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Armyand Navy News Navy. of convening in June, as ob- the past, the board to recom- officers of the Navy for pro- otion to the grades of rear admiral captain and commander will be con- vened at the Navy Department in 1930 about May 12. Previously, the naval line selection’ board has met in June, a8 it was not known until graduation of the Naval Academy first class how many midshipmen would be available for:a commission in the line, the redis- tribution of numbers in the several grades being g:rndcnt upon that num- ber. As the 0 Naval Academy class is an unusually large class, there un- doubtedly will more than enough to bring the commissioned personnel up to the maximum allowance of 5499 line officers, and thus the numbers allowed to the several grades on the apportion- ment basis authorized by law is known even this far in advance. It is estimated that the 1930 line se- tion board will make selections as follows: Five for rear admiral, 13 for captain and 20 for commander. There are not included in these figures the ‘vacancies that will be created in the event of the non-selection of the cap- tains and commanders that, if not se- lected, will be retired on June 30, 1930, under the service ineligibility-for-pro- motion law. Six captains and one com- mander are the maximum numbers that may be so retired, and in the event those numbers are ret| the maximum number of selections that may be rec- American Gold Star Mothers The American Gold Star Mothers met in executive session on Friday evening in the home of the president, Mrs. George Gordon Seibold. Plans for Christmas cheer, hospital visitation and the January patriotic conference were discussed. Among the communications was one Miss Margaret H. Lower, Red Cross fleld director at Walter Reed Hospital, expressing appreciation of the flag to be presented by the Gold Star Mothers for the new Memorial Chapel being erected at Walter Reed Hospital. Communica- tions were also read from Mrs. J. W. Good, Mrs. E. L. Ward, Mrs. Mary J. Bates, Mrs. E. C. Holmes, Maj. Charles Demonet, Mr. Michael Inselbuch, Mrs. Walter I. McCoy, Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, Mrs. Donald Macrae, Mrs. Ma- tilda I. Mevers, Mr. Russell A. Conn, Mrs. L. B. Brubaker, Mrs. E. M. H. Guedry and Jack Tomlinson. The regular meeting was held Decem- ber 17 at the Hotel Hamilton, with the president in the chair. The meeting was opened with prayer led by Mrs. Mar- garet E. Loveless. Mrs. Ruth Wright, secretary of Gold Star Mothers and World War Mothers of Ohio, sent Christmas greetings to the American Gold Star Mothers. Mrs. E. M. H. Guedry, who is visit- ing in Louisiana, called attention to Tequest from the office of Naval Rec. ords and Library of the Navy Depart- ment for photographs of all naval per- sonnel, commissioned and enlisted, killed in action during the World War, and of the officers and men decorated for dis- tinguished service during 1917 and 1918, Mrs. Mathilda Burling, president of the Richmond Hill Gold Star Associa- tion, visited Washington during the past week and had a: conference with the president .of “ American - Gold Star Mothers on mattsrs of national interest. The‘ following were admitted to mem- ip: Mrs. George B. Burling, mother of. George B. Burling, jr., who died at Hos- pital No. ‘la!, lfllamp de Maily, France, 5 , and is buried in ‘St. Mihiel Cemelery. Mrs. James A. Gordon, mother of Ed- ward F. Gordon of Company C, 165th Infantry, killed in action July 30, 1918, north of Epids, in Aisne-Marne. Mrs. Margaret Leonard, mother of Matthew A. Leonard, it, Com- pany H, 106th Infantry, killed in action August 21, 1918, around Mont Kemmel Hill; buried in Belgium; later removed to Calvary Cemetery, Long Island, N. Y. Mrs. Florian 3 t, mother of James G. B. Lampert, lieutenant colonel of 1st Engineers. ; u ims, July, 1918; second Battle of the Marne, July, 1918; on the Vesle, August, 1918; in the Ar- gonne, October, 1918; advance from Stenay to Sedan, November, 1918, and in the 2d Army attack between the Meuse and the Moselle, November 10- 11, 1918. Chief of bridge section from January, 1919, to date of his death, January 6, 1919, when he died of pneu- monia at Toul, Prance. He was award- ed posthumously “for exceptional meri- | torious and distin, ied services. He invented, developed and superintended the production of the standard floating foot bridge equipage, which was suc- cessfully used by the 1st Army in its attack east of the Meuse near Dun. His services were of inestimable value and had an important bearing on results achieved by our armies.” His father is in from Wisconsin. He had four brothers also in the World War. Mrs. Walter I.. McCoy, mother of George Baldwin McCoy, first lieutenant, 18th Regiment of Infantry, sailed for France September, 1917, and died July 20, 1918, {from wounds received in action in Soissons offensive. Buried in Arling- ton. His father served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for many years, having just retired. Mrs. Edith Zane Pyles, mother of Al- bert Zane Pyles, captain and adjutant of the 118th Regiment of Infantry, sta- tioned at Bohain, France. He was killed in action October 14, 1918, in France. He graduated from Harvard at 19 and ‘was the son of the late Dr. Richard A. Pyles. Mrs. Josephine Talks, mother of Charles Parkinson Talks, in training for Navy aviation, stationed at Boston, | Mass. Died at Naval Hospital Septem- | ber 18, 1918, of influenza. | Mrs. Bessie