Word: naval
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...strange case of Midshipman Earl B. Zirkle of Kansas, who would not accept an ensign's commission on graduation from the U. S. Naval Academy last June came last week to an impasse...
...must serve two years as ensign after graduation (TIME, Feb. 9, 1925). A fortnight ago, Midshipman Zirkle reconsidered; Secretary of the Navy Curtis Dwight Wilbur approved his commission. Then a few days later, at a conference with Secretary Wilbur and Rear Admiral Louis McCoy Nulton, superintendent of the Naval Academy, he balked again, said he has a conscientious objection to continuing in the service...
Never before has the President of the Reich thus entertained a high naval officer of a power arrayed against Germany during the World...
...most striking innovation is a course in Naval Science and Tactics, never before given in the College. The first year will be open to Freshmen, and the course as a whole will form a portion of the training of the Naval Reserve Officers Corps. The work will be conducted by Commander Rice and Commander Stewart, both of the United States Navy...
...Naval Science...