Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1926, Page 30

Rear Admiral George who. prior to his assignment to duty in the Bureau of Operavions, Na Department, was commandan: of Ca- vite, P. L. will be | assigned to com- | mand the battle- ships of the scout- fng flest. This berth, it was pointed ont last week, has heen vacant since Re: Admiral Carl T Vogelgesang was | 31 transferred to| command the light | cruiser divisions | of the scouting fleet. Comdr. Ezra G. Allen, who has | en on duty in the pranmng divi- | Rear Admiral ,J sion of the Bu reau of Naviga tion, will be the executive officer of | the Pittsburgh, flagship of Asiatic sta- tion. which veesel will sail from New York on October 1 for her new sta. tlon. Comdr. Ralph A. Koch. who has been in command of destroyer divi- sion 36. has relieved Comdr. Allen of his duties in the planning division. Orders have heen issueu 1o John M. Schelling det duty at the Mare Island Navy and assizning him to aun s tive officer of the Meausa. He will re. lieve on that vessel Comdr. Allis Lando. who goes to duty at that vard. Capt. Roscoe . Davis, who has heen | on duty in the Bureau of Navigzation, | will be assigned as inspector of en gineerinz material at Philadelphia Pursuant to the Marine Corps’ pol. | | fey of giving the personnel at Guan- | tanamo Bay a change of statinn | every six orders have heen issued ¢ 15 officers of the lst | Batialion. 5th Reziment, from duty at Guantanamo Bay to the Marine Rar racks at Quantico. Va. Thiz gronp of cailed on the Chan- | from Guantanamo on Septem- | . is composed of the fallnwing: | H. C. Pierce; Capts. M. §. Rerry. | Gover, W. F. Brown, 0. A, Dow | E. 8. Tuttle; First Lieuts. H. T. Birmingham. F. D. Harhaugh, . H. McCullough and S, L. Zea: Second Lieuts. D. K. Claude, J. P. §. Dever- eux, &. Hogaboom. F. E. Sessjons | and T Walraven. Quartermaster's | Clerk (. A. Burton also came on the Chaumont to Quantico. | Twelve officers of the Marine Corps. attached to the 2d Battalion of the 5th | Regiment. will sail tomorrow on the Chaumont from Cedar Point. Va., for the naval station at Guantanamo Ray, | | ship. qualification for same to he | with aerial bombs. Decision has not | heen reached. it was said in the War| | scending to earth in a spiral glide | after release at high altitudes. The who is in command of the destroyer E ns of the scouting fleet. « were issued last week to Capt. Walter R. Gherardi detaching him from duty as aide to the Secre- tary of the Navy and ordering him to at the works of the Bethiehem ! Shipbuilding Co. at Quincy, Maas., | in connection with the fitting out of | he new aircraft carrier Lexington, and to command that vessel -when com- | missioned. He will leave Washington | for his new duty about October 1. | Regret was expressed by his many | friends in \Washington over the as | nment of Lieut. Richard W. Grue lick, whe for over two vears has heen on dnty in the office of naval intel in direct charge of the Navy pressroom, to the Pittsburgh, which vessel will léave New York for Asiatic station on Octoher 1. He will leav Washington within the next few day to join his ship. Lieut. Gruelick will he relieved by Lieut. Francis €. Dene. hrink. who is néw on duty as exeeu ive officer of the Shirk. now on the west coast. It is not_expected, how- ever. that the latter officer will assume ais new duties in th 1 e until ahout meantime, Lieut. Harry on duty in that office, will be in charge of the pressroom. | Army. department has aunthor- ized designations for alr marksman- awarded hadges, the designs for which are now being prepared. The nations will be “aerial gunner, qualification with aerial machine gun, and “aerial homber” for qualification partment,on the full details of the | courses leading to the new designa- tio Howpver, qualification — for “aerial gunner” will require diving fire at ground targets uand fire at towed targets or target gliders de. course for ‘“aerial homher will con- t of high and low altitude hombing | against hoth moving and stationary | targets, Approval has heen given hy the War Department of the transfer of th headquarters of the 4th Coast Artil- | lery Corps district from Fort MePher- son, Ga.; to the headquarters of the | 4th Corps area at Atlanta, Ga. The 4th Coast Artillery Corps distiict com- prises the harhor defenses of Charle ton, the harhor defen: Col. Clint €. 