Office of the Superintendent/Records of Reserve Training Groups: Enrollment and Mark Slips for the Engineering Divisions of the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Reserve Officers' Classes Taking the Marine Engineering Course, 1917-1919: Finding Aid

History of the Office of the Superintendent

The plan of the Naval School at Fort Severn, Annapolis, Maryland, approved by the Navy Department August 28, 1846, provided that a Superintendent of the school be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy from a list of officers of a rank not higher than commander. The Superintendent was to have responsibility for the general management of the institution, including overseeing the course of study, professors, and other personnel connected with the Academy. He could appoint and remove all persons employed at the Academy except those for whose appointment or discharge special provision was made by the laws or regulations of the Navy or the Academy. He had general charge of the buildings, grounds, and ships belonging to the Academy. The Superintendent also formulated the code of rules and regulations for the internal government of the school to be submitted to the Secretary of the Navy for approval. After 1867, officers were assigned by the Navy Department to the Academy to serve as assistants or aides to the Superintendent. The Office of the Superintendent as described in the 1846 plan remained relatively unchanged throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Officers of ranks higher than commander, however, have served in the position.

Description of Contents

This entry contains enrollment and mark slips for the engineering divisions of the second, fourth, and fifth reserve officers' classes taking the marine engineering course located at the Naval Academy. The front and reverse sides of the first page of each folded slip documents the previous naval service, education, and employment of the reserve officers. The last page records their weekly and final averages in the course.

Arrangement

Arranged according to class and thereunder by name.

Access and Use

Access

Access is unrestricted.

Copyright and Permission

Generally, materials produced by Federal agencies are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Any non-government publications held herein may still be subject to copyright. For further information, consult the Head, Special Collections & Archives.

Other Finding Aid(s)

National Archives Catalog entry available electronically at: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/3060138.

Acquisition and Appraisal

Custodial History

RG 405 Records of the United States Naval Academy is the property of the National Archives and Records Administration. The materials are housed at the United States Naval Academy, William W. Jeffries Memorial Archives, an affiliated archive, as per a Memorandum of Agreement between the National Archives and Records Administration and the United States Naval Academy.

Related Materials

Location of Related Materials

Additional materials pertaining to Reserve Training Groups at the academy during World War I may be found in entry 118: “Correspondence of the Director of Training, 1917-1919” (NAID: 3054012); entry 119: “Subject Index to Correspondence of the Assistant for Training for Quarters ‘A’, 1917-1919: (NAID: 3054034); entry 120: “Correspondence of the Assistant for Training for Quarters "A", 1917-1919” (NAID: 3054043); entry 121: Correspondence of the Assistant for Training for Quarters "B", 1917–1919” (NAID: 3060108); entry 122: “Subject Index to Correspondence of the Assistant for Marine Barracks Training, 1918” (NAID: 3060110); entry 123: “Correspondence of the Assistant for Training for the Marine Barracks, 1918” (NAID: 3060133); entry 124: “Enrollment Cards for the Five Regularly Organized and the Special Reserve Officers' Classes, July 1917–December 1918” (NAID: 3060134); entry 126: “Mark and Conduct Cards for the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Reserve Officers' Classes, 1917–1919” (NAID: 3060143); entry 127: “Mark Cards for the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Regularly Organized and Special Reserve Officers' Classes, 1918” (NAID: 3060147); entry 128: “Deck Logbooks for Quarters "A" and Bancroft Hall, 1917–1918” (NAID: 3060157); entry 129: “Record of Reserve Officers' Classes, 1917-1919” (NAID: 3060161); entry 130: “Miscellaneous Lists of the Five Reserve Officers’ Classes, 1917-1919” (NAID: 3060574); entry 131: “Orders Detaching the First Pay Officers' Class, 1918” (NAID: 3072738); and entry 132: “Examination Papers of Candidates for Appointment to Assistant Paymasters' School, 1918” (NAID: 3074204).

Materials Cataloged Separately

No materials have been removed from this collection and cataloged separately.

Processing and Other Information

Preferred Citation

Office of the Superintendent/Records of Reserve Training Groups: Enrollment and Mark Slips for the Engineering Divisions of the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Reserve Officers' Classes Taking the Marine Engineering Course, 1917–1919, RG 405.2.4 Entry 125

Special Collections & Archives Department

Nimitz Library

United States Naval Academy

Selected Bibliography

The following sources were consulted during preparation of the historical note:

Sweetman, Jack. The U.S. Naval Academy: An Illustrated History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute Press, 1979.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Samuel Limneos in April 2023. Finding aid written by Samuel Limneos in May 2023. Historical Sketch and Scope and Content Note adapted in part from Inventory of Records Group 405 by Geraldine N. Phillips and Aloha South, 1975.

Subject Headings

Name and Subject Terms

• Naval education -- United States.
• United States Naval Academy -- History – 20th century
• United States Naval Academy -- Students.
• United States Naval Academy. Superintendent
• United States. Naval Reserve -- Officers.

Genre Terms

• index cards