Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-06
Naval Officers Presented to the Presi-
dent.
GUESTS OF AMBASSADOR CAMBON
Arranging for Entertainment of
the Midshipmen.
TRIP TO MOUNT VERNON

The officers and the ranking mdshipman
OF the French school ship Duguay Trouin,
which is lying at Baltimore. We're present
ed to the President today by Mr.. Cambon,
the French ambassador The French Off
GERS were in full uniform of dark blue, lib
orally adorned with GOLD braid, and they
wore big black chapeaux. Lieutenant De
FaramOn, the naval attache of the en-
bassy, also accompanied them. After the
presentations In the bIUe parlor the Presi-
dent personally escorted the party through
the red and green parfors and the east
room. He was unusually attentive and
chatted with the ambassador and the Of
ficers for ten minutes The party went to
the Navy Department after leaving the
White House and called upon Secretary
Long. Later they visited the navy yard
Prior to the presentation at the White
House the French visitors were breakfast
ed at the French embassy The party COM
prised Captain HoueJte, Commander Guey-
den. Lieuts. De Courtois and Rigal, Sur
geOn Jan. PaymaStar BrOsSard and Mid
shipmen Auguste Faure and Bertrand Cru
chon, who are the star members of their
respective classes.
Visit of the French Midshfpmen.
Ambassador Cambon expects to return
the visit of his compatriots tomorrow, and
will breakfast with them on the Duguay
Trcuin Next Wednesday the officers of
the hip will visit Washington and attend
a bail to be given in their honor at the
embassy and the midshipmen will come
here in body to accept Secretary Long
Invitation to go to Mount Vernon on the
Sylph. and will place wreath on w ASH
ington's tomb.
The Duguay Trouin has had long voy-
age. She sailed from Cherbourg, France,
October !, and has since touched at Fun
Dlato MOI
Unique. Guadalupe, st. Thomas. New Or
leans and Annapolis in the order given
The Naval Academy was an object lesson
TO the young men on board as well as in
teresting and instructive to the maturer
officers. who were made acquainted with
the intention of our government to make 1t
the greatest school of it's kind in the world.
After a stay of about ten days at Balti-
more the Duguay Trouin will sail for New
York. and thence to the Azores Cadiz, AL
giers. Malta. Naples and ToulOn, the Med
iterranean naval station of the French
government 1t Is expected to return to
Brest in nine months from the departure
from Cherbourg.
The ship is intended for the sole instruc-
ton of midshipmen, or aSpirants for rank
in the French navy, after they have gone
through their course as cadets There are
seventy-eight of them on board, many
being bearded youths To instruct and
perform the duties of the ship are twenty
officers.
Nearly all on board are from Bretagne,
and made their preparatory studies at
Cherbourg.
Officers of the Ship.
The ship is commanded by Capt. Hou-
cite. with Capt. de Gueydon as second in
command. Surgeons Jan and Averous look
after the physical condition of the officers
and crew. while Able Roubeaud attends
to the spiritual needs of the ships COM
pany which not only embraces the twenty
officers and SaVpDtV-eiebt aSpiraDta hui
400 men-of-warsmen- Chief Engineers Gil
gon and LIE Can have charge of the ma
chinery. PaymaSter BroSSard is the COM
mssary for the ship.
The watch officers and teachers of the
aspirants are Lieuts. Andre-FoueI Mac
Guckin de Slane, Freund, Thomine. Della
het Latourette won. Jeanson Care De
Courtois Rigal and Trubert.
The battery of the ship. all placed on the
spar deck, comprises twelve rified guns of
about finch caliber, with secondary bat
terry. Below are two fine decks, which af-
ford all the facilities of school life COM
bined. with experience at sea. Study rooms
and apartments for different classes and
staterooms for officers and midshipmen
take up much space on both decks. The
captain has his cabin under the raised
poop. From his quarters he can seek COM
fort on two quarter galleries that look out
over the round stern of the ship.
Printing and lithographing outfits are on
board.
Description of the Vessel.
The Duguay Trouin is iron steam
bark, rugged to royals. and has the old
style of double topsail yards, long ago dis
carded by nearly every navy on ships hay-
ing sail power. She was built at Cher
bourg in 1871. She is 90 feet long, AZ
beam and has draft of II feet, with
displacement of 1886 tons. She had an
original speed record of fifteen knots.
The vessel is named after Rene Duguay-
Trouin- French naval officer and general
who was born at St Malo. France June
lO. 1913, and died at Paris September ~
1853 Among his deeds were the cap
ture of an English convoy in 1907 and
the capture and sack of Rio de Janeiro in
September I'LL. He subsequently, served
with the army. attaining the rank of lieu
tenant general. The name is pronounced
dU-ga-tro-an, with the emphasis on the