The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-12

-. s,yosy@z CT account of the
sss $500 II Anna ss5fs ard OF ths
ts5A = .sssFaflogt pursued "a THAI justly
So a s..~ssssfker. which did n9t o9rsls
1890. slEsder - present name aaui
- = 1.A5rge Bancroft, the historian.
-. KeerstaFy - T4e naFE under
1900. tfs credit aad honor ug Efs
fsA...ss-s e-s * - = cur.oas f4cs that
f.s 10 sxpre~~ legal authority for his
ss nag 3, ire -'.hirtie9." tae method
5000 officers fgr .te navy WAS by
s~..~gssysers.s OF Lads from twelve 10
sa.--sy ysars OH - be fnidsaipfnea-
- VOWS saens rAosr % the tirsfe a. sea.
.~-srv sae practical dlf.Ses % saGlsr8
- ,a.s,x officers. Before Appearing for
..sssaafs0rsS that should prove sheir
sss..,s-astcns 20 ~ commissioned. they re-
49, ss..s-sirsiors IN navigation. etc. ~
ss.-ere rssces 81 shore from teachers ait-
s.u,sA sor that purpose.
$50 Mr. bancroft Induced the war
.'s..--,rsnt 81 turn over 20 him the USE
- "a Fort severn a. Annapolis. There
= .rxs.glesa al tho aAval Instructors. and,
xAysr+ askIng al appropriation from
-.~~~exx sagsea aays. school. THE usll-
= sra necessity Of the establishment
~-sauayy became apparent % the ieglSia-
s.~p a.d. In 49, Il wa reorgan!zed. placed
- ssos5ng SIMILAR o. Wsst Point found
- n wa.h.ngtoE5s day.. and called the
rsysi Academy. That reconstruction OF
=. CID naval scho0, was one of the wiaest
80 rnsss beneaeert acts ever performed
tv soDrrssz for 10 Il is duo il large me4s-
-. tn superb training or the men who
.-s Ga The foremost positions Of command
4 the sayy at the present tine--tne Dew
=. sxupsotls Evansez. MeCalias. Chad
e0rss Of others.
T1> raw material for the manufacture
~ he eaantry's naval heroes and defend
- = furnished hy tins president and the
rssnabsrs er congress: that Is TO say, the
sussetlsa Of candidates is by law vested
n their hands. Each congress district ia
sassfsed 70 have ofIs cadet IN the academy.
wife 20 fae president zen appoint rnerts
Are river with an additional one for the
District OF Columbia. The presidential al,-
roesxmsnta are generally reserved for the
eeas Of naval or army officers, many off
sAsn have no fixed legal residence. After
4 rzndssafe has received an appointment
70 the acafemy. 10 is ordered TO retsort
,hssa early In May. and. or his arrival. "a
saaeTsed TO a rigid physical examination.
BE must bot b. under fifteen years Of
ass Or over twenty. Then follows fbs. ed
rasi9aai ;eai- Although the qualifications
requires for Ambulance a-e far below
ihese fer the leading colleges. not NOR.
tsa sixty per cent. Of those presenting
iasfaeisss succeed IN passing AZ A result
he academy never has al any one period
The maximum number OF cadets on ia
faIs4 Those who GET through the ortie,f
Hasf aes<zsit $3.50 with when to purcha~,
;ssf usasorms. sfc. Their pay amounts to
ta year, which IL sufficient To eIothe
and basra them during the four years in
To- academy and the two at sea ana in al.
assaaH accumulate fund OF several hnn-
afea deslafs fer equipment purposes II they
are ssss 70 enter the service permanently
fse new cadet IL "a cadet IN the ev., NJ
saa law only. He is put in the fourtb -
Asrsf class. which is all right. but al
E9ss before he has got his Uniform On h{s
sseesiofs. thai Is. the members of the
iassr classes above him, AZ once take n m
p band and begin Ia make him reallza
Is utter MsteaIiicanCe To them he ia.
Esa;, beast" Who IL to ba licked tutn
ssape by traditional processes. sometimes
Eslssea}ls severe This II known as nag
r. To "kick" against it would he Idle
- enly effect would he To Increase the
Mishment. which must ba submitted IN
TOE victim intends 70 remain in the
saissny. Bat as rule the ''haz.ng" ls
Fvs-nstaFea. and rarely carried 10 an ex-
hsnas point. That. II discovered By thu
seeeft as II could hardly faii 10 be wCu'd
b x<ffly punished. Hazlng in mcdera-
tea more tnsu tolerated for Il Il re-
garned as Il good disciplinary operation.
pressing the stuff" that Is IN the embryo
esass. Then. there is one thing 10 look