Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-10-02
As Others SEE US
PREPARING FOR TIE navy"
INTERESTING STORY By
ARTHUR W. DUNN
yisifsr 10 AaaspSrs TeIk of These ard
Other DzFs

Dnr1ng last summer 8lT. Arthur
Wallace Dunn. = magazine writer and
autbOr. formerly q resident ~ WASH
ingtOH, paid . visit 20 Annapolis.
sfr. DanE IL connected with The
WOmzn,s Ezfi0Dal Daily - Uni
ysTs1fy City, -. Louis, No. and i
listed ~ the head of It, editorial col
umns ~ Eastern STAT Represents
tive
Why the MAGAZINE should be called
the .womznfs" national daily is q
mystery. Few women seem 10 con-
trIuate 70 its p4@ess or for that mat
ter, are on the staff. However. Il i
Just r,OssIble that women are mum
beTed largely among its subscriber
and readers. even II the articles are
about men, and are written by the
steiner sex.
When slr. Dunn Was IN Annapolis
he ~aS really and truly = 'ehlle
among Us taking notes, for since
his return there have appeared in the
W01aaD's National Daily 3 series oi
very readable and Interesting articles
on Annapolis. y ifn the present one, here
in zppended-on the Navy and Savsl
Academy.
II j. veil 10 see ourselves 4s Other
see us. and during the summer fbe
Capital. for the benefit of its rezdegs.
Published NT. DunD's article On
the fOwn and it's environments The
present story IN the current issue Of
the magazine is illustrated with q
pictures of Captain Badger. superin-
tsndenf of tie Naval Academy, tie
Armory. Bancroft Hall and the new
Chanel. II says.
q Annapolis, Nd. Sept. z7.-Sines
1916 the officers Of the United States
navy have been educated at ADnapO-
lis. Previous 70 that time there was
no real naval academy and the officers
were educated at different shipyards.
the most important institution being
the naval school at philadelphia. IL
was in 1915 that the Philadelphia naval
school was transferred 70 Annapolis
and the foundation Of the present
magnificent academy Was laid
To George Bancroft Of Massachusetts,
who was secretary Of the navy IN
der President Polk. is due the credit
for the establishment Of the naval
academy as an Institution, and its To-
cation at this place An enduring
monument has been erected 10 him
by naming the most important build
ing Of the academy Bancroft Hall.
To the people Of the United States be
is better known as q celebrated his
foriau, but the navy recognizes him
as the founder 81 the institution in
which the officers have . great pride.
George Bancroft was indeed = great
man. no doubt the greatest Of the
Polk administration. II was while
be was secretary Of the navy that he
gave the order 10 take possession Of
California, aud IL was carried into
effect During his term OF Office he
acted as secretary Of war for = month
and gave the order to Gen. Taylor TO
march into Texas. That Was the first
occupatfon Of Texas by United States
troops. He was afterwards minister
70 England and subsequently, minister
10 Germany
Up to the time that Bancroft was
secretary Of the navy the education Of
the American naval officer did not as
sumo an important place IN defensive
and offensive war preparations. The
military academy at West Point for
the education OF army officers had
long been in existence and was then
engaged in turning out officers who
became famous in the civil war. Our
greatest naval heroes up to that time
had been educated on board merchant
men or warsbips. In fact, the two
most important figures IL the navy
during the civil war received their
education aboard warsbfps. Farragut
became = uidshipman At the age Of
eleven and participated in the war Of
1872, and Porter became a midsbip-
man at eighteen. sea education was
necessary and scientific knowledge
did not extend much beyond the ART
Of navigation.
The navy department was created IN
-I79s. Previous 70 that time the navy,
such As IL was, had been under the
dfreztfon Of the secretary Of war.
John Paul Jones, during the reyolu-
tiOD. male the rrst recommendation
for naval schools for the purpose of
educating or training officers. II was
part Of q plan for the regulation and
eaBiDrnent Of the navy. That remark
able man, Alexander Hamilton, after
the revolution. recommended an
elaborate pIaE Of naval instruction,
and IN = general way the present
plan Of instruction follows his sug-
eestf0ns. The war Of 1872 aEonsed .
sentiment IN favor Of . naval 4cad-
envy. bot il soon died out. Congress
was not particularly interested and
the people did not follow up the first