Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-31
d s TALKS
TO RESERVE OFFICERS

] der whO hmd been stunned hy bis fall
into the water. i swfft tide was run
ming hi gIae time. which t0Ok them b0th
about one third 81 . mile from the
ship where they we're both rescued By
Isfe-boat
sTseutennnt- Commander Holgeg E
Berg received i commentator report
|om the engagement Of the u 81 s.
/ Lake Forest with an enemy sabmarine
While Oh heir return voyage from
clyde, Scotland, June 81, 1918, Special
credit ii given this ships company
during the engagement
Ensign Hugh a. Campbell has been
recommended for the French War
Cross Tor his exceptional daring as q
chasing pilot Of the air. having sew
eral times fought within the enemy
Inca. and attacking trenches n low
attitudes
Lieutenant Commander P. A. Gut
termaon. an engineer ofllceT OF the q.
s. S. Mt Vernon succeeded II getting
his ship to port under her Owl pOvFeF,
although the greatest damage done 10
the vessel By the explosion Was In the
engineers department 0alcers and
men were obliged To work under the
greatest ditiiculties and In constant
danger.
Bpeeisae Gases OF Bravery Cited.
Lieutenant Davis s. EngaIlq has
been awarded Distinguished Flying
Cross By the British government for
leading hight of nye bombing ma
chimes on low bombing raid on Uyt-
kerke aerodrome, obtaining q direct
nit ON his hOmeward journey he shot
down d two scatter enenay plane In
flames He had participated In other
low raids doing good work with bombs
and machine guns lii each case He
also s6os down an enemy kite balloon
In DANES near 0stend His keenness,
courage and daring disregard Of dan
ger ara exceptional and are examples
TO hi,
'Boatswain Thomas II Yenny has
been commended BY Admiral Sims for
the promptness with which his vessel
followed up the attack Of an enemy
submarine and the efficient manner la
which that attack was carried out, re-
suEtirg Lii the apparent disablement OF
the enemy submarine which was
forced to return To its base and in
tern al q Spanish port
Lieutenant Commander John III.
Madison. commanding the u, s. s. Tic
onderoga. has been commended for the
manner in which lie fought. ard espe-
cialiy against the attack os an enemy
submarine In spite of serious casual
ties. both TO the ship and to the per-
sonnet. Lieutenant Madison was
wounded at the first discharge Of the
submarine, but he caused himself To
be placed In an armchair on deck, and
during the entire action gave such dir
rections aa we're possible under the
circumstances
When the war began the first and
chief need of the navy was capable Of
acers There we're only four sources
of supply to supplement the graduates
or the Naval Academy. First, the ex-
perienced men who had risen to the
grade Of warrant officers already iii
the navy whose practical training par
ticularly qualified them for the imme-
diate duty In hand: second, men Ia the
merchant marine who had knowledge
OF navigation and capacity for leader
ship; third. men from civil life Awho
had seen service IN the naval militia,
and fourth, quick and active young
men In civil life who felt the cail To-
service aisoat. The first three classes
we're at once taken into the navy and
given positions OF responsibility and
they have more than measured up to
the expectations OF the old-sime naval
officers. Some Of them Indeed have
reflected so much &redit that their
service IN the places to which they
were assigned has been unexcelled
The need was still very great after
commissions we're given to the firat
three classes for ofHcers and We turned
TO the young men IN the schools, In the
shops and On the farms. who had apti-
tude and alertnesa. Most Of them re-
ceived their intensive training on
board ship but We have been able to-
NEAAN Attu kAaAddtE HS ALtG 39SANMk 5AG4U-
envy i 700. including the class of 10
who graduate today
Won By Merit.
The men selected for instruction at
Annapolis secured their designation by
competition with all other reservists
iii the navy and. therefore. they come
with the imprimatur Of approval from
ships or shore stations Your prede-
cessors went Immediately from this
thorough and intensive course 10 Inn
portant service afioat and from adj
nirals and captains. received such
reports as must gladden. the superin-
tendent and instructors Of the acad-
envy and which gave proof Of the EN-
cheney OF reservists. These young men
have mastered the rudiments Of naval
learning and naval practice Under
the impulse and stimulus Of war they
have done 80 well that they have given
those who enjoyed four-year course
here keen competition 10 see which
could do most for their country in
,nSsa days ~ afr0ss IN i1nn ~ btnfS3m.