The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-27
NAVAL RESERVES
COMPLETE TRAINING
Fifth Class of Officers Will
Be- Graduated Next
Friday.
SHOW HIGH STANDARD
$3.50 Men Have Taken Inten-
sive Course at Annapolis
Academy.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 26.-when the
present class of reserve officers-the
hfth--completes its course at the Naval
Academy. which will be next Friday.
that Institution will have given special
training to just 2.7so young men TO At
them for the holding of temporary COM
missions in the navy during the
emergency connected with the entrance
of the United States into the war This
is only few hundred less than the
whole number of naval officers prior TO
the war. This class will be the last
group assembled. under present condi-
tions. for special training at the
I academy.
Not only have these young men per-
formed the duties assigned to them in
nearly every branch OF the service and
of every kind that falls to the lot OF
naval officer, but they have done II
in manner which has called for the
communication of the officers OF the
regular service with whom they have
been In contact The reports are all to
the effect. that high standard Of eff
cheney has been shown. The work OF
the Naval Academy in preparing these
young men for usefulness during the
present time is one OF the greatest
achievements In the history of the In
stitution.
The first class of reserve officers was
assembled at the Naval Academy on
July s, 1917. and 1872 completed the
fifteen weeks course OF training. One
hundred and eighty OF these were fitted
td perform duty as deck officers and
| twelve as engineer officers. The next
class, consisting Of 2e5 deck officers and
fifteen engineer officers began its work
on October II, 1917. The course lasted
fifteen weeks. and shortly after a class
/ Of 1928 electrical engineers was assem-
bled for a shorter course
Big Glass in 1918.
The third class began its work on
February IL, 1915. There were 437
young men who were being fitted to per
form duty as deck officers and nineteen
as engineers. a special group Of twenty
officers Of the Aviation Intelligence
branch also took short course at this
time
The work reached It's climax during
the summer of 1918. The fifteen weeks
course was completed by 496 deck OFF,
GERS and l9s engineer officers. Two
classes OF pay officers. one numbering
1913 and the other 200, were conducted
through a course lasting six weeks each
/ while a special engineering class num-
berina sxty-six. received certain finish
| ing touches.
In addition to the 3S2 members of the
! fifth class who will complete their course
| next Friday. sixteen assistant naval con-
| structors will complete n shorter course
| about the same time, and the number Is
| completed by group OF twenty mine
| civil engineers and nine aviation intelli-
gence officers who have recently finished
! their work at the Academy.
| II has been pointed out that the ma
| ton Is indebted to the Naval Academy
1 not only for the fact that il has met
| the present need in such a splendid way
the training OF these temporary Of
| ficers being only one phase OF Its work
| but because there will be nearly $500
young men who will return to civil life
| with a better understanding of the navy.
its work and its spirit. and will be able
| to represent II properly to the nation
| and who will be competent to return TO
| the service for any emergency which
| might occur within the next generation.
| OfHcers who Won Credit.
The whole work OF the special inten-
sive training of these temporary officers
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