The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-02
UNCLE SANS SECOND NAVY
GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS A
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR
REVENUE OFFICERS.

Plenty of Work and Study-Lack of
Social Events a Feature of This
Governmental School.-Dally Re.
eime of the Cadets.
Uncle Sam has one governmental
school which, while little known, is
well worthy to rank with West Point
and Annapolis in the thoroughness OF
the mental and physical training
which it gives it's graduates. This I'm
herafded educational Institution is To-
Gated at Arundel Cove on Chesapeake
Bay, about six miles from the city Of
Baltimore, and its purpose Is to pre-
pare for their profession the cadets or
future commissioned officers of the
United States Revenue Cutter Service.
It is only within few years that the
general public has been awakening
to a realization Of the opportunities
and advantages open to an officer In
Uncle Sans "rolice force of the sea"
in consequence of which there has
been of late marked increase in the
applications for admission to the cadet
school. Any young man not less than
Is nor more than Is years of age and
not less than 5 feet inches in height
| is, If unmarried, eligible tc appoint
ment as cadet, but no personG should
delude themselves with the idea that
it is easy to get into the cadee corps,
for the entrance examinations are
quite as severe as those at either West
Point or Annapolis.
However. all the examinations for
the selection Of cadets are strictly com.
petitive. Political and social intlu-
ences are entirely eliminated and this
is unquestionably the most democratic
school under the government. The
cadet spends three years at the train
ing school, each summer being devoted
to practice cruise on bark-rigged
vessel during which the young men get
a taste of all kinds of sea duties and
incidentally store up good health Tor
the academic year, which extends from
October to May.
The pay Of a cadet is $500 a year
and ration of 80 cents day, out OF
which allowance he is required to pur-
chase uniforms and textbooks and
meet his mess expenses. The sum OF
SO per month is also withheld from
the pay Of each cadet in order that
upon graduation he can purchase the
uniform and outfit of a commissioned
|of6cer. When the cadet graduates he
receives commission as third lieu
tenant in the Revenue Cutter Service
lat a salary of $1,400 per year. Three
promotions will bring him to the rank
|of captain with $4,000 salary per year
and an increase Of ten per cent. for
each five years service.
A Strenuous Life.
The cadets at the training school on
Chesapeake Bay lead strenuous ex
listence. They turn out" at $50
o'clock in the morning and after hall
an hour allowed for dressing, report
for drill which continues for forty
minutes ere the call for breakfast Il
given. From 9 until 1890 O'Clock
there are periods of study and recita
| ton, then half an hour for recreation
before dinner, which is served from
lone to two o'clock. In the Afternoon
there is more study and recitation
with forty-five minutes drill. Half al
hour before supper and one hour ate
Isupper are allowed for amusement ant
then from z to comes another stud!
period. An hour Of "skylarking
8 closes the day and the cadets turn u
q at 10 o'clock.
Q During the three year interim tn
: future Revenue Cutter officers acquir
v a wide range Of book learning includ
y ing mathematics, English, history
q law, hygiene, seamanship, engineer
3 ing, astronomy, chemistry, civil govl
8 eminent, etc. Incidentally muscl
: building is looked after by means OF tn
e setting up" and other athletic drill
u While the officers In charge OF tn
q training school for Revenue Cutter Ct
diets fully realize that all work and n
O play makes for dullness, no such prom