| Show DUELS AT ANNAPOLIS A CUSTOM THAT CULTIVATES THE FIGHTING QUALITIES OF CADETS ory r Gu Thronah tI root Years willin1 so Appattriance I tho Yield 0 lIar1o Cunh btrieti Gou1 hT ltutv nod lRefit rllro maT write and prewhcrs may preach but tile I < lolr world at least will take tn Its m uo tire buy w hu Is I an anxious to light tlsto play It pmllcls Front things of him and Is I willing to help him along Out of those battles cimio hlacVcncd eyes and bloody now M but not nnr harm Self confidence Is I Imni of them and tho ablllt to make tho hand guard tl head hero mcd to In I an old fellow In Qollnd county Tex who cxprcsAtl tits titter condemnation of a neighbor In this way Smlto him on ono check and IwIl turn other mite trillion thi other and hull him jou attulvd linn In split In dlvgiut It U I not 1noNn that tho authorities 01 tho Naval rtcmlcru at Anna oils circular Hire fighting There Is I nothing In thi pub 11liul rules urging the cutlets to follow tho advlui of dead am llanilall aud get t togi tin r as often as jioslble that It Is certain that they do not discourage It There Are tales anaring tire olllh1JO adint rals handed ilon n from class to LJUU ol hour the preceptors hae MIKH afar and watchid tho Uitllcn through llaygluliea grunting nt iidi will ilelhcml blow and betting glufull making thuntclvp on the ruiults 1 ha umtcquuico of this laxltj tt that the jouncic i tIl9tho o lu their lIt Ivarcoine lnn vcrj little while to bellefo that tho powers arc very friendly to a lighter anil would 1 offer acthe circular agement to lighters If It uiro necuwiary which It Isnt Tills Unto of affairs does not con ueo to ctniljr but It docs lomliuc to the deieloniuent At mu < clo and the flat lining of tho Osltl iiitlnct Xot long ago < enact tooL luff It I arc of tho acitdcin and VTaniltnil Into Baltimore whire he eiillceil a multiplicity of main braces As a result Iw first whipped driver thin whit p l a friend of tho cab driver and then whipped two 1 ioIicnicn who hnO wnlc lp In time to te the end of the fray Ho got bad to tho grounds badly battered hut Ftnndlnc up will under his enn Thouffnirmad 0 wine now and persons lent to lVashington to obtain t lie illimlual There lhprmctllght Ing Hob Trans and mhjtaLenljr detailed l tho clrcunibtancct requesting his Indu woo tthatl bellowed that vetcnn DUmta a Iy l Ilko thatl Licked tout near In one night Dummo airs Arm 3 Oil crazy Milo In the blue do you think n naval officer Is I for When he graduatrs ihi him to me Put him on my ship 1 want 100 < like him In the matter of thumping his fellow ill = are certain rules Koverulng thoe idet They are leges non hcrlptas hut Ironclad nevertheless Tho epithet liar must lie 1 resented fall an Instant blow All In suits must bo accounted for on the spot The only spots exempt nro the ehnpel anti o1oom The combatants fare IInmo utely separated by any ono standing near A Cn > t year man permitted to separate seniors After that the code has play The cornbatantsmtrnratwoseconeAC I < IL Tbe lay the inattur before a member of thd senior ditto IIo fixes the place and date ot tho encounter The place be I always an open triage behind Ibo gymnasium It ll not turf but Is I ground worn Lure and himLMiJ hy many feet It leas befu red dent time and again hy the liefit blood In Amerlci The limo Is I always tile afternoon after-noon of homo Saturday The rules are Jliiniuli of Qneen bc4Ty thnii minute round with 0 minutia rest bet con The exception Is that tie gloies I nN used resiling la not permitted of course Occasionally however when ono of the combatants has bAd two years training In thu sparring sehool aud tho cither I Is a nOWWtr the radoryie oC rough and tiunUa fracas li allowed Always a senior clam man la I master of ceremoillesir appellate court mid hllpm court In there Julio litigations The KM ends aru them to handle their men but nil points of dispute sea snhmlttexl to tho ten lor Ills decision Is never questlonex Alight A-light Is I fought out ntll one of the men I J deemed Incompetent by his fcecondd VN ho throw up the G > ongc Then ho Is homo to tho hospital 1 ho fponge never roes tip until 18 Is l iiimlo lit for a cat Vw to tire warrior who cries enough or quits it hen ho Is I able to continue Nothing Is left him w > 010 elepart to civil life Ills clnsi mates and the men In his dormitory will not tpeok to him Ho it I covcutrled Hiiro Is no Instance whcro theM bore knuckle duels hare had a fatal termlna lion The participant are cndon nl with the 101111 of both and aro Always In condition I sometimes happens that a cadet ROCK through bill four J cars at Annapolis w llh I out an apiHirance ein the field of honor but the OICUTnco Is as rrutias a black san Tho courngo of such men Is I lool cd 1 inwlth gravest suspicion 17 l their com ream Indeed afl ht Isregardcel nncccs lary coiuplemcnt to an exlncatlon mid o > ulO would seem linpoulblo to any man ulto could bo mAd to rewnit nn Insult All of this does no harm ninltlcs I end with Iho duel It Is required that Ills should too Tho opposing ounlttcr become faster friends than err Is It J Sir Lucius Olrlgfer who sa > b It N 1 a > ton Iblnl how well You like a man when Jou havo fought with him Wor Is n proton Ion w fill these wrueLH of Ibo covcrnment Vlth themcoumto Ii II neiiwlty Each Lnttlo frciiLtlirn Iho chnj1 of Cond mothers at home would hlaneh If they knew Hint their darlings wen rmlUI but thdr npocul and lvialetablar l Catlera Iml auld dailluo ulwa one loa und LoNi I with d d I I 11 1 ou t or Uio liar hI > 110 In luI I 1 hilI 111 J h1 Iaval I ol torll bi oj III IIombl |
