Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 429
s Harbor Island, wherethe oldest vessel of our Navy, the frigate Con-stellation, is moored, are a group of buildings andathletic fields that would be a credit to anyAmerican college. Its setting is picturesque, andthe salt breezes that rule there all the year roundhave much to do with building up… … U. S. S. CONSTELLATION. THE OLDEST VESSEL OF OUR NAVY, AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. equipped with every facility for training, com-plete the spot where the foundation of the train-ing of our American blue-jacket is laid. All recruits enlisted in the Navy between seven-teen and twenty-five years of age…
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