Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1902 — "Capt Taylor McCoy U. S. N.” [ARTICLE]

"Capt Taylor McCoy U. S. N.”

IS WHAT IT WILL BE SOME DAY.

For the first time in the history of Jasper county one of the valuable and desirable government cadetships has come to this county. Taylor McCoy, only son of Hon. Thomas J. McCoy, has just received the appointment for this congressional district of the cadetship at the U. S naval academy at Annapolis. The appointment is made by Congressman Crumpacker, and Walter C. Burbank, of Lafaj ette, is his first alternate.

An appointment to Annapolis is now considered more desirable than to West Point. The course of study at the academy is four years, and after that four years more are spent in cruising. The life in the navy is more stirring and interesting, and as is now being built up and increased, the chances for promotion are greater. After the eight years are over, the cadets can continue in the service or resign. The education they receive is most thorough, and especially in the line of civil engineering. The cadets receive their board, and $550 per year allowance for their clothing and other expenses. Taylor has returned home from Orchard Lake, Mich, Military Academy, where and at Manlius, N. Y., he has studied for the past three years, and in two weeks will leave for Annapolis and take a several months’ course in a preparatory school, and be ready for his final examination for acceptance. During the years of study and cruising the cadets are given a leave of absence every two years, to visit their homes.