The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-06-13
LESLIE X. POLLARD WRITES
OF NAVAL ACADEMY .DoiNGS

1919.-Dear Folks: This is the end of
a perfect navy day. the biggest day
have experienced since my entrance
to the Academy. All the mids from
the lowest plebe to the highest first
class men are mad with happiness.
Such q display of spirit can never be
equaled and 10 realize II you would
have to see with your own eyes
Imagine wild snake dances OF 1000
mids. yelling. singing with all their
might and you have a slight picture
of small phase of the great ceie-
bration. All the plebes rate young
sters now and democracy prevails at
the u. S. n. A. You see the link"
is broken. we beat West Point on
their own field with score OF 10 10
l6. Those m.dshipmen that saw the
last navy victory in baseball are all
commanders now, so you see that
was many years ago. Besides this is
the first game with the Point of any
kind that We have had since 1916.
The old Japanese bell has been 81.
lent sipce the last army defeat-even
before the. first class were plebes.
not a mid here has ever heard the
old bell but tomorrow when the
teams return we all shall hear the
bell that Perry brought from Japan
! in 3d. The game was reproduced
lin the armory on the electric board
just as 1t was played at West Point.
lover 1000 people yelled anl screamed
at the game here in the armory at
the Same instant they were yelling at
the Point. The game is nearly as
interesting by thins ticker system as
the original itself.
Now, the great regatta at Phil,y
icame off this p. m. also and as | told
.Iyou before, we Won the cups. We
won the principal rn thes Varsity
and the second Varsity snd the light
$50 lb. Varsity and our plehe crew
won but were disqualified forScrowd
ing. A little tough luck but we won
three out of the four and the gaInf
with the Point so we can't expect a
all. You will see all about both events
in the papers before you receive this
and you can not possibly fail to see
the great Significance of these sicto
Iries for the navy.
am on duty this evening and to
morrow the upper classmen are III
charge now that the first class have
ibeen relieved of all duties and th'
responsibilities weigh upon US now
don't know what ships I'll be OF
, yet but it will be either the Alabama
Illinois, Kentucky, Kearsarge, Maine
or Wisconsin. These six ships are tn
loidest things that float. they are tn
, Oldest crabs" and We are not eve
a part OF the fleet any more The
lare only manned by, skeleton crew
: Iof enlisted men. The midshipmen ar
, going to run them, fire the boilers
scrub the decks, paint the ships an
, SO ad infinitum There will. be, har
/ work but much better than last yea
8 for 1t will not be as crowded and W
: are going some place and as secon
/ classman I'll be in charge OF sdua
Z of youngsters to see q they DO Tn
work. There will be 200 youngster
! and about so second classmen z Q
I each OF the, six ships The 300 firs
classmen or 21A will go to ships
I the feet. They will probably hav
o good, clean, new ships but will pro-
. tably not go away from the Atlanti
+ lcoast.
. I sent you itinerary Of the cruis
n and you may have wondered why
embark June but do not leave unit
June 9. The dope Is that those tw
fdays will be utilized on the ooy
n lorder to teach the youngsters, tnre
Y fourth of whom probably never saw
V ship before, and we have 1eO0-mi
! "trip right of the reel so they WI
n have to know how to shovel coal 0
We go to sea.
o I'll take rare delight teaching
e Young millionaire how l did II
n back in the mines in Idaho.