The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-30

1 ma HeT ana Idke Her Sd1ely to port.
 With the recent growth and immense
 and prosperous shipyards on both
 coasts and on the lakes, and the recent
 rapid strides of the United States to-
 ward the commercial as well as the in-
 dustrial supremacy of the world, and
 the consequent increasing importance
 of naval and maritime matters in gen.
 eral, naval instruction for these youngsters is by no means without
 practical value This innovation is an-
 other sign of new era in the country s
 history.
 1 Flat cars bearing these big twenty
 eight-foot cutters from the Boston
 navy yard were backed in on the tcade-
 my track few days ago. These are
 the counterparts of the boats used by Uncle Sam's codets at Annapolis, and in them they learn everything from the
 handling of an oar to the evolutions of a squadron. These boats are fitted with two masts and accompanying sails.
 The government has built them well.
 They are strong, steady and safe, and
 are just the sort of craft in which to
 teach boys the handling and manoeuV-
 ring of larger vessels.
 Boat drill under sail is an interesting
 thing, and when the breeze is fresh 1t
 has in it the spice of excitement dear to a boys heart It is harder work, but no less a pretty sight to see the crews at
 he oars, the rhythmic dip of the blades, and click of the rowlocks, and the pre- else and clocklike movements of the cadets to the command of the captain of the crew are revelation to the ordina- ry landlubber oarsman. Lake MaXz- inkuckee will present a unique and at tractive appearance during the boat drill hours. The trim cutters, with their graceful lines and spotless wood work, the cadets in their white canvas suits and black neckerchiefs, and the instructors launch--the flagboat it is called-signaling orders to the crews, will all combine to make picture in teresting enough for any one, and es- pecially so to people of the interior
 Not every one perhaps knows that at taehed to the end of that snowy white cord that is worn by every jack tar is not timepiece, but huge jack-knife. The Culver naval cadet when in his working suit will also wear this lan- yard and knife for it plays an impor- tant part in a phase of his nautical training termed marlinspike seaman ship, and which consists of instruction in the handling and preserving of ropes and spices used in the sailors voca- ton. The use onf the compass, the lead line and the logf will also be included in his nautical education.
 The wigwag semaphore and night sig nals used in the navy will become plain English to him before his course is fin ished, and the solution of the funda- mental problems of navigation and the use of the sextant and chronometer will have become as simple as the working of sums and the telling of the time by the clock The laws of storms, or, in | less technical terms, how to spot a | hurricane" and learn it's intentions and | itinerary in time to give it wide berth, | will, together with the rules of the | road" for avoiding collisions at sea, be | other essential features of his instruc- tion
 Ship nomenclature and the principles | involved in the construction of wooden | and iron ships must these youngsters | also learn. And courtesies and customs | of the United States naval service they | will have at their fingers ends, so that they will know in every detail how to conduct themselves on shipboard from the time they salute the quarterback on going over the side until they uncover to it on leaving the vessel
 A distinguished graduate of the Uni ted States Naval academy. and an offi- Ter who trod the quarterback in the West Indian campaign in our recent war with Spain will conduct the in struction at Culver strictly in accord ance with the way 1t is done at Annap- 1ls The Culver Summer Naval school S, as it's name implies, to be vacation school. Light coaching for boys who Ire backward in studies or preparing Or college is to be the only academic eature, and Is to be run only during fully and August, the months best suit d for boat drill Visitors to Maxim luckee during these months, therefore will find the lake with quite nautical ppearance, the only feature lacking be- ng the smell of the salt sea air.-lndi- napolis Journal.
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