Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1926, Page 83

Nary. | Until Admiral Charles F. Hughes, commander-in-chief of the United States fleet, arrives in Washington and confers with Navy Department authorities, no de- cision will be ren- in all prob- . in regard proposed change of stations nr submarine di- isi now San Di- ego, and subma- rine division now hased at Coco Solo. In any event, it is unlkely that the exchange will be made, if at all,} except as an inci- dent to movement, of the battle fleet from the west coast through the Admr. C. F. Hughes. Panama Canal to the east coast in February and March, and the return of that fleet to the west coast in May and June. According to the present schedule, submarine division 20, composed of the V-1, V-2 and V-3, with the Argonne | as tender. attached to the control | force. which organization has been at Portsmouth, N. H., will be attache@ to the battle fleet. and after the naval operations on the east coast next year will g0 to the west coast with that | flest. One more vessel of this type, | the V-4, now under course of construe- | | will relieve Capt. | Bernard, | the rank of commander the V-6, due for completion at the Mare Island yard in March, 1929. Orders have issued by the Navy De- partment detaching Capt. Herbert C. Cooke from duty as commandant of the Hampton Roads naval air sta- tion. Temporatily, and pending receipt of his orders to sea duty, Capt. Cooke John M. Enochs as assistant commandant of the third naval district. The latter has been ordered to Asiatic station. The following line officers of the Navy have become due for promotion the dates indicated, as follows: Lieut. W. A. Kitts, C. Emerson and B. J. E. But. sey, jr.; Lieuts Hamill,” A. T. Rodgers: and Lieuts. (j. £.) R. terfield, H. A. Guthrie, W. E. Dillon and W. 8.G. Davis, October 2: Lieut. 4. &) F. Melnerney. October 3: Capt. Yates Stirling. jr.. Comdr. Abram Claude, Lieut. Comdr. A. D. Lieut. . H. Havill and Lieut. (j. g) W. G. Eaton. October Effective December 1. the length of cruige on the Asiatic station for off cers below the rank of commander, and enlisted men will be two and one- half vears, instead of the two vears which has obtained in the past. This leaves the cruise for those officers of and above at two vears. One of the reasons as signed for this change, it was pointed out in the Navy Department, is that for officers bhelow the rank of com- mander the normal Asfatic eruise was for three vears. and that it has been THE SUNDAY Parris Island, S. C., has been assigned to duty with the Marine detachment, American legation, Peking, China, while Col. Hugh Matthews, now on duty with that detachment, has been ordered to proceed to this city to sgue- ceed Col. Willlam B. Lemley. who has been on duty in the office of the quar- termaster at Marine Corps headquar- ters. Until Col. Matthews arrives in Washington, the duties relinquished by Col. Lemley will be performed by Maj. Jeter R. Horton. Incident to the recent death of Col. Alexander S. Williams, the following officers of the Marine Corps have be- come due for promotion to the next higher grades: Lieut. Col. Douglas C. McDougal, Maj. Howard H. Kipp, Capt. Louis E. Fagan, First Lie Julian P. Brown and Second Lieut. Raymond P. Coffman. Two other offi- cers of the Marine Corps who have become due for promotion are Second Lieuts. Ralph B. De Witt, on October 1, and John B. Weaver on October 4. Naval circles were upset last week as the result of a decision rendered by the Controller General, which, it adopted by the Navy Department, which is not likely. will affect the re- tirement of a considerable number of officers who were appointed in_the Regular Navy under the act of, June 4, 1920, from temporary officers and chief warrant officers of more than 15 vears’ service. There is every indica- tion that the department will take the necessary action to correct the possi ble situation which might result from the construction placed by the Con- troller Gieneral on this subject. If the Navy Department recognizes this decision as binding, past assist- ant paymasters in the Navy and many other officers commissioned in the line and staff corps of the regular naval establishment under the act of June 4. 1920, who attain the age of 64 years will be required to continue on active STAR, WASHINGTON. and another officer has been promoted to and “confirmed by the Senate in the eupposed vacancy thus created on the active list,” no question will be raised at this time concerning Past Assistant Paymaster Delaney's right to recelve the retired pay of a lieu- tenant, and holds that such rate is that to which the officer would have been entitled “had he been legally re. tired on account of physical or men- tal disability.” There are a number of officers hold ing the rank of lieutenant in the Navy, who, if the Controller Gen- eral's decision is correct, will be pre- cluded from transferring to the retired list upon arriving at the age of 64 years, unless they are found by a re- tiring board “to be physically or men- tally disabled,” since section 1445 of Revised Statutes reaches officers oth- er than those in the staff corps. There is considerable at stake in this case, and no doubt the ruling of the Con- troller General will be submitted by Lieut. Delaney to the Court of Claims for the difference in pay between $281.25 per month, now received ar lieutenant. and the retired pay of a commodore at $375 per month, practi- cally $100 per month for nearly five years, and to continue for the re mainder of his life. Great interest has been aroused in this case, which has been one of the most important affect- ing members of the naval establish ment for some time. ARMY. The premotion this month of five lieutenant colonels of the Army Medi- cal Co#ps to the grade of colonel marked the first promotions made to that grade in the \1edlcal r‘orps since 1918. They are M. A. ckley, L. Rhoades, H. L. Gflch e