Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-26
NAVAL ACADEMYS
LARGEST STUDENT
BODY NOW HERE
Greatest Regiment Of Midship-
men Is Augmented BY Fifth
Naval Reserve Class
CHANGE OF METHODS
is NOT NECESSARY
Lists Of Officers Who Will Di-
rect Administration, Dis
cipline And Training

The largest student body in the his
tory of the Naval Academy is now
under the control of the executive
disciplinary and teaching force of that
body. To the 2,11S midshipmen, by
far the largest regiment which has
ever been here, is added 450 Reserve
officers who are taking special
course of fifteen weeks to fit them
selves to hold temporary commits
sions in the regular Navy. The regu-
lar staff of the Academy has the di-
rection of the work and discipline oi
both of these bodies.
The class of Reserve officers re-
ported on Monday, the beginning oi
their work having been delayed foi
two weeks on account of the influenza
at the academy. 1t is the fifth class
for which the Academy has cared
since the United States entered this
war One hundred and fifty of its
members will be trained for engineer
duty and the rest as dock officers
They are quartered in the temporary
barracks constructed for the first
class, a portion of which have just
been vacated by Midshipmen, who
moved to the new South wing of Ban
croft Hall.
Training of Reserve Officers
The officer-in-charge of the training
of the Reserve officers is Lieut.-Comdr
John p Miller. He acted as assist
ant to Comdr. George r. Pegram
who had charge during the instruction
of previous classes, but has been des
ignated aid to Superintendent Eberle
Lieut. Rivers j. Carstarphen is Lieut.
Comdr. Miller's ranking assistant. The
duty officers are members of the las
Reserve class which graduated, ant
hold temporary rank in the regular
Navy. They are: lEnsigns George d
Olds, Jr., Courtney L. Moore, Fred
erick B. Read, Henry L. Knowlton
William c. Chapman, Wallace B
Curtis, William ]. Atwell, David w
Tibbots and Winston r. Wheatley
Ensign Olds is the honor graduate o.
the last class, and Ensign Tibbotts i.
Dave" Tibbotts, of Princeton foot
ball fame.
Superintendent Eberle has genera
charge of the course of training of the
Reserve officers, and Commandment
of Midshipman Standley has full dis
ciplinary and executive control of the
young officers. The instruction is car
ried on by the regular officers anC
/ instructors for the midshipmen.
No Change i'm Methods
n radical changes have been made
in the conduct of the Academy on ac
count of the added burden of great!
enlarged classes and more intensive
training. There has simply been al
Expansion of existing methods and
general buckling down to the in
creased task. Secretary Daniels de
termined to keep Rear Admiral W
Eberle at the head of the Academy il
view of the great Importance of tn
work being done a the Academy ant
his marked success with it. Admira
Eberle had urged that he be given Sc
duty The Secretary, however, heede'
the requests of a number of the high
er ranking officers, and many change
were made with the opening of tn
Academic year late in October Tn
most important of these was the des
ignation of Captain William H. Stand
ley, as commandant of Midshipmar
in place of Captain Louis M. Nultor
Captain Standley, as officer-in-charg
of buildings ana grounds, had been il
close touch with Admiral Eberle.
Administration OF Regiment
Captain Standley's assistants in tn
executive department are: Comman
der Arthur w. Sears, Commando
Sherwood A. Taffender, Lieut.-Comdr'
Henry B. LeBourgeois, j. r. Morri
son, George NJ. Cook, o. c. Greene
Augustus W. Rieger, and Lieuts. I
lB. Conger, H. B. Gilbert and Williar
B. Jupp. Commander ]. B. Taffende
lis chief drill officer, with Lieut.
Comdrs. Morrison. lie Bourgeois an
Greene, and Lieut.. Jubb as assistant:
3 The regiment consists of four batal
ions of four companies each. To eac
company there is lieutenant, lieu
tenant (junior grade) and two en-
signs. There was formerly but on
ensign. The midshipmen commando
the highest ranking midshipman OF
lficer, is William A. Ingram, who's
home is Jeffersonville, Ind. The res
imental adjutant, who ranks a lieu
tenant commander is Emmett P. Fol
restol, of Buffalo, n. Y. The battalio
commanders with the rank of lieuter
lant commander, are: Wesley Mel
Hague, Sandiego, CAL: Merrill
Sproul, Beaver, Mo-; Raymond c. Eel
dis, Newcastle, Del, and Kendall
Reed, Lexington. Mass. 1t is of intel
est to note hat two of the six higf
lest ranking midshipmen-Hague an