But the Naval Academy has a field of its own of great importance. These required duties regulate the nature of the training at Annapolis of the young men who will soon be called upon to perform them.Īnnapolis does not produce admirals and captains higher naval training comes with service afioat under responsible duties. They must direct the workings of large bodies of men under various circumstances, manage boats in bad weather, maneuver and navigate the ship. They are called upon to manage and care for boilers and steam engines and their appurtenances, for electric and hydraulic and air engines, for guns, turrets, torpedoes, and explosives. The duties devolving upon officers on shipboard determine the scope, extent, and nature of the Annapolis training.Īboard ship officers control an organization that moves with abso- I u t e precision The purpose of all this is to provide a place where young men may be trained for commissions in the navy. In its crypt the ashes of John Paul Jones will find a worthy resting place. The Memorial Chapel with its ambitious dome is perhaps the most striking of all the buildings. Next comes the Steam Engineering building, of enormous s i z e This includes the machine s hop, foundry, and other shops and rooms. The front of the Academic building is especially beautiful. In this are the library, the auditorium, class and lecture rooms, the educational electric plant, the chemical laboratories. The next in importance is the Academic b u i I ding. In viewing these structures one is impressed by the ambitious arches of the Armory, and the ornamentation of the exterior of all this stone work. T h e s e are all buildings of huge dimensions, and yet form but different parts On one end of Bancroft Hall is the Armory, cn the other end the Seanship and Gymnasium building. The most important building is Bancroft Hall, where the midshipmen are In the center of this, facing the beautiful Memorial Hall, considered by competent architects to be of exquisite design. ON the Naval Academy at Annapolis the government has spent $10,000,000 in the last nine years, with the result that the school now has magnificent massive stone buildings designed to last for all time.
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