Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-05
4 MORE COMPANIES
IN middle REGIMENT
This Neeessitated by Increased
Number of Students
FOUR TO A BATTALION
Complete Complement Of Officers Is
Announced By Superintendent
Eberle Of the Academy

Not only has the great increase in
the number of Midshipmen who will
| be on duty at the Naval Academy
caused provision to be made for ad-
ditional living quarters during the
| coming academic term which begins on
September 21. and turned things
around in other ways, but the situa-
| ton also makes ii necessary to add
four more companies to the regiment
for military purposes. In other words
the regiment this term will consist
of four battalions, each with compile
ment of four companies, instead of
three as heretofore, so that there
/, will be sixteen companies, as COM
pared to twelve during the last
academic term
Appointments of the regimental.
announced in an order issued by
Captain Edward w Eberle. Superin-
| tendent of the Academy. AS briefly
announced in last nights Capital,
/ Floyd S. Crosley. who was appointed
from Georgia. has been designated as
the Midshipman Commander of the
regiment, the highest military Office
| that a Midshipman may attain.
The regiment this term will have a
roster of between 1.400 and 1900. The
number of students in the new fourth
class alone is nearly 500, this being
due TO the additional appointments
| allowed Senators and congressman
under the special Act passed by Con-
| gress in March last.
| Here is the complete roster of Off
GERS of the regiment:
The officers of the First Battalion
| are:
Lieutenant Commander, NJ F..
Schoeffel: Junior Lieutenant and Ad
| jutant, J. E. Herman; Ensign ahd
Commissary. d. w. Hand, Jr.; STAFF
Petty officer, NJ. II. Stein
| 1st ompany-Lieutenan H. w.
Fitch; Junior Lieutenant, r. II.
Roberts; Ensign, j. B. Noble.
| 2nd Company-Lieutena p. w
7 Haines; Junior Lieutenant, w McC.
Callaghan; Ensign, C. Demarest. Jr.
| 3rd ompany-Lieutenant =. III.
Kincaid: Junior Lieutenant, r. l..
Hicks; Ensign, " H. Schaeffer.
4th Company-Lieutenan ID. ID.
| Francis; Junier Lieutenant. S. G..
Lamb; Ensign, c. ]. Rend-
| Petty officers for the First Battalion
are:
1st Company NJ Johnston, j. b.
| Sykes, E. d. Kern, G. II. Mason. c. r.
| Smith, r. G. Waldron, w S. Barlow
| j. Buchalter
Alexander, r. w Hungerford, r. A.
Dierdorff, p F. Lee, w d. Whitehead,
w E. Tarbutton, p H. Talbot
3rd Company-R d. de Kay, T. G..
w. Settle, D. ]. Sinnott. A. Q. Rule,
Jr., E. r. Winckler, j. w. Cullens. G.
H. Bowman, G c. Dyer. II. S. Wood
man
4th Company-F " Aler, Jr., A. T.
Sprague. 3rd, j. b. Mcdonald. p p.
welch, X. Kirkland, r. G, Rhcton. G.
H. Mills. p. B. Thompson.
The officers of the Second Battalion
are:
Lieutenant Commander. j r. Allen !:
Junior Lieutenant and Adjutant, e. Fl.
Won Heimburg; Ensign and Commits
sary, G. F. Mentz; Staff Petty officer,
E. E. Hermann.
5th Company-Li H. L.
] Challenger; Junior Lieutenant r. A.
| Ofstie; Ensign. c. f. Coney
9Th Company-Li A. p.
Thurston; Junior Lieutenant, l.. G.
| Stevens; Ensign. W. H. Mays.
| 7th ompany-Lieutenant c. X.
Fink; Junior Lieutenant, w. A.
Brooks; Ensign, T. E. Dew Veeder
Sth Company Lieutenant c. B.
Hunt; Junior Lieutenant, NJ. b.
Gardner; Ensign, T. p Wynkoop.
The Petty Officers for the Second
Battalion are:
| 5th Company-C. X. Wildman. ]. l.
Holloway, Jr., d. S. Crawford h. p
| Briscoe. j. c. Williams, NJ p Du-
Val, Jr.. ]. McF. O'Rear, T. 3. Fitz-
| patrick
9Th Company-T. P. Jeter, j. j
Graham, A. r. Staudt. G. W. Bra
shears, Jr., NJ r. Greer, A. p Bur-
leigh, L. ID. Lowry. Jr., j. j. Hughes
7th Company-R E. Jennings. A. S
Adams, NJ. T. Seligman, c. Allen. l.
n. Morgan, L. B. Pelzman, r. b. Tug
gle, w. w Pace
Sth Company-E. r. Hill, T. j
Griffin. H. P. Cook, j. o. Huse, J. c
Richardson. j. s.. Ives. w. c. Wilcox
L. c. Ramsey.
The officers of the Third Battalion
are:
Lieutenant Commander, r. F. Mel
son; Junior Lieutenant and Adjutant
W. G. Maser; Ensign and Commits.
sary, o. r. Palmer; STAFF Petty Officer
A P. Moran, Jr.
9Th ompany-Lieutenant. n. w
Olds: Junior Lieutenant. S. 5
Murray; Ensign, j. G. Crawford.
10th mpany-Lieutenant. G NJ
| Jackson; Junior Lieutenant, c. II
Cushman: Ensign, G. l.. SchetlSy.
! 18th Company-Lieutenant, B
Netting; Junior Lieutenant. D. Fl
| Clark. Ensign. c. McGauly