B Lyster and W. N. Bispham. These five officers, it was pointed out in the War Department last week, under thc D. C, OCTOBER 17,_ rectly due to the amendment intro duced into the national defense act of 1920, which preseribed that promo- tion of medical department officers was placed on a length-of-service basie as follows: Captain, after three yea service; major, after 12 years' service lieutenant colonel, after 20 years’ serv- ice, and colonel, after 26 years' serv- ice. Army officers, other than those of the medical department, alwaye ex press considerable surprise whenever the statement is made that no promo- tions have been made in the Medica’ or Dental Corps to the grade of colo- nel since the war, but nevertheless. it is true. One of the first problems confront- ed by Col. Peter T. Hayne, adjutant eneral's department, who arrived in vashington last week to assume the Auties of chief of the enlisted division in the War Department, is the pro- posal which i{s now under considera- tion in the department which would transfer the administration of the warrant officers’ section from under the supervision of the enlisted divi- sfon to that of the officers’ division. Col. Hayne, who has just come from 3d Corps Area headquarters at Baltimore, will relieve Col. Charles H. Bridger, adjutant general's depart- ment, who goes to thé Baltimore head quarters to perform the duties just re- linquished by Col. Hayne. Though the final results will not he known for several weeks, considerable Interest is being evinced by the Cav- alry units of the Regular Army in the results of the first annual competitive test of the Cavalry troops, which concluded October 15. The acope of the test, which was wide, involved competitions illustrating the chief characteristics of the Cavalry arm. Every troop will be rated by a board of three officers on their mobility, pro- ficlency in combat firing, capacity for 11 1926—PART _3. the troop shown by the rating to have attained the highest figure of merit. The following troops partici pated in the competition: 1st Cavalry, Troop C; 2nd Cavalry, Troop F: 3ré | Cavairv. Troop F (Fort Myer), and | Troop B (Fort Ethan Allen); 4th Cav- alry, Troop F (Fort and Troop B (Fort Meade) 5th Cav alry, Troop A: 6th Cavalry. Troop C 10th’ Cavalry, Troop F: 12th Cavalry, roop C; 18th Cavalry, Troop A; and 14th Cavalry, Troop F (Fort Des Molnes) and Troop A (Fort Sheridan). ‘The 7th, 8th and 9th Regiments o Ca ‘'were not represented in this vear's competition. U. 5. MOVIES IN GERMANY. BERLIN, October 16 (#).—More than halt of the motion pictures shown in Germany so far this vear wers ‘“made in the United State: the board of ranuorlhifl has reported. Only 34 per cent of the total of ap- proximately 400 new flims were Ger- man. _The remainder came from other European countries, principally Russia, and most of thete occasioned bitter controversies. Several, like “Potemkin,” were de- clared to be Soviet propaganda, and were thrown out after they had run for some time. D. A. Russell), |, deep reprobation of the older genera- tion And now aum ng bt | vanished. Keepers of tobicce bureeu: | who handled the flavored chicie hae decided not to stock up on the Amer can product until prices return HIGH PRICES DETER GUM [ | CHEWING AMONG FRENCH| American Custom Hard Hit Be- cause of Drop in normal. | . Loy, } Austria's Federal Railways are ra:s Br the Associated Press ing rates. and the management e PARIS, October 18.—The jaws of [€C(S an increase of revenue of more . than $2.000.000 a vear French stenographers and typists are comparatively idle, and one important | American custom in_France—that of gum chewing—is suffering. The fall| of the franc is responsible. Chewing | gum now costs six cents a package | instead of two cents during the first | post-war vears, and the French wage Scale will not stand the increase. | The American doughboy brought | the habit to France. For vears the| American gum producers had tried to | gain popularity for their product here but without success. Then a million uniformed gum chewers appeared ana the battle was won. French typists employed in the offices of the Ameri can Red Cross, Y. M. C. A.. Knights of Columbus and other American or-| ganizations in France took the lead. to Headlights Adjusted CREEL BROS., 1811-17 14th St. N.W. Potomac 473 and the practice promptly became general among French youth, to the No other manufapturer of fine cars has ever built anywhere near the number of cars that shock “action and interior economy, which called for the most expert use of the cavalrymen's rifie, pistol, sabre, mount and equipment. The rating sheets made up by the boards observ- ing the performances of every troup will be forwarded to the chief of Cav- alry, and he will award the trophy to old scheme of promotion by senfority. as determined by a fixed percentage in each grade, would have beén pro- moted long ago. For the past eight years there have been no promotions among oficers of fleld grade in the Medical or Dental Corps. This lull in promotion is di duty. In this decision it was also held that “the placing of Past As- sistant Paymaster Delaney on the re tired list, ‘except on account of physi cal or mental disability,’ was. there- fore, contrary to law The decision further held that, since this officer acquiesced in his illegal retirement tion at Portsmouth. will join subma- | difficult for the department to assign rine division 20, hut as the V-4 s not [ them to another year of sea duty due for completion until October. 1927, | elsewhere after their relief at the end it will be a_year before she will join | of two years from the Asiatic station. this group of sub-sen craft. Two other vemsels of this type are under con &truction —the \ rtsmonth, due for @mpletion in December, 1528, and | heen Jfor Econaymical Transportation— Cadillac has produced. Lieut. ¢ol. Frank J. Schwable. 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