Evening star., 1915-02-14
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Lieut.. Commander, Dudley W. Knox
, L. S. N. was the winner of the first
prize offered \annually by the Naval
Institute for the best theme on ainaval
subject The prize consisted of the
gold medal of the institute. life men,
bership and 5000. His essay was en-
titled The Role of Doctrine in Naval
Warfare The other awards were as
follows: First honorable mention, Com
mander Thomas D. Parker, retired
subject, AN Air Fleet Our Pressing
Naval Want; prize, life membership
and SIPS in cash Second honorable
mention, Ensign Holloway H. Frost;
subject. Tactics: prize. 500. Third
honorable mention, Ensign Robert L.
Merrill; subject, Defense Against
lSurprise Torpedo Attack; prize, SIS.
Several ensigns were this week as
signed to the command of submarines.
When the underwater boats LIB. La
and L-9 are placed in commission at
Quincy, Mass. they are to be command
ed by Ensigns d. J. Friedel, Lewis
Hancock and p. T. Wright. respective
of the C-5. and his place on that
submarine will be taken by Ensign
George A. Rood, now on the Severn.
Ensign Edgar NJ. Williams, on duty
succeed Ensign Hancock in command
Of the CO. while Ensign Charles M.
l11lder who is on the C-1, will take
command of that vessel.
Commander James p Morgan, who
has been the head of the post-gradu-
ate department at the Naval Academy.
since June 1. 1912, has been detached
and will take command of the battle
ship Wisconsin of the Atlantic reserve
fleet.
Ensign Harry Clark Ridgely has been
placed on the retired list for disabil-
Iity. He was appointed to the Naval
Academy from Illinois in 1904, and was
commissioned an ensign in 1911. He
has been under treatment at the Phil
adelphia and Washington Naval Hos
pital for the past year.
Anderson C. Dearing of Kentucky
has been appoined a second Lieutenant
Stevens of California has been appoint
ed as an assistant surgeon in the
Medical Reserve Corps of the navy.
Walter W. Watson. marine engine
draughtsman at the navy yard. New
York. who has been transferred to duty
at the naval station at New Orleans,
passed through this city last week on
! his way south.
Among the naval officers here on
| leave this week were Commander Ed
| ward Watson of the Naval War Col
Franklin. Lieut.. G. NJ. Baum of the
| Marietta. Surgeon r. E. Ledbetter of
the Georgia and Naval Constructor G.
c. Westervelt at the Seattle Construc-
| tion Company.
| Lieut.. W. L. Pryor. on duty at the
works of the New York Shipbuilding
Company. Camden, n j., has come to
IN q CNfN ~ I
| George II: Wood, clerk in the bu-
| reau of navigation, is in Gardner, Mass,
on sick leave of absence.
Admiral William F. Fullam, superin-
tendent of the Naval Academy, to all
the buildings. walks and other features
or the reservation at Annapolis. The
name of Bancroft Hall. the quarters
or the mldshipmen, called for George
Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy, who
founded the Naval Academy in 1s45,
| remains unchanged. The armory wing
| of Bancroft Hall is named Dahlgren
Hall. after Rear Admiral John A. Dahl
gren. The seamanship and gymnasium
building is named Luce Hall, after Rear
Admiral Stephen B. Luce. retired. The
library and auditorium, formerly known
as the academic building. will be named
| MahanHaN. after Rear Admiral AL
fred T. Mahan, retired. The right wing
housing the department. of navigation
and mathematics will be named Maury
| Hall. in honor of Commander Matthew
F. Maury, who was dismissed from the
| navy in 1861 because he Joined the
Confederacy, and the left wing. which
! contains the department Of electrical
engineering and physics. will be known
as Sampson Hall, in honor of Rear Ad-
! miral William T. Sampson. The ath-
letic grounds will be called Farragut
| field, in honor of Admiral David Far
| ragut. Other names are as follows:
| Dewey basin, Santee basin, Reina Mer-
cedes wharf. Porter row, Porter road.
Stribbling walk, Chauvenet walk.
road.
A. L. Laird, bowling champion of the
bureau of navigation, has been chal-
lenged to a ten-game tournament by
Anders c. Stein, a recent acquisition
from Brockton, Mass.
John Cuthbert of the division of op-
erations and Franklin J. Schuyler of
| the bureau Of navigation have been
confined to their homes during the past
week with the grip.
| J.E Alexander of the bureau of navi-
cation has been detained from his
work with a slight attack of illness.
Joseph J. Strella, recent appointee
| to the bureau of navigation. has re-
Gently received a letter from his home
i'll Calabria. Italy, which gives inter-
esting Information relative to the con-
ditions of life in that section of the
universe as affected by the present
| skirmishes in other parts of Europe.
| Yry,~