Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-13
POST GRADUATE SCHOOL
or NAVY RESUMES WORK
lcontInned Irom Paga one

4 thai The snip Was sinking AMI Ae4
lby collective heroism. under plans Az
ready worked out by the captain and
ofscers. mainly due to the engineering
force, The miracle 81 that ship return
ing 10 port u4sder It's own power was
witnessed to the glory of the Amer
TN Navy Individual heroism entities
Chief Water Tender O'connor and
Patrick Fitzgerald to rank with inn
mortals: IIoke Smith 10 4 high place.
distinction 10 Commander GuttorEH
sen. chief Engineer. and the whole ca Z
cheering force all honor Executive
f1fiieer Commander taton and Lieut.
Doyle. with the other officers and mon.
Who made up capt Disninkes minute
men
Before this opportunity to display
heroism. engineering skill had made
possible I'll III incredibly short time
the repair 0f the destruction the Ger
man had wrought before leaving this
md other ships one of the most sub.
lie achievements Of the war But Il
vas only signal instance of engi-
neering skill and illustrative OF what
vas done lii designing and building
sulnaritle ellasers ininalayers Eagles,
destroyers ard other craft the char
aeter ~ the wal demanded The
hight of The NC across the Atlantic
was due 10 engineering skill and Yis-
Ion. lis WAS the adoption Of the cleo
trIc drive on dreadnangh
There must be specialization, but
Iii addition there must tie more gem
eraf study of engineering problems By
ill ne officers Ia the Navy Il ought
to be iiap0ssibln FOR any naval ON
GERS to reach the grade Of captain
who had not Had 81 actual tour Of
duty as engineer officer as we'll as I'll
have studied engineering IN the Aead
amy and particularly IN this post
graduate school
IN Is frequently argued that the
field 0f engineering IN so vast that
no one person can properly master i
ftnf In addition 10 master Of the
oIller branches of lie Naval profess
sion Il Is true that the field Of engi-
beers Is Il VAS orc because IN our
ships III @.sl, We utilize machines for
military purposes WIllch involves near
III all the branches of this wonderful
science We have an the various
ypes dc steam engines and We might
well say, gun engines. but the point
which Is frequently overlooked, Isl.
that there Is d vast difference between
the knowledge required 70 operate 4
machine and to build one. One does
not need to know how TO build an all-
totnobile engine Id order that tie may
operate Il In driving the automobile,
although he can onarate his atltoino4
bile with better success and efficiency
df he has some knowledge Of the prin
.ciples which nnderlie the constrnc-
ton Of the engine, and Ii II due To this
TACT that II has been demonstrated
that the officers of the Navy as
whole, can be trained To operate the
engines and to do the general eng Ri
neering duties, although i may not
be practicable to train all officers To-
he expert designers Of the engines is
knowledge of one kind of machine alsa5
greatly assists one III understanding
another kind or machine and If an a sd
flcer has experience iii operating ihea
steam and electrical engines Of q. ship
me- III better fitted to operate the gun
Engines Of the ship and to operate the
ship as a whole. which Is really one
large nachiFe. The operation Of the
engineering departments Of our sili.1
also Involves ID large amount of eNeeti
tive work. due te the large number 81
men required In the engineering de-
partmcnts and the expersenc Wilselg
efficers doing engineering duty have q
this executive nature also fits them
for the other executive duties of tbs
ship, including that of the Commallas
ing 0fFleer
Recognizing, however, that there
Is 4 particular need for small mum
Der iii ofiicers who haze more expert
knowledge than can De required 81 all
officers of the various types Of the en-.
gines and machines, Including the
guns, which are placed in our lighting
ships, We have established this spe-
clal school, called the Post Graduate
depart mont Of the Naval Academy, TO-
give ! com parativeIy small nulnber Ct
ofsieers III special qualifications this
opportunity for specialization II IS
tor me purpose III this special irain-
ing al experts that you gentlemen arc
assigned to this school The number
iii ofilcers needed for this purpose.
however. Is not large and Il is not
aaanaed desirable nov to have 8 large
and separately organized corps t.o
perform these duties although there
must Be 4 rev officers who wiz he es-.
peciaily designated for the service g
expert engineers throughout the entire
length of their service IN the NAVY
II urge vou 10 use every enieavor
10 utilize this opportunity 70 develop
your expert knowledge, with the idea
principally III mind, that you will
thereby be 4 more efficient officer and