Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-07-30
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paper received honorable mention at !
the Naval Institute. g'Be pamphlet
is wen written and bears eyidence
OF painstaking research and careful
thought. Apis gotherthings Lieut.,
Reid says al
II searching the WHOLE Atlantic
Coast line from Maine to Florida
for suitablealoeatiot fora q pavale
training station, Il is hard to see
how the claims Of Chesapeake Bay
can be passed over BIZ bow the SOW
eral unequalled natural harbors IN
this great sheet pt vaterssan bensg1a
lecteda sg.,mS
With also a climate allowing out
door work well into the winter
months ana early ia the. spring
WITH ) fine market countryaIIar
andswithin easy distance OF Wash
ingtop, baltimore, Annapolis, and
Norfolk lit is hard to imagine any
moresidealsite for this purpose than
several VI be found here M
Annapolis has been admitted to
be the BEST place nor the Naval Aci5
denny, but several better harbors
and mare advantageous sites exist
along thao shores Of this me bly,
Among these the following may pc
found: a si'sz'
Il, The Patuxent River. Md ~
Yorktown, Va 3 ST. Mary S Md
4. Some point on Eastern Bay,
These will suffice though others
can be found atheist equal jim, sit9ps
ton and far superior 10 climate TO
the bleak location Of the New Eng
land and Lake regions.
OF those y paihdd the PaHlxent
River entrance is, for many reasons,
the best The water is deep aud
clean, the land is high. The local
doctors elan.tfat malaria is q rare
disease; il Is certainly as healthy as
Annapolis as ss
There aro.a number Of points near
the entrance which would be suiia-
BILE, but for ILLUSTRATION, and on ac.
count Of its commanding position,
Tow Point has been selected in the
plate.
The harbor has a clear, well light
ed entrance with few shoals, ~
easy OF access day or night, and Is
safe in MI wcathers, with fine
holding ground
The outer harbor Is almost land
locked, thd inner one quite SO, with
over 100 feet Of water 50 much Of
it, and deep water for miles Up the
river! slSFssE ltlilllSlNfi
The South side Of the outer har
Dor is steep to, apd, bold sslias ssnr-
round the whole, rising 30 70 7Ol
feet with level plains-beyond. Just
outside the, harbor entrance, with
3 or 4 ,pliles "a the mornings, the
westHcast ~ the bay extends for
miles north and sulthcear OF shoals.
Here small vessel can safely stand
close in toward the beach with
miles to run across the bay to the
shoals on the other Vide Even
should she stikse, thegbpttgp Is
sandy, there arel no rocks, aud lit
tie or no damage would probably
results, while,a safe anchorage In
almost any %eatber can be made |
anywhere IL the bay
NobeEter cruising ground for the
sailing haSiliaries could be found, |
and there Is plenty Of room for The
target practice of thegunnery craft
A railroad viii soon give close
connection with Washington and .
Baltimore; steamerliuen makes
bi-NeelSly trips to and from the lat
ter mace. tshunoiah a9
Here isl indeed an ideal site X
there:is no need for further search
for the place for another sta
ton. We win soon be compel \
led 10 build more training Sta /
ton, here ready 10 our hands Il I
one ofthlpiaees. Even whilethis Is
being written pneumonia is rioting
at Newport, but this is not b sur
prise TO whose who known its ex |
posed position, its damp fogs, and
And now, by way 81 last word. \
With our HMdhtoe 3Doctrine u up1 I
hold, y becomes day by day. more
apparent that we must iiaye 4 great
and powsFrFlfggl yya5waEg tAseletIc
know it; the people of this great
country realizee II at last; Congress
shows that Observation-Disclosures aud Z
to-day stands ready 10 give what
is proved be 1iiecessary. Eet
US lay befomg tanm iahe5prop6slfi0a :
that whilea hundred millions will