Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11
EXPANSION OF NAVY
REQUIRES OFFICERS
Board of Selection Recommends
Promotion of 413 in
Line.
NINE NEW REAR-ADMtRALS
Greater Number of Appointments
Temporary and Due to
War Conditions.
NINE NEW REAR-ADMIRALS
IBy Arnociatcd prcssl

WASII1EGTON. August 1O-Promo-
ton Of 4l3 line officers OF the navy and
sixteen officers OF the coast guard was
recommended to Secretary Daniels to-
day by the Naval Board of Selection
OF which Admiral Mayo Is president
Inc promotions. which in some cases
are permanent and in others only tenn
porary, range all the way from com
mandcrs to rear -admirals and arc made
necessary By the rapid expansion OF
the navy planned for the next year.
Approval of the recommendations by
President Wilson is necessary before
any OF the promotions become efrec-
tive. and only comparatively few OF
the officers are needed at this time
for the duties to which it is the .inten-
ton TO assign them.
Ninc captains. now holding the tenn
porary rank of rear-admiraI. were
recommended for promotion to that
rank permanently as follows:
Captains Albert p. Niblack. John A.
Hoogewcrfr. Marbury Johnston. Edwin
4. Anderson, Thomas W. Kincaid. Will
liam S Smith. Charles w. Dyson. Clar-
encc S. Williams and John ID. McDon-
aid.
MANY RECOMMENDED
FOR TEMPORARY PROMOTION
The following captains were recon-
mendc1 for promotion TO the temper
airy l.nk of admiral:
George II. Clark, William A. Gill
Harold y Norton, Gustav KacmmerlIng,
Alexander Ha!stcad. Roger wcl!.n
Charles i. Plunkctt. William H. G.
Builard. Joseph w. Oman. Philip An
drcws. Josiah Mexican. Benton e.
Decker Mark l.. Bristol. Newton A.
McCully: Henry +. Bryan. Andrew T.
Long. Thon-s Washington. Guy H
