Word: naval
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...doing. Fifty-one have been distributed as follows: Twenty to the telegraph office, eight to the medical school, ten to the torpedo school, seven to the mining school, four to the customs department, and two to the government docks. The rest, about forty in number, are in the naval school in Tientsin. A letter from one of the students indicates that the official wrath has been somewhat appeased by the discovery that the boys have not foresworn their country, but have attained real proficiency in many important branches. The young man writes cheerfully about his surroundings and prospects, and frankly...
...House naval affairs committee decided yesterday that the new ships to be constructed under the construction bill should be of "open hearth," instead of Bessemer steel. The amount of steel required will be about 25,000 tons...
...comparative merits of the South Boston Iron Company and the West Point foundry have been presented before the House naval affairs committee...
...important conference of government officials, naval officers and congressmen was held yesterday, in Washington, to consider our naval needs and plans to supply them. A fleet of steel cruisers was deemed necessary...
...spirit of association in clubs and societies is carried to great lengths these days. Among the curious organizations of London are the Additional Curates' Society, the Epidemiological Society, the Mendicity Society and the Royal Female Naval School. Perhaps the suggestion in this last name for providing useful employment for the royal princesses might be well utilized. The artists have a club called the Mauls, and the lawyers are called the Devil's Own. A contemporary expresses the wish that the devil may get his own at the earliest convenient opportunity...