John Alexander Logan epub The Volunteer Soldier of America (Classic Reprint)

Tents. xi Grotesque perversion of language Reappearaiiee of Samuel j. Soulhard asS enator from New Jersey Revival of tiie subjeet of a naval academy Curious memorial and resolutions of commissioned and warrant officers of the U. S. ship Constiiiition, looking to the establishment of a fixed naval schoolS enator Southard reports another bill creating an academy A nother defeat of the movement The irresistible force of evolution transforms the former dominie of the receiving ships into a professor, while the-annual appropriation bills provide him with a salary, instead of his previous wages Pay of the middies in 1S35 Renewal of the efforts to obtain a fixed school byS ecretary A. P. Upshur in 1841 Quotations from his very able reports A nother bill prepared locating a school at or near Fortress Monroe The bill again fails A further example of evolution The old schoolmaster of the receiving ship, having become a pi ofessor of mathematics, is authorized by special law to live and mess with lieutenants Passage of an act authorizing the appointment of engineers and assistants in the navy on steam vessels The valuable paper of Secretary Upshur in relation to naval education Failure of theS ecretary to obtain legislation Attempt of Secretary Bayard, in 1845, to obtain legislation for the creation of an academy Outline of theS ecretary sbill, and quotation of his able report The old battle re-fought, and the champions of a naval academy again defeated in their cherished project 286 CHAPTER X. The attempt to obtain Congressional legislation to create a naval academy is finally abandoned Advent of the Polk administration Deterrnination to establish the academy A quaint but powerful suggestion There being no law prohibiting the establishment of an academy, sufficient warrant held to exist for its creation Action of Secretary of theN avy George Bancroft during the recess(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)