Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-03

/ states navy. You enter a glorious service,
proud Of its memories and renown. You
must keep ever In your II. nds the thought
Of the supreme hour which may come when
what you do will forever add to or detract
from this renown. Some Of you will have
tt6be I sbiSS 9I and The guns Which YOU GoU use.
You need to bend every energy toward
making these ships and guns in. all their
throughout the world. The ship must be
seaworthy, the armament fitted for the
In ali their mechanism. Mt to do the great
est possible execution in the shortest posi-
bic time, Every detail. whether OF pro-
lection to the gun crews. Of rapidly and
sureness in handling the ammunition and
working the elevating and revolving gear,
or OF ~duickness and accuracy I'm sighting,
must be thought ouf far in advance, and
the thought carefully executed In the
actual work. The best ships and guns and
the most costly mechanism are utterly
valueless II the men are not trained TO use
them to the utmost possible advantage.
From now on throughout your lives there
can be no ~slackness on your part. Your
duty must be present with you, waking
and sleeping. You have got to train your
under you, in the actual work of seaman
ship, in the actual work OF gunnery.. II
the day for battle comes you will need all
that You possess of boldness, skill, deter
mination, ability to bear punishment, and
instant readiness. In an emeISency. But,
though without these qualities you can do
nothing. yet even with them you. can do
but little, II you have not had the fore
! thought and set purpose 10 tram yourselves
and the enlisted men under you Alright.
Offcers and men alike must have the sea
habit: officers and men alike must realize
that in battle the only shots that count
are the shots that hit, and that normally
the victory will lie with the side whose
shots lift oftenest. Stewardship and marks
manship-these must be the prime objects
of your training, both for yourselves ana
the men under you.
At the conclusion OF his address and
distribution of diplomas the president re-
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| Cadet Emory S. Long Of Wyoming, a
member Of the graduating class, was lying
III. Sitting up in bed the sick boy re-
ceived his diploma from the president, who
made a few appropriate remarks, in which
he expressed the hope that he would soon
be out. The president was then given an
opportunity Of witnessing the customary
prank Of the plebes throwing the gradual
ing class out Of quarters. which afforded
a great deal of amusement.
After luncheon the president and party
went aboard the torpedo boat Gwynn for
a short trip on Chesapeake bay, after
which they will take the train for Wash
ington.
Prizes Awarded Cadets.
Special prizes were awarded to cadets
as follows:
For excellence In target, practice with
great guns guns Frank PAM p; Hail' MmI sr9,s f miit
nois, second prize, silver medal; !. II.
Blackburn, Massachusetts. third prize, sill
yer medal; Clayton NJ. Symers, Pennsyl-
yania, fourth prize, bronze medal; waiter
@. Diamond, Massachusetts,, NTH prize,
bronze medal -
Mel E. Nichols, Michigan, captain and
fullback of last years foot ball team and
this years stroke of the academy crew,
was accorded the honor of having his
name engraved on the Thomas silver
trophy cup for having done the best ath-
letic work for the year at the academy.
Emory Land, Wyoming, handsome sword
for having done the most for athletics
In the last year.
Semmes Read, West Virginia, a special
sword as a testimonial OF the athletics
committees appreciation of his excellence
and personal Influence in athletics.
Francis s. Written, New Mexico, gold
medal for being one Of the champion
! fencers of the intercollegiate fencing tour
nament held in New York last March. He
also received a gold medal for being the
champion cadet small swordsman.
Gilbert j. Rowclift, Illinois, silver medal,
for being the best cadet cane fencer.
Earl p. F1nney, Winnebago. Wis, pair
of binoculars as second prize for handling
boat under sail.