Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-25 | Page 6 | Young Bureau Chief will Succeed Capps

YOUNG BUREAU CHIEF 1 WILL SUCCEED CAPPS Rear Admiral Frederick R. Harris to Manage Emergency Fleet Corporation. By International News Service. WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. The youngest bureau chief and youngest rear admiral in the navy, Frederick R. Harris, of the bureau of yards and docks, has been selected to succeed Admiral Ad-miral Washington L. Capps as general manager of the emergency fleet corporation. cor-poration. He is 42 years old and came from civilian life into the navy in 1903. In 1906 he built a dry dock in the Brooklyn navy yard through and by sinking caissons "down to the bedrock. Two qontractors had failed on the job. . Admiral Harris became chief of his bureau in January, 1916. Last June the president made him a rear admiral for life at the same time that Dr. Cary T. Grayson was given a permanent rank. The new appointee, says the secretary sec-retary of the navy, has demonstrated abilitv of a high order, is noted for his zeal and energy, and will carry into his new work aggressiveness and wisdom. wis-dom. ' ' The admiral is a graduate of Stevens Ste-vens institute, Hoboken, J. J.