Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-10-08
THE REGULATIONUN|F
THE NAVY BLUE FOREVER
ARMY "WOODEN" BOARDS
CONSTANTLY CHANG
ING UNIFORM
The Chapel and Supefinteadenf's Quar-
tiers Relics and Monuments

/ MT. Dunn's article IN the Woman 1
National Daily further says.
1 The regulation uniform Of llsc mid
| slIipmcB and that worn when the ho
| weather has ended is blue navy blue
and 10 my mind the preitiest uniform
/ that was ever put on a man. Til,
| cadets a. West Point wear gray. Thers
/ have been efforts to discard IL and
| adopt the blue uniform, but tradition
is strong and there can be no change.
| Hence tie cadets have q song about
when they will "don the cadet gray
and don the army blue
The midshipmen have the blue uni.
forms from the first. And what IA
more, they continue to wear them
through their careers when on duty
aboard ship or at other places where
the uniform Is required. Army
boards, wooden 10 the core, have
practically discarded the army
blue, and in its place we have the
army khaki" the army drab" OF
a mixture and mOngrcl color which
looks more like the livery Of a ser
want than the uniform Of the United
States. From the beginning until
the end the navy has the best OF the
army in the matter Of uniform.
The chapel, which is in the center
Of the official group, with the supcrin-
tendent's s residence on one side and
the administration building on-fho
other. is rather unique in appearance,
partal.ing Of several styles Of religious
architecture. without being distinc-
tive Of any particular class. II is
octaugular on the outside, having eight
sides, but is circular inside. The
chapel IS not yet complete. When IL
is finished the remains OF John Paul
Jones, now reposiDg in Bancroft Hall,
will be placed in the crypt Of the
chapel. Whatever may be the denOTi-
nation of the chaplain assigned to the
Academy, the Episcopal service is al
ways said in the chapel. For mid
shipmen who prefer another service or
another creed, there are churches in
Annapolis which they may attend.
At West Point the Catholics have erect
ed a chapel on the grounds for mem
bers Of that church attending the
Academy, but tine proximity OF several
churches to tho Naval Academy rem
der that unnecessary here.
Interesting relics in the way of cap
turcd cannon are found in the Acad-
emy grounds. There il an old Span
iSl eaf1non ulade sOO years ago, which
was brought 10 this country from
Cuba after the Spanish war. Guns
captured in 1912 and from the BarbaTy
states century ago, and gums taken
from the Maria Teresa and Vizcaya
after the battle of Santiago arc among
the trophies exhibited. There is an
absence of mementoes Of the civil
war, probably because there is no de-
sire to afford any opportunity for
young men from the North TO exult
over those from the South because the
United States navy was superior to
that Of the Confederacy.
Among the monuments TO men who
have distinguished themselves by
particular gallantry or herosim, is a
single shaft with the name Herndon,
which recall the name Of popular
graduate who lost his life while try
ing to save the passengers of the
wreck Central America. The men
who distinguished themselves in the
war with Tripoli. Somers, Caldwell,
Decatur, Wadsworth Israel and Dor
sey are remembered by marble mon
ument. over in the cemetery are
monuments to- brave men who have Mt
one time or another rendered conspicu-
Gus service to the country while sery-
ing in the navy.
(Continucd).