| Show Uncle Sams Navy I ISxpcvloneen of u Nnvnl Cndet IVom Utah nm a 1 vcn In ills JrfHtem a note Vie fi in h further entracls ram the rmr poiJcnn ol II A Pearson Utahs naval cadet at tnnapoll Under date of June 14 tag ho speaks d going on board the United Status Mil Comleltatton with hU clin and nailing on Chesapeake bay He says On the shop in about an hundred lute Jacklll or marine who assist In showing the cadets awl who keep the Ihlt In or dr Th st m about ten ort or-t naval emcee a doctor s chaplain chap-lain IfOOXk besides cook Mil wr vanto A letter dated U S S Corwtiltalion New London Cnnnectui June jh itfaMy e r Mre We arrcd at ucw t I onl 11 last Friday Fri-day Juan j We Iml 1 Aol l voyage iron Amyfrolo tar have ern MUM r11 I tea Healhci < ilm foigy rough MIIIIV etc Alter piinn un app AI die I mouth ol me t iheupoik fe went null taco the seen auuut on huddle 1nilvn I then Ml tl lu M mtaUK > otat n IIIX I i island and l t j New IUII I dun > in r in sy I have 1111 been t al all It k and some othtri hive im but man lm > e been voftimiiji md m able 1 lot 1 lor evral l day he R MI 1 IM lotnut conic from 1 > im Lot in touch weather when Inn nip roll l 10 tau can hardly Man up tan have hod two day liUrty In the city We lay at anchor about a block from tow n It It nicely situated on long stand sound and many rich people come here In spend summer It Ito le I a fine city ol rjooo iwople I and has some of the pieiilnt i house and ant rounding I ever MW Remember iii It a New England I town no unarms and n ro shanties or anything but thrift I suppose ou lute retd of the I irand final tae tvf Harvard I t and VII college whirl fj place here I 1fe all went i I I I In boat lo see It The city was full ol Mutton and the rher on which I I I = 1 New London Is situated and on which the race look place was covered with yachts and boats I all draped with Nag blue far Vale and i crimson I for Harvard lIere I saw some of the lint pleasure yachts I ever saw owned by tech men IIvle K east We have a little repairing I to do her and may VI not leave till alter the 411 ol July We to neat lo Newport K 1 i 1 am well and hope all at home I me In a letter dated Newport K I Saturday Sat-urday July 19 lllao lie say We arrltcd at Newport Thursday eve nine and stay till Monday or Tuesday Tues-day this forenoon all cadets were taken to the torpedo station and were lol shown by Igettl officers all Ihruuich A description would be too long bull wed I merely mention a few thing Ilrit we went lo the laboratory where they have all chemicals trying i to Invent new explosives smokeless powder etc I We here aw all modern enplotiv Including In-cluding smokeless powders I dynamite and pmlupa twenty others and l specimens 1 speci-mens 01 Iron showing their great furce y NeirtwetfShrio the place where they make gun cotton an explosive nude of cotton and nitro glycerine It Is a queer thing I You am put It In the lire and It won hurts or explode but mutt be exploded ex-ploded by a preparation ol mercury 1 lie next was fa electrical I laboratory I showing how electricity was used on ship and toipedoe Nest was visited the torpedo factory And last of all I was witnessed the firing t several torpedoes In the harbor ft was surprising to see how a small torpedo tor-pedo will throw the I water and mud up A specimen ol each cia ol explosive was fired oil on an Iron plate lo show how they would Indent the Iron on which Ihey lay All cadets have Hbeily to go ashore this afternoon but few are going as It Is I rainy 1 have not been around the city jet and dunl know much how It look Ilut liom appearance It Is very beautl lul A treat pleasure iraort It Is In summer and many rich people J are here spending r the Mason underbills pleasure yacht Is I here at anchor a few rods runt our ship also many other pleasure acht of the summer people Under date of September jotlt 1890 he writs from the academy Yesterday was the day for cadets lo report from leave The academy presented pre-sented a lltcly scene They began to como In about 10 a mand l kept streaming stream-ing In all day You would 1 have thought It 011I1 exprna or railroad oflice the way trunks allse I and cadets came In Everything r Is settled now and studle I begin tomoriow October nt Of coupe the fellow coming Ironi leave had I to begin to halo the plebes and j ester day the very first ctrnlngfour cadet of ray dual where caught by 1 the orhcor In charge of cadets haling some plebe He walked right Into the room und paw the i > oor plebe trying to root R penny IIU tlll i r r Ir out of a big washbowl of water whit Ilia nose only while the olhrr fellows were looking on laughing Uc Ihey 1 were neatly caught luttiy an investigation investi-gation Ia I going un and l it seems al preterit pret-erit that some ol I them will be bilged lor It In all such ca e the upper caw men try lo get out of U In any way