Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-06-02
PERSONNEL OF THE FLEET.
OFFICERS WHO WILL CON-
MAND SQUADRON.
The S,veral Ships Will Depart For
The Summer Cruise
Tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning at o CLOCK the
midshipmen of the Naval Academy
will embark for their summer cruise.
The three classes of midshipmen will
participate in the fleet maneuvers, in
conjunction with the joint Army and
Navy IN n suve to be held in the
Chesapeake bay between June III
and Ia.
During this week tho sea forces will
menace the shores of the Chesapeake.
| The sea forces have this advantage !:
They will attack and may thereby
concentrate on one unexpected point.
while the land forces will have to
expand their operations and cover
many places at once. The vessels to
be used will be those of the coast de-
fense squadron of North Atlantic
| feet, besides the ships stationed at
the Academy and five additional tor
nedo. boat destroyers. The torpedo
| fiotilla consists OF four torpedo de-
stroyers aud the coast squadron now
| consists of fourteen vessels.
The coast squadron assigned TO take
part in the operations will give the
| midshipmen the opportunity OF partic-
| ipating in aud witnessing the various
evolutions on land and sea. The per-
sonnel of the captains and commander
| n-chief of the squadron is interesting.
First comes the Admiral. His sol
dierly bearing. commanding presence
and professional readiness for the
duties and emergencies of the opera
tions furnishes fine type of the Amer.
lean naval officer. His manner is that
of a man modest but conscious of his
ability to fill the post of honor assign
ed him
Admiral Francis William Dickins
was horn in Beekmanville, Duchess
county, NJ ", in November, lS44.
and entered the Naval Academy from
the Fourth district of Connecticut in
1861. He graduated ia 1864, having
served in the Civil War. He was on
the Monocacy when that ship visited
Siam, and was presented with sill
yer medal by the King of Siam. de
was professor of mathematics in the
Naval Academy aud was detached
from the school in 1880. He served
with distinction as commander of
both the Monongahela and the Essex.
Captain George Augustus Bicknell.
captain of the Texas, was born in
New Jersey Nav 10. 1916. He gradu-
ated from the Naval Academy in 1866.
He has served in the Asiatic and
south Atlantic Stations. He has held
many special assignments, and in
this service in 1902 rescued thirty
survivors of the shipwreeked bark
trinity In his personal appearance
Captain Bicknell represents the dogged
determination Of the best fighting ma
terial in the Navy.
Commander John g. Fremont, Jr.,
commander of the Florida. son of the
first Republican candidate for presi-
dent, Ewas appointed midshipman at
large in 1872, graduated from the Ma
val Academy and has commanded the
Gushing and the Porter.
Commander X. II. Gait. commander
of the Arkansas. was appointed a mid
shipman at large; graduated from
the Naval Academy and has served
on the Tuscarora, Pensacola and the
Mohican.
Commander Charles j. Badger.
commander of the Newark, entered
the Naval Academy June "a, 1869.
He was born in 1853 He has served
| i'm the Narragansett, the Alarm, the
1 Alert and the Monocacy. He was in
| the Greeley relief expedition. At
Ipresent he is the commandant OF mid
| shipmen in the Naval Academy, rank.
| ing next to the superintendent.
Commander Ten Eyck ID. w. Veeder,
| commander of the Hartford. entered
the Navy from New York in 1868.
Commander William +. Halsey, CON-
mander of the Atlanta, entered the
| NAVY in 1869 from Louisiana.
| Commander William II. Fullam.
| commanding the Terror. was born in
| New York state in 1856. and gradual
| ed No. / in his class at the Naval
| Academy. Commander Fullam is one
| of the brightest officers in the Navy.
Over and over again he has had
| charge of the battalion, now brigade.
of midshipmen, and is known as a
| splendid drill master, getting the very
| best out of the corps. He has served
/ also in the departments of physics
and discipline. He is now at the
head of the department of gunnery
| and ordnance, Naval Academy.
Lieutenant Marbury Johnson. com
/ manding the second torpedo fotilla,
| was appointed from Georgia and en-
tered the Naval Academy in 1878.
| He has served at the War College and
on the San Francisco, aud was assist
ant to the United States Minister at
Venuezuela. and also naval attache at
| Caracas.
Lieutenant J. V. Chase. commander
of the Whipple, entered the Navy
in 1886 from Louisiana.
Lieutenant David S. Sellers, com
mander of the Stuart, entered the
NAVY in 1890 from New Mexico.
/ Lieutenant b. B. Mccormick, CON-
mander of the Worden, entered the
| Navy in 1855 from New York.
Lieutenant Roland l. Curtin, COM
mander of the Macdonough, entered
the Navy in 1892 from Pennsylvania.
The coast squadron is the largest
fleet of modern war vessels that ever
gathered at Annapolis.