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a& Econ RP ZS - 2S - VOL. V. NO 16. CLEVELAND, O. APR. 24 1883. $2.00 PER ANNUM SINGLE CopiEs 5 CENTS, REVENUE MARINE CADETS. The young man who, trom the dock of some incoming transatlantic steamer, watches the movements ot the smart little revenue cutter whose officer boards the ves- sel and demands of the captain his papers, or who reads of the capture of a smuggler by a revenue cutter after an exciting struggle or chase, is apt to think that the revenue marine service is a remarkably pleasant one to enter. When he inquires into details, however, and discovers the severity of the examination he is obliged to undergo in or- der to qualify for even the lowest official po- sition, his ardor is very likely to cool. ‘There are four grades of officers in this service,—- captains, who receive $2,500 per year; first lieutenants, who receive $1,800; second lieu- tenants at $1,500, and third lieutenants at $1,200,—and exch one is entitled to all the glory he can earn by valiant deeds or par- ticular efficiency in his branch of the service Since.1876 the officers of revenue service have qualified for the positions,ky. training as cadets on board a schoolship, to. enter \ GS, : Sima) | AIS a, ell physically sound and well formed, and no less than five feet in stature, he will be sub- jected to a written examination in reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, algebra, geog- raphy, history, and grammar before a board of officers and also to be designated by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury. A. standard of profticieucy is fixed by this board, and it the eandidate falls below this standard he will be rejected. He will be allowed, however, to have a second’ examination at the next an- nual convening of the Board of Examiners, and if he fails in this examination his rejec- tion will be final. Candidates who attain the required standard in both the physical and mental examination will be eligible tor appointment and will be placed upon a list in the order of proficiency shown in their examination. - From this list names will be taken in regular order for appointment to fill existing vacancies, such as may occur be- fore the class for the year is made up. Pass- ing'the required examination does. not guar- antee a candidate’s ‘appointment, however, as the list isnot likely’ to be exhausted in ‘BOSTON : FAEARIER | i \) whom he will be,obliged to appear at his own expense. He will also receive a circu- lar presenting an outline of this examina- tion, which is very likely to deter him from making the attempt. Of a class of forty re- cently designated by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, twenty withdrew on receiving this circular. Of the others four were phys- ically disqualified and only six passed the acadéemical examination, and were finally placed upon the list for appointment. ‘The life of a cadet on board the training- ing ship is not an easy one by any means. He is subjected to. rigorous but necessary discipline, and is not allowed the use of to- bacco or liquors. On thé annual three month’s cruise he is subjected at the begin- ning of his eareer, to the exacting labors and trials of a deep sea-voyage, and a test is thus aflorded of his fitness and aptitude for a seafaring life, as any constitutional defect or natural incapacity for the service is likely to be developed within this period. When this practice cruise is completed the cadet si \iven a few days’ instruction in the evolu- which they are obliged to pass an examina- tion at Washington in scholarship and phys- ical ability. ‘The cadets in training at pres- ent are on board the revenue cutter Salmon P. Chase, a bark of about 250 tons burden, which is stationed at New Bedford, Mass., where she performs the regular duties of a revenue cutter, besides affording schooling facilities. he vessel is in charge of Cap- Jobn A Henriques, who exercises a general supervision over the instruction of the ca- dets, although Mr. Edwin Emery, a gradu- ate of Bowdoin College, who was for many years principal of a boy’s academy in Magss- achusetts, has entire charge of the academic studies. ‘I'wo classes of the cadets—the ‘junior and senior—are placed upon the ves- sel at one time, and each year one class is graduated and another is made up ot new appointees. At the close of the annual school year upon the bark the vessel gdes upon a sea voyage for the purpose of giving practical instructions in seamenship and navigation, on which she remains out three months. In order to obtain an appointment asa cadet in the revenue service candidates are obliged to undergo a somewhat severe ex- amination. The candidate’s age must be between eighteen and twenty-five years, and no person will be appointed under any circumstances whose age is not within these limits. He must furnish satisfactory evi- dence that he is of good moral eharacter and of sober and correct habits. He will then be required to pass a satisfactory examination as to his physical qualifications, which will be made by a board of medical officers from the marine hospital service, who are desig- nated by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, as the revenue marine service is a branch of the ‘l'reasury Department. Should the can- didate be found of a vigorous constitution- |, making up the class. In the physical exam- ination specia! attention is given to the vis- ual powers of the candidate, and more par- ticularly to color blindness and: the defects in acuteness of vision. About sixteen per cent of the applicants presenting themselves are found to be physically disqualified for the service, and are therefore debarred from further examination. The academical ex- amination is in arithmetic, in notation and numeration, compound numbers, properties of numbers, fractions, ratio and proportion, percentage, interest, discount, mensuration, and