Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-12-17
RAILS At OUR MORALS
Service Paper Says AnnapOlis's
Are Bad And Nothing Is
Done To Improve Them
NAVAL ACADEMY DISCIPLINE
Service Papsr Has Another Guess Com.
ing. Evidence Al Naval Academy
Like Irishman's Flee You
Think You Have Ii But You
Haven't


This mornings issue of the Army
and Navy Journal contains the fol-
lowing under the caption of Naval
Academy Discipline"
Considerable attention is being
given these days by the naval author
ities at Annapolis to the deplorable
and demoralizing conditions prevail
ing in that city outside of the gov
ernment reservation. 1t has been
hoped by the Navy Department that
the municipal officials would do their
part toward eliminating tie places
where intoxicants may be obtained.
The location of these resorts of the
'speakeasy' type must be known to
the people connected with the Annap-
oils government, but nothing is done
to rid the town of this evil the de-
moralizing effects of which are in
creased by the secrecy with which
the traffic is conducted. Renewed
effort will probably be made to get
the municipal authorities at Anuap.
oils to perform their duty to the
community in stamping out these re-
sorts. 1t ought not to be difficult
task to identify in conclusive way
the wrongdoers.
The service paper rails at the An.
napolis morals "outside the govern
ment reservation. 1t has the good
sense not to speak of any morals
Inside" etc., etc.
This paper admits Annapolis is no
angel, nor is it the worst place on
earth, by great deal. The estimable
service paper, aforesaid, has another
guess coming when it affirms the
authorities here take no steps to
avoid the evils referred to among
the Midshipmen.
There is another side to the ques-
tion. At the last term of Court the
States Attorney nailed a case of
selling liquor to Midshipmen. He
had his case all made out, the victim
indicted by the grand jury and sum-
moned three or four Midshipmen to
report before that judiciary in evil
dence of the case. What did it
amount to? The authorities at the
Naval Academy refused Tor declined)
to permit the said Midshipmen to
leave that sanctified" reservation land
the States Attorney had no case
without the evidence.
This is only one of several incl
dents of similar kind. In the pres.
ent case what will be the outcome?
It's easy to guess. When the next
term of Court with a jury term)
meets fin April doubtless the same
thing will occur and the one Midship-
man in question will not be permitted
to leave the reservation, and at the
July term of Court of course the Mid
dies will be in Europe. The States
Attorney has made every effort to
bring the guilty parties to judgment,
but invariably has been hampered by
the Government authorities.
The Capital admits that the morals
of this town are not the best, and
are not above question. 1t is known
liquor is sold to minors. 1t is known
gambling goes on, and its to be de-
plored that fathers who have sons
to raise in Annapolis have a serious
proposition to 81 confront them, but
taken all in al the morals of Annap.
oils are far above those of many
towns of its size.
Annapolis deplores the sale of IL
quor to Midshipmen, as she does to
her own sons, but she asks an even
chance in bringing those who sell
to justice by having those to whom
the sale is made released on de-
mand" to give proper evidence
when required.