in force BARRIERS and surgeons were eacn
| 10 use a pole las sign) The BARRIERS were 10
have theirs blue and white striped WIN no
other appendags but the surgeons 'WniShd was as
have galley-pot ard red rag TO denote the
particular nature of their vocation
| THE NAVAL ACADEMY-D. L. E., Oakland
| Cal. There are allowed at the United States
| Naval Academy at Annapolis one cadet
for each member or delegate OF the,
United States House OF Representa-
tives, one for the District OF Colum-
bia and ten at large. The appointment
| OF cadets at large and for the District OF Co
| lumbia is made by the President. The Secre='
| tary of the Navy, as soon alter March in each
| year as possible. must notify in writing each
mem Der and delegate of the House OF Repre-
| sentatives of any vacancy that may exist In his
| district. The nominal ton OF candidate 10 NIL
| the vacancy is made, on the recommendation"
| of the member or delegate, by the Secretary.
| Candidates must be actual residents OF the
| districts from which they are nominated. -:
The course OF naval cadets is SIX years, the
| last two OF which are spent at sea. Candidates
| at the time of their examination for admission:
| must not be under 15 nor over 20 years OF Gge
| and physically sound. well toned and Of:
robust condition. They enter the academy"
| Immediately alter passing the prescrlb bed ex-
aminations, ana are req quired 10 sign articles
binding themselves to serve in the United.
States navy eight years (including the Time of
probation at the Naval Academy unless
sooner discharged. The pay of Il naval cadet
| is $500 year. beginning at the date of admtS
sion.
At the cad of the third year the new first
class is separated into two divisions, nam ely:
the line division and the engineer division,
the mum bers of these divisions being pro-
portioned to the vacancies that have occurred
in the several corps during the preceding
year.
| At the end of the six years course appoint.
ments to fiji vacancies in the line and in the
marine corps are made from the line division,
and to fill vacancies in the engineer corps
from the engineer division.
| H. after making as ig nments rs above, there
| should still be vaeaLcies in one branch and
| surplus graduates in the other, the vacancies
| in the fo mer may be filed by assignment 10 1t
| of surp US graduates from the latter
| At least ten appointments from such gradu-
ates made each year. Surplus graduates
! who do not receive appointments are given q
| certificate of graduation, an honorable dis
| charge and one years pay.
| The academy founded in 1S45 by the
Hon. George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy
| III The administration of President Polk. II
/ was formally opened October 10 of that year.
| with Commander Franklin Buchanan as SUI.
| perintendent During the Civil War 1t was re-
moved from Annapolis, Md, TO Newport, L.
| but was returned 10 the former place in 1865.
| 1t is under the direct supervision OF the Bu-
| reau Of Navigation, Navy Department.