The Washington herald., 1921-08-30
EIGHT .MIDSHIPMEN
RESIGN FROM NAVY
ACADEMY SERVICE
Over 200 Others Will Be
Disciplined for Con-
duct on Cruise.

ANNAPOLIS. Md, Aug. 29.-Eight
midshipmen. all members of the
two upper classes, have resigned. be-
cause, as they stated, they are
tired OF the naval service and wish
to get back into civil life: and 215
others oS the regiment of students.
just rtturned from their summer
practice cruise, will be denied all
or part of their September vaca-
tions, and detained at the Naval
Academy to be disciplined or study
for denominations in branches, in
| which they were found deficient at
the annual tests in June. This was
announced today by authorities of
the institution.
The designations were submitted
through Rear Admiral Charles F.
Hughes. commanding officer of Bat
tleship Squadron No. 2, which con-
veyed the student body on the
cruise, to Rear Admiral Henry B.
Wilson. superintendent of the Acad-
emy, and promptly accepted by the
Navy Department. The proportion
of the 215 who will go on leave is
not stated. Their punishment will
be for commission of minor infrac-
tions of the regulations during the
cruise, and the extent of it is yet
to be determined.
Those who elected to resign are {:
Edgar Lewis and William A
fSchaefrer, jr.. Illinois; John p. Alice,
Indiana; Miles w. Pennybacker
West Virginia; Alfred w. Schnei-
der. Wisconsin. and William A. L.
Sibley. Georgia, all of the second
class; and George E. Barnett, Ten
nesses. and Harold G. Damieley,
West Virginia. third class.
Admiral Hughes announces that
the midshipmen crew of the Flag
ship Connecticut won the annual
rowing contest for the Lysistrata
Cup The race, which was in craft
of the whale boat" type, took place
at Guantanamo. Cuba, on August %.
and the name of the winning crew
Will be engraved OIL the cup, which
is retained at the Academy.
This race was one of the big fea-
lures of the cruise. The winning
crew was as follows: X. c. Ken
dali (coxswain), T. B. Hill, K. NJ
McLarOn. ]. w. King, 3rd, L. B. jan
don. S. Lindsay. E. Massen. r. B
Levitt, P. X. Leberman, H. L. Mop
ping, W. Lardner, +. W. Lauren.
and ii. A. Ingram.
Preparations were complete today
-or the Decentralization of the LOO
midshipmen from the ships by S
O'Clock tomorrow morning, and
those not under restrictions will be
privileged to start oil their leave at
once. The entire squadron will weigh
anchors during the day and leave
local waters. The Connecticut and
South Carolina will go direct to
League Island Navy Yard, Philadel-
phla. and the latter vessel soon will
undergo inspection at the hands of
naval board of inspection and sur
vey. The Kansas. Minnesota and
Michigan will proceed to Hampton
Roads. where they will coal.
Admiral Wilson. superintendent
OF the Academy, was host tonight at
an official dinner at his residence
on the government reservation, in
honor of the squa1 1ron commander
and captains of the respective ships.
The guests were Rear Admiral
Hughes. his aide. Lieut. Comdr.
Harold W. Kingman; Capt Ralph E.
Earle. Flagship Connecticut; Capt
F. Y. Brumpy. Kansas: Capt. G. L.
4. Stone, Minnesota; Capt Thomas
T. Craven, South Carolina, and Capt.
FL. B. Butler, Michigan.
The Navy Department today in
formed authorities of the Academy
that Capt. Enrique G. FIiess, naval
attache at the Argentine Embassy
at Washington, will visit the in
stitution on September 9, accom-
panied by Capt. Arturo Ferreira,
also of the Argentine navy.