Ensigns We Will Be-- Part 1: What Is An Anchorman?

From the March 20, 2008, Gray Matter "Ensigns We Will Be" by J. Phoenix, Esq.

Now, USMA graduates are commissioned 2nd lieutenants on graduation day, but this was not always so.  Some early graduates were commissioned 1st lieutenants or even captain right away.  Still others became ensigns (even though they weren't in the Navy).  Evidently, this was not a good thing, probably meaning you graduated last in your class.

The first USMA graduate to be commissioned as an ensign was Louis Loramier, a classmate of Alden Partridge and anchorman of the Class of 1806.  Upon graduation 14 November 1806, he became an ensign in the 1st U.S. Infantry.

And, What Exactly Is An Anchorman?  --Brock-Perry