Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-01-28

uieT as west fOlnLef, so ne
brought his battalion into a high
state of perfection in drill work.
Two things seem rather certain to
the midshipmen. One is that Super
intendent Fullam will do all in his
power TO boom the athletics of the
Academy and the other is that he
will leave no means untried of
bringing the training of the stu
dents to state of unequaled eff
cheney.
His particular hobby, il see ms, is
this idea of his that the military side
OF the navy should be emphasized,
and il almost got him into hot water
some years ago, when he Unlisted that
sailors could be trained to be as good
soldiers as marines. Some high off
cials in the navy foresaw an effort TO
relegate the marines to land duty
alone and bresthed their disspproval.
But Fullam smiled serenely and went
his way. And the public backed him
j n his writings.
Outside of these discussions, which
were published in prominent peri.
obi cal, his principal writings have
been in the nature of text hooks.
One is Handbook of infantry and
Artillery" and another Textbook
Of Ordnance and Gunnery. Add to
all his other qualities the one of d.
plomacy. Captain Fullam has more
than once poured the oil on the trou-
bled waters. A decade or so ago he
was sent in command of the Marietta
to Central American waters at time
when Honduras was distracted with
civil discord. For his work there
the commander of that ship received
commentator both frIm the State
and Navy Departments.
The new superintende mt was ap-
pointed to the Naval Academy Sep
TENDER z5, 1873, and from that time
he has been a hard and successful
worker. He was graduated in 1877,
made ensign in 1880, junior lieu ten
ant in 1886, lieutenant in 1892, lieu
tenant-commande in 1900, command
er in 1905 and captain in June, 1909.
Capt lin Fullam served as a lieuten-
ant on board the cruiser New Orleans
at tbs siege of Santiago during the
Spanish American War His next
important work was during the dis
turbauces at Honduras. After his
return from the West Indies he was
placed in charge of the Naval Train
ing Station at Rhode Island and al
fected such a complete and efficient
organization there during his admin
istration, from 1908 to 1910, that in
1912>he was made head of the Naval
Training Staten on the Great Lakes,
built at a cost of $1,000, 600.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels is
pleased with the prospects OF his new
commandment. Captain Fullam, IL is
said, is in thorough sympathy with
tie ideas of the Secretary, in regard
to the tr aiming aud discipline OF mid
shipmen. As first commandment of
the Great Lakes training station he
made most favorable impression
among naval authorities. The sta
tion was then in its infancy and in
less than year and half he built it
up until il was looked upon as one of
the best ia the whole country. The
work he performed there and the
methods he employed are in a large
way responsible for his selection as
head OF the ACADEMY.
Ia going over the records in the
Navy Department the remarkable
fact is disclosed that Captain Fullam
has drilled and instructed no less
than twenty-five graduating classes at
the Naval Academy, including about
one-thhd Of the men now. on the cap
tain's list in the navy.