Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
AN ENLISTED MAN
IS NOW AN ENSIGN
Maxwell Case Comes Up From
The Ranks
he IS A NATIVE OF VIRGINIA
Presid+nl Wison Has Nominated a
Youns Warrant Officer for Gem
minionsd Rank ia The Navy

President Wilson has sent 20 the
Senate the nomination Of Gunner Max
we'll Case 70 be on ensign in the navy
from July 90, 1913. Gunner Case is
ON duty at the Washington navy yard,
ind successfully passed the examina-
tion for appointment az q commits
stoned officer.
Secretary Daniels approved the re-
ports in the case, and recommended
the warrant officer to the President
for appointment. Under the law
twelve ensigns may be appointed from
among the warrant officers each fiscal
year During the current fscal year
there were FIVE applicants. including
| Gunner Caise, 20 take the examine
tions for these appointments, arc
each succeeded in passing.
T he other four who were commits.
sioned ensigns from July 30 last are
Frank Hindrelet. on the collier Jupi-
ter; August Schulze, on the receiving
ship at Mare lslsnd; Ralph Martin,
/ on the San francisco and Frank G..
| Kutz on the Intrepid.
/ Secretary Daniels believes that in
/ the future there will be more apph-
cants 10 take these examinations and
4 that the full authorized number of
ensigns will be annually appointed
/ from the list of warrant officers as
/ the result of his system Of education.
Gunner Case was born in Virginia
on January p, 1880, and served for
l over eleven years as an enlisted
I man before heing appointed % gum, 7
on January 10, 1909 He has twenty
/ eight years 70 serve on the active
list before retiring for age He has a
chance before retiring Of becoming q
| captain, and in command Of a battle
/ ship, and also 60 direct the work Of
tho gunners as Capt. Andrew Long,
/ junior line officer of his ank in the
navy became a captain in less than
twenty-five years after he was pro.
NOTED from midshipmRn to ensign.
The new naval militia law will
soon 90 into effect the militia division
| Of the Navy Department now being
engaged n making plans for that pur.
\ pnse. The primary idea Of the bin is
/ 10 give the naval militia thrC ugbOut
/ the country standing similar TO that
of the National Guard Il has many
provisions which, when actually put
I into effect, will place the naval mi
/ litia Of the country on an efficient
/ footing, assisted by the regular naval
/ establishment. One Of the provi.
1 sions OF the law which appeals tc
naval militia officers as well as to the
enlisted men is that which permits
the Secretary of the Navy to send
/ them TO the service schools and col.
leges, with an allowance for quarters
and subsistence.
This will enable certain officers
and men TO spend time at one or more
OF the service schools, getting sys.
tematic training in the handling OF
| war vessels in time OF peace. The lack
/ of systematic training has been one
Of the principal faults Of naval mi.
litia organizations, il is pointed out
by those familiar with the org8niza.
ton. Although several of the nagaI
militia organizations have been run
ming officers schools, this has been
/ the exception rather than the rule.
IN this connection the militia division
OF the Navy Department is NV
working on plan for a systematic
course of study for naval militia Off
GERS.
While tie work is yet in a tentative
state, it is expected that some thing
definite will be announced within a
short time. When completed, it is
declared, it will assist materially il
training naval militia officers