Evening capital., 1907-06-03


week, sunny skies and delightful
breezes marked the opening day Of the
exercises attendant upon the stay al
the NayaI Academy Of the Board oi
Visitors appointed ny tho President
and Congress 10 inspect the Naval
Academy. This was particularly for
tunate as the occasion is one Of more
than usual interest, marking as II
does the revival Of June week IN
der much the same conditions as were
connected with il in former years,
before the urgent need Of naval OFF,
GERS compelled the early graduation
Of the first class and robbed the gala
week Mt the Academy Of its crownif &
attraction.
This year, the third section Of the
first class, the sevcnty-thrcc members
Of which form an aggregate quite as
large a. the whole average class IN
former years, will receive their dipl0-
mas from the hands Of Secretary Of the
Navy Mctcalf on Thursday, and OFF,
cfaI word has gone out that from now
ON, unless something unexpected hap
pens, tho whole classes will graduate
I'm June.
or tie twelve members Of the Board
OF Visitors, seven, working quo
rum, have already arrived and several
others are expected during tire day
or early tomorrow. Those who are
already here are United States ScDa-
tor ). II. Gallinger, Of New IIamp-
shire; United States Representatives
T.. =. Padgett, Of Tennessee, and H..
II. IIinshaw, of.Nebraska, and McsgTs.
John J. Healey, Of Chicago, Ill.
Herbert l.. Satterlec, Of New York
City David =. Barry, Of Washing
ton. -. g., and william owen Jones,
OF Lincoln, Neb.
IL is not believed that United States
Senator 4. \. Martin, Of Virginia.
will be able 10 come 10 Annapolis dur
ino the week, but tho other members
United states Representative A. r..
Dawson, Of Iowa; Judge George VI.
Sharp, Of Baltimore, and Megsrs.
Henry NJ. Hall, Of Ellsworth, Me.,
and y. w. lienshaw, Of San Frar-
cisco, Cal, are expected shortly.
Messrs. padgctt and Dawson arc Dol
strangers 10 the Naval Academy, as
they served upon the subcommittee
on Naval Affairs Of Congress which
investigated the subject Of hazing,
class fights and unwritten law at the
Naval Academy early in last year.
The ceremonies connected with the
Official welcome % the members Of the
Board Of Visitors was the same with
which Naval Academy and AnnapO-
lis people have become familiar by
their repetition covering many years,
but still interesting 10 visitors and n
ceremony 10 all. Tbs mem-
berg were driven from their quarters
10 the gate Of the Naval Academy near
TO the Superintendentg residence, and
there were greeted personally by the
Captain George j.. Col
yocoresges, commandant Of nldsbip-
men, Lieutenant Arthur Macarthur,
Jr., superintendent aid, the heads OF
the Academic Department and others.
These were in the full dress Of the
service.
As the official party drove up, a
salute Of seventeen guns was fired
from the Hartford, and the brigade
" midshipmen. under the command
" Lieut.. Commander j. A. Hoogc-.
VERT. presented arms. The visitors
and their escorts drove 10 the review
ing stand and there witnessed the
parade of the full brigade Of mid
shipmen, concluding with a passing
IN review. ~ the conclusion Of this
ceremony the mcmbfes were driven
10 their special quarters in the new
Academic Building and organized BY
tfie election OF Senator GaIliuger as
president Of the board and by the se-
lection Of the following committees:
ON Buildings. Grounds and Improve
menfs and Library Messrs. Jones,
Hall and Gallipgcr
Administration, Rules, Discipline,
Drill. Police and Athletics - Messrs.
Padgett, IIiDshaw and Barry.
Admission and Discharge, standard
" Scholarship, OfIicers and OfIlcials-
Messrs. SettcrIce, HsaIey and Barry.
Mess Arrangements, Commissary
aud Hygiene Messrs. uinshaw, DaW-
son and Satterlce.
Lieut.. Commander u. l.. Beach. an
officer Of the Department Of Discipline
at the Academy, has been detailed TO
act az secretary 10 the board during
it, stay At the Naval Academy.
owing 10 the fact that the exercises
Of the week will be crowded into four
days. instead or occupying Gye,as has
been the case previously, the program
for the period IL n crowded one. In
a number OF instances the drills and
exercises. usually participated IN ~
the foil brigade, will be divided and
one battalion assigned 70 each. Us
ually the exercises have not gotten
into fall swing until the second day
of the week, but they began with a
rush today aud there were several in
tcresfing features.
The first events of the routine Of
practical exercises were the seaman.
ship drill on tlBc practiccship Severn
and the tactics for small boats under
oars and sails, which were held az .
O'Clock this afternoon. These were
under the direction Of the officers Of
the Department Of Scamanship, Of
which commaDdcr A. w. Grant Is
head. The seamanship drill was par
ticipatcd in by the midshipmen Of the
first battalion under the personal di-
recflon OF Lieut.. Commander II. q.
Gates, and Afidshipman Samuel L..
Henderson. the cadet-commander Of
the battalion. The exercises Of the
small boats was directed by Lieut.
Commander Yates Stirling, Lieutenant
n. :. Keyes and Midsbipman Rich
ard =. Galloway. the ranging midsbip-
man ofIicer.of the brigade.