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...cuts imposed by the Admiralty Board in accordance with the economy plans of the National Government (TIME, Sept. 21). Because the Cabinet had given no instructions how the pay cuts were made but merely told the Admiralty the total amounts to be saved, the fleet heard last week that midshipmen and junior officers would scarcely be docked at all while ordinary seamen and the lower ratings were to receive a basic pay cut of 25%. Hardest hit were veterans who had enlisted prior to 1925, when an earlier reduction from Wartime pay went into effect with the understanding that sailors...
TIME issue of April 27, p. 62, reports interestingly about Japanese Prince Takamatsu's visit to the U. S. Naval Academy* amnesty for refractory midshipmen* "First time in the history of the U. S. Navy."WRONG, TIME! When benevolent, generous Albert, King of the Belgians, visited the U. S. after the World War, he requested that the Academy's strict regulations of punishment be set aside the day he reviewed the regiment of middies. Several hundred Navy alumni, many TIME readers, remember joyfully King Albert's thoughtfulness...
Following a custom observed by royalty visiting in Asia, honeymooning Prince Takamatsu while visiting the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. asked amnesty for all midshipmen punishable during that day. His request was granted-first time in the history of the U. S. Navy...
...Passed a bill to reinstate at the Naval Academy two midshipmen dismissed for bringing girls into the mess hall; sent it to the House...
...team has won every match of the season by a decisive score, its strongest opposition coming from New York University and Columbia, the first of which defeated Yale, 5 to 4, a month ago. Early in the season the Crimson netmen outplayed the Navy 8 to 1; previously the Midshipmen had won from the Blue...