M. Wheatley, mother of Eugene Russell Wheatley, first lieuten- ant of the 17th Airplane Squadron, | stationed at Tadcaster, England. He ! ‘was serving with the British Royal Fly- | ing Corps and flying a British plane | when killed, March 10, 1918. Heserved | in the Reserve Officers’ Corps while at ! the University of Virginia, at Fort Myer and in Canada before going overseas. | Mrs. M. E. Loveless, Mrs. C. J. Sear], ! Mrs. H. L. Hurley, Mrs. F. F. Meeks | and Mrs. E. M. Nash were appointed on | the nominating committee. Mrs. John ; Killeen was appointed on the banquet | committee, in co-operation with the ! chairman, Mrs. C. C. Coombs, during | the patriotic conference to be held in January at Constitution Hall. Mrs. | M. E. Warfleld will serve on the ! credentials committee, with Mrs. Heirbert Bachus as chairman. Mrs. Eugene S. Bruce will serve on the | resolutions committee, with Mrs. O. D. ! Oliphant as chairman. Mrs. Ben H.! Fuller will serve on the rules committee, man. Twenty delegates will be appointed to | represent the organization at the patri- | ouc conference. Mrs. W. S. Holmes | was appointed from Nebraska and Mrs. Mary J. Bates from Jackson, Mich. Mrs. George W. Hibbs, Mrs. John C. | Kelton, Mrs. M. E. Warfield and Mrs. | Catherine Barrack will visit the Mount | Alto, Walter Reed, Naval and St. Eliz- | abeth’s Hospitals, respectively, in com- with others, with Christmas cheer. Miss Elizabeth Pancoast Chamblin sang, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. | Charles T. Lindsey. Master Richard ' recited ~ “The American's His brother Robert also re- ! cited John Reld Bugbee impersonated Santa Claus in costume and distributeq gifts from a Christmas tree which had been presented and decosated by Mrs. R. E. . Jacobs. The Mothers brought the gifts | for distribution. An executive session will be held Jan- 3 with president. | Officers will be elected January 21 at the Hotel Ha n. i ommended by the board would be for g rear ldmsr;!l} xvs{u captain lnd“:'l or commander. Should nding line personnel bill be enacted l:‘in law in its present form, the maximum number of selections would be approxi- mately 7 for rear admiral, 22 for cap- tain and 95 for commander. The large number for commander would be ‘due to the increase in that grade under the bill. The additional selections for rear admiral and captain would not repre- sent any increase or advance of pro- motion, but only a larger promotion list awaiting vacancies. ‘There are several reasons why the Navy Department has decided to con- vene the selection board next May. First, the battle fleet will be en route from the east to the west coast in June, and none of the flag officers at- tached to that fleet then would be con- veniently available for duty as members of the board, whereas the fleet is sched- uled to be at New York from May 7 to 26, during which period they easily would be avallable as members of the | board. Another reason, and a most im- portant one, is that an early announce- ment of the selections will enable the Bureau of Navigation well in advance to adjust its slate of many cha to be made during the Summer. s will eliminate the necessity of issuing emer- gency and short-notice orders depend- ent upon selection and noneseléction for promotion. 1t is estimated in the Navy Depart- ment that about 25 more midshipmen will graduate next June than can be given commissions in the line and Pay Corps of the Navy and in the Marine Corps. This will be the first time that there has besn an excess of graduates since 1891, when about five midshipmen were discharged upon graduation. Con- sideration is being given by the de- partment to the retention of the excess in the service, and it is hoped that enough vacancies will oocur before next June to provide commissions for all of the graduates. Capt. Willlam P. Robert (C. C.) has been selected for duty as assistant to the chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, to fill the vacancy resulting from the recent appointment of Rear Admiral George H. Rock, as chief con= structor of the Navy and chief of that bureau. Capt. Robert will be detached, about January 6, from duty in Philadel- phia as tending constructor at the office of the Marine Enginee: Corporation, and he will then procee« to Washington for his new duties. That corporation was established to prepare detailed plans for light cruisers 26 to 31, inclusive. The work is now nearing completion and Capt. Robert's assist- ants will carry on the duties incident to closing out the functions of the draft- ing office. Army. ‘The War artment has approved the proposal authorizing promotion upon retirement of officers of the Regular Army in recognition of World War service. All officers of the Army, un- der existing law, are retired with the actual rank held by them at the date of retirement, but under the proposal, all officers would be retired at their highest awarded rank provided their war service was creditable. At the close of the World War many officers were reduced in rank, and some of these officers have reached retirement at a grade lower tham that held by them during the period of the national emer- gency. No nominations for promotion to the grade of captain have yet been made, in which grade, as this is being written, See This New— genuine vacuum cup EASY THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, there are now 72 vacancies, to which first lieutenants Earl M. Peckinpaugh, F. A. 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