Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-08-29
INADEQUATE HOUSING
ADVANCED AS REASON

ADV ANAED 40 NEh0ON
There is no chance OF the Navy Post
Graduate School being removed from
Annapolis to some point near Wash
ington, at least in the near future. and
word to that effect has come from
the Navy Department
This statement was authorized to-
day by Rear-Admirai Henry b. Will
son, superintendent OF the Naval
Academy, in view of reports recently
published in the press. and ii has been
the subject of much discussion for
the last several weeks. Admiral Will
son is. however. admittedly in favor
of a removal of the school to some
other point, largely because OF what
he regards as inadequate housing ia
cilities. high rentals, etc, here in An
napolis. Calling attention to this con-
lition of affairs, Admiral Wilson also
recommended to the Navy Department
the removal of the school. He plans
to follow this up in his annual re-
port.
Question Much MOOted
The proposed removal OF the school
has been a much mOoted question In
naval and civilian circles as we'll; so
much so, according to report that Il
moved Commander j. o. Fisher, To
ask to be relieved from the duties OF
dean of the school. He was relieved
only recently, and assigned to a post
Oh the Pacific station. His successor
has not as yet been designated
Meanwhile, the duties of head OF the
institution have fallen upon two
younger officers.
Business people of the city natural
ly became greatly aroused when re-
ports of the removal proposal seeped
out, because to carry the plan into
execution would mean a serious blow
to the city, in view OF the large num-
ber of officers who pursue post grad
uato studies at the school, coupled
with the clerical force employed there.
who maintain homes In Annapolis.
What Service Paper Says
Commenting upon the proposition.
the Army and Navy Register, a sorv-
ice paper, in its issue of Saturday
last, has the following TO say:
"The presence of about seventy ma
val officers, mostly family men. at An
napolis undergoing the postgraduate
course, has greatly aggravated the
housing situation, and Admiral Will
son is quoted as being very desirous
of relieving the situation, even IL dras-
tic action is necessary. At the De-
partment IL is said that no satisf9U-
tory remedy for the conditions COM
planned of has been worked out. 1t
would not serve to improve the hous-
! ing situation to bring the post-grad
uate school to Washington, where the
scarcity OF houses and apartments Is
about as bad as anywhere In the coun-
try. The suggestion made that the
school be located at the new naval
laboratory at Bellevue, near Giesboro
Point. below Washington, would make
bad matter worse, since there are
no living quarters in that vicinity,
and the laboratory is still in an un-
finished state. Hampton Roads has
been considered, where there Is am
pie ground available, but with the
transfer to the operating base OF the
submarine activities and the aviation
station there are no living quarters
in excess, and, indeed, the demand for
officers quarters has already exceed
ed the available supply. There has
been some consideration given to the
abolishment of the naval post-grad-
uate school and In lieu thereof to send
the officers selected for postgraduate
instruction directly to the universi-
ties, where they will receive the ad-
vanced education; but the advantages
of maintaining the school where a
basic training is given for the first
period Of several months. covering
subjects like chemistry, mathematics.
ETC., which are prerequisites to the
subsequent specialized instruction, are
sufficient to outweigh the additional
cost Of maintaining the postgraduate
school. This problem is under con-
sideration at thWNavy Department
but with no immediate prospect of a
J solution or of a change, as indicated
by the fact that only within the past
! few days additional classes were or.
n dered to the postgraduate classes tc
assemble at Annapolis in September.