Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-06
"U-BOAT WARFARE
WILL NOT Terribly US. !"
Continued from Page /. Column L.

Having arrived in Annapolis from
Washington by automobile only a
short time before the ceremonies, Sec
rotary Daniels wore a business suit
which viii serve him well when he
takes up again the immediate consid-
Grafton of the checking of sub-sea ac-
tivities on this coast as soon as he re-
turns to the Navy Department
After his address, the presentation
of diplomas began with the honor man
of the class first, followed in turn by
the eight star" graduates, who, like
him, had made the necessary average
for the full course. These were:
Malcolm F. Schoeffel, Scranton, Pa,
5S194
Thomas C. W. Settle. Washington,
557SS.
Lucian NJ. Grant, Lancaster, Ky,
$500.
James E. ]. Herman. New York
City, 555.sS.
Richard Mckee Rush, Washington,
d. c., 553.43.
James r. Allen, Davenport, Iowa.
551S1
Daniel w. Hand, Jr., Philadelphia,
Pa, 55131.
Charles L. Nicholson. End, Syracuse,
n. Y, 549.54.
Paul w. Hams, Newton, Mass,
54S.04.
The other graduates were then call
ed at random and each received a
warm handclasp and word of con-
graduation from the Secretary along
with the diploma.
Citing to them the heroes of the past
days of the Navy, Mr.. Daniels, said to
the Middies:
From now on you will wear the
uniform of John Paul Jones; of Barry;
of Decatur; of Lawrence; of Hull; OF
Farragut; of Dewey, and of that host
who, great themselves in devotion.
sacrifice and courage. helped to make
America great. Yours is the good for
tune to have added TO that immortal
band the names of those who served
and fought under other flags but who
now are our blood brothers.: whose
sons are now our companions in arms;
whose countries are allied with us in
our great quest The magnificent
Nelson. Blake, Drake, Frobisher, Haw-
kins, DeGrasse-into your hearts
their spirits enter, for you are fighting
for what they fought for-Liberty.
American pity for the suffering vic
Tins and hatred for the methods of the
Hun were touched on by the Secre-
tary- in discussing Americas entry
into the war I'VE have come in with
pity and with hate in our hearts-pity
for those whom soulless international
outlaw had ravished and destroyed"
said he.
That Hunish "frightfulnes" will fail
of its intended purpose Secretary
Daniels declared.
"You men enter upon your careers
of translating these words into deeds
at a time when the enemy has brought
the war to our very doors. Why has
he done so? Does he think to brighten
us by so doing? No. A thousand
times no. He has intensified the fire
of our passion. He has brought home
to us the need of strength and more
strength so that he may the more
thoroughly be stripped of his AFRO
gance.
mo, it is not what he does that
counts. 1t is what we do. He may
bend our lines; he may even break
them but he cannot break our spirit.
With our heads up and our hearts I'M
bowed, the end is certain He will
shatter against our spirit like the
waves against our imperishable rocks
until his strength and his fury vanish
against our unconquerable spirit"
Absolute confidence in the causes of
Liberty and the triumph of the princi-
plies for which we are fighting was ex-
pressed by Mr.. Daniels. OF Germany
he said
"She can never win even if her
armies marched simultaneously down
the streets of Paris and London, for
America mas called into life those
forces that not all the cannon in the
world can kill; those elements of JUS
tice, of Right and of Liberty that no
conqueror can long hold prisoner.
1.-THE Germans are not fighting
against armies only; they are battling
against principles; they are not fight
ing against men; they are fighting
against spirit"
The Secretary then pointed out that
the present class was one of the first
at the start of Americas entrance
upon an enlarged naval program. He
called their attention to some of the
disadvantages of this but predicted
that the advantages of being war
time" class would outweigh its disad-
vantages.
The Secretary then read a message
from Admiral Sims, to the graduates
in which the commander afioat of
Americas forces over there" said in
part, after pointing out that the Acad-
envy training is only foundation upon
which to build real military knowl-
edge and efficiency.
do not underestimate your ability.
If you will make a study of military
character and apply it honestly to
your own case you will recognize that
the quality we seniors value most
highly is the support of our juniors.
This means not simply doing what you
are told, but using your brains and
doing it willingly, cheerfully, jealous
ly and in entire loyalty to the team of
which you happen to be part"