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Title: The New England magazine
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Publisher: Boston : (New England Magazine Co.)
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AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON go through the bottom of one on a tripfrom the railroad-station to the hotel is amere incident. And the black boys whodrive the bony nags — what a sight theyare, with high hats and vari-colored clothes,all too big, and lap-robes made of piecesof Josephs discarded coat! Annapolis is only about fifty miles fromWashington, but there is as yet no trolley-line between the cities, and the dirty, dark,crowded little railroad-station into whichthe crossroad from the main lines lands pas- Because it is cheap in ordinary times, re-tired naval officers have a penchant for An-napolis as a home in their declining years,the place being especially convenient be-cause they have the right of burial in thebeautiful little cemetery adjoining the acad-emy grounds on the Severn River. Just be-yond the cemetery is the Naval Academyhospital, which the midshipmen, never at aloss for a pat nickname, habitually refer toas Our home beyond the grave. June Week begins on Monday, lasts four
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Armory, chapel, and officers houses sengers is characteristic of towns south ofWashington. The train comes in with atooting of whistle, ringing of bell, and theblowing-off of steam, the darkies pounceupon the passengers literally in swarms, thetwo automobiles and the countless hacks re-ceive their loads of passengers, and thewhole cavalcade goes rushing up the dustystreet at a break-neck speed paradoxicallycharacteristic of Annapolis, flanked bycrowds of negroes of the real old Southernflavor, who come pouring out of cross-streets, alleys, and bar-rooms, grinning atthe general joyfulness. days, and the exercises consist in the con-ferring of degrees upon the graduating classby the President of the United States or theSecretary of the Navy; infantry and sea-manship drills; dress parades; sham bat-tles; the annual german of the second classto the Grads; the alumni dinner; and, asa climax to it all, the June ball, at which thebrigade of midshipmen are hosts. Inci-dentally, while all thes

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