Annapolis Change

Unlike the graduates of other institutions of higher learning, alumni of the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis do not hark back as one man to their days under Old Prexy So-and-so. The Annapolis superintendent changes every two years or so as the Navy's admirals are sent to sea or to new desk jobs. Last week a new Annapolis superintendent was designated by Secretary Wilbur, to succeed Rear Admiral Louis McCoy Nulton. Rear Admiral Nulton, raised to Vice Admiral, will go to command the battleship divisions of the U. S. battle fleet. To Annapolis will go Rear Admiral Samuel Shelburne Robison,* commandant of the 13th Naval District and Bremerton Navy Yard (Seattle). Rear Admiral Robison, who commanded the Atlantic submarine force in the War, commanded the U. S. battle fleet in 1923-1925 and was commander-in-chief of the whole fleet in 1925-26.

* Not to be confused with Captain John K. Robison, retired, who, as chief of the Navy's Bureau of Engineering in 1921, recommended leasing the Elk Hills and Teapot Dome oil reserves.