Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-01-19


The Newport Naval Training sta.
tion Is the recipient of large dona.
ton for the erection of an Army and
Navy Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton building. similar to that in Brook.
Il, Ign, n. Y. A generous donor has
given $3.50 900, STIMULATING that his. or
her, name shall be withheld for the
present. and work ON the building viii
begin soon.
The gravity of the situation un-
doubleday justifies the strong Lam
guage used by Surgeon-General
Rixey of the navy. In his annual re-
port. In describing the growing prev
alence OF the cocaine habit among
the enlisted men. and the menace 1t
holds for the future well-being and
efficiency OF the service. While not
ing that many States have attempts
ed 10 prevent the sale OF the drug.
he points out the ease with which
the narcotic can be obtained. aud
says that reliance can not be placed
upon these constantly-evaded State
prohibitions, and that II devolves
upon the navy to defend itself. Ed
uoation OF the men as to the dangers
of the habit is the immediate duty
at the door of the medical officer.
The young enlisted men, by reason
OF their absence from the restraint
OF home ties. are peculiarly exposed
to the temptations OF that world In
which the habit lourishes. Deni-
zens OF the lower world find Pc
culiar ard unholy delight in adding
another victim to this feature OF
(. tnei. nli ,Hry. and to Offset this in
,s;ristioh IN viciousuess education as
! to the evil results of the practise
should form a part of the regular in
struction In hygiene given by the
1 naval medical officers. The Surgeon
General says that cigarette smoking
and alcoholic Indulgence have been
treated In warning spirit In pre-
yious reports. and that the addition
Of cocaine to the list of habits which
threaten the morals and physical In
| tegrity of the men makes II neces-
sary to speak plainly now.
Secretary OF War dickinson calls
| attention In his annual report at the
| difficulty experienced by the u. 5.
transport Fitzpatrick In cruise from
New York to Manila. February.Aprll.
1909. owing to the refusal OF certain
wireless stations Of other nationalitlesA
to take messages of the Fitzpatrick
This refusal Was due to the failure of
f, the United States 10 give adherence
to the International wireless telegraph
convention held at Berlin ON Nov. 3.
| 1906 This country was not represent
ed at this convention. and it>has not
yet agreed to the stipulations signed
there. Consequently ships flying the
American flag find themselves with
no standing In International wireless
ltelegraphy, as none of the contracting
countries Is compelled to receive n
| telegram from the ship OF a non con-
tracing country, and any coastal sta.
ton In a foreign country may refuse .
Transmission of a message to a station
on shipboard subject to non.con-
tracing country. Luckily during tho
world cruise of the bnttleshlp fleet II ,
was not made the recipient of any
such rebuffs as those encountered by
the Fitzpatrick owing to the attitude.
OF our country. The history of the
whole matter Is recorded in the pub.
lished copy of the treaty. issued by
the Bureau OF Equipment, Navy DE.
partment, 1907.
| Recommending that the age for the
admission OF candidates to the Naval
Academy be between fourteen and
seventeen years, Rear Admiral VIII
liam r. Potter, Chief OF the Bureau of
Navigation u. S. NJ. in his annual re,
port, says that modification OF the re.
CURED entrance examination 10 fit
such change could be easily made.
Rear Admiral Potter directs attention
to the fact that under the present
law midshipmen enter the Academy
between the ages of sixteen and
twenty years. and under these condi.
tons 1t frequently happens that an
ofhcer is graduated from the Academy
and sent out into the feet at the age
OF twenty-three or twenty.four: In 9th.
err words he starts his career atioat,
at an age when he should already
have had several years sea service.
The average age of midshipmen at
date OF leaving the Naval Academy is
now twenty-five years and six months. h
'manifestly two or three years older
than Is desirable" d,