Subtitle: With Biographical Sketches, and the Names of All the Superintendents, Professors and Graduates, to Which Is Added a Record of Some of the Earliest Votes by Congress, of Thanks, Medals, and Swords to Naval Officers General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1862 Original Publisher: D. Van Nostrand Subjects: Annapolis (Md.) Annapolis, Md Fiction / Classics History / Military / United States History / United States / General Literary Collections / General Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Political Science / Constitutions Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL. – COMMANDER UPSHUR AS SUPERINTENDENT. – REVISED REGULATIONS. – A PRACTICE-SHIP.-COMMANDER STRIBLING AS SUPERINTENDENT. – THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE PRKBLK – THE FOUR YEARS’ COURSE. – THE PROFESSORS AND OFFICERS. Permission was granted by Congress, on the tenth, of August, 1846, to expend
an amount not exceeding $28,200 under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy for repairs, improvements, and instruction at Fort Severn, Annapolis, Md., and this modest pro- vision for the wants of the school, was found sufficient at that time for its economical support. An amount similar to the above was appropriated again in 1847, for repairs, improvements, and instruction, and for the purchase of land not exceeding twelve acres, for the use. of the Naval School. Commander George P. Upshur, a native of Virginia, succeeded Commander Buchanan, also, in 1847, as the Superintendent. The administration of the affairs of the school, in its infancy by the latter, is described as judicious, and theinstit…