The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-30
Naval Cadets to Europe.

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States Naval Academy to Europe next
year. The understanding is that prae-
tieally all Of the cadets, with the ex.
| ception of the entering and the fur
Tough classes, will take the cruise to
European waters. It is planned to make
this the most interesting and instruc-
tive cruise ever taken by the Anna
polls cadets. The annual cruise in North
Atlantic waters will be abandoned this
year, if the transatlantic voyage is ap-
proved.
The recommendation of cruise in
foreign waters was made by Capt.
John NJ Bowyer, superintendent Of the
naval academy. 1t is said that plans
have been made to assemble early next
spring squadron of battleships, not
attached to the Atlantic fleet, on board
of which the "middies'' Will sail for
the other side.
These ships are the battleships In
diana, Iowa and Massachusetts,, three
of the battleships that won fame in
the battle Of Santiago. The Massachu
sets, which is soon to be recommission-
ed at the New York Navy Yard, where
it has been practically rebuilt within
the last two years, is expected to be
the flagship Of the squadron.
The itinerary of the cruise has not
been made public, but it will probably
include the Mediterranean ports Of
France and Naples, Genoa, and Gibral-
y,oSciRfu E0rlon5
About 400 cadets are expected to
make the cruise 1t viii be the first
time in a generation that Europeans
have had chance to see the famous
corps.
The prime motive for the voyage is
instruction, and the substitution of
first-class battleships for the obsolete
cruisers Olympia, Chicago and Har-
ward, the vessels used in the Atlantic
cruise this year, will not only give
the cadets more room but will also
make possible instruction that could
not be had on the smaller vessels. The
Massachusetts and the Indiana both
carry main batteries of thirteen-inch
guns, while the Iowa, which was Ad-
miral ''Bob' Evans ship at Santiago,
is armed with the twelve-inch type.
None of the cruisers in the old squad
ron carried guns even half as powerful
as these pieces.
The Iowa, Massachusetts and Indiana
will be manned by the flower of the
enlisted service when they pass out of
Hampton Roads and head for Gibraltar,
which, it is said, viii be the first stop
in the cruise. A trained enlisted man,
it is understood, will "play opposite
every midshipman during the voyage
in order to impart to the future officer
the secrets of the profession so far as
they concern the big guns and the other
duties aboard ship. A captain will
probably be in command of each ship,
and rear admiral is expected to be
in command of the squadron.
The battleships of the squadron will
assemble at Hampton Roads, near
which the point of embarkation will
be. As the news of the cruise has not
yet been received in Europe, no plans
for the entertainment of the cadets by
foreigners have as yet been made
Commissions for College Graduates.
The President has authorized the an
| nouncement that an appointment as Sec
ond lieutenant in the regular army will
be awarded annually to an honor grad
uate of each of the educational institu-
| tons at which army officers are detailed
| as professors of military science and
tactics, designated as distinguished in
stitutions," provided that sufficient va
cancies exist after the appointment of
graduates of the United States Military
| Academy and the successful competitors
In the annual examination of enlisted
men. By the term honor graduate is
| meant graduate whose attalnments in
scholarship have received the approba-
ton Of the president of the college and
whose proficiency in military training
and knowledge and in intelligent atten
ton to duty has merited the approba-
ton of the professor of military sci
ence and tactics. Honor graduates will
be appointed to the army in advance
of other appointees from civil life. and
their lineal rank will be determined by
lot. 1t is required that these graduates
shall be citizens Of the United States
unmarried, not less than twentv-one
nor more than twenty-seven years of
age of exemplary habits and good
moral character.
/ All Stditut5tES Ui Gl41GdfF colleges Will
be encouraged to take the prescribed
examination for commission in anv
volunteer forces which NAV hereafter
be called and organized. The names of
those who have shown special aptitude
tor military service win be recorded
at the war department for future use.
Captain Franklin's Sentence.
NEW YORK, December 10. Cant.
4 Thomas Franklin, L. s. A., twice com
/ mended General Chaffee aud General
| Otis for distinguished service in China
! and at Manila, pleaded guilty today to
long series of petty embellishments
from the mess fund of the West Point
cadets.
He was sentenced by Judge Hand in
the United States circuit court TO two
4 years and six months in the federal
Il penltentlary at Atlanta, Georgia. His
Il counsel gave notice that he wonil an
4 Fly Tor writ of error and review.
4 As commissary and treasurer of the
military academy, Captain franklin had
H charge OF pay checks of the cadets.
winch he deposited with the United
states subtTeasuTy in this eitv ia draw
against them for mess suppiies. The
Iotai amount Of his defalcatiops ran 7,
| S0b5t, of which S4S3r vvas re,,-oea,,+ i