Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
los NAVY OFFICERS
GET PROMOTION
Snowden and Thesis Made Rear Ad-
mirals Some Advanced Only For
Period Of War.


ed the recommendations of the Mayo
Board for the promotion of los Off
GERS to take care of the expansion of
the Navy as a result of doubling its
enlisted strength to a total of 150,-
900 men, Thirty-four of the promo
tions recommended and approved are
of officers who will be advanced by
the selection" process to permanent
higher rank in the Navy The other
seventy-one are to receive only pro-
motions for the period of the war. in
accordance with authority granted by
Congress last May.
The board making these selections
was headed by Admiral Henry r.
Mayo, and its other members were
Vice Admiral Dewitt Coffman, Rear
Admirals Nathaniel r. Usher, Frank F
Fletcher, Walter Mclean, Albert G.
Winterhalter, Albert w. Grant and
William L. Rodgers. with Commander
Kenneth NJ. Bennett as recorder
Chief interest centered around the
promotions of Captains to be Rear
Admirals.
The promotion approved by the
President are as follows:
CAPTAINS TO PERMANENT RANK
OF REAR ADMIRAL.
Thomas Snowden. Emil Thesis Tex
ira number
COMMANDERS TO PERMANENT
RANK OF CAPTAIN.
Frank H. Schofield, James F. Car
ter, Gorge w Laws, George c.. Day,
Luke McName, Charles L. Hussey,
John r. Y. Blakely. John F.. Hines.
Yates Stirling, Jr
LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS TO
PERMANENT, RANK OF
COMMANDER.
Henry c. Muslin, William p. Cronan,
William B. Wells, Paul B. Dugan Tex
ira number), Hilary II. Royal. W. r.
Sayles, Jr., Kenneth G. Castleman
(extra number), Frank T. Evans,
Daniel p MaBnix, Wilbert Smith,
Harry K Cage, Ward K Workman,
Hayne Ellis, Frank d. Berrien, Paul
Foley, Edwin H. Dodd, Charles r.
Train, Hugo W. Osterhaus. Charles p.
HUFF, Louis ]. Connolly, Ernest ].
! King. Byron A. Long, Alfred G. Howe
CAPTAINS TO TEMPORARY RANK
OF REAR ADMIRAL.
Albert p. Niblack, John A. Hooge-
I werff, William B. Fletcher, Marbury
Johnson. Edwin A. Anderson (extra
number).
COMMANDERS TO TEMPORARY
RANK OF CAPTAIN.
George B. Bradshaw, Philip Will
Jams, Douglas d. Dismukes, Bion B
Bieror, Powers Symington. R. d. Has
brouck, Joel r. p Pringle. Edward S
Kellogg. Frank H. Clark. Edward H
| Campbell, Walter s. Crosley (extrs
number), Martin E. French, Orton p
Jackson. Percy ~ Olmsted, Frank B
/ Upham, Andre NJ Proctor (extrs
number). Chester w. Ridley, McLear
d. F. Sellers, John T. Tompkins. Al
fred w. Hines, Ernest L. Nenett.
| LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS TC
TEMPORARY RANK OF
COMMANDER
w r. White extra number), JOIN
S. Graham. L. S. Shapley, William K
Riddle, John G. Church, James H
Comfort, G. B. Landenberger, Charle'
l.. Arnold, w. Norris (extra number)
r. S. Keyes. AdoIphus Andrews. Fred
4 erick L. Oliver. Thomas r. Kurtz
Harold E. Cook, John Matt Enos
John p. Jackson, B. b. Wygant, Hanley
H. Symonds. Roger Williams, John E
Bass (extra number. W. Satterlee. B
C. Allen, Arthur P Fairfield. j.
fremont, Jr-, w n. Vernon. Frank r
McCrary Percy w. Foote. George F
Neal, William H. Allen, John Downes
Jr., ]. L. Hileman, c. t Hutchins, Jr.
John J. Hannigan. Guy Wilkinson
| Stuart Castle. W W Galbraith. JohI
Y. Babcock. R. F. Zogbaum, Jr., H. G
S. Wallace. Roe Reed Adams, Henr.
A. Baldridge, William Lee Pryor
George j. Meyers, Edward ]. Mar
quart, Donald c. Bingham. Ralph NJ
Griswold, l. B. Porterfield. G. ]. Row
cliff, James p Lannon. Ralph Payne
Craft.