Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-29
MIDDES GRADUATE (
FROM ANNAPOLIS
Secretary Daniels Brings
Presidents Greeting to 18O
Young Naval officers
POINTS TO RESPONSIBILITY
ANNAPOLIS March 20.

| = ANNAPOLIS March 90.
| Declaring the navy the first and chief arm
| of defense to safeguard the nation, Secre-
! tary Daniels today delivered an inspiring
addresses to 80 midshipmen who were grad
| uated from the naval academy two months
| ahead of the usual time.
II bring you the greeting of your COM
| mander chief. His heart is with you
| today" said Daniels.
! Whatever. in addition to steps already
| taken by placing armed guards on mer-
chant ships this country may be called
| upon to do. its chief and first reliance will
| be upon the navy.
You come into service with a glorious
record ,rdsplendent with noble traditions.
You enter at a time when grave responsi-
| blities fall without days OF waiting upon
| your young shoulders. Today, as not before
| i'm generation. the eyes of your country
are turned in pride as wall as In confidence
| toward the newly commissioned ensigns"
The scene was deeply impressive as Dan
| iels, in the hush of the vast assembly, told
the little group of new officers of the pos
sibilties of the near future.
You are about TO receive your commits
| sion,' he said solemnly "in a day when
nearly all the world is in the vortex of war
and no people can feel that they will not
be drawn into It. In this emergency the
President who has declared the American
| navy ought to be incomparably the most
sion you three months i'm advance of the
| usual period. That fact alone emphasizes
the significance of your early graduation
The new ensigns, he went on. go to COM
mand the finest body of enlisted men any
officers ever privileged to instruct
| and lead"
HAVE GLORIOUS PRIVILEGE
IL feel sure you are ready to do or die
for your duty to the flag" said Superin-
tendent Eberle. who presided at the COM
mencement. Your careers begin when the
world situation is very serious and in 60
ing into the fleet at this time you have a
glorious privilege.
you graduates now realize that the
academy stands for that love of country,
that devotion to duty. that loyalty to the
flag that brotherly love and that intangible
something which makes up the spirit of
the navy"
The 1sO men who were given their diplo-
mas will go to sea within a few days. owing
to the gravity of international relations.
Frederick E. Haeberle, of Los Angeles, is
honor man Of the class.
Although the prize winners have been
decided upon it will be impossible to make
the presentations today. They will be
forwarded to the successful men at "A later
date The sword offered annually by the
Navy Athletic Association for excellence
in athletics will go to Clarence o. Ward,
| of Nebraska. The other prize winners fol-
low:
sc4ssS gc ,ss s' nas OF e. FopG % cup % Be
has done the most during the year for athletics
Sword for ordnance and gunnery to Midshlp-
Gun presented by National Society. Sons OF
| the Revolution, for practical ordnance and gun
merry name Of midshipman to be engraved on
| Cup presented by the Daughters of the Amer
| and International law. to Midshipman r. F..
| Haeberle. .
idsbpman Gsfd Il = %onne Nor,h GSrcns
| Gold Notwithstanding champion to Mdship-
b. Pashe Msrylsna bS Colonel Robert NJ
de V. Headee, Washington state, u
silver medal-Presented by Colonel Ihomp-
| son, 1858, foils championship second place TO
MSshpman p DouEhW,y TGNas' san,smweisht
champion, to Midshpman V. F. Grant, Missis-
sippi. unite. ,,,.,,o,.. ,,,,
| pon to Midshipman b. X. wyatt.
| Bronze medal-Wrestling. welterweight cham
pon, to Midshipman u. y. Rogers. virginia
| Four Philadelphia youths were in the
| class Of 1sO midshipmen graduated from
| the United States Naval Academy at An
apolis this morning.
| The quartet from this city were Walter
| C. Calhoun, Harrison Avery, Leonard b,
| Austin and John o. ID. Richmond. All
of them ranked fairly high in the class.
| There was also number of young men
! from this State in the graduating class.
| Among them were Harold $. Klein, of
| Reading Daniel G. Fox, of Lebanon; How
| ard B. Salada, of Willamsport; Vincent J.
1 Moore Minersville; Davenport Browne, of
| Lancaster; Karl Keller of Greensburg
John n. Walton, Of Gangsford; Albert r.
| F. Ely, of jeanette.