Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1928, Page 31

. Army. Maj. Gen. Fred W. Sladen, com- mander of the 3d Corps Afea, will head the class B board that will be con- vened in the War Department Decem- ber 17 to make the classification of of- ficers under prot sec- tion 24b of the act approved June 4, 1920. The other members of board are Maj. Dennis E. mond P. Davis, and Brig. Gens. George V. H. Moseley, Wil- liam P. Jackson and Charles E. Kil- bourne, with Lieut. Col. Clark Lynn, Adjutant General's Department, as re- corder. This is one of the most im- portant boards that meets in the War Department, it being charged with cias- sifying every officer in the service and determining their professional fitness for remaining in the service. A survey of the vacancies among the Xommmloned personnel of the Regular rmy last week, disclosed the fact that the non-promotion list branches were short 50 officers, there were 147 va- cancies in the promotion list branches, while the Army Air Corps itself was 160 officers short. Exclusive of the non- promotion list vacancies, the Army is short 307 officers. Of the shortage of 50 officers in the non-promotion list 43 are in the Medical Corps of the Reg- ular Army. ‘The attractive offers for more rapid advancement and much greater re- muneration has made heavy inroads upon the flying personnel of the Air Corps, and the past year or so the Army has lost a considerable number of its outstanding flyers to commercial air- craft companies. The authorized of- ficer strength of the Air Corps for this fiscal year is 1,263. As of October 31, 1928, the last available date for strength figures up to this time showed that the actual commissioned strength of the flying arm of the service was 960 as- signed officers, with 122 detailed. The majority of officers in the latter group are now undergoing flying instruction. Maj. Gen. Sladen. Thus at the present time the Air Corps is short 181 officers. The 122 officers referred to above should really be in- cluded in the latter figure, making the total shortage 303 for the group of officers undergoing flying _instruetion are not assigned to the Alr Corps. To overcome this shortage in the Air Corps, two examinations will be held, one from December 17 to 22, while the second examination will be held from March 18 to 23, 1929. No examination for appointment as second lieutenant in the Regular Army was held last June, due to the fact that !the 1928 graduating class at the Mili- tary Academy absorbed all of the va- cancies that existed in the military es- tablishment at that time. It is yet too early to determine whether or not the present senior or first class at West Point, that will graduate next June, will be numerically sufficient to absorb all of | the vacancies that will exist in the com- missioned, personnel at that time. The |average West Point graduating class usually numbers around 200 members. Six months will elapse before the 1929 Military Academy class will be commis- sioned as second lieutenants in the Reg- ular Army, and the number of separa- tions occurring between now and next June will determine to a great extent whether an examination for appoint- ment as second lieutenant in the mili- tary establishment will be held in the carly Summer. The current four-year terms of two War Department bureau chiefs will ex- pire on the same date next Spring— March 28, 1929—that of Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief of Chemical War- iare Service, and that of Maj. Gen. Robert H. Allen, chief of Infantry. failure of the reappointment of Maj. Gen. John A. Hull as judge advocate general of the Army, who was succeed- ed by Maj. Gen. Edward A. Kreger, in- dicates that the War Department policy of making chief of branch appointments for one term of four years only is to be adhered to. However, with the induc- tion into office of a new national ad- ministration it is possible and perhaps probable that the new administration may favor reappointments, it being felt that the engineering mind of the next President, always with an eye for econ- omy and efficiency, will not view with favor the placing of new general offi- cers in high commands, especially when the present occupants are discharging their duties efficiently. Rather than revert to the grade of colonel and probably be placed in an unimportant command, this one-term THE SUNDAY. for the chief of branches of the supply and technical arms has caused the retirement of Maj. Gen. Charles McK. Saltzman, who retired as chief signal officer about a year ago. Gen. Hull had 10 more years to serve before reaching the retirement age limit of 64 years, Gen. Allen will have 4 more years to serve if he is not reappointed next March, while Gen. Pries will have 8 more years to serve when he com- pletes his present tour of duty as chief of the Chemical Warfare Service. Service discussion has gone so far as to include the surgeon general of the Army and the chief of Air Corps. When | P! Gen. Ireland, surgeon general, com- pletes his present term of office, which will be his third in that capacity, he will be 63 years of age. When Gen. Fechet, chief of Alr Corps, was appomnt- ed to his present office it was an- nounced that he did not desire a reap- pointment. He has three more years to serve as head of the Air Corps, as he was not appointed until December 20, 1927. Navy. ‘Within the first four months of the 1929 calendar year there will expire the current four-year terms of three Navy Department ~ bureau chiefs—namely, Rear Admirals William A. Moffett, chief of the Burcau of Aeronautics, on March 13; Charles Morris, chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, on April 29, and Edward H. Campbell, judge advocate general of the Navy, on April 30. There has been considerable discussion in naval circles as to the probable assign- ments of these three bureau chiefs upon the termination of their tour of duty, but as the