The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-05
Seven Hundred and Fifty Mid
shipmen Embark on Battle
ships and Cast off for Eng
lish and French Harbors.
thirteen FROM INDIANA
AMONG THE NUMBER
Students From Hoosier State
Are Included in the Ten
Thousand Mile Voyage
Return Late in August.
palladium speciaD

Indianapolis. June 4.-Three battle
ships. the Massachusetts, the Indiana
and the Iowa. will take the $50 mid.
shipmen OF the United States navy ON
their annual three months summer
chuise, and In the brigade will be the
following young men from Indiana
who are midshipmen at the United
States navy academy at Annapolis,
Md. On board the Iowa will be Ed
gar Raymond McClung. Of Muncie:
William Hunter O'Brien, Jr.. Of Law
renceburg: Norman Scott. Of Indian
apolis: Harry Gates Patrick. OF Evans
vile. and James Emmett Brenner. OF
Rensselaer,. On board the Massa-
chusetts will be Paul John Searles, Of
Indianapolis: Frank Carey McCord,
OF Vincennes: Franz Brunnhofer Me-
lendy, OF Angola: Howard Harrison
Good. of Warren: RAYMOND Clifford
Payne. Of Brazil: William Thomas
| Cochran, of Madison. and Harold
Chamberlain vanValxah. Of Blooming.
ton. On board the Indiana II James
Harvey Taylor. Of Rushville.
There are about 750 midshipmen stu
dents at the naval academy. and al
will make the cruise.
| Go Into Foreign Waters.
| It is the first time in ten years that
the summer cruise has taken the mid
shipmen into toreisl waters. and Il =
said that the squadron this year w11l
/ touch at more foreign ports than have
ever been visited before by the prAo-
/ tice squadron. The midshipmen em-
/ barked on the battleshiDs today at
Annapolis. and the ships will sail from
there next Monday. The hrst stop will
be at Hampton Roads. where the fnal
arrangements for the cruise will -
made. They are scheduled to reach
Hampton Roads on June Z. That will
complete the first log OF the cruise,
$50 miles. Leaving Hampton Roads
on June the squadron will get under
way for the trip across the Atlantic.
and the first stop will be at Plymouth.
England. The itinerary calls for ar.
rival there on June %. The distance
to Plymouth is $500 miles. 10 that the
ships will have to average about
235 81 miles day for the II days
they are out. One week will be spent
at Plymouth, SO that the middies viii
have full opportunity to visit ashore.
/ On June 80 the ships will sail from
Plymouth to Marseilles. France, . dis
tance of 1922 miles, and they are due
there on July s. Another week will b0
spent at Marseilles. and on July Is
they win start on 72O mile trip to
Gibraltar. They are due at Gibraltar
three days later. and will remain
there five days.
Leaving Gibraltar the squadron Will
proceed to the MADEIRA Islands, q dis
tance of $50 miles. This run also will
consume three days. The ships viii
then be working their way toward
home. Leaving Maderio on August Z
they will go to the Azores. covering
705 miles in three days. After spend,
ing week in the vicinity Of the
Azores on August 10 they will sail for
Hampton Roads. This will be the
next longest single trip Of the cruise.
the distance from the Azores TO Hamp'
ton Roads being ESQ miles. and the
time occupied will be ten days.
Between August - and "a the ships
I will be at Hampton Roads and In Ches
|, apeake bay. sailing on the latter dat1
for Annapolis. Arriving there on Aug
ust 90 the midshipment will disembarlI
and start on their annual vacation ol
| a month. The complete itinerary ol
/ the cruise makes total Of 1,667 miIea