evolution; in algebra, to quotations of the second degree; the whole English gram- mar; the history of ‘the United States; a theme upon a given subject as a test of pen- manship and composition; a written exer- cise in spelling, and a general acquaintance with the geography of the world. To pre- vent the possibility of the. exercise of per- sonal preference in the marking of examin- ation papers, the names of the candidates not appended to their completed exercises, but-each one is assigned a letter or number by which his exercises are designated. Should the candidate receive an xppoint- mentas a eadet, he is obliged to take the oath of office and) pursue the prescribed course of study on board the schoolship tor the probationary course of two years, at the end of which time, if his service has been satisfactory, he will be examined for promo- tion to the grade of Third Lieutenant in the revenue marine. His pay as cadet on board the schoolship is $900 per year. The ap- pointment of candidates for the first examia- tion is by designation of the Secretary of the Treasury who will give an opportunity to any well recommended applicant, After the candidate receives the designation, he will be given notice of the meeting of the Board of Examiners in Washington, before SIDE WHEEL STEAMER BRISTOL. [See Page 5.] ant, and either assigned to duty ona reve~ enve vessel, or put on “waiting orders,’ at two thirds pay. Study stiil goes on after this rank has been obtained, and promotions to higher rank are based upon a system of competitive examinations. ‘The duties of a second and third lieuten- ant on a revenue steamer are the same 28 on a naval vessel—he simply does duty as a deck otticer. A first lieutenant is the exec- utive officer of the vessel, subject to the gen- eral supervision of the Captain,.or he may be placed in charge of a harbor vessel. The duties of a captain are onerous, as ‘he is obliged to enforce the laws for the protec- tion of commerce‘and the revenue, the ob- ject ot the revenue marine service being the assistance of vessels in distress; the enforce- ment of the neutrality of laws between for- eign nations; the enforcement of quaran- tine; the enforcement of laws governing merchant vessels; the protection of mer- chant vessels from piratical attacks; the protection of wrecked property, and the pre- 1 vention of depredations by vessels upon the | tions of a vessel in harbor, upon the conclu- sion of which the vessel is brought to an- chor at New Bedrord, and the course of study entered Npon, ‘The course pursued on the scnool ship is in seamanship. navigation and the theory and practice of gunnery. Proficiency in the latter nee is made nec- essary from the fact that every revenue ves- sel is provided with large guns, and is: fur- nished. with a full complement of small arms for its crew, the same as any ship of war. The offic re, therefore, required to be proficient in military drill, and to possess a thorough knowledge of both large guns and small arms. ‘The crews are also required to be instructed from day to day at the guns and in the use of the carbine, pistol and cat- lass. Commanding officers of the revenue vessels are empowered, in the case of the failure or refusal of any vessel arriving in a United States port, on being hailed, to come to and submit to the proper inspection by a revenue officer, to fire upon her—first acros her bows, asa warning, and in Case of a per- sistent refusal, to resort to shot and shell to compel obedience. The academic —studics are arithmetic, algebra, Geometry, English Langurge, composition, rhetoric and the World’s history. The course for the senior year embraces algebra, geometry, trigonom etry, philosophy, steam engineering, inter- national, revenue and common law, compo- sition and astronomy. After the cadet las passed these examinations satisfactorily, be is summoned before a final tribnoal at Wash- ington, ‘This board is composed of three saptaing, selected from the revenue service by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, who ex- amine him at random in different branches of seamanship, navigation and gunner Then he is subjected to another physi amination, and if: he passes both satis: ily, he is given the rank of Third Lieuten- timber lands of the United States.—V. Y. Sun. ——— STRICT QUARANTINE AT NEW OR LEANS, The Governor of Louisiana hhas issued a proclamation -establishing a quarantine at New Orleans, of not less than ‘10 days against vessels, crews, passengers, and - goes from the Mexican ports of Matamoras, Tampico, Tuxpan, Vera Cruz, and Miniti- tian; Porto Rico and Jamaiea, and the Bra- zilian ports of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and Pernambueo; other West [ndia islands and ports along the isthinus and the coasts of south America to Brazil; the islands of Bar- badoes, St. Thomas, Martinique, Gauda- loupe and Trinidad, and the ports of Colon, Cartagena, Savanilla, Baranquila, Laguayra, Georgetown and Cayenne. The quarantine will gointo effect May 1.) It is unusually severe, and practically prevents intercourse with the specified points. All steamers run- ning in the Havana and Vera Cruz trade will be taken off after May 1 and the trade of those ports restored to New York, while the large coffee trade will be sent back to Baltimore, from which it has been won in the past few years — = The Hon. C. C. Trowbridge, of Detroit, Mich., who died last week, had lived con- tinuously ina house which he built fifty- seven years ago. Tis father-in-law, Solom- on Sibley, was the first American citizen to settle in Detroit after its occupation by the United States in 1796. He himself was the last. survivor of the exploring expedition of 1820, which Lewis Cass commanded, and which explored the Upper lakes from De- roit to the head-waters of the Mississippi in four birchbark canoes, each thirty-three feet long and six feet wide. aiaial