Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-09-09
MANY NEW OFFICERS
Some Marked Changes AT The
Naval Academy This Year
MIDDIES WILL SEE NEW FACES
When Academic Year Begins October
First There Will Be Many New Faces
Among The Junior Officers

Although there will be hut few
changes in the heads of departments
at the Naval Academy upon the open
ing of the academicIyear, October ],
yet the brigade of midshipmen will
see many new faces among the junior
officers, who are the assistant in
structors in the several departments.
A number of changes in the depart
mental chiefs were, however, made
just before the close of the regular
term in June. so that these are prac-
tieally regarded as new. The single
change that win formally go into
effect in October is that of the head
of the Department of Seamanship,
which billet will be filled by Lieut.
Commander Benjamin F. hutchison.
He succeeds Commander Charles B.
Britain, who commanded the battle
ship Massachusetts during the late
summer cruise of the midshipmen.
Commander Britain, who is now on
leave, will shortly receive perma-
nent sea assignment.
Commander Robert Z. Coontz, who
has been acting commandant of mid
shipmen and head of the department
of discipline during the summer, in
place of Capt. George r. Clark who
was flag officer of the cruising squad
ron, will permanently fill that job in
the coming term.
Captain Clark is going to sea. At
present he is commanding the battle
ship Iowa, which is to be used for a
series of tests of a new method of
coaling warships at sea white under
way. Captain Clark only filled the
duties of commandant for a few
months prior to last June, when the
cruise began, having been taken
from the Department of English to
succeed Capt. Charles A. Cove, de-
tached and ordered to command the
dreadnaught battleship Delaware.
At that time Commander Edwin II.
Durell, who was senior assistant to
the commandant, was transferred to
the head of the Department of Eng
ish, and he will hold this the eom-
ing term. Commander Coontz was
formerly officer in charge of build
ings and grounds.
Other changes effected just before
the close of the years work in June
were in the Department of Ordnance
and Quincy, of which Commander
Louis M. Mutton is the head, having
relieved Commander Harry X. Hines,
and of modern languages, of which
Lieut.. Commander S. V. Graham is
the presiding officer. He relieved
Commander Harry F. Bryan, detached
and ordered to sea.
A number of the junior officers now
on leave, will upon their return be
greeted by orders detaching them to
sea duty, having completed their
terms of service ashore. 1t is stated
by officials that some 80 or 40 changes
along this line will be made, but the
Navy Department has not made up the
list of new officers who are coming to
Annapolis.
In order that no delay will be ex-
perienced in starting the wheels of
the Naval School in motion on Octo-
ber /, 'twenty-four midshipmen who
failed in one or more subjects at the
last annual examinations in June, are
under orders to report their return
from leave four days ahead of time
to undergo denominations. Of the
twenty-four behind in their work,
eight are members of last years Sec
ond class; five of the third class and
eleven of the fourth class.