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Alhurger, Second | sardner, F. R. Brink, L. | A. Hohn . Swanson and Le P. Cronmiller. | The retirement appliggtion of Rear Admiral A. H. Scales, on leave of ah sence since .1 after completing more than 10 vears' service in the Navy, has been sent to the President with the recommendation that i1 he , accepted on the expiration of his pres ent leave, October 5. Admiral Scales' | retirement will cause the following named officers to hecome due for motion October 6. (apt. Vates Stir. | ling, jr.: Comdr. Abram Claude, Lieut. | Comdr. F. T. Leighton. Lieut. . v Hamill and Lieut. (junfor grade) J. Grube. Provision was made for the | promotion of eight naval officers on September 16. as the result of the re. tirements of Capte. E. H. Dodd and R. L. Berry, on their own upplication, after 30 years' service, September 15 They are Comdrs. Hal Powell and A. H. Rice. Lieut. Comdrs. D. I. Hed riek and W. W Smith, Lieuts. L. & Fiske and W. F. Loventhal, and Lieuts. (junior grade) .. A. Waters, Jr., and W. B. Jacksor, g A number of other rchanges were announced last week by the Navy De. partment in connection with the pros. pective dates of promotion of certain ‘line officers who were recommended fer promotion by the last selectinn board. They are Capt. J. K. P. Prin gle, Comdr. N. W. Post_and Lieut. Comdr. A. D. Bernhard, Decemher 7 1928; Capt. F. H. Clark, « omdrs. H, | A. Stuart and W. F. Halsey, ir., and Lieut. Comdr. P. L. Carroll, February 10, 1927, | The Naval Air Station at Anacostia, D. C., reports that a new type of SF 1875.A radio transmitter and receiver has been tested, giving exceilent re sults. The output. it was stated at | the Navy Department this week, was | about 50 per cent more than the old | type of SE 1375. The epecial external unit has been dispensed with. now he. | ing included in the same compartment | as the transmitter. The general me. chanical construction is considerably | better, in spite of the fact that the set is somewhat lighter in weight. Thirty five of these are now under contract, with the completion date set at Nao. vember 15, 1826 When completed they will be distributed tn Squadrons | V03, VO.6, Marine Corps units and Penracola There still appears to he some mis understanding on the pa™t of some | naval officers of the éffecis of the re cent law changing the age.in-grade re tirement of line officers of the Navy t® service-in-grade retirement. The distinction between the age.in.grade retirement law and the present law, it was explained last week. lies in the fact that under the former a captain must have heen promotea prior 1o at ent law requires only that he must he selected for promotion prior to com pleting 35 vears' service. Accepting an estimate prepared by a high rank ing officer of the Navy, that there will be 10 selectione to rear admirai in 1927 and two {n 1928, and assuming senic ity selections haginning with Capt. J. F. Hines, it is found that but one officer would possibly he retired under the present law. Going on the as sumption that at least one captaln will be passed over, selections of rear admiral would extend downward to such position on the list of captains that only those officers who had heen passed over would he retired under the present law prior to the termination of its provisions | There is considerable speculation being indulged in, in naval circles, as to the prospective changes which will be made in the personnel composing the American naval mission to Rr. zil, but with the lone exception of ' Comdr. Percival S. Rossiter. recently at the naval medical supply depot at Brooklyn. no final decisions have been made. That officer will he succeeded by Comdr. Richard A. Wa ner of that corps. The latter has heen 2t the Naval Hospital. An Md. Though no’ definite an- nouncement has been forthcoming trom the Navy Department. the dications are that Capt. John V. Rab- cock, now chief of staff of the Naval’ War College; Comdr. Leigh Noyes, on @wty in the office of naval intelli-| gence in the