The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-22
ANNAPOLIS CADETS
ARE DISAPPOINTED
Will Have to Stand Their Final
at Yokohama.
CASlGURAN BAY FOUND
It Was Not Down on Any Of the
Spanish Maps.
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CASlGURAN BAY FOUND
OUR BIGGEST VESSELS CAN ENTER
It Was Returning From an Exploring Tour TO
This Bay That the Baltimore Was
Sunk. A Steam Aurch in
Precarious Fix.

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Manila. i. L.. April g. With the APP
proach OF this wears hot weather.
which TO Manila every April.
May aEd June. the vessels Of the Uni
ted States Navy have been slipping
away to the cooler ports Of China and
Japan. 1t is Il mighty pleasant thing
to thus get away from the Philip
pines during the heat Of summer
and such a change for three months
viii greatly benefit the whole ships
company. This consideration Of the
health Of his men was i strong factor
in deciding Admiral Watson to order
several Of the ships from this station
10 spend the summer between Yoke
hanna and Hong Kong.
1t IS a pity the army cannot get
this change. Persistent work tells on
Il man out here and We Americans
have not yet learned the Oriental
habits of SlOwness in business and
maps during the heat Of the day. 1t
is estimated that ON an average the
American out here does One-haIf the
work he would do at home under the
same circumstances and every one
knows it is Just twice as hard to
accomplish this half. Army officers
can only get this. change to the cooler
and even cold climate Of China and
Japan by obtaining sick leave. but
it comes 10 manX Of our naval officers
as a part Of their duties.
During the latter part of April
the Oregon. the Brooklyn. the Baiti-
more. the Newark. the New Orleans
ap/l tho N,,I f,.. ~, NJ--:1.
Station. and the Yosemite. from Gu
am. are to rendezvous at Yokohama.
ADMIRAL Watson will transfer the
command Of the Asiatic feet to Nd
miral Remey April 20 and probably
at Hong Kong. ADMIRAL Remey will
then go aboard the Brooklyn and
Admiral Watson will return to his
former flagship p, the Baltimore. Then
the Baltimore will break out that
long. hOmeWard-bound penant and
start for American waters. She will
go VA the SueZ Canal. and the \evN
Department has given the admiral
PERMISSION to stop at such Mediter-
ranean ports as he desires. and he
will also probably 90 to IIaVre 50 hat
the ships Officers nj attend the
Paris Exposition. This trip to Paris
may be made from MarseillcS. out If
there is no time the vessel Will go
around TO the Northern French port.
The final examinations Of the ca
diets Of the Naval academy class OF
1890 Will be held on the BROOKLYN
this month AT Yokohama. This is Il
great disappointment 10 the acdets.
it prevents their return home and.
in many eases. viii result in the i'd
ing Of thyee wears more sea service
in the Philippines to the one or two
wears they have already served out
here. The return to Annapolis. after
the first two wears at sea following
their departure from the Academy Is
ALWAYS a most pleasant incident in
the lives of our young naval officers.
IT is a class reunion in the alma
mater after two wears Of travel and
duty in new ports Of the world. The
life at Annapolis. while they are pre-
pairing for the final examinations. has
in it AN element of freedom and in
dependence in more or less contrast
to their former days there. and rs
the examinations themselves are not
difficult to Il man WhO has not vast
eel his two years apprenticeship. the
return to the academy IS unattended
BY any unpleasant features but IS
reDiete with n!an most pleasant and
q jovahle ones. 1t also means Il visit
to family and friends. Nj this is
denied the class Of 1880, il being in
eNpedient to return those who are on
this station % Annapolis for their
finals. and they will begin their
three years cruise following the final
examination without the chance OF
getting home.
The Baltimore starts home from 70
kohama and the Yosemite returns TO
Guam. stopping first one week At
Manila. The rest Of the fleet. the Ore
gon. BROOKLYN. Newark. New Orleans
and Concord Will then begin a cruise
down Japan to China. stopping about
ten days at Kobe. Naoasaki. Shan
hai and Hong Kong. Other ports may
be visited on this cruise. but they
have not vet been announced.
The Baltimore has just completed
the circumnavigation Of I-uzon Is
land and is now on her WAY to long
Kong. While on the Eastern coast Of
Luzon the Baltimore made Il careful
survey of Casiguran Sound and BaT.
which to the Navy is a locality Of
considerable present interest and pos
sible future value. Here Il Navy
has discovered. practically. a splendid
and sheltered harbor where the Span
iSh charts gave no indication Of Such
a refuge.
Last summer the Wheeling steamed
into Cariguran Sound and found at
its head Il well-prOtected and large
bay with deep water. The Nheehngs
examination of this new find was
cursory only. as she had other duties
to attend to at the time: bEt her re-
ports Of its existence so Interested
Admiral Watson that he. later: de
tailed the Charleston TO proceed
thither and make Il careful survey Oh
the place. This the Charleston did
and it was while the Inflated vessel
was returning from :his trip that she
ran on the rocks near Camaguin is