The Washington herald., 1914-12-13
Annapolis Notes.

! The Christmas Tree is up at the
Naval Academy This is the annual list
! OF mtdshipmen on the ''unsatisfactory''
roster. which is posted just before the
yearly festival and from time fmmemo-
rial has been facCtiously named by the
midshipmen after the customs Of tho
| season. or the 9O1 midshipmep in the
Academy 80 hit the tree" after the
parlancc Of the regiment Falling below
% out of a possible OF in their studies
places u midshipman on this registry,
which is caution to advise all behind
| hand to pull up for the semi-annual ex-
animation in January. The delinduents
study and recite during recreation De
/ riods. and in addition many voluntarily
! join might study parties under the sur
veillance Of the officers. The 'bilgers''
are in the end generally reduced to one
NTH of those hung up on the Christmas
tree"
The Field Artillery School Of the I. s.
Marine Corps Is in being at Annapolis,
Nd The three companies that form the
new establishment comprise the First
Brigade Of the Marine Corps, the First,
Ninth. and Thirteenth, arrived here on
Saturday night. under command Of Mai
r. H Dunlap, L. s. NJ. c.: First COM
!, pany. Capt. r. o. Underwood: Ninth
Company, Capt. Eugene p Fortson:
Campbell. The command proceeded to
the marine quarters II will not be q
part of the Marine Guard of the Naval
[ Academy, bat a separate body for in
I structiOn in advanced field artillery base
work. The brigade brings back many
"reminiscences OF its stay in Vera Cruz
The marines say that the people Of that
city regretted their departure, and some
gave their fareweIls with moistened eyes
hTr.sf -.
cans friends among those who had wares
for sale. for 5000 men. paid OF every
month, who spent their money freely.
were very agreeable to the tradesmen Of
Vera Cruz.
Whites the name the midshipmpa
give their jumper and working suits, viii
be displaced shortly by khaki uniforms.
This will lessen laundry work greatly.
as there arc gl5 mdshipmen and some
use a white uniform each day. White
leggfns caps and belts will be adOTn-
ments of the somber brown of the KHAKI
The torpedo boats Flusser. Reed and
Preston Of the reserve fiotilla, coaled here
last Thursday. and then resumed target
practice and other maneuvers in Chesa-
peake Bay.
The dump-piIc that collected from the
improvements to the Naval Academy.
and which has long been an eye-sore on
the north side of Dorsey's Creek Bridge.
is now being removed and the location
improved. The stones are being utilized
in making a riprap seawan- The work
Is under the Department of Buildings
and Grounds. Commander ]. r P.
Pringle, L. 5. N, oficeT-in-Charge.
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. ChaunCey
Shackford, OF the Naval Academy. were
guests at the german given on Monday
in Baltimore by the Bachelors COtillOn
Club, when forty-four debutantes were
presented to society. Lieut.. Fuller. L.
:. N, is here on 4 visit to his wife's
family, DR.. and Mrs. W. c Claude. Mr..
William Knowles Cooper. secretary OF
the Young Mems Christian Association.
OF Washington, addressed the Christian
Association Sunday evening.
Lieut.. Jones II. Ingram, L. s. N, a
notable football player and oarsman while
a midshipman at the Naval Academy.
has accepted the offer to become head
coach OF the Academy football team
next year, recently made him by the Navy
Athletic Association. He played on the
teams of 1906 and 1896. and was captain
and stroke of the eight. He has lately
been athletic officer Of the Atlantic Fleet
Lieut.. Ingram was selected as head coach
previous to the present season, but was
unable to accept owing 10 other assign
ments, but assisted Lieut.. Howard for Q
part OF the season.
Next years football game between the
Naval and Military Academies will be
played at the place selected by the army
presumably New York-On November Y.
The Army win also select the place OF
playing the game in 1917. and the Navy
will choose the location In 1916 and 1918.
An agreement has also been reached that
the games for the next eight years will
be played on the Saturday nearest No
vember .. This is a compromise, the
Navy desiring to play on the Satur-
day after Thanksgiving Day and the
Army one week earlier. Under this agree
ment the remaining dates for games are:
November %. 1916: November q, 1917; No
vember g, 1918; November ., 1913; No
vember q. 1890: November IS. 1921, and
November 3, lSS.
II has been settled that the Naval
Academy crew will row against Harvard,
the University Of Pennsylvania and
Princeton, in local waters this spring.
and will probably send Crews to the
American Henley. Harvard will row here
on April q. and is expected to bring first
and second eights.
A Southern geographic society has been
established at Knoxville, Tenn, for the
purpose OF stimulating the interest of IT'S
members and OF the public in the study
and aDnrafsia tfesFa f,f ~,