The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-16
many CHANGES IN
BATTLESH|P FLEET
Commanders of the North
Atlantic War Dogs Are
to Be Shifted.

l6.-With the relation incident to the
practical completion of target prac-
tice. officers are specializing as to
the many changes to take place In d.
vision and Individual ship command
ers. The commander-iu-chief and his
staff will, of course. remain when the
final reorganization of the Atlantic
fleet with u battleships is put into
operation before January !.
Rear admiral Badger, commanding
the second division. will undoubtedly
remain in his present command. 1t Is
also possible that Rear Admiral How
ard will remain after taking over the
third division and second squadron,
but he has put in practically all OF his
sea service as a division commander.
Rear Admiral Stanton, commanding
the fifth division will probably be sue
ceeded shortly.
For divisional commanders those
most mentioned are Rear Admiral K
r. Nicholson. chief of the bureau or
navigation; Rear Admiral Austin M.
knight. president of the special board
on naval ordinance at Washington,
and Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske.
member of the general board of the
joint army and navy board. Changes
in the command Of battleships will be
be numerous. 1t Ia said that Capt.
F. M. B. Wilson, now assistant to the
chief OF the bureau of navigation, will
! get the Delaware, in the first division.
With the exception Of Capt. J. A.
! Hoogewerk, OF the Kansas, 1t iS prob
able that every command OF the sec
ond division will be changed. Capt.
Walter Mclean OF the Vermont. has
already applied for transfer. Capt.
/ Albert G. Winterhalter of the Louisi-
ana; Capt. A. F.. Fechter. of the
Rodgers OF the New Hampshire, have
South Carolina, and Capt. Thomas s.
already put In their full of present sea
duty. ... .
In the third division, Capt. Harry
Mel. p. Hughes, captain of the Phila-
delphia navy yard, Is mentioned as a.
possible successor to Capt. Herbert ..
Dunn, OF the Idaho. Capt. William r.
Fullam of the Mississippi, will shortly
be n ievcd to take charge of the
new naval station at North Chicago.
perience as commandant of the New
port training station and at the nav
al academ my at Annapolis, was special
" oh s.n for this billet. He is we'll
know a strict disciplinarian as
well !. Il splendid instructor.
There is no more strict disciplinar-
ian IN tie United States navy than
Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, the
commander-in-chief of the Atlantic
fleet. When officers begin to disre-
gard in small ways "the sacredness OF
the quarterback" and men become lax
in the observance of many of the ship
rs we'll as navy regulations, they find
that their commander-in-chief is OBJ
servant and damands strict adherence
to them. This has been the case dur
ing the present autumn target prac.
tice.
Many of the niceties observed In
port are not required at sea when
work is the order. This. however. does
not mean that carelessness Is permit
ted. Rear Admiral Osterhaus observ-
ed from his flagship, the Connecticut,
the officers on board, as we'll as on
other ships OF the fleet, would some,
times forget and stroll over to the
starboard side of the quarterback
with q lighted cigaret or cigar. 9th
ers would sit down on the bits on the
port side OF the quarterback IN their
leisure moments. Both Of these are
almost considered sacrilege. He lost
no time In sending a general circular
to all commanding officers requesting
that the sacredness of the quarterback
be observed and that officers refrain,
during the day, from sitting on the
quarterback. The circular also got
after the enlisted men. They were or
dered to refrain from smoking in the
boats, on top of turrets. on the bridg.
es in boats hanging in davits, and
were also instructed to be more clean
ly in their personal appearance.
Owing to the constant shifting Of
positions and anchorages on the
southern drill grounds, navigating Of.
ficers find that after long runs they
are put to considerable effort finding
the exact location of the various day
and night anchorages. This has led
to the usual discussion in the ward
room mess and definite suggestion
has materialized as a result.
It is that the aid OF the government
lighthouse service should be solicited
by the navy department. 1t Is sug-
gested that some type Of powerful
buoy such as Is used by the lighthouse
service, should be installed at the day
rendezvous and others at each of the
night rendezvous.
Row She Escaped.
Pauline. who had been attending