expiring dates of their tours of duty are subsequent to the inaugura- tion of Mr. Hoover as President, the re- appointment of the incumbents or the selection of their successors will depend largely upon the Secretary of the Navy in the new administration. ‘The general assumption has been that Admiral Moffett would be tendered a reappointment or would be assigned to command the aircraft squadrons of the battle fleet, possibly with the rank of vice admiral, as the relief of Rear Ad- miral Joseph M. Reeves, whom specula- tion accredits as most likely to be ap- pointed chief of the Bureau of Aero- nautics. It has also been said that Ad- miral Moffett might be retired upon his own application and become identified with civil and commercial aviation. With respect to Admiral Morris, it Is not known whether he desires reap- pointment, but the prevailing impres- sion is that he would prefer to be trans- ferred to the retired list of the Navy after more than 30 years' service. As pointed out in this column several weeks ago, Admiral Campbell desired to be relieved from his present daties as N lectrical STAR, WASHINGTOX D. C. DECEMBER 9, 1928—PART T. : judge advocate gen: and assigned to sea duty this Autumn and it was under- stood that he would be assigned to com- mand the special service squadron as the relief of Rear Admiral David F. Sellers, who would be appointed judge advocate general. There were two out- standing reasons, however, which pre- vented the occurrence of these rumored changes. First, the Navy Department authorities desired to retain Admiral Campbell in his present office during this session of Congress, as he would be available to appear before congressional committees during the consideration of roposed personnel and other legisla- tion, with which he is so familiar. Sec- ondly, it was decided to retain Admiral Sellers as commander of the special service squadron until after the presi- dential election in Nicaragua on No- vember 4, as it would have been of questionable policy to make a change in the command of the squadron during the pre-election period. The indica- tions now are that Admiral Sellers will remain in his present position at least until President-elect Moncada assumes office on January 1, 1929, and probably for a time thereafter until the new ad- ministration becomes settled. Service discussion is also being heard relative to the important office of the commandant of the United States Ma- rine Corps, the present ‘encumbent of which is Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, who will complete his four years as the head of the Marine Corps on March 5. 1929. His reappointment would be a most popular choice. Gen. Lejeune would have nearly four more years to serve, as he will not attain the retiring age limit until January 10, 193; There is no prospective vacancy at the present time in the grade of rear admiral for Capt. Arthur J. Hepburn, who was the junior of the five cap- tains selected last June for advance- ment. The other four have made their numbers and Capt. Harry E. Yarnell was promoted to rear admiral on August 17 as a result of the retirement of Rear Admiral Edward W. Eberle. Unless a vacancy occurs between now and next June, Capt. Hepburn will again be considered by the line selec- tion board, which will meet next June. ‘The officers selected for promotion to the grades of captain and commander, who are junior to those who will be promoted as a result of the retirement, upon their own applications, after 30 years' service, of Capts. George E. Gelm, on December 11; George L. P. Stone, on December 25, and Charles E. Smith, on February 18, have no va- cancles in prospect at this time, and they, too, will be considered by the selection board that will meet next June. Upon the retirement of Capt. Gelm, Comdr. John W. Wilcox, jr., and Lieut. Comdr. William N. Richardson. jr., will be promoted; Comdr. Lawrence N. McNair and Lieut. Comdr. Charles M. Elder will be promoted upon the retirement of Capt. Stone, while Comdr. William_ Baggaley and Lieut. Comdr. Henry T. Settle will be promoted upon the retirement of Capt. Smith. These promotions will leave the following named officers with no vacancies at present in prospect: Comdrs. Behja- min Dutton, jr.; Halford R. Greenlee (additional number), Vaughan K. Coman and Reed M. Fawell, and Lieut. Comdrs. Rush S. Fay, Charles M. Cooke, jr.; Mervyn S. Bennion, Augustin H. Gray, Walter E. Brown, Halloway H. Frost and Howard K. Lewis. RECANVASS OF VOTES IS REFUSED IN TEXAS W;xrzbach, Defeated for House, Denied Check; Grand Jury Completes Inquiry. B7 the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December 8.— The Bexar County Commissioners Court yesterday refused the demand of Rep- resentative Harry M. Wurzbach, Repub- lican, defeated for re-election in the fourteenth Texas district by County Judge Augustus McCloskey, Democrat, that the county vote in the congression- al race be recanvassed. The action followed opinions by the county and district attorneys that the returns could not be recanvassed because they had been certified to the Secretary of State. A grand jury which has been investi- gating the race completed its work yesterday. The jury returned five in- dictments alleging alteration of election Teturns against Judge McCloskey. 'The investigation of the Wurzbach- McCloskey race was given impetus by the visit here recently of the congres- sional campaign expenditures commit- te e. The committee had difficulty in ob- taining copies of election returns bear- ing on the Wurzbach race until elec- tion judges were threatened with con- gressional action. INSURANCE EXPERT DEAD, ESSEX, Conn, December 8 (#).—J. Flovd - Johnston, vice president of the United States Merchants & Shippers’ Insurance Co., who was regarded as one of the foremost experts in marine in- surance in the country, died at his home here yesterday. 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