Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-08-28
CRUISING IS ABOUT OVER.
Midshipmen Will Reach This City
On Thursday Afternoon Or
Friday Morning.
MANY TO BE HELD BACK FROM
THEIR VACATION.
First Class Aboard The Monitors
Leaves Washington For
Solomon's.

The ships of the midshipmen' prae.
/ tiee fleet with the exception Of the
three monitors Florida, Arkansas and
| Nevada are today at Drum Point,
Solomon's Island, having come inside
| the capes yesterday evening from the
north The squadron consists of the
/ battleship Texas and tho cruisers At
lanta and Newark. the training ship
Severn and the gunboat Hartford
The three monitors are anchored OF
the Washington navy yard, where they
will remain until tomorrow morninr.
when they will sail for the lower
bay, there to join the other vessels.
On the monitors are the members. of
the first class of midshipmen who,
since Friday, have been at Indian
Head and Washington inspecting the
heavy armament and other big fight
ing machinery. They spent Friday
at Indian Head, where they were
shown through the government prov
ing ground and the powder magazines.
The start for Washington was made
this morning at o'colok and tho
three monitors arrived at the navy
yard at 10 O'Clock. The midShipmen
were immediately sent ashore and
were first taken 10 the shop where the
HIOftA. ilNkiliuArhl - iNINts OUUGI
the direction of the superintendent of
the gun factory, Captain Pendleton,
and his assistants, together with the
foremen OF the various sections Of the
shop, the young men were thoroughly
informed as TO the manner OF con
struoting the gun breeehes. IN the af-
ternoon they were given leave of ten
hours and every man of them left the
ships and visited points of interest in
Washington. Last night many of
them were entertained socially by
their many friends in the National
Capitol.
Tho whole fleet will clear from Sol
omon's 5 some time on Thursday and
will arrive in Annapolis ON the after
noon of August 81 or morning of Sep
tember /. The commanders OF the
various vessels have been authorized
to grant leave from August 81 until 3
D. IN. Septshmer 30 TO all midshipmen
requesting it with the exception of
those who have been restricted in
their annual vacation. Such midship-
men who have been granted emergency
leave during the cruise, and who are
still absent from the fleet will also be
given the thirty days vacation pro-
vided they are entitled to it. There
are 81 Of the young midshipmen who
will be restricted and lose all or a
portion of their leave through deficien-
cies in conduct or studies. OF these
nine are first classmen, while the Sec
ond and third classes contain 10 and "a
respectively of the restricted ones.
The following list gives the names OF
those midshipmen who are restricted
in their leave:
First Class-R. M. Brainard, J.
b. Goldman, III. Il. Hutchins, -. II.
Morrison. II. b. Riebe, A. A. Garce-
lon. Jr., r. Il. Hughes. q. b. Mayo,
A. s. Rees.
Second Class-N. Il. Berry, A. G..
Direll, W. j. Eccleston, w. w. Hicks,
f. M. Knox, H. w. Mccormick, N.
i. Nichols, r.. X. Stewart, B. X.
Stewart, Jr., q. M. James, A. A.
Oorwin, f. l.. Donaghue. x. Heron,
@. Humphrey, w. w. Lawrence, A.
II. Miles. w. H. Sherlock, q. 4.
Swasey, e. q. Allen.
Third Glass J. e. Austin, o. A.
A. Bloebaum, J. Q. Campbell, 4. J.
Cecil, X. j.. DeSaussure, r. X. M.
Emmett, j. w. Gray, II. ". Kelle-
grew, Il. X Meade, M. A. Mitscher,
J. L. Schaffer, A. r.. Webb, a. A.
Bidwell. f. Buckingham, @. Cappel,
j. b. Clark, c. H. Emmerson, r. S.
Fay, r. L. Hoover, r. b. Maupin,
M. Meriwether, Jr.. e. p. Rocker,
w. W. Searcy, O. u. Nichols.