Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-31

an emergency upon which the safety
OF your ship may depend
Tralnlmg 4 Valuable Asset.
rs You gentlemen Of the nth re-
serve ofElcers class, who are about to.
leave us. wish to extend my warm
congratulations upon your completion
OF the special course prescribed for
you. and to express my earnest ap-
probation of your fine spirit and earn
est endeayor during your fifteen weeks
at the academy. Notwithstanding fhe.
fact that some of your classmates lost
heart after the armigtice was signed,
and left us To resume their pursuits
In civil life you gentlemen have
proved your character and your mettIe
by remaining here 70 complete the
course. Those OF you who havedecided
to accept commissions for temporary
service will gain most valuable sea ex
perience at d time when the lighting
efficiency OF the navy Is very high
those of you who have decided to re-
turn to inactive duty In the naval re-
serve force will be much better equip
ped for any future call to service by
reason of having completed tElis course
OF instruction and training. and
feel aafe iii saying that no matter
what your occupation may be Ia civil
life, you will find that the self-denial.
the self-relianee, the hard work, the
attention to a aiIs, and the perform
ance Of duty exacted 0f you during
your time spent at the Naval academy
will ever prove valuable asset to-
you
Navy Demands High Qualifications.
we have impressed upon you the
fundamental chara cteristics Of q
naval officer. and we have told you
that unless you can cheerfully and
l0yally obey orders and regulations
even to the smallest detail, and exer
else thorough self~control under all
conditions. you will not be qualified to
exact and maintain discipline and Sc
cure cheerful following among those
whom you will be called upon to lead
end command. The controlling prin-
ciplea of leadership are cheerful and
loyal obligation to duty enthusiastic
and intelligent execution of orders,
and unless you liye up 70 these prin
ciples you will not be able to inspire
confidence fiji your subordinates and
you cannot expect whole soulsd obedi-
ence and enthusiastic support from
them. The navy expects you to pos
sess these high moral qualifications
and does not want officers without
them. You were sent To this academy
to develop and demonstrate these es-
sentiai qualifications which must come
from your individual sense of honor
and integrity
when you Join your ship. you will
and there b willing and cheerful body
Of men, who will ask from you nothing
more than the qualities that command
their respect, their loyalty, and their
obedience and you will find them
ready and eager to follow you IS long
as You car convince them that you
have those qualities
THE friendship resulting from your
time spent here at the academy will
become dearer and dearer to son as
time passes on. and after your first
cruise. you will begin to realize that
the word .shipmate, carries with y
sentiment Of endearment, trust and
comradeship peculiar to the naval
service. Your course through life must
lie true: your course must be stTaight;
there can be no deviation from n
straight course OF conduct and duty
without running into shoals, and hax-
ards. and thus wrecking your naval
career Throughout your naval seTy-
ice. be respectful, steadfast and loyal
to those under whom you serve: snd
he patlent. considerate. just and firm
toward those who serve under you.
Team work Essential
without intelligent and efhcient
teamwork, rendered on time and all
the time, the iighting value Of = ship
win be below par. and she win not Pc
able 10 deliver the powerful broad
assfes. tlaa knockout blows, expected
az her. you will be expected to do
vour utmost 81 tES team work Of your
slalp. 10 give all your intelligence, ali
vour vsxor. sll yoar tenacity AL your
spiris. and your life Il need be, in or
der that your ship may DO her t0il
part on the day Of battle.
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