Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
TO COMMAND THE MARYLAND.
Annapolis Naval Orders - Interest in
Forthcoming Wedding.
dependence of The Evening Star.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, April 1, I9Oo.
| Orders have been received at the Naval
! Academy in which Lieut. Commander Bis
| pham is to be placed in command of the
armored cruiser Maryland. as soon as she
| is placed In commission.
Commander J. K Barton, United States
| navy, has received orders detailing him to-
| the University Of Michigan at Ann Harbor,
| Mich, and many eastern universities to
make an inspection Of the various branches
of learning in which the Naval Academy Is
! interested and which are often the open
| sesame to the Naval Academy. The detail
! is a temporary one, after which he will re-
turn to the academy.
| Mrs. Russell. wife of Capt J. H. Russell.
| United States Marine Corps, gave a child's
party yesterday afternoon at her home at
| the marine barracks, In honor of her little
| girls birthday. The children from the
Naval Academy were invited.
Mrs. Wells. wife of Lieut.. A. B. Wells
United States navy. Is spending a fortnight
| with friends in Washington.
Mr.. Alexander A. Girault of the bureau Of
| entomology, Washington. D. c., has been
| visiting his parents here this week.
Mrs. Hugo Osterhaus of Norfolk Va.
wife of Commander Osterhaus, United
| States navy, is visiting her niece, Mrs Stew
ems, wife of Professor w. o. Stevens of the
| Naval Academy.
st. Johns College played the Johns Hop
kins University base ball team here this
morning on the home grounds. Johns Hop
| kins is the old opponent of ST. Johns and
| the conte2t this morning was an interest
| Ing one.
| The midshipmen of the Naval Academy
| will give their first hop since Lent tonight
| in the new armory. This is what is known
| as the mid-Lent hop. A number of strang-
| ers from Baltimore and Washington are
| here for the event, but the Annapolis So
ciety girls will be conspicuous by their alb
sence, as they refuse to attend hops during
the penitential season.
The Athletic Association of Annapolis is
practically defunct. 1t vacated it's premises
at the old Masonic Opera House yesterday
and will coalesce with the Young Mems
| Christian Association, which has purchased
the athletic paraphernalia of the Athletic
association.
A wedding of much interest here that
| will take place shortly after Easter. is that
| of Miss Prudence Croft Ridout, younger
| daughter of DR.. William G.. Ridout and
| Mr.. Charles Dugan of Baltimore. The pros
pective groom is a relative of Paymaster
| Goldsborough, United States navy.
| The engagement Is announced here Of
Miss May Franklin, daughter of Mr.. Thorn
as Franklin, civil engineer. of San Antonio
Tex, to Cadet Roy Bartlett, United States
army, now of the graduating class at West
Point Military Academy. Miss Franklin
| has been spending the winter with her aunt
| Miss Carrie Franklin of Annapolis. She is
| a neice of Mrs. Schley, wife of Rear Ad-
miral Schley, United States navy. 1t is
said the wedding will take place after the
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The report of Commander John K Bar
| ton, United States navy, head OF the depart
| ment of engineering and naval construc-
ton at the Naval Academy. has been sent
| out 1t is a complete and comprehensive
| document on the subject of new engineering
| and naval construction building at the
| Naval Academy, and has been reprinted
! from the Journal of the American Society
| tells of the great progress that has been
made at the Naval Academy along this
| line, and the change from the "cramped
| and restricted area of the old steam build
ing with the limited number Of midship-
| men, to the broader course of instruction.
| which now includes S25 midshipmen. The
total cost of the building is given at
| 500 600
The midshipmen played a game of base
ball this afternoon with the Pennsylvania
| State College on the academy grounds. The
game was called at 2:so. Over 1000 people,
| it is estimated, witnessed the game.
| Rev w. s. Stryker of Passaie, N J., was
the guest this week of his cousin, Professor
J Stryker of ST. Johns College.
(. Pay Director and Mrs. James D. Murray
are spending a week with the Rev. Joseph
| P. and Mrs. McComas at the rectory
| DIR. Charles B. Henkel has announced
| himself a candidate for mayor on the re-
publican ticket, subject to the approval of
| the primaries.
| The engagement Of Lieut. Edward B. Cole.
United States Marine Corps, to Miss Mary
Welsh, who plays the role of "Sallie Wa
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| nounced. Lieut.. Cole Is now assigned to
| the cruiser Yankee. He is a graduate of
| Harvard and was student at the School
| of Application, marine barracks, Naval
| Academy.
| Capt willard H. Brownson, superintend-
| ent of the Naval Academy, went to New
| York yesterday on a business trip. He will
| remain away until Monday or Tuesday.
| The Rhodes scholarship to Oxford from
| the state of Maryland has been awarded to
| Mr.. E. Mop. Armstrong of Hagerstown
On Monday night Lieut.. Godfrey l.. Car
| den, United States Relief Corps Service
| will deliver the lecture in the department
| of university extension at st. Johns Col
! Iege. His subject will be THE American
Invasion Of Europe. or the Race for Com
| mercial Supremacy"
| At st. Anne's Church on Sunday the mid
] Lent Sunday the vested choir will sing
| John Stainers sacred cantata, 'The
| Daughter of Jairus." Master Willie Jones
1 win sing the soprano solos. and Mr. Bur-
| dick and Mr.. Campbell of the Naval Acad-
! envy will sing the tenor and bass solos, re-
/ spectively.
| Pay Inspector Charles M. Ray, who has
| been on duty at the Naval Academy, today
| Saturday assumed command of the navy
| pay Office at Baltimore, as a relief of Pay
1 Director Arthur ]. Pritchard, United States
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