Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1927, Page 34

Army and NavyNews Narvy. Nat until the next Congr Ing in December will conside &l to the proposals designed to ac gelerate and equalize promotion in the Marine Corps, which recommen i dations have been review by Ma). Gen. John A Lejeune, com mandant_of - the Marine Corps. for the past several weeks. A very thorough report hagbeen prepared, which goes into detalls of the pro- motion situation of that ~corps. ox- plaining the re- sults in the per- sonnel it is sought to accomplish and the estimated cost from year to v In order that he may have the views of every officer in the Marine Corps on this promo- tion situation Gen. Lejeune will send 10 each officer in the corps a copy of the report, with a request that con struetive suggestions, comments and criticism, he submitted to him by Sep- tember 1, 1927, on which date the board headed by Brig. Gen. Ben 1l Fuller. which has been engaged for the past several months in a study of this promotion proje will be reconvened for the reconside 1 of this project in the lizht of views submitted by of- ficers of the corps. There is no doubt that some alterations will be made in the proposed draft for remedying the promotion situation in the Marine Corps, which will be ready for the consideration of Congress at the be ginning of the next sesston s meet fon be Maj. Gen. Lejeune. A movem permit oftic t is on 100t W s of the Nav duty on airships as o proposed that wh the Navy are assig! S vetary of the Na hall determine and certify whether or not in his judg- ment the service is determined io be equivalent to sea du nd in the event such service is determined to be equivalent to sea duty it shall be nsidered as actual sea service on seagolng ships for all purposes. e Navy Department favors the counting of this airship duty as sea service be- cause it would permit the dep 10 assign officers to this duty considerable length of. time without prejudicing the chances of the officers S0 assigned. to selection and prom tion. The handling of a rigid airship is very definitely a specialty, requir- ing long and specialized experience, and in order to secure a sufficient, properly qualified personnel for the service at all times it is desirable that officers wishing to enter that line of duty should be allowed to devote themselves to service on. board rigid aivships, alternating ‘with shore duty primarily concerned with airships for a number of years and, indeed, throughout their entire service c reers. This would in no way inter- fere with assignment to and subse- quent removal from airship service of those officers who did not wish to break away entirely from surface ex- perience or who wish to qualify them. salv{:u for the command of surface craft. 1 Upon the arrival of the Oklahoma on the East Coast, Capt. Willls Mc= Dowell, in command of that ship, will be assigned to duty as captain of the yard and assistant superin- tendent “of the naval gun - factory{the regulations governing the wearing | at the Washington Navy Yard, succeeding - Rear Admiral * Yates Stirling, jr. Comdr. Cleveland Mc- Cauley, in command of. the Mc- Cawley, will be detached .from the command of that destroyer upon its arrival on the East Coast, and will assigned to duty .In the ¢ 15th val District, Panama, Comdr. Mel: ville 8. Brown. who has been in com= mand of the McDonouigh, will be re- lieved of ‘this command by -Comdr, Arthur 8. Carpenter, who has been attached tempcrarily to the recéiv- ing ship at New York. Comdr. Brown Washington’s Cold-Prevention Week | - | Thomas, Ky | will attend the next class at the | Naval War College, Orders have been issued to Comdr. Ross S. Culp, who has been on duty on the Chewink at New London, Conn, de- faching him from this duty and as- signing him to Asiatic station. It i contemplated by the Navy Depa ment to assign Comdr. John F. hatroth, who is now undergoing a | | course of instruction at the Army | War College, as an instructor at the | Avtmy_ War College for the coming school yvear. Two commanders o | the Supply Corps of the Navy have | | been ordered transferred from duty | at the Washington Navy Yard. | | They are John H. Knapp, who will go to_the Colorado for duty. and | Charles C. Copp. whose new duties | will be aboard the Maryland. Comdr. | Duette W, Rose, s, who | has been on duty > 10, 1s been ordered to duty he shington Navy Yard. t. | Comdr. E. €, Edwards, Supply Corps, | | &oes from the Washington vard to | the Tennessee as supply officer, while { Comdr, (captain-elect) J. F. Kutz, | Supply Corps, will shortly leave the California for duty at the Puget Sound Navy Yard. | . | Lieut. Col. George M. loliey, Ad- 4utant General's Department, now on duty at 9th Corps Area headquarters, will be relieved of this duty, and is assigned to duty with the War De- [ partment_general staf, effective July | 11, sailing from San Francisco for the | East Coust on July 2, and upon ar- |rival in New York will proceed o | | this city for duty. Upon the comple- | tion of his present course of instru tion at the Army Industrial Colleg | this city. Maj. W. Lee Hart, M. ( will ko to Chicago for duty at 6tk Area headquarters, Lijeut, Col, | tishLorenzo D. Gasser, now assigned 10 | yigel; duty with the 10th Infantry, Fort | will be relieved of this | | duty on June 30, 1927, and has been | | assigned to duty in the office of the | { chief of Infantry, this city. Simul | taneously with the order of Col.| | Gasser, War Department special or-| | ders announced the relief of Lieut { Col. Richard Wetherill, general staif '* | nfantry), from his duties in the gep- e {eral staff, effective June 30, assignment to the 10th In. at Fort Thomas, Ky. These { two ‘officers evidently are relieving | each other of their present resp duties. Capt. Curtis D. Alway, fantry, who has been assigned (o the | 5th Infantry at Fort Williams, Me., | has been relieved of this duty by the | { War Department and assigned to du s commandant of the Army Music hington, D. C., effective | May 1. 1 He will relieve Capt. | Raymond G. Sherman, Infantry, the present commandant of the school, | who has been ordered to undergo the | 19 8 company officers’ course at the [ Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga.. | { the instruction in which will begin September 6, 1927, | In-| Advocates of the Army blue uni-| form were elated last week, when it | was authoritatively learned that this subject was again up for discussion in the War Department, and if the views expressed by Regular Army of- | ficers on duty in Washington {8 any | criterion, the adoption of the Army | blue dress uniform, these advocates point out, will be favored by the serv- ice at large. During the latter part of | 1917 the War Department suspended | of the full dress-uniform. About a year and a half later, or; to be exact, on July 3, 1919, the department re- scinded #1together the regulations go erning the wearing of the blue dress under general order No. 86. Chang- ing the regulations go that the wear- ing of .the blue dress, would :be in vogue has been up before the War Department on numerous _eccasions since general order No. 86 was issued, but up-to this time nothing. has ever developed as a result of these discus- sions. : ( It is being contemplated by the V | neys, particuls | their goal a flancee THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Monday, February 14. One of the rarely fortunate days will dawn tomorrow, according to as- trologers, who find all the planetary influences good. It is a date most fa- vorable for love affairs, and he who becomes a velentine under this sway should be faithful and devoted. ‘There is a promising sign for the meeting of young folk, and casual ac- quaintance may become long friend- skip under this kindly rule. 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