Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1926, Page 43

NAVY. Recommendations_have been made Secretary of the Navy Wilbur that the appointments to the Naval Acad- emy again be placed on the basis of five to each mem- ber of Congress. ‘The present au- thorized number of lin officers is 9 and the num- now in the is a little over 5,000, The in- creasing demands tmads upon the =:DIII of the Na- Acpdemy can only be fuifilled by placing the academy on a five - appointment besls, and unless the three appoint- ments now allot- Secretary Wilbur. ted to each mem- ber of Congress I8 increased to the former figu it will be utterly impos- sible, according to Recretary Wilbur, to meet the future service require. ments. On the three-appointment ba- sis, Secretary Wilbur explains, the line of the Navy will stabilize below its authorized strength at a number about 5,000 instead of 5,499, as author- ized by law. It is the policy of the Navy Department that so long as there are enough staff officers to serve the combatant branch the output of the Naval Academy shall be diverted to the line of the Navy. Torty-one officers have been desig- nated by:the Navy Department to un- dergo the next course of instruction at the Submarine School, New London, Conn., which begins January 3. They are Comdr. Ross S. Culp; Lieuts. Harry R. Carson, Harry A. Dunn, Hugh W. Hadley, Frederick S. Hall, John P. Larimore, David E. Roth, William R. Thayer, George C. Craw- ford, C. M. Furlow, I. J C. Johnson, jr., H. E. Orem, E. Stephens and D. J. Tortouc signs Bernard L. _Austin, Roland Baillie, C. J. Collins, William V. Deut- ermann, F. J. Grandfield, Robert H. G. Johnson, Frederick K. Loomis, F. B. McCall, George W. Patterson, Her- man Sall, Robert L. Swart, W. E. Verge, Bernard T. Zelenka, Rae E. Arison, Leo A. Bachman, Stephen G. Barchet, John 8. Day, Phillip H. Fitz- Gerald, E. W. Irish, Alwin D. Kramer, Willlam N. Mansfield, Neill Phillips, Ralph A. Sentman, H. B. McLean, William P. Tammany, Ralph E. Wil- son. The class now undergoing in- struction at the Submarine School, numbering 40 officers, will complete the course December 22. The mem- bers of this class will be assigned to the sub-sea craft, as follows: Division 2. New London, Lieuts, F. D. Hamblin, H. T. Chase, W. L. Hoffheins and E. B. Kern, Ensign N. K. Roberts; Division 3, Control Force, Lieut. A. O. R. Bergesen and Ensign J. H. Morrill; Division 4, Control Force, En- signs S. K. MacLean and R. C. Webb; Division 8, Coco Solo, Lieuts. John Connor, C. J. Cater and Homer Am- brose and Ensign ' R. W. Clark; Division 9, Pearl Harbor, Lieuts. C. D. |- Beaumont, M. K. Kirkpatrick and K. R. Hall and Ensign A. D. Barnes; Division 14, Pearl Harbor, Lieuts. W. A. Hardy and E. E. Coil and En- signs J. P. Thew and G. W. Stott; Division 11, Battle Fleet, Ensigns J. P. Cromwell and J. R. Topper: Division 12, Battle Fleet, Lieuts. S. M. Barnes and C. S. Snodgrass; Division 18, Battle Fleet. Lieuts. P. M. Fenton and C. J. Hodgkiss and Ensigns W, D. Brown and L. B. Blaylock: Division 19, Coco Solo, Ensign C. G. Rucker; Division 20, Control Force, Ensign E. M. Hunter, and to the Aslatic station the following officers from the De- cember class will be assigned: Lieuts. Horatio Ridout and E. B. Perry and Ensigns H. C. Fish, F. R. Davis, W. E. Guitar, H. C. Doagn, R. J. Burke, M. C. Stormes and B. O. Matthews. Before a board of officers headed by Maj. Randolph Coyle nine non-com- missioned officers of the Marine Corpa Jast Wednesday began their examina- tion for appointment as probationary second lieutenants in that corps. They are Corpls. Willlam W. Benson, Clin- ton E. Fox, Sol E. Levensky, Carroll Willlams, Robert P. Belford. ‘Richard J. DeLacy, Bernard K. Kirk, Ray- mond C. Scollin and John M. Yung. The death of First Lieut. Frank X. Bleicher, U. S. M. C., on, November 29, will result in the promotion of Second Lieut. Emery E. Larson. Farly in January Capt. Charles P. Snyder will relieve Capt. Adolphus E. ‘Watson of the command of the Con- cord, the latter officer having been assigned to duty as a member of the American naval mission in Brazl. Capt. Snyder, who has been on duty on ti~ staff of the Naval War College, will be relieved of these duties by Comadr. Isaac F. Dortch, now on duty 88 executive officer of the Mississippi, who in turn will be relieved of his duties on the Mississippi by Comdr. Laurence N. McNair. The latter offi- cer