Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-12-17
WHAT Mr.. MUDD'S APPOINTMENT
ON NAVAL COMMITTEE MEANS.
Young Congressman Has Promised
Ferry Boat to Ply Between Acad-
emy and Experiment Station---
Shall We Lose New Naval
Laboratories?
(Communicated.)


Dear Editor-In your issue of the
10th instant, / notice the small news
item of the appointment of our mem
Der Of Congress to the Naval Affairs
Committee. Instead of small insig-
nificant little note like this, you should
Ono offense meanD have given it full
column on the front page. Why
Well, let's see what the appointment
OF Hon. Sydney E. Mudd to the Naval
Affairs Committee means to Annapolis.
When a young man doing his first
term in the House is put on the very
best and nose important committee.
there must be some cause for such ap-
pointment, as we all know, Mr.. Mudd
is a Republican. Annapolis, the home
of our Naval Academy,is in Mr.. Mudd's
district, and it is mighty good thing
to have a friend in court" as he, no
doubt. viii use all OF his energy and
endeavor to maintain the high stand
ing of this great school: to obtain the
necessary appropriations required for
its upkeep and Improvement
The late Sydney e. Mudd spent the
best years of his life working for the
Academy, and it is very fitting and
proper that, the son should follow in
the footsteps of the father" Mr..
Mudd has already promised the writer
TO look into the necessity of an ade-
quate ferry boat TO be used between
the Academy and the Engineering Elk
perimental Station.
To be able to get anything from
Congress Gin the naval line) it is alb
solutely necessary TO get the approval
of the Naval Affairs Committee, and it
is infinitely easier to get this approval
when one of its members is on that
committee Maryland is very fortu-
nately situated in having two mem
bers in the House. and one in the Sen
ate on this. the most important of
committees.
Speaking of the Engineering Elk
pertinent Station, do the merchants of
Annapolis realizes that there are about
ninety to one hundred people employed
there? Do they realize that Philadel-
phia and Baltimore and many places
are Offering inducements to the Navy
Department for the new experimental
laboratories? Do they realize that if
new laboratories are built elsewhere
that our engineering experiment stat
ton would dry up and blow away?
We have already lost the aviation
camp, so let's wake up and don't lose
any thing more We all know the
advantages of Annapolis for this new
enterprise, and so does Mr.. Mudd and
Mr.. Linthicum. who viii work for it,
but let them know that you want it.
There are men at the Experiment
Station who have come here and in
vested their money, built homes and
are spending their money here. It is
up to the Mayor, City Council, mer-
chants, one and all. to see that they
do not have to move away
Philadelphia lays claim TO the new
laboratories. Why Philadelphia isn't
on salt water. That alone is enough
to put her out of the running You say
what good is salt water2 Well. as ma
val machinery, pumps. etc. must be
able 10 Withstand the effects of salt
water. and to properly test them out
YOU must have an unlimited supply of
salt water
In concluding. ! again say that the
appointment of the Hon. Sydney e.
Mudd to the Naval Affairs Committee
is one of the best things that could
have happened 10 Annapolis Be
prepared.
AN INTERESTED TAXPAYER.