Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1931, Page 33

Armyand Navy News Navy. A board of Construction Corps officers of the Navy will beé convened tomorrow at the Navy Department for the pur- of recommending one officer of m corps for promotion to the rank of captain. The board will consist of Capts. Richard M. Watt, Henry Wil llams, Julius A. Furer, S. Land, P. Schlabach and Alexander H. ‘an Kuren, with Lieut. Comdr. Thomas P. Wynkoop as recorder. The six com- manders eligible for consideration by the board are James O. Gawne, Alva ‘B. Court, Allan J. Chantry, jr.; Lew M. thim, Philip G. Lauman and Ralph . Hanson. With the enactment into law of the Britten bill during the closing hours of the last Congrets, the tion pros- pects of officers of the Navy have been sitered materially. The Increased num- bers of officers in certain grades will be- come effective upon the announcement by the Secretary of the Navy of the re- distribution of number in grades. The Tedistribution will, in all probability, be- come effective on June 5, upon the graduation of the 1931 class at the Naval Academy. It is estimated that there will be two additional vacancies in the grade of captain and 58 addi- tional vacancies in the grade of com- mander, which will make 60 promotions due to the grade of commander in June. On the same basis, and according to present estimates, there will be 61 ad- ditional vacancies in the grade of leu- tenant commander, which will afford 12¢ promotions by senlority to that gtds (three lleutenants becoming ad- tional numbers on prometion). On the basis of 5499 regular Navy officers, promotions to lieutenant will be normal until the redistribution date, and promotions of lieutenants to lieu- tenant commanders will not at once create vacancies in the grade of lieu- tenant because of the reduction of 21; per cent in the allowed number of lieu- w’#"' ' e date of convening a selection board to recommend officers for pro- motion to the grade of commander now is under consideration in the Navy De- ent. It is possible that such a may be convened in May, but it has been recommended that the selec- tions wait until convening of the board at the usual time next December. The selectees for the rndc of commander remalning on the list of the last selec- tion board will take care of about 26 of the additional vacancies, leaving about 32 to be recommended by the next board. Unless in the meantime selected for promotion, 5 captains, commanders and 16 lieutenant com- manders will be transferred to the re- tired list of the Navy July 1, 1931, and these retirements will make 24 promo- tions to the grades of lieutenant com- mander and lieutenant in addition to the number given above. A board of officers of the Madical Corps of the Navy will be convened at the Navy Department tomorrow for the purpose of recommending not more than 11 officers of that corps for pro- motion to the rank of captain. Twenty- nine commanders of the Medical Corps are eligible for consideration by the board, which will be composed of the following members: Rear Admiral Rob- ert M. Kennedy, Captains Will M. Gar- ton, John M. Brister, Charles M. Oman, Percival 8. Rossiter, James S. Wood- ward and Harold W. Smith, with Lieut. Comdr. George P. Carr as recorder. The Supply Corps board of officers that convened recently at the Navy Department recommended the following commanders for promotion to the rank of captain: Charles E. Parsons, Robert K. Van Mater, Willlam R. Van Buren and Elwood A. Cobey. The board also recommended the following lieutenant commanders for promotion to the rank of commander: Omar D. Conger, James P. Helm, Robert S. Chew, Oscar W. Leidel, Charles C. Copp, John J. Gaff- ney, John A. Byrne, Richard 8. Robert- son, Charles V. McCarty, Eaton C. Ed- wards, John B. Ewald and Samuel R. ‘White, jr. Army. Brig. Gen. Henry C. Whitehead, as- sistant to the Quartermaster General lieve Brig. Gen. Louis H. Bash, also assistant to the Quartermaster General, a8 a member of the Board of Officers to meet in Washington to determine the of the Army, has been detailed to re- | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO clause of classification of officers placed in Class B under the provisions of sec- tion 24b, Act of June 4, 1920. A number of Army officers will short- 1y arrive in Wi n for duty at War Department. Col. Laurence Hals stead, G. S. C. (Inf.), now on duty at 7th Corps Area Headquarters, Omaha, Nebr., will, upon arrival in this city on March 31 be assigned to duty in_the office of the Chief of Infantry. Upon the completion of his present tour of foreign service in Panama, Col. Aubray Lippincott, G. S. C. (Cav.), will come to Washington and assume duty in_the office of the Chief of Cavalry. Maj. Harvey R. Livesay, M. C., now on duty n the Hawalian Department, will come to duty at the Army Medical Center, while Maj. George D. Murphey, Q. M. C., upon completing his studies at the Army War Colleze on July 1, will go to duty in the office of the Chief of Staff. Capt. Kendall J. Fielder, Inf, upon completing his course of instruc- tion at the Infantry School, will come to Washington for duty as commanding officer of the Army Band, relieving Capt. Curtis D. Alway (Inf.), about June 12, who will go to the Infantry School. War Department instructions have di- rected that the number of chaplains now serving in the Hawaifan Depart- ment_be reduced from 13 to 11. This will be accomplished as the tours of chaplains serving in Hawali expire. The 13 chaplains include Chaplain Roy H. Parker (Baptist South), now en | route to Hawali, the War Department | reduction order being issued too late to | revoke his order authorizing him to | proceed to that department. The 13 chaplains now authoriged for service in that department are: Ivan G. Martin (Presbyterian, U. S. A.); Albert K. Mathews (Deciples of Christ); Oscar W. Reynolds (Methodist Episcopal;; Hubert A. Rinard (Lutheran); Edward R. Martin (Roman Catholic); Frank L. Miller (Presbyterian, U. 8. A): Roy H. Parker (Baptist South); Paul B. Rupp (Reformed, U. S. A); Emerson E. Swanson_(Methodist Episconal South); Frank C. Rideout (Baptist North); | Alexander D. Sutherland (Presbyterian, | U. 8. A): Frank M. Thompson (Meth- | han (Roman Catholic). A soclety has been formed in Scot- 1and to obtain recruits for the Socialist party from among members of the med- ical profession. odist Episcopal), and John F. Mona- | DIPHTHERIA SCOURGE HOLDS UPPER HAND 24 New Cases at Point Barrow, With Disease Spreading Rapidly. By the Assotiated Press. POINT BARROW, Alaska, March 14. —The diphtheria scourge had the upper hand again here today, but Dr. Henry Griest of the Presbyterian Mission Hos- pital and his wife were fighting back with renewed spirit and an additional supply of antitoxin. ‘The number of serious cases had mounted to 24, the only hospital was overflowing, and the disease was spread- ing mpml{é Some of the patients were expected die. Immunization of the entire population—about 300 natives and a dozen whites, including four chil- dren—was being rushed with all pos- sible speed. The new supply of serum was brought here from Fairbanks yesterday by Joe Crosson, aviator. He made a prévious flight here with antitoxin and fruits last Sunday. Shortly after the aviator's ar- rival yesterday four new cases re reported, and the same number took ill the day-before. ‘The epidemic has been raging for two weeks, and the number of less se- rious cases was not known. The disease has been creeping up the coast since last December by the intermingling of reindeer herders. Mrs. Griest is the only nurse here and is being assisted by two native women. So little headway has been made the past_few days in fighting the disease a call has been sent out for volunteer help and supplies. One of the greatest barriers against the campaign to stamp out the disease is the Eskimo habit of hiding sickness until it becomes serious. Mueller Is Unchanged. BERLIN, March 14 (#)—Condition of former Chancellor Hermann Mueller, who 18 seriously ill in a hospital here, was said today not to be greatly changed from yesterdsy afternoon, when he showed & slight improvement. 3 D. 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