Evening star., 1919-03-23
SOON CAN FURNISH
MARINE OFFICERS
Naval Academy, 1t Is Said,
Will Be Able to Do So
by June, 1921.
SPECIAL SYSTEM LIKELY
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd March 22.-Those
In position to Judge estimate that
the Naval Academy will be able to
] supply the Marine Corps with its Of
fcers. beginning with the graduation
Of the second half of the present
! third class. which will be June. 1921.
That the Marine Corps will be Of
ficered in the near future by Naval
Academy graduates in the main has
been announced by Gen. George Bar
, nett, commanding the corps.
The first class, which will graduate
. in the coming June, and the first half
of the present third class which will
graduate in June, 1921. will supply
| the Navy With about 500 new officers.
/ The academy is in a position to
train and accommodate 2.4O0 mid
shipmen. This number, it is be
! lieved, would soon more than supply
the need for officers. so that the in
Stitution is readily in position to
train officers for the Marine Corps.
! At almost every period of it's his
tory the Naval Academy has given
| a certain number of it's graduates to
i transferred at their own request.
(, Gen. Barnett is an academy sradu-
! ate also Gen. John A. Lejeune, Gen.
! Albertus w. Catlin and the late Gen.
! Charles A. Doyen. -r
Two Methods Possible.
| No plans have been laid for the
| training of marine officers at the
academy. but it could be accom-
tinuing and expanding the present
procedure of approving requests OF
| ce. tain graduates to be transferred
to the Marine Corps. OF by adopting
a special system for the fitting OF
i midshipmen for commissions in the
! Marine Corps. The latter, it is be-
| lieved, is contemplated.
! 1t is likely that midshipmen who
expect to enter the Navy, and those
/ who intend to enter the Marine Corps
| would pursue the same course for
the first three years, and that the
might do certain special work in the
final year. At present there is moth
! ing in the course at the Naval Acad :
| emy in the nature of field service and
a few other branches which are nee
| essary in the service whose members
| are Soldier and sailor, too
Civilian Teachers Win Fight.
Civilian members of the teaching
force at the Naval Academy, number
ing about a hundred, and mostly as
signed to the departments of mathe-
matics. modern languages and Eng
lish. have won a fight which they
have conducted for years for an i'm
proved status and higher pay. Sec
retary Daniels has assured their rep
resentatives that he will issue an or
der to this end, all the dStails of
which have not been fixed.
The civilian members of the teach
ing STAFF are now designated as in
structors and professors, but, under
the order, there will be Instructors.
assistant professors, associate pro-
fessors and professors. ranking as
named. The minimum annual pay
will be $4,000, $4,000. $4,000 and $500,
respectively. There will be an in
crease based upon length of service.
The order will become effective about
April 1.
Of the Naval Academy. It will enter
tain an organization Of civilians when
the Maryland Virginia District Of Co
lumbia section Of the Mathematic As
socfation Of America will meet there
on May 3. next.