800 



IMTED STA VAL ACADF.MY. 



safety and subordinate -. ap- 



|x>int .:ii \. parish, or linn 



: v o |'u t ion Man land "(Tti. 



Cede Annaj-ohs l<> the (inicntl < . \ < rum. ut N 

 .ii apltal. Ihiritu: 



A as resolved in 17X3 that Congress 



sdiould mevt nltcnm; i Trenton. 



the first *es*i-t .1 at Ann.ip.-ns. At (Ins 



History, 



Annapolis in : 



Secretary of \\. PoJk*s adminta- 



; <>.!. in. ISIA. under the 



imili . I'* -Jte lia.l l>ecn 



year*, ist were BI* 



thesrhiml. the < threo years being passed 



at tea. In Jan.; TV. 1M'.. there were 56' cadets. 

 Under a rvorpi! m that was put into op- 



eration four roar* later the course was extended to 



B first two iin.i the 



beinj; icbool and the intern irsat 



sea. A Tesscl was attached to the academy as a 

 practice ship, n ml annual 



pin. n month*' trial of the s. 



plan tin- intern seawasstr: 



the cour- 

 of study, with a : take the place of 



Wh vil war broke out ii. 



1861, the academy was r< port, II. I . 



but in the summer of 1865 it was returned to An- 

 napolis, where it has since remained. By an act of 

 Congress, March 3, 1873, the course was changed 

 from four rears to sis years. The present re^ula- 

 provides f ars at the academy and 



two years at sea. From 1866 to 1882 classes were 

 formed and instructed especially in < ' 

 Two acts of Congress, passed fagnst, !**.. 

 March 2. 1889. authorized man . 

 rally |ilaced the academy on :.! footing. 



\ppointments. one naval cadet is allowed for 

 each memU-r te of the t'nr 



of Representatives, 1 for the District o f 

 Columbia, and 10 at large. The appointment of 

 cadet- .nd for t! of Columbia is 



made by t: n-y of the .\ 



SS soon after March .*> in each year SS possible, muM 

 in writing ea-h EMmDSf ami Delegate of tin- 

 that may 



in hi* district. The nomination of a candi- 

 date to fill the vacancy is made, on the recommen- 

 dation of the member or 1 



Cn: >.f the districts 



from which they are nominated, and at the time of 

 their < \.v r admission must be not under 



fiflfon nor over twenty years of a^'e and physically 

 sound, well fon They 



enter the academy immediately af _ the 



and are recpiii 

 aiticies binding themselves to serve m the l'nit.-d 



* navy eight years (includ 



bation at the Naval Academy), unless M-I,. r dis- 

 charged. The pav of a naval cadet is $500 a 

 beginning at t he date of admission. Surplus grad- 

 uate- . i -I -ointments are pi. 

 certificate of graduation, an honorable discharge, 

 anl one Tear's sea pay. 



The Staff. Tie general staff consists of (1) a 

 super and 2 assistants. 1 in charge of 



buildings and grounds, t . in? as secretary 



of the Academic Board: (2) commandant of cadets 

 and head of depart u -h 4 assis- 



tants. The present superintendent is (apt. I'. If. 



f academic and 

 other instruction are thus divided : 



' . .-irtment and X I 

 J .1. -parl in. 'lit and o a iviants. 



: o assistw 



-/. Head Of department ai 

 ant>. 



:. Head nf department and ."> 



"ineiit and "> I 

 /!>*. HI nt and ."i a^-i-tants. 



Head of department u 



-Head ..f department and 8 assist a- 

 iguayrt. Head of ilej.ai t ment ai. 

 ant>. 



f d. -part men! and i! assistants. 

 Q 



nni. director and instructor, 

 .'lached t.. the acad< mic stall 

 are: A coiiiiiiaiiili-r in charge of ships.:; medical 

 o Hi < era, a pay otlic.-r and general storekeep 

 < omiiiis-sary ,, ,- u chaplain, a 



librarian and assistant librarian, a s. 

 marine oflicers. and ."> marine petty oHicer-. The 

 u-Ms of the superintendent, 

 comtiiainiaiit ' : md the hea|s <.f dcpart- 



Hiship. ordnance, n.i 



engineering, mechanics, physics, mathematics, 

 lish, languages, and drawing. Tin- lUar.l ol 



lifted 



ators, 2 members of the 1! Bepre- 



sentatives-. and J citi/ens of St. 



The cadet oflicers include a lieutenant command- 

 er, lieutenant and adjutant, chief petty oflicer, 

 passed assistant engii itant engineer, 4 lien- 



: junior lieutena' 



>.f the first dass and !', .f the -econd class. 

 Including marine oflir. i olli- 



cers ciii:;ii. r ''d in the in-t rnct toi .f <-ad't- at the 

 Academy. ls7-*js. is (14. including 1 captain 

 (the superintendent). Ii commanders. 'J lieutenant, 

 commanders, i! lieutenants, and ! . n-i-n-. The 

 number of civilian professors having that distinc- 

 tive title is 11. 



Classification of Ca^eto. According to the 



last annual report, the classes of the na\al . 

 at the beginning of the acadcim 



;. were distributed as f,,i- 



1. Naval cadets of the class appointed ill 

 performing rei|iiin-: ailoat line di- 



dsion, division, pj. '2. <>f the class 



appointed in l*!i:'> performing n-ijuin-d KITice 



ailoat lit. ineer, l<>. ::. \ 



the Mrst cia< line. > : engineer, 11. -1. <>f the 

 i class. :.:.. :>. of the third . ;. or 



the fourth class. ( .i }. A nmmarT of cadets actnallj 



at the academy October. 1897, snOWB the following 

 result: First class, 39; second class, TM ; third class, 

 71: fourth class. M: total. 'J.V.i. At the academy, 

 but not included in 1 he usual totals, were 8 c. 

 pursuing the post-^radu., 

 struct ion. 



studies. Full details under this ..u be 



found in the i i annual N lemy 



regist. ft to b<- had on application to the 



superintendent Urn-fly." 'he several 



classes embrace the follow r "rth Class. 



First term of first ,dy : niathematii 



algebra, ^ flish language, history; 



nd term : ma' ! 



lages French. Spanish. Tliird ('lax*.- \ 

 term of second year of study: mathernat 



English language, law : 



language?- ^panisli : mechanical -Irawin-. 



Second terra: physics physics, (hemi>try; mathe- 



