Salt Lake Herald | 1897-04-15 | Page 6 | Colored Lad Gets a Cadetship

COLORED LADGET i CADETSHIP J i Appointed by Congressman S hat tuck of Ohio EVENT HAS CAUSED A BI SENSATION 1 = COMPETITION WAS FREE AN OPEN TO EVERYBODY x Some Cadets at Annapolis Threaten to Resign But Shattuck Meets the Bluff With Eesign and Be 0 Damned the Boy Earned His Appointment Ap-pointment Fairly and I Will See Him Through Washington April Congressman Shattuck of Ohio yesterday nominated D J Bundy a colored lad of Cincinnati to a cadetship at Annapolis He has been urged to withdraw the name but says he will stand by the appointment There has been some disapproval from the academy The boy earned the appointment fairly said Gen ral Shattuck today There was a competitive examinations and tvd colored lads outstripped their companions One of them however oroved to be over 2 and was thcre fore disbarred I had told them the competition was open to every eligible boy In my district Bundy who won Is one of the handsomest boys I ever saw Yesterday I sent his name to the secretary sec-retary of the navy and he will be appointed ap-pointed I have received no communication communica-tion from the students at Annapolis on the subject but several congressmen have told me that it was an unwritten law not to allow a colored boy at Annapolis An-napolis They told me i I persisted It would break up the school that other students would resign Let them resign and be damned I replied That boy earned his appointment appoint-ment fairly and Im going to see that he goes to Annapolis and receives fair treatment If it Is in my power to do so General Shattuck says if the lad is willing to subject himself to the humiliation humilia-tion he will naturally encounter at Annapolis owing to his color he Shat tuck will see him through General Shattuck sayshe has been Informed that no colored boy ever dook a degree at the I naval academy General Shattuck says i he has 75000 negroes In his district