. Book of the Royal blue . ecapable in the service must be a man ofmoral character, robust health and manlyattributes. To be capable and successfulhe must possess this trio as well as the tech-nical knowledge of his profession. Thisthe Na\al Academy gives him. While this description has been in pro-gress, the inspecting officers ha\e beguntheir rounds. Immediately upon gun-fire,they, in their several sections, give a quickrap on the room door of the midshipmen,and instantly open it, and the midshipmenin the room, two to an apartment, are ex-pected, under penalty, to be up, and in theirnight ro
. Book of the Royal blue . ecapable in the service must be a man ofmoral character, robust health and manlyattributes. To be capable and successfulhe must possess this trio as well as the tech-nical knowledge of his profession. Thisthe Na\al Academy gives him. While this description has been in pro-gress, the inspecting officers ha\e beguntheir rounds. Immediately upon gun-fire,they, in their several sections, give a quickrap on the room door of the midshipmen,and instantly open it, and the midshipmenin the room, two to an apartment, are ex-pected, under penalty, to be up, and in theirnight robes, to stand at attention! to theofficer. Then he passes on to the , and so in regular procession to theend of his round. A half hour later asecond inspection occurs. Then the mid-shipman must be dressed, his windowsopen, and his bed-clothes turned down forairing. At twenty minutes to seven the buglesounds for the first formation, roll-call andbreakfast. At the end of the meal the THE USITED STATES NAVAL THE GRAND CHAPEL IN OODRSEOF COMPLETION. chaplain recites the prayers of the bricjade files out of the mess hall, andthere is a mighty scurrying of feet to takemidshipmen up to their rooms to sweepup, make beds, and put their apartments inorder for the third inspection, which meansthat everything must be in proper navy fixes responsibility on the mid-shipmen in dereliction, if the room oranything in it be out of order by makingthe midshipmen, in alternate order, takethe care for a week at a time of their midshipmen have their ways. Someof them have the rising act so well in handthat they can stay in bed and sleep untilthe inspecting officer knocks at the door oftheir next door neighbor, and then be upin time to answer inspection when theofficer reaches their room. THE WORK OF THE DAY. At eight oclock the bugle sounds forrecitations and study hours. If the scheduleshows that a midshipman has a recitation, hejoins his section and ma
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