... of his bed. Books had to be piled high to keep these marks from Capt. Buchanan during his daily inspection. Franklin Buchanan, he who afterward commanded the Merrimac in the first day's fight in Hampton Roads , was sent to organize the school in its new condition. Buchanan was one of the tartars of the service and the way he slammed us about in those early days of the naval Academy was a caution. It to...