The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-03
FIFTY CADETS ARE
 GIVEN DIPLOMAS
Class of 1908 at Annapolis
 Ready for Service
TWO ALABAMlANS FINISH
Moody Speaks to Midshipmen and Ex- presses Regret That Roosevelt Could Not Be Present-Is
 Glad There Is No War.

Annapolis February 2.-Fifty midship~ men of the class of 1908 today received diplomas from Secretary of the Navy Moody and became officers of the Amerl- can navy The ceremonies took place in the new armory.
 The midshipmen assembled in front of the barracks and marched to the armory. On the stage were Superintendent Brownson, Commander Colohan, Com mander Benson, Captain Clark, Rear Ad- miral Taylor, Secretary Moody, Assistant Secretary Darlin, the members of the academic board and Rear Admiral Charles Beresford of the English navy
 Chaplain Clark opened the ceremonies with prayer and was followed by Super intendent Brownson. who spoke briefly to the mldshipmen. He told the cadets 10 be kind and consderate, but firm, to en- listed men, as no man could be great | leader unless there was a bond of sym pathy between him and the men he com manded. Captain Clark introduced Sec retary Moody, who made the graduation address. Secretary Moody said:
 sttrcfary Moody Talks.
 q regret the enforced absence of your commander-in-chief. President Roose- welt, but he charged me to deliver to you his best wishes and his hope and eonh- dence in your stern devotion to duty You are now entering upon another stage as officers of the navy in the most inter esting stage of It's development. At this time there is no war; no war Is r sight, and let us pray God that there will be no war. But our people haze at last learned the truth of the immortal Wash ingtons advice The way to preserve reace is to prepare for war In the tu- ture you belong entirely t9 your country You have traditions of thbse gone before you, and herein you haze great ad- vantage over your forefa lhers who served in our countrys servicef These splendid traditions, from the dafs of John Paul Jones to the recent patt, echo down the corridors of time, shedding a glory upon the countrys history which you are ex- Iected to uphold. TlIsF splendid service on both sides during the civil war is now the common heftage CT all Ameri- cans; the noble ldeed of Cushing and he heroic acticn of the Confederate seamen In their >improvised submarine boat in the harbor of Charleston all belong now as much to the north as the south"
 Secretary Moody then presented the d. plomas to the graduates.
 Tonight the annual grand ball ended the exercises.
 he Graduates.
 Following is a list of the graduates:
 Alabama-Charles c. Moses and Frank H. Sader.
 rfe. AI Ty Metcalf and William E. T. Neumann.
 Georgia-Hugh McL Walker.
 Illinois-Walter S. Anderson and S. c. Loomis
 Indiana-John S. Arwine and James D. Wilson.
 Iowa-Roy w. Riden, Leo Sahm and William W. Smythe
 Kentucky-Charles A. Blakeley.
 achusetts-Charles Belnap.
 Michigan-George S. Radford and Alex ander H. Van Keuran.
 Minnesota-Webb R. Raudenbush.
 Mississippi - Butler Y. Rhodes ana Thomas H. Taylor.
 Missouri-Fred H. Potet
 Nebraska-Ralph H. Koch.
 New York-Francis J. Cleary. Henry D Cooke. Jr., Ernest Frederick, Richard D. Gatewood. William J. Giles, Ralston $. Holmes, Austin & Kibbee, Lamar L. --l>tsiey WlllldIn r. van Auken and Thomas Ward Jr.
 North Dakota-Paul H. Fretz
 Ohio-Macgilivary Milne, Ross P. Schla- bach and Harold R. Stark.
 South Carolina-William Ancrum,
 Texas-Daniel T. Ghent, Lindsay Fl Lacri and Harold R. Stark.
 Wisconsin-John S. Abbott
 District of Columbia-Rufus s. Thomp- son.
 At large--Red V. McNair, John Rodgers and Stephen c. Rowan.