Word: midshipmen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There is trouble at the Naval Academy Annapolis. The cadet officers of the batallion of midshipmen have resigned, and none of the first and second classes will accept these positions. The third and fourth classes are either incompetent or afraid to accept them. Most of the first-class have been put on board the Santee under arrest. The trouble grew out of charges that a cadet officer had exposed the contents of examination papers...