Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-06-04

II IUcre Was FAflF1 pEDkFaHi " pkAH~
iicai exercises, ceremonies and social
| functions at the Sayal Academy to-
day. the second day Of the inspection
Of the Board Of Visitors 70 that. in
stitutiOn. The exercises were opened
With a closed order drill by the full
brigade At $50 this morning.
There was also an artillery drill by
the first battalion at 3 in the alter
noon, dress parade al G.i5 and the
class german, DE great social event
Of the week, in tie arTpory IN the
evening. During the day the Board
Of Visitors found time 10 settle down
~ the solid work Of the week and
began the discussion Of the various
subjects upon which they are expect
ed 10 report 10 Congress.
The brigade WAS under tho command
~ Lieutenant Commander ). A.JlOOge-
weT1 aI tho infantry drill this morn
ing, and be WAS assisted DY JieufeU-
ants w. King and W, -. vernon. Tie
movements consisted ~ The closed
order drill and movements applicable
% street riots and landing parties.
Just before the close Of the drill one
~ the notable incidents Of the week
took place. the presentation Of t5e
sword awarded ~ the class Of ~ ~
Nldshfpmau a, W. Frank, " Mobile,
Ala, who obtained the best standing
~ he subject Of ordnance during iJe
year The pTeeeDtstiOn Was made by
Lieutenant Charles u. GailOwag. 4.
=. ~, (rcfired), non living ~ wash
iBgtOn.
The drill today was most fsterest-
ing, though tho exseDded order drlII,
Or battle tactics, which viii be ezblb~
tied tomorrow, are given the first
place in actual importance 10 mOJeFD
military training, The widsbjpWen
formed ~ brigade front facing t5c
rcyiswiDg stand. with ibe naval hcad-
emy bard, brilliantly uniformed, on
their right. AfteF the ceremony ~
parade was Oycf and the brigade had
been presented, llc brigade broke b.
column Of squads - the Iefi and form
ed IN line Of masses. ~ tlIGD deplOyed
into columns ~ squads, oKecgied ~ o
changes of direction agd marched nn-
"A 10 head was ~ tie extreme left Of
10 field, wien line ~ companies jD
column Of squads was fogB&d and ln
this formation tiie brigade marched
across the grounds until Dear tie re-
viewing stand, breaking into column
~ squads again and marching 10 the
right. After q number Of the formal
movements 0f the closed order drill,
tie brigade drew 80 IN front Of The
stand for tie ceremony Of the pTesen-
tatiOu Of the sword 20 MidsbfDman
Frank. That nfdsb1pmaD WAS not
attached to the DTigadc, ~ be gTa1u.
atcd with the first section last Sep
tcmber. but went out with Nr. Gal
lOway and received the sword from
him. SIR. Galloway made q short
speech, in which be cOmplimeDted
Nidsbipman Frank and dwclt upon
the important subject Of ordnance,
which involves familiarity with
the construction and uee Of the various
guns, tOTped0cs, etc. IN use in the
navy,
An additional member Of Tie Board
Of Visitors, sir. Henry -. Hall, Of
Ellsworth. Ne, arrived at the Acad-
cmy this morning. lie ~ the Law
partner of United states Senator Eu-
gene Hale. II ~ believed that no
other members Of the board will
come 10 Annapolis during tie week.
IL is almost certain that United States
Senator Thomas >. Martin, Of vfr-
ginia, and Representative a. r. Daw-
son, Of Iowa, will be unable to
come. Judge George ~. Sharp. Of
Baltimore, has been fonnd 20 be in
eligible 20 serve under the State con-
stitution. and it Is not thought that
SIR. r.. w. Heusbaw will take the
lone trip from bis home I'm San Fran
cisco Cal.
The United States cruiser Olympia,
which will be the flagship Of the fleet
which will take the mfdsbfpmen on
tbcir'summer cruise, arrived of An
napolis late yesterday evening under
the command Of Lfcnt. Commander r.
81. NulfOn, who reported to the Su-
penntendcnt this r1eming. The OIym-
ri brought draft Of two hundred
r.seJ mainly recruits from Nor
folk, Va, and they Will be used to
unn the monitors Arkansas, Nevada
and Florida, which will forn part Of
the practice fleet. Captain +. i. How
ard, bead Of tho department Of ord
nance and gunnery at the Naval Acad-
emy, viii command the Olympia dur
ing the cruise.
Two vessels of the United States
Navy which may be termed the hero
ships of the old and the new navy,
are now in the harbor. The frigafe
Hartford, Admiral Farragut's flagship,
at New Orleans, and the Olympia, the
flagship Of Admiral Dewey at Manila,
are both now here. The fleet is aug
mented by the monitors Arkansas, Ne
vada and Florida and the pTacticeship
Severn. besides numerous submarines,
torpedo boats, destroyers, launches,
cutters and other small craft, the
whole presenting a fine naval spec
tacle.
JUNE WEEK EXERCISES.
The program for the rest Of the week
is as follows:
Wednesday, June $3.50 a. m,
Sham Battle by the brigade 9 p. M,
Practical engineering exercises in
Steam building; 6.l5 p. M, Dress
parade.
Thursday. June 6.--l0 a. m, Grad
uation exercises: S. p. M. TO mid
night. Hop in the new armory.
Friday, June 7--9 a. M, Embark
for the summer cruise.
Saturday, June g. a. m, Practice
squadron sails for Hampton Roads.
The programme for the Naval Acad-
emy band during June week exercises
! At the Naval Academy BEGINNING June