Navy Cadets: 1894

Looks like there were no uniformity requirements for cadets' footwearback then. I don't think there was even as late as the 1930's. I recall a pic (here on Shorpy), of an American general from around 1938, posing with a Spanish officer (?) and he's wearing wing tip brogues.

Do they get a Pipe after they're assigned to a ship?

My 'vote' is for the fellow that already has a beard; front and center in this picture, but I still think "Bulldog" is an apt nickname for the fellow on the far right, front row. Wonder if his last name was 'Drummond'?

I'm guessing that Reeves is either the gentleman enjoying a bear hug or the one sitting left of the fellow who looks about 3 seconds away from bursting into tears.

Third row from front, far left = Robert De Niro in "Once Upon a Time in America".

Will never come back into style. Shemp Howard ruined it for us guys.

The same group appeared here previously.

One of these young men is Joseph “Bulldog” Reeves, inventor of the football helmet and a naval aviation pioneer. Read about his helmet here: http://www.yesyoucandoitclub.com/craig02.html and his distinguished military career here: http://www.militarymuseum.org/Reeves.html

Apparently the class survived the vicious hazing at the Academy back then, as seen here:

Rear Admiral Washington Lee Capps (31 January 1864 – 31 May 1935) USNA Class of 1884

John Martin Poyer, 1861 - May 12, 1922, USNA Class of 1894. 12 Naval Governor of American Samoa.

Awarded The Navy Cross for quarantining American Samoa during the flue pandemic of 1819, there were no flue deaths in American Samoa due to Poyer's action.

The attached was taken in 1928. Rear Admiral Joseph M. Reeves is front center. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1894. Can anyone find him in the 1894 class photo?

I almost corrected the post to point out they are "midshipmen" and not "cadets," but it turns out the term, or rank, of "midshipman" was not permanently adopted until 1902.

At any rate, cadets/midshipmen with facial hair? Not so much these days. And some of these fellows sure look a bit weathered for men in their late teens to early/mid 20s.