The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-09
A NAVAL DAY.
The Rigid Routine That Rules t5e
Waking Hours.

Tne tI&1u ttOuIlhc III EGtcS -
Middies' Waking Hours.
Let us look for a moment at the di-
vision of time in a week in the acaUC
my. The morning gun awak9ns ta'
young midshipman at 6 O'Clock. L
has t~hirty-fve minutes to dress ansi
appear for roll call. When this is ovel
he and his comrades march at n c tc
breakfast. 1t is then about twenty min
utes before Z o'clock. After Breakfast
a short prayer is offered by tho chap
lain. The meal is over by 1870. and
then there is the sick call. Twenty
minutes later the midship!nen must be
In their rooms ready to go to their first
| recitation. At 1855 they form and
| march to their classes in squads. At 8
| o'clock they are called to order in their
classrooms.
The actual work of the day has be-
gun early. and there has been no lag.
ging or loafing. AT the Naval academy
the midshipmen are trained to walk
with a quick step and at a lively gait.
The men in the class squads-from six
| to twelve each-march two abreast and
in close formation. 1t does not take
them long to go from n building to
another. For each midshipman there
are three recitation periods of two
hours each. Half of each period is de.
voted to study. half to actual recita-
tion in class. The first period is froTo
s to 10 o'clock in the morning, the sec
| ond period from 1915 to 12:15 O'Clock
and the third period from 2 O'Clock re-
4 in the afternoon. Between 1915 anf'
2 O'Clock the midshipmen eat their din
ner and have a few minutes afterward
| for rest. At 4 O'Clock all h class work
is over, but not the work of the day.
for then IN the call to drill.
Drill lasts an hOur and a half. n i.
is work. too. for the naval officer mus
know thoroughly the infantry and ar
tillery practice of the soldier as well
as his own particular branch of the pro
fessiOn Of being ready to fight. When
his task is over at $50 the midShip-
man has an hour and a half of recrea-
ton. This is the Daytime of the day.
The boys are then on the athletic tie!G
engaged in football or baseball prac.
tice. depending on the time of the year:
sailing in catbOatS on the harbOr or IL
dul@ing in other amusementS that ther
may choose. But during that hour They
are still under the rules governing gen
erui conduct.
When 800 comes the men are called
to supper. and at 7:30 the ~midshipmcr
must be in their rooms again and n
Their books. The study period is two
hours long. There is a half hours re
taxation before bedtime. during which
the young men may visit each others
rooms, but at 10 o'clock all lights must
be out.
For five days in the week this is the
~unvarying routine. with the exception
Of two hours liberty Wednesday after
noon for the first class. On Saturday
and Sunday there is a change. Vary
ing with the length of time which they
have spent in the academy, liberty is
granted to all midshipmen on these
two days of the week. The members of
all four classes are permitted to leave
the grounds after the roll call to din
ner. but they must return before the
formation for supper. Af1er the supper
call the members of the first and sec
ond classes have permission to go again
beyond the academic limits. but they
are required to be back by $50. They
may or may not eat their supper at the
academy mess. as they desire. but they
must always report for roll call. In
this way the authorities of the institu-
ton keep a finger on them. = Leslie's
Weekly.