New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-10
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.
important Assignments of Naval
Officers of High Rank.
From The Tribune Bureau.
Marc


SECRETARY MEYER MAKES MANY
CHANGEc. Many important assignments
Of naval officers of high rank to duty were
announced by Secretary Meyer to-day:
Captain John r. Newton is detached from
the battleship Nebraska and ordered 10
comand the Portsmouth, \. H. navy
yard. Captain DE Witt Cohman - oe-
tached from the command OF the battIesnlp
New Jersey and assigned TO duty ~ c con-,
mandant of the Boston navy yard. captain
Thomas s Rodgers T. detached from com
mand Of the battleship New Hampshire
and made captain of the norfolk nav
yard. In place Of captain lanes J.; Parker,
Captain Thomas Snowdcn is detached from
the inspection board and ordered 10 coul-
mand the battleship South Carolina, ID
place Of Captain \. i. Fechtler. Cdp'a..
George r. Clark is transferred from TIE
command of the battleship Iowa 20 me
Minnesota. I'm place OF Commander Nllllhui
). sims. who will 20 To tho Naval W ar OF
Iege. Captain Edward Lloyd is detacneh
from the command Of the receiving SNIP
Wabash and placed in command OF tne oSt-
tlcship Kansas. in place OF captain nha ,re,7
Badser. captain James y; r ar eT<orfoIk
navy ward, viii take command OF tne ~
tleship Nebraska, In place Of CAPTAIN john
L. Newton. Captain Washington J. Cnaln,
berS, who has been in charge or the ndNat
aeronautical work will become captain oil
the battcship Louisiana, relieving captain
Albert q. Winterhalter tommandeT riauN
W. Kellogg will take command OF tne pae
tleShip Maine when she goes into comfnIs-
son Commander Frederick l.. Chapin' late
naval attachA at London, viii become cap
tain of the Missouri -,..a
Commander W. w. Buchanan IS ieiIeneu
from duty dS inspector Of the "a Lighthouse
District at Boston. and VIII command lHs
Ohio. Captain Robert +. bopez is deLaGuen
from the Board Of Survey, san frnnclsco;;
and viii take command OF the arhloTcu
cruiser Maryland, In place OF Cap,aili
James &. Gilmore and Commander CharleS
&. Marsh nos on duty in the Navy Depari
m"nt. will relieve Captain thnofd >; bou .,
lima. Captain VI. j. MAYO. now captain Oh
the navy ward At Mare Island. WIZ sue
coed Admiral Hugo Osterhaus ~ conlinann ~
daur of that ward The feet changes WI
take place after tie April practice.
SECOND LIEUTENANT VACANCIES
There will he more than two hundred Va
cancies In tho grade of second lieutenant
in the United States army 10 be iilled ny
appointment between now and July !. the
War Department vas Informed to-day that
in conformity with its orders, promotion
boards had assembled at all OF the larger
posts 10 pass upon the eligibility for pro-
motion OF number az officers below the
rank If colonel in the various branches OF
the service. 1t is the promotion Of these
officers that viii cause the large number OF
vacancies in the grade OF second lieutenant
These places will be filled, first, by the
appointment Of the graduates OF this years
first class al the West Point Military Acad-
emp: second. by the award of commissions
10 commissioned officers and priVates
Of the reeuar army who have successfully
passed competitive examinations, and, last,
there viii be still room for tho appointment
o: number Of civilians to the army
though just how mSny cannot be known
until the West Point graduates and resu-
lar army men are provided for.