Navy Department. and | Comdr. Alexander M. Chariton, on| duty in the bureau of engineering, ' vy Department, will in all prob- ability be assigned to the mission. The present head of the mission, Rear Admiral Newton A. MecCully, | will complete his two years of serv:| lee in Brazil this coming January,! but at this writing it is not known/ whether he desires to be relieved of | this duty or not. Two officers have so far been mentinned in connection with ! the head of the mission case Ad miral McCully is relieved in January. They are Rear Admirals Julian L. Latimer, now in command of the #po cial service equadron in Centra Amrktn ‘waters, and Noble E. Irw.. (have a just grievance. In opposition . will be due to the shortage in the mileage ap. propriations, that the contemplated withdrawal of this conrse of instrue- | tion from the curriculum of that in stitution has heen, for the abandoned. Brig. Gens. Fr; Coy and Charles D, Rhodes were the | only officers undergoing the 1925.26 refresher course at the Infantry School last vear, but the 192627 re- fresher urse, the instruction in! which hegins on Octoher 1, 1926, will include eight colonels and one lieu- temant colonel, all of the infantry, as | follows: Cols. Edward Croft, Thomas W. Darrah, James B. Kemper, John | F. Preston, John W. Wright, Andrew Dougherty. Adolphe H. Huguet, Ralph . Ingram and Lieut. Col. James G. Hannah. The course concludes De. | cember 18, 1926, i For the purpose of making a clasei- fication of officers under ‘the provi sions of section 24h, act of Congress, approved June 4. 1920, a hoard of general officers will Department tomorrow such times thereafter as the mem. | her of the hoard shall preser The | hoard consists of the following nfficers: | Gens. Ernest Hinds and Henson E. Elv, Brig. Gens. Robert E. Callan. ! Hugh ‘A. Drum. William M. Cruik- | shank and Henry G. Learnard. Mai. Clark Lynn. on duty in the adjutant general’s office, has heen detailed as recorder of the hoard without vote. The War Department has emphat ically denied repeated rumors that a mber of Army officers of over 3 ' service are to he afforded an opportunity to retfre in the near fu. ture, Secretary of War Davis has on several occasions reiterated - his un alterable opposition to 30.vear retire ments in the Regnlar Army, especially when an officer desires his separation from the active list to accept a lucra- tive position in civil life. Just prier | to the adjourhment of the last Con gress the administration of the retired lists of not only the Regular Army. but the Navy and Marine Corps as well, hecame ‘the suhject of considerabie discussion in the lower house of Con zress. the one {dea in which there was general agreement heing that the con ditions of retirement ‘for the three services should he established upon a uniform hasis | Some favor confining retirement to ! disability, which practically coincides ! with the policy now in effect In the | War Department. and so retaining of | ficers on the active list regardless of length of service or age. There is a | certain amonnt of opposition to this, | as it wonld ignore the opportunity for | creating vacancies which would stimu late promotion. This view of the situ ation, it_is contended, overlooks the fact that officers entered upon the military service with the impression that they would he entitled to retire ment for servick or at the age of 64 vears, as well as for incapacity. On the ather hand, it is pdinted out. the failure of the War Department to | | erant thesdo-year retirement privilege TaIning the age of 38 xears: the proe. | P25 had a detrimental effect upon th establishment, count are of the opinion that they 10 this View congressional eritics con- tend that retirement after 3n year service of officers who are under 50 years of age represents an inflation of the retived list for individual benefit and that the approval of all such plications disregards entirely the terests of the Government. It Is a ~ertainty that this will he the subject of a searching investigation at the ap- | proaching session of Congress, and it tched with extreme interest by every officer in the Regular Army. 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