The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-02
PLUCKING BOARD
 RETIRES OFFICERS
FIFTEEN NAVAL OFFICERS ARE RETIRED THROUGH CoMPUL-
 SION OF NAVAL LAW.
Many Officers, Practically Fired" Are Men of Note in the Service of the United States Navy.

W hoAAAi etOAA Ifs A.s Julg IT lll6tu naval officers, several of them cap tains with distinguished records, ended their active careers today on the recommendation of the naval ''plucking board" Secretary Daniels made public the names of those se- lected for compulsory retirement this year with a formal announce ment that he expected to ask for the repeal of the law of 1899, under which the annual "plucking" is done.
 The officers retired, with their present stations and home addresses, follows:
 Capt John H. Gibbons, command ing the battleship Utah, Washington, | D. c.
 Capt. Frank w. Kellogg, command ing battleship North Carolina, Water bury, Conn.
 Capt. John c. Leonard, command ing battleship Virginia, Brooklyn.
 Capt. Frank K. Hill, army war col leee, Washington, D. C.; Cincinnati, Ohio.
 l Capt George R. Evans, command ing battleship Nebraska, Washington, 1 D. C.
 ! Commander George N. Hayward, 1 collier Hannibal Chicago. Commander John P. Patton, com manding battleship Tennessee and receiving ship New York, Columbia, & C.
 Commander Provost Babin, en route to United tates from Asiatic | station, Brooklyn. Commander William s. Whitted, inspector Cramp ship yard Philadel- phia Rockville, N. C.
 I.ieutlCommander Walter M. Fal- coner, collier Leonidas, Springfield, l Ohio.
 Lieut.. Commander Ulysses s. Macy 1 in charge of navy recruiting station, Philadelphia Adrian, Mich.
 Lieut.. Commander Carlton R. Rear gunboat Fl Cano, Washington, N. C..
 Lieut.. Commander John w. Schoen- 1 field, battleship Minnesota, Westfield, 1 N. Y.
 Lieut.. Franklin W. Osborn, Jr., gunboat Castine, Eugene, Oregon.
 Lieut.. William J. Moses, cruiser 1 Raleieh, Seattle, Wash.
 In addition to the plucking boards list, Secretary Daniels announced that the following six officers had been placed on the retired list at their own reqdest:
 Capt Harrison "A. Bispham, navy yard. Philadelphia.
 Commander Emmett R. Pollock, batteship Vermont, Bloomington, III.
 Commander Irwin G. Gillis, battle ship Michigan, Washington, D. C.
 Commander Raymond Stone, bat. tleship New Jersey, Mobile, Ala.
 Commander Simon P. Fullinwider battleship Connecticut, Raton, N. NJ Commander Edwin H. Delany waiting orders at Washington, D. C.; Cleveland, Tenn.
 A number of other officers had asked for voluntary retirement and had their applications been accepted the board would not have had to dc any "plucking" But last year the president decided not to permit the voluntary retirement of any officer who has not had twenty years ser vice after graduating from the naval academy. The law requires the crea- ton of forty vacancies annually with fifteen compulsory retirements if necessary.
 : Included in the list of "plucked are the names of some officers whose prominence in naval circles has caused great surprise among their colleagues at their retirement. Cap tain Gibbons has been superintend- ent of the naval academy and naval attache to the American embassy in London, assignments given to off cers of the highest professional abil- Iity Captain Hip became prominent