Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-02-25

science to worship under Rev. Clark.
wrote the commander at the acad-
| emy that it was not a violation of my
conscience to worship with all my
protestant brethren, but it was a ser
ious violation of a Presbyterian con-
science TO neglect his own church; he
would therefore be kind enough to al
low my boy his usual church privi
leges Sabbath mornings. This rule
caught them all but the Presbyterians.
The Methodists had a Methodist
chaplain, the Episcopals had Episcopal
service and uniform. And if Bro.
CLARK could have added John Calvin S
sermons the authorities would have
had all the boys except the Catholic
scorraled in the chapel. But humbly
submit that Rev. CLARK and the aca-
demic authorities could not quite swal-
low John Calvin. He reasons a little
too strongly on temperance, right.
90usness and judgment to come to
suit the moral atmosphere at Annapo-
lis.
Now one thing more and am done
Admiral Ooghlan is quoted as saying
''It is all very well to talk about moral
atmosphere, but what kind of an at
mosphere does fellow live in whose
oath is nothing to him, carrying with
it no moral obligation | suppose
the consideration of this side of the
moral question never suggested itself
to our young friend. -
If Admiral Ooghlan had been famil-
lar with that remarkable letter he
ascribes to me lie would have known
better than TO make that statement. In
the first place the oath of service was
taken by my son and consented to by
me in perfect ignorance of the service
in its moral aspects. And | submit
that no oath of service can be binding
in its moral aspects when that oath was
taken in ignorance of the moral con-
sequences. l submit that Admiral
Coghlan would keepa "Herod' s oath, -
though It's consequences would be the
beheading of John the Baptist, if his
argument means anything. This may
be navy morals, but it is not the
school of morals in which l have been
reared. and / submit again, and call
the attention of all Christian parents
to the fact, that il you are willing to
give your boy, body and soul and con-
science, to the United States navy SER
vice, why the department wants him
(if he is smart boy), otherwise they
do not.
My son had an inalienable right to
rescind his oath of service. He told
the department in his resignation ap.
plication that he found he could not
meet the requirements of the service,
therefore he wished his resignation
accepted, or words to that effect. The
department very peremtorily refused.
The department knew my son bet
ter than he knew himself, / suppose.
| don OF wonder that Arrowood's lease
is in many ways the most remarkable
the navy department ever had to deal
with. - Arrowood and his father
have been fighting battle for right
eousness from the first day of his en-
trance until the present and the end is
not yet. This is something the depart.
ment seldom meets with, consciousness
righteousness, as distinguished from
worldly morality. OF course we are
not expecting the approval of the
Another thing / want the public to
know and / am done. Midshipman
Arrowood communicated with the de-
partment that he was ready to appear
at any time at the navy department
in New York for trial. Notwithstand-
ing this the department had him ar
rested. suppose TO humiliate him and
his friends as much as possible.
ask you, Mr.. Editor, to publish
this in your next issue, and | request
all state papers that have published
accounts of this matter in any of its
forms, to copy.
M. @. ARRoWooD.