Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-09
MANY GREAT CHANGES
At US. NAVAL ACADEMY
Heads Of Departments Are De-
tached AS Expected.
A NATURAL SEQUENCE.
Officers Ordered to Other Details Who
Had Nothing to Do With So Called
Shake -Up"--- -MisapprehensiOn
Of Out OF Town Newspaper.


matters relating to the Naval Academy.
many of the larger newspapers OF the
country are connecting certain changes
in the officers az the institution. which
are to be expected al this time. with the
facts brought out by the court Of in
quiry Which recently held sessions here
As matter of fact the changes are not
>greater in number than those which
have frequently taken place before the
opening Of q new academic year. and
were particularly 20 - expected with
the advent ~ new bead ~ fhe Naval
Academy
As a matter 81 fact fhe meaning given
% the changes was definitely denied
hy Secretary mauieis a was fhe state
meut thar Admiral Fuliam had been
'punishel7 ~ being sent fo fhe pa-iGc
Reserve feef. Thc lafter statement he
characterized a. ruf fn fhe face of
ID this ard in eiea nf the face fhaf fhe
officers detached ccnrase a VERY small
number compared CD nu or those ou
iuty ca the Academy. fhe newspaper
mentioned found sensation ln the or
der. insisted that they were on account
of matters brought uuf by the court
inquiry. and referred % the changes as
-shakeup~
In reality. the heads of but three OF
the departments az the Academy have
been detached. and all of these were
certainly expected. with one possible
exception. Those who know the facts
connected with the affair spoken of in
the press as the "cribbing scandal. -
know that there is hardly a circum
stance 10 connect any of the changes
with this matter For instance, the de
tachment of Capt. l.. H. Chandler, who
headed the department of ordnance and
gunnery last year, and who has been
acting superintendent during the sum
mer, naturally followed the designa-
ton of Commander Louis M. Mutton.
as commandant of midshipmen. In
nearly every other case the change
came as a matter of course
II is the invariable course TO allow a
superintendent of the Academy to Sc
lect an officer as commandant of mid
shipmen, who is next i'm rank to the
superintendent, and who has direct
charge of the discipline of the midship-
men. Presumably, Captain Eberle
asked for the designation of Comman-
der Mutton AS Captain Chandler ex-
ceeds him in rank, naturally the latter
was sent TO other duty. The detach-
ment of Lieut.. NJ. Il. Manley, aid to Su-
perintendent Fullam, followed as equal
ly a matter of course. Lieut.. -Comman-
der Thomas r Kurtz will be Captain
Eberle's aid incidentally it may be
noted that Commander Mutton was a
member of the court martial which
tried and convicted so many midship-
men of hazing in 1906, and is we'll quail
ified to stamp out the practice at the
institution, one of the big tasks which
awaits Captain Eberles administration
Commander Charles f. Preston, head
of the Department of English. and Com
mander John T. Tompkins, head of the
Department of Electrical Engineering
and Physics, laid aside these duties
when they assumed command of ships
of the practice squadron. II was ex-
pected that they would assume other
duties when the cruise was over, as
they had been at the Academy for the
usual term. Commander f. A. Traut
head of hte Department Of Modern Ian
guages. is the only detached officer who
had special connection with the mat
ters covered by the inquiry 1t was
from his department that the advance
information was obtained in some way
and he was also a member of the boarC
of investigation, the finding of which
was not sustained by the Navy Depart
ment. II is not fair, however TO Com
mander Traut to hold that he was de
tached for this reason. anG it is mega
tived by the fact that Comma. .er j. F
Hines, alsoa member of that board. re
mains as head of the Department o
/ Navigation at the Academy.
/ Commander Henry B.Brice has head
ed the Department of Electrical Engi
neering and Physics during the sum
mer only. its duties during that perio,
being light. Lieut.. Commander c. s
Shackford. senior assistant i'm the De
/ partment of Discipline. has been at tn
Academy for the usual period. and IA
] detachment was to be expected. III
/ had nothing TO do with matters investi
gated by the board. except in a mos
indirect way. officers who have bee
assigned to the Academy. but who's
exact duties have not yet been desig
matted are: Commanders Henry II
Hough, Ralph Earle. W. T. Cluverius
Gatewod l.. Lincoln, Harley II Christ,
all of whom will probably head depart
ments. and Lieut.-Com. John Halligar
Jr. The head Of one other departmen
az the Academy may be detached
The announcement of the action q
the department in this matter comes a
something of relief TO the officers q
the Academy, their families and thei
friends. There had undoubtedly bee
rumors that many additional change
were to be made, indicating a defnit
dissatisfaction with conditions at tn
Academy. This has proved untrue an