has been on duty at the Naval Academy. Comdr. Fred H. Poteet, ex- ecutive officer of the Idaho, has been ordered by the Navy Department to this city, where on arrival he will be assigned to the enlisted personnel sec- tion of the Bureau of Navigation, where he will eyentually. . relieve Comdr. George M. Low! His duties on the Idaho will be taken over by Comdr. John JI. N who_has been on duty in the u of Naval Operations, Navy Dej t. Comdr. William Ialsey, on dut; 8 execu- tive officer Wyoml will be transfe «d from thisx assignment to duty at the Naval Academy The following officers have hocome due for promotion on the dates indi cate scut. Ir. D. A, M r Lieut. Mackay and @unior Grade) 1. D. Kime, on 1 ber 1, and | unior ¢ K. Trapnell, on Deceml result of the yetirement of the m Account of age. the f ve become due for promoti £ R. P. Pringle, Comdr. N. W. ieut. Comdr. A. S. Dysart, Lieut. T. . Bolberg and Lieut. (Junior Grade) ". A. Wiedman, Ten officers of the Navy Medical Corps will graduate December 23 from their course of instruction at the Na- val Medical School in this city, their ts to stations subsequent to their graduation being as follows: Lieut. Comdr. Ashton E. Neely and Lieut. Joseph I. Yohannan, 1st Marine Brigade, Haiti: Lieuts. Alfred L. Gai- ther, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va.; James F. Hays, Naval Training Sta- tion, Newport, R. L: Caldwell J. Stu- art, Philadelphia Navy Yard: Benja- min W. Galnes, Seagull; Norman 8. Betts, Argonne: John M. Brewster, Boston Navy V Oltver A. Smith, Nwwal Jlospital, Norfolk, Va.; Harold 0, C Antares, Those officers of the Navy Medical Qorps recently se- lected for promotion to the rank of commander who are on duty within the continental limits of the Uhited will be examined phvsically and prafessionally on December 20. The other officers of thix group who are eligble for promotion wili un- dergo thelr examination after the re- oeipt of the examination questions other records. meous with conclusion of the Naval Medical hool course of instruction on December 23, four lieutenants of the Naval Dental Corps who are in attendance upon a_course of instruction at that school will com- plete their training. They will be as signed to duty as follows: William D, Day, Dobbin: Daniel W. Rvan, Nor- folk Navy Yard; Cariton B. Morse, Richmond, and W R. Burns, Naval Academy. the Army. Baged on the recommendations made by Maj. Gen. Robert H. Allen, chief of Infantry, new barracks plans, as drafted by tne Quartermaster General, have been approved by the War De partment. That officer, recognizing the disadvantages of housing regi- ments in buildings unsuited to their present organization, has worked in As Low As $ AP G NI, THE SUNDAY close co-operation with the office of the Quartermaster General, as the result of which in the future construc- tion of Infantry barracks there will be Incorporated every convenience that will facilitate the smooth opera- tion and administration of the regi- ment. At the present time there are more than 12,000, or almost one-third of the Infantiy enlisted personnel, that are either in tents or temporary quarters. Fire hazards, leaking roofs and other deflciencies have necessi- tated considerable expenditmres and an undue amount of troop labor in Kkeeping hoth temporary and perma- nent buildings habitable. The findings of the special board, ST'AR, WASHINGTON, composed of Assistant Secretary of ‘War_MacNider, Assistant Secretary of War for Air Davison and Maj. Gen. John L. Iines, appointed by the Secretary of War for the purpose of making recommendations on the sub- ject of promotion in the Regular Army, will be made public tomorrow. Between January 17 and 21, both dates inclusive, an examination of ap- plicants for appointment as first lieu tenants in the Medical Corps of the regular establishment will be held in the United States and in the Philip pine, Hawailan and Panama Canal de- partments. Instruction have been {ssued by D. C. DECEMBER 12, Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis, Adjutant General of the Army, that in the fu- ture the Army promotion list will be published in the Army List and Direc- tory January 1 and July 1 each year, instead of March 1, July 1 and Novem- hlflr 1, as has heretofore been the prac- tice. Orders were issued by the War De- partment last week relieving Lieut. Col. 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