Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-24
ANNAPOLIS NOTES.
Personal and Official Gossip-Washing-
ton Birthday Celebration.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.


Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
ANNAPOLIS. Md. February %, 1904.
The following officers and men have been
detached from the marine barracks at the
Naval Academy:
Second Lieut.. Arthur B. Owens, detached
and ordered to the marine barracks, Bos-
| ton, Mass.
Second Lieut.. NJ. V. Campbell, ordered to
marine barracks. Portsmouth, N II.
Second Lieut.. c. s. Owens. ordered to the
United States ship Southerly at Ports
mouth N. H.
Second Lieut.. A. B. Mikell, ordered to the
receiving ship Hancock at Brooklyn, N. Y.
Sergts. Carter and Carr and Corps. King
and Kittner have been detached from the
Naval Academy marine barracks and or
dered to the marine barracks at League ISL
and. Pennsylvania.
COrpl. Norris has been ordered to the
marine barracks New York.
Miss Marion Potts of Washington is the
guest of Mrs. Beehler, wife of Commander
Beehler. College avenue.
Mrs. and Miss Whiting, mother and sister
of Midshipman Whiting, are visiting him.
Mrs. Horrigan is visiting Midshipman
Horrigan at the Naval Academy.
The designations Of Midshipmen Frank B.
Cooley of Dallas, Texas who entered the
Naval Academy June 8, 1901, and Midship-
man Clarence Grace, who entered Septem-
Der II of the same year, have been accept
ed. Mr.. Grace was one of the midshipmen
i whose reduction to the ranks necessitated
the change in the petty officers of the bri-
gade last week.
Mrs. Louisa G. Blasdell of Washington
spent several days with her son. Midship-
| man F.. j. Blasdell, of the second class,
Naval Academy.
| Washington's birthday was celebrated
very quietly here. A salute of twenty-one
guns was fired at noon at the Naval Acad-
envy, and the shipping was in full dress
from sunrise till sunset The midshipmen
not under restriction were given holiday
from study hour Sunday night until study
hour Monday night.
The only demonstration of the day was
that of the Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chap
ter, D. A. R., which was held at the resi-
dence of Mrs. J. de Peyster Down A pa
per was read by Mrs. j. c. Cresap on the
/ history of Washington's birthday, which
was first celebrated in Maryland in 1922
Mrs. r. vinton Clayton read a paper on
Washington and DR.. John Mcdowell Leav-
lit, former president of st. Johns College,
recited an original poem.
T Pursuant to orders received last week,
First Lieut. F. w. Wise of the United
States Marine Corps has reported before
the naval examining board at Washington
for promotion.
Mr.. Bruce B. Ware of Boston, Mass, has
been visiting his son, Midshipman Ware of
the fourth class, Naval Academy.
Mr.. John Lilley of Waterbury, Conn.,, is
! visiting his brother, Midshipman e. p.
Lilley. of the fourth class.
The Naval Academy Athletic Association
mas erected MlQSnlpmdn Lawrence M
Ewell of the third class, assistant manager
of the foot ball team for the coming year.
Mr.. Ewell entered the academy August -,
1902. He was appointed from Maryland,
and is the son of Mr. Thomas Ewell of
Baltimore
The members of the local lodge of Elks
will entertain tonight Capt. Harry Lee,
U. s. Nj. c., and Lieut.. Arthur B. Owens,
who have received orders detaching them
from the Naval Academy marine barrac ks,
the former being ordered to the Philippines
and the latter to the Boston navy yard.
Both are Elks, and the entertainment will
be a graceful farewell rendered them by
their brother Elks of ANNAPOLIS.
Owing to the large increase in the num-
Der of midshipmen 1t has been found neces-
sary to enlarge the feet of vessels for the
summer cruise of 1904. which leaves here
early in June. All the vessels which will
compose the fleet have not yet been
lected. but the ships named up to this time
are the first-class battle ship Massachu-
sets, the second-class battle ship Texas,
the cruiser Hartford and the training ship
Chesapeake. There will also be the feet
of three monitors of the Nevada class and
five torpedo boat destroyers These last
eight vessels have not yet been selected.
Mrs. Fullam, wife. of. Lieut.. Commander
w. f. Fullam, u. s. N, gave a luncheon
yesterday to midshipmen at her home, 4S \
Rodgers row. Naval Academy.