possible I nnd tlwy go the plelmt I and make then tnll tome untrue htory 10 clear Hum Many stone are told lime to keep clear ol trouble Under dale of October list 1890 he write 1iIbJe cadets caught hating were given rf lrlc fifty demerits each and restricted irom leaving the academy for two months A few days ago the superintendent called up the third class together and gave them to understand l that all luumg must be stopped 1 Immediately Sinn this time one tallow baa been wIt w-It He U under aire t and l ta tonlincil 1 to his room except t for meals and one 1 = tally in R1 ii hours eaercise dally I guess he will be bilged Sunday thorn were two fight between I cidcis One was between I nct aTI team two men ol my clan They uent to the gymnasium and l had fought only two rounds when the academy iKibte J atoppedit tile utlur fight was between a third class man and a second I claw man They louitht luuiuen round when tune was call led und l the fight called a lie 1 lone two wire terriliie looking fellow when they liul I Implied In both cases they ny Iney will fight again I dont think they will us they have been reported I to tin superintendent superintend-ent He called the sluggers their I second Idc lime keepers I to invests lalll the hair limy say Ihey VII bilge some ol them OliO ol the fighter 11 1 one who was caught in that basing and l got any dement 0 c Lust lliurs ay all inmi al I dlla J Ia were kUbpuukd i on ace > unt ol luc liineral ol i naval officer who was alone 1 I al-one time commandant of the caleu hire AI I radeu In lull drt + s alien U H the fbatnl at the ckaptl and then marched to the academy cemetery I whet he was hurled I nil bund and narlnM vent also beside many oat ctn and olhrr people 1 Lest 3 tuJi there was a tame of fool ball r between cadet and St jO J hns college The cadets were 49 to 0 Another game come of aunt Saturday with John Hopkios University of Ball elate Under date of January roth 191 hey AI he-y naysTb The two cadets of whom I poke a < gouging have been dhmUfd The one from my class was from Virginia and instead ol going home he wai so ashamed logo there be hat goneio Penal He WAS a veal smart fellow 31 had no need of gouging He wu careless I cant tar when I will ga t ferna If IIJ1IIee he new bill rune we will gel four u inth leave from June to October If I dune not paea we get six week only rum August 15 in October 1st Our food Is I excellent could not ask fir Utter Always plenty I ol bread utter milk vegetables frail meat ash canned Iruu 1 jams oatmeal etc mJam UI course I cant mention all but su li nee It to tay we have rxcaUlent food always and plenty ol It Get fa seem and cake every Sunday and oranget or bananas or upplei or grape etc every day at dinner On January jo 1891 lie wrote I am afraid it t has been some Unit meet I wrote I have been carlUai but Im I partly excusable on account of being so huiy for the nmlnnnual eximnuiiont which arc nearly coin pleled ThU whole week hat been I devoted to nothing but eiamlnallona for ill clanes I on the work gone over the hnl term This Is tin dual examination examin-ation on these studies We have no Irilit i I 07JUI devote every moment to Study I that we hove ouuulo of the ex amlnaiion room Klanilrutioin ale five louii and > om seven hour long daily It 15 somewhat ol a strain on a person Wlie i they art five hour long we go to then at H a ill and get out at I p I in nine minules we have dinner five minutes alter dinner Is study call for note who have no afternoon ennmliu lion while UIOM who have one go to It till 4 p I in Recreation hours 4 tu 7 JJ and then study Again One Ia i not only busy during the semi annnal week awe > a-we call II but begins to tevlew a week or before One must do this for hoer view hlf a dose book of joj or 300 pogo each Ia I not a thing to be done in cue evening Ol the result of the examination t hove tot > et been posted bull l know I did l I l allrlght My monthly maik are generally general-ly I MI high Ihllil 1 would I IMS ill got a cipher on the examination Hut one dosenlget canoes very often hold I l very well the semiannual examination lias doomed several cadets to Illge Toe fourth claM always loses 1 about duaen lien the art ntl annual and thy will lo the tame this yr I dont think iione ul I my clan will beditmlsMd but there will ho one or two ol the lint nd second cloned go There Is n general siding every annual and semiannual semi-annual ciamlnalKHi My writing U not fry good but how can you e pct good writing when a wrson ha toga loan culmination I five 1 lours and wilts I from thirty 1 lo i fortyfive sheets ol paper larger than loois cal lull nl aniwer on the examination iues lions A hereon has just so much tune and mutt rusile and write Just as fast as he iHMslbry can When the time Is up you must drop everything and get out ol the room Just to the minute one Is always crowded lor time |
