Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1927, Page 26

| !Army and Navy News Army. Though mno official announcement has been made by the War Depart- m nt concerning the conclusions of the board of general officers meeting daily in the War Department on the promotion situ- ation in the Regu- lar Army, It is sald that the board has 13ached twoH outstanding con ~lusions. They are (1), that the board will report agalnst, or at least not in| favor of, any re list, and (2), there should be established any independent pro- motion for certain branches, such as the Judge Advocate Genera ment and the Air Corps. The primary reason why the boarl will not favor any rearrangement of the Army promotion list, id, is that the correction of =z inequality or grievance besetting tain individuals or groups would m 1 transfer an equal volume of content among an equal number of of. ficers of another group whose present position on the promotion list would be adversely affected by the change. No doub. the board in its findings will observe that there is a situation in the promotion list calling for a remedy Dbut this admission of defect coiries with it the simultaneous comment that the relief is /mpossible of appli- catlon. It is an irstance of something that should be conme but that cannot be done, despite the suggestion made in certain quariers that, if there pre vails a conditimn which is unfair to a group of offiers, it should be cor- Mal. Gen. Patrick 5 Depart rected no ma.ter to what extent it in-| jures the ptospect for promotion of other officets who are described as having prospered unduly at the ex- pense of those with a grievance. The other conclusion said te nave been reached by the board is that there should not be established any in- dependeat promotion for certain branches. The confirmation of this rumor, especially with regard to the Air Corps personnel, would be some- thing of a surprise, since it has been expected that, it there were any pos- siblity of justifying separate promo- tion for any branch or for several branches, as has been urged, it would be adopted by the board of general of- flcers as a recommendation for con gressional approval, counting on the influence of and views entertsined by Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Air Corps, in his capacity as sen- jor officer of the board. There have been =0 many opportunities and oc casions for revision. rejection and sub. stitution that it is only fair to that nothing will be settled definitely {and permanently until the board’s re- {port hae been sizned and submitted to the Secretary of War. It is im sible to_exa the intensity, and kee entertained by, itary personnel study of on in the effor scheme e :Ax'm_\' promotion | Maj. Bertram | fantry, will he re | gnment and duty as re ve of the histor section, ge, o stant my. present enta- Army the 4 It wa > Department |1ast week that Maj. Gen. William J | Snow, chief of Field Artillery. will be transferred to the Regular Army about December 10 or {11. Though he has conferred with Maj. Gen Charles P. Summersil, chief of staff. relative to his suc | cessor. there have been no indication: to the identity of the {of that branch. The name most | prominently mentioned in this con- | nection is that of Col. William S. Mc- . on the Lst of colonels of served during the war as a general officer and is now on duty with the artillery group of the 2d Corps Area, New York City. Navy. The Navy Department issued for mal orders last week which will place in effect the chdnges in high com- mand of the fleet, the most important of which is that of Rear Admiral Henry A. Wiley. who will be detached from duty in the Navy Department as a member of the general board to ume the duty as commander-in- retired. list of the |2 next chief | THE _SUNDAY chief of the U. 8. Fleet with the full rank of admir on November 8. Six days later, November 14 Admiral Charles F. Hughes, who has been in command of the U. 8. Fleet, will be in Washington to velieve Admiral Edward W. Eberle as chief of the Bureau of Naval Operation. Admiral Eberle will revert to his permanent rank of rear admiral, as in accordance with law, and will be assigned to duty as a member ¢of the general board. The indications are that when Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett, now on duty as commandunt of the Third 1 District and of the New York Yard, goes on the retired list ge on February 15. 1928, Rear Admiral Jullan L. Latimer, who just last week was ass'gned to duty at the Navy Depirtment as president of the mining board and member rd, will be the celief of Admival Piunkett The follow whom are miral Hughes, have been ordered by v riment to Washington, ;3 Patrick ation officer gunnery offi and Hugh T Clair, fleet radio officer. Comdr. liam . Purnell, who bas been on duty s flag licutenant on”the staff of the commander-in-chief of the Asiatic arrived in Washmgton for 1t the Navy Department in the officer of the dircetor of flee He succeeds, in the gunne Lieut. Comdr. James C. Byrnc short time azo was assigned to duty gunnery officer on_the staft of the commander of the destroyer squad- scouting flect. Comdr. eut. Comdr, been desix Navy Dental nnual meeting of the ssociation, which t Detroit, Mich, from Lieut. Comdr. W L. Dari of the dental department of the Naval Med- ical School, this city, will be relieved . Leon Martin. The former heen assigned to the new carrier Lexington. Lieut. Clemens V. Rauit (D. C) has signed to the Naval Medic hington. P s at the American Den will be held October 2 aircraft | Comdr, been School The consideration a ment has under proposal, to be sub mitted to the Seventieth Congress, meeting in December, governing the loss of numbers which naval officers in the lower grades will suffer in case of their failure to pass the profes- STAR, WASHINGTO sional examination. At the present time the loss of numbers which an offi- cer suffers for failure to pass the ex: amination varies, and the problem confronting the department is to fix the amount so that all officers who fall in the examinations will suffer the same loss in numbers. Under the proposal now heing considered by the y Department, it is understood. an ensign who fails in his examina: tion for promotion to lieutenant (ju, nior grade) will lose 50 numbers, a lieutenant (junior grade) who fails In his examination for promotion to Heu- tenant will lose 25 numbers and a lieutenant who fails in his examina- tion for promotion to lieutenant com- mander wiil lose 12 numbers. Rela- tive to staff officers, the loss of num hers. it is understood. will be propor tiortate In the same ratio as all off cers in the staff corps. The toss of numbers in the line of Navy at the present time for offi- cers fajling in their professional ex- amination is approximately 180 for ensign, 108 for lieutenant (junior ade) and 54 for lieutenant. It was very evident, it was pointed out in the v Department last week, that this proposal would considerably reduce the penalty for those officers who fail in their professional examinations. SENATE RAISES FRUIT. Orchard Adjoins Luxembourg Gar- dens and Yields “Official” Product. Correspondence of the Assoclated Pross PARIS.—Probably the most ex pensive fruit in France is the “offt cial” product of the Senate orchard, adjoining the Luxembourg gardens It costs 700,000 francs to keep up the fruit _trees and the flowers, and there are 45 gardeners on the pay roll. The fruit brings in about 20,000 francs a year, o each apple or pear costs the government 35 times what it brings on the market. The receipts go into the Senate’s bar fund. High prices are paid for the fruit, apples and pears selling often for 10 to 15 francs apiece; as the orchard and gardens are a sort of experl- mental horticultural plant. The gar- den is historic. It was once the prop- erty of the Chartreuse monks, who traded it to Marle de Medici three centuries ago. Some of the magnificent windows of Westminster Abbey have been washed this Summer for the first time in 60 years. 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