This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...under guard or in quarters. Deprivation of leave or recreation. Extra duties or drills. Suspension. Reduction of cadet rank. No officer at the Academy, except the Superintendent, is authorized to order or inflict punishment of any kind; and dismissal from the service can only be ordered by the Secretary of the Navy. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...under guard or in quarters. Deprivation of leave or recreation. Extra duties or drills. Suspension. Reduction of cadet rank. No officer at the Academy, except the Superintendent, is authorized to order or inflict punishment of any kind; and dismissal from the service can only be ordered by the Secretary of the Navy. AMUSEMENTS. The water around the Academy is very good water for pulling, and the class boat-clubs among the cadets have several shells, mostly four-oars and six-oars. The clubs have a four-oar race in June, and a flag kept at the Academy is given to the winning crew, 'whose names are engraved on the staffplate. The class-crews have good opportunities for training and practice, going out twice a day after they have fairly settled down to work for the season. The regularity of their daily life, the total interdiction of tobacco and liquor, the abundance of exercise afforded by daily drills, with the gymnasium and boxing, and the simplicity and excellence of their table, do away with the necessity of rigorous training, and give them at the start a better average form than the ordinary class-crew at college. Base-ball is a favorite sport, each class having a nine of its own, besides the Academy nine. Match games are played on Saturday afternoons, frequently during the spring, with clubs from Baltimore, Washington, and Annapolis. Football is played during the winter, and there is more or less riding on Saturdays at all times. Cadets who cannot swim are required to learn as soon as possible after admission, and; they receive instruction and practice until they are good swimmers. One of the buildings on the wharf contains a swimming-bath for exercise and swimming-lessons in winter, with a tank 30 feet long, 15 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. The water is pum...
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