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C . c c l p i t t , i g , i t CONTENTS ' A K H I S T O RI C L S ETCH _ SUPERINTENDENTS BOA RD OF VI S ITORS OFFICE -R S A N D CIV ILIA N IN S TRUCTORS ATTA CHED TO T H E UNITED STA TE S N A V A L ACAD EMY ; A L S O ACA DEMIC B O A RD — I S H IP N FFIC S A N D TTY FFIC S - CA IC A 1 933 3 4 M D ME O ER PE O ER , A DEM YE R A A ZA S U 1 SECOND CL S S ORG NI TION , S MMER OF 933 A CTIC UI S U F 1 933 PR E CR E , S MMER O STA TI S TICA L D A TA OF T H E GRA DUA TING CLA S S OF 193 3 EXPLA NA TION OF SY MBOLS A N D ABBREV IA TIONS U S ED ON REPORTS OF RELA TIV E STA NDING REPORTS OF RELA TIV E STA NDING FOR ACA DEMIC YE A R 193 2—3 3 MID S H IPMEN OF T H E FOURTH CLA S S A T T H E BEGINNING OF AC A DEMIC YE A R 193 3— 3 4 A T S S IGNA TI NS TC DE H , RE O , E NUMERICA L SUMMA RY — IZ S A L S TC . S NT 193 2 3 3 PR E , MED , E , PRE E ED THE UNITED STATE S NAVAL ACADE MY H ISTORI CAL SKETCH The United Sta tes Naval Academy is an institution Of higher education con ducted by the Navy Department f or the purpose Of preparing young men to s ss n n enter the lowe t commi io ed ranks of the Navy a d Marine Corps . It w a s as 1 4 n un h N v l Sch l i 8 5 y h H . g B c his ia fo ded t e a a oo n b t e on Geor e a roft , tor n , - and e of educator, Secr tary the Navy, to improve the then unsatisfactory methods I s n s e . t w as s . on of in tructi g mid hipm n located at Annapoli , Md , the site occu n pied by Fort Sever , which w as given up for the purpo se by the War Depart t fis s w as . s of hi e A h c u 5 y a , w ch ly h fis l s we m n , t r t t e o r e e r on t e r t and a t re n th s i n spe t at e chool, the intervening 3 years be ng spent o board ships on active w a n — y ser . I s 1850 5 1 as U . S . vice t reorga ized in the Naval Academ , with a f of 4 s course o study consecutive years . A ummer practice cruise replaced the s a . omitte d e service , and gave better Opportunities for intensive training . Dur in w as to . w a g the Civil War the Academy moved Newport, R I , but s brought 1 h n n h y s 865 as s . I t e n s back to Annapoli in , where it i ce remai ed n followi g ear ff great improvements were e ected in the organization and curriculum . From 1 1 9 12 s w as 6 s s 2 of h s n 873 to the academic cour e year , the la t whic were pe t at ‘ 12 w fi 4 s 2 a n 1 s as s se . sea . In 9 the cour e xed at year , the year at bei g omitted s - s s w a s s e During the Civil, Spani h American , and World War , the cour e hort ned h to provide more Officers for the fleets . During t e World War large classes Of v ffi n reser e O cers were trai ed at the Academy . v a een The students undergoing the course at the Na al Ac demy have b called , s i n s shi n and en n e s in turn , acting mid h pme , mid hipmen , cadet mid pme cadet gi e r , s s of ss 1 1 902 s e . naval cadet , and ince the act Congre approved July , , mid hipm n is s m A midshipman is an officer in a qualified sense . He appointed a mid hip an v n is s s in the Na y , ot merely at the Naval Academy , ubject to the order and h v n s not in the en regulations Of t e Na y Departme t, but doe now participate b e f H s fi o r v . e e e sea ts retirement o longe ity may be ord r d to duty , although thi H e ss n is not customary except on practice cruises . e ranks aft r a commi io ed n n e w n fic r and h w rr fic . Up gr u i h y b arra t Of e , a ead of a a ant Of er o ad at o e ma commissioned an ensign in the line or in one of the Staff Corp s of the N avv or a ' ’ s n n s or s eco d lieutenant in the Mari e Corp , he may be honorably di charged if there are insufficient vacancies in the Service to absorb the whole graduating r s 6 1 9 32 class, in accordance with the act Of Cong e s approved May , , providing as follows : i w the v That the President of the United States s authorized , by and ith ad ice an n the O f v d c se h S n e pp i . s signs i li h N y ll i o nt Of t e e at , to a o nt a en n ne t e a a m d shi e in 19 3 2 and e s 50 pmen who graduate from the Naval Acad my , at l a t per n : Pr vi ed a the e s ce tum of all graduates in subsequent years o d , Th t numb r of uch fi h e in ss n n fi s of cers so appointed shall , w il exce of the total umber Of li e Of cer e b ns e ess of n fi s in oth rwise authorized by law , e co idered in xc the umber Of Of cer n be e a d s the grade of ensign a s determined by any computation , hall exclud d from any computation made for the purpose of determining the authoriz ed number of line Officers in any grade on the active list above the grade of lieutenant junior g u il h l nu lin fic rs sh ll h v n uc l w h rade , nt t e tota mber Of e Of e a a e bee red ed be o t e number otherwise authorized by law . 2 H IS TORICAL S KE TCH 2 . n h S E C . That all commissio s ereafter issued as ensigns in the line of the v s n h n Na y , econd lieutena ts in t e Mari e Corps, and in the lowest commissioned grades O f the Staff Corps of the Navy with the rank of ensign,may be rev oked by the e a e s n S cr y h vy , u uch gul i s as h y p sc i y e tar of t e N nd r re at o e ma re r be , at an e e s t s s m n n tim during a period of two y ar from the da e of uch com issio s, a d each oflicer whose commission is so rev oked sha ll be discharged from the service with n ’ h Of ‘ not more tha one year s pay . T e rank 1 Such O flicers O f the same date Of commission among themselves at the end of said period shall be determined by boards of Officers under suchrules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy , and the recommendations of Such boards shall be final when approved by him . Under the Superintendent - the Academy has heretofore been organized into the e s : T he following d partment executive department , headed by the Com s is i mandant of Mid hipmen , who charged with nterior discipline, drills , and tactical instruction ; and the academic d epartments of seamanship and flight t s n n n n s actic , ord ance and gunnery , navigation , engi eeri g and aero autic , mathe es e n e n n mati , lectrical e gin ering and physics, E glish a d history , modern lan s s .