The evening times., 1899-01-27
united STATES
NAVAL ACADEMY
Fifty-three Cadets to Receive
Diplomas Tomorrow.
Orders Assigning Graduates 10
Ships of War.
Southern Cadets at the Head of the
Class of I300-Two Maryland
Men ON the Roster.

Annapolis. Md, Jan. 27.-The entire first
class, fifty three members, forty-two in
the line and eleven in the engineer divis-
ion, will receive their diplomas tomorrow.
The merit roll OF the line division was
finished late last evening There were no
deficiencies. The three star members of
the graduating class are Herbert g. Spar
row, of Ohio; ALLEN Buchanan, nf Indi-
ana, and Edward B. Fenner of New York.
The graduates viii be ordered 10 ships
as follows:
To the Solace. January 80, for assign
ment to vessels on the Asiatic station
Naval Cadets F. o. Branch, II. L. Brinsec,
p. b. DUNCAN, r. Z. Pope, J. (. Mat
thews. j. T.. Lewis, c. b. Hatch, Z. b.
Fenner, J. 4. Ceckner, J. E. Bailey, a. +.
II. Yates. c. Ii. Woodward, A. Z. VI atson
To the Indiana. February Naval
Cadets Z. {. Kalbfus, c. ShackfoTd, L. II.
Madison. X. u. White, X. W Vincent.
To the Badger, January Se-Nayal
Cadets f. Morrison, J. 7. Bowers, L. J.
Saddler. J. b. Gilmer, c. C. Black.
Tc the Massachusetts, February i
Naval Cadets H. II. Royal, ii. Z. Lackey,
V. A. Kimberly, A. L. WeischeTt c. Z.
Morgan, A. Buchanan, c. W. Cole, c. II.
Fischer.
To the Chicago. February Naval
Cadets a. NJ. Gleason. f. +. Helm, 5. B.
Thomas. W c. Wood, J. w. Greenslade,,
r. H. Evans. J. H. Combs.
To the Newark, February Naval
Cadets &. A. BisseJJ. J. X. TaUssig c. E.
Courtney. a. ". johnson, }. II. Tomb.
To the New Orleans. February Naval
Cadets r. j. Horne ". X. Layies, l.. 5
Shipley. II. c. Sparrow.
To the New York, February Naval
Cadets ". s Miller. W. NJ. Hunt, J. W.
s Clement f. b. Larimer, and 5 7. NJ.
Major.
The ships to which the cadets have been
ordered are stationed as follows: Solace,
Chicago: Newark New Orleans; Indiana,
Massachusetts, and New York. At New
York: Badger, at League Island navy yard,
Philadelphia.
Secretary Long has notified Superintend-
ent McNair that he Will not be present
Saturday 10 deliver the diplomas 10 the
class.
The CIass of 1900.
Southern boys make a good showing in
lhe class of 1900 which now becomes the
first class The South furnishes three star
members Of the new first class as follows:
Cadet William B. Ferguson. jr.. who stood
No. / for the term OF lS97-'@S. is a North
Csrolinian. Cadet Charles =. Snyder. No.
4, is from West Virginia, and Cadet John
A. SDilman. No. >. is from Virginia The
class contains two MarylanGeTs-Julius F.
Hellweg. OF Baltimore. and Arthur y. kea-
ting. Of the Eastern Shore.
This class which will become the first
class after the graduating exercises on
Saturday, is composed OF The following
members
r. a. Alternately. Tennessee: {. /. Ar
mold. Indiana: b. G. Barthalow Ohio; F.
T. Berrien. Iowa: r. l.. Berry. Kentucky;
". +. Bricker. PENNSYLVANIA; :. ". Bry-
ant Pennsylvania: b. 7. Bulmer. Nevada:
J. NJ. CaTery, Louisiana; II. X. Cage,
Texas: ". $. Case Illinois: JIG Church,
OHIO; II. c. Cooke. Virginia; J. II. Com
fort, Missouri; Kirby B. Criitenden. Mis-
souri,; Joseph L. Defrees. Illinois: Edwin
II. Dodd, Illinois; :. H. r. Doyle. South
Carolina. Hayne Ellis Georgia: William
b. Ferguson. jr-. North Carolina: Paul Fo-
ley, New York. Charles ;. freeman. Penn
sylvania; Sinclair Cannon, Texas: c. A.
Gardiner. Illinois: julius F. Hellweg
Maryland; Abram {. Howard, Illinois:
Charles =. HUFF Missouri; John J. Hy-
land, Massachusetts: Edward 5. Jackson
iT., Pennsylvania: ". " Jeffers New
York; Huntington Johnston, Oregon. c.
r. Kear, Ohio; Arthur B. Heating Mary
land: J. c. Kress. Pennsylvania: George
B. Laudenberger. Pennsylvania: Clarence
i. Laudram, Kentucky: William McEntee.
L.
Menner Pennsylvania; Willis G. Mitchell.
Pennsylvania; Robert Morris. Utah: Fred
erick R. Naile Pennsylvania Loveman
Noa, Tennessee: Hugo w. Osterhaus, Vir-
ginia; William K. Riddle, Tennessee; H.
/. Roosevelt. New York; John w Schoen-
field. New York: Edison z. Scranton.
Ohio: William II. Shea, New York Will
bert Smith, Michigan; Charles p Snyder.
West Virginia; John A. SpilIman. Vir-
Rinia; g. W. Steele jr Indiana. Emil p
Svarz, Texas; Hiroaki Tamura. empire of
Japan; John W. Timmons Ohio; William
Y. Tomb; Arkansas; Charles r Train.
New York; Charles 7. Wade New Jersey:
John d. Wainwright, Delaware: Hollis 7.
Winston, North Carolina: Stanley Woods
Illinois; Ward X. Workman Montana.
Luke Z. Wright, jr, Tennessee: H. L.
Wyman, Illinois.
Architect Ernest Flagg, who prepared
plans for the Naval Academy. was here
today in consultation with Superiptend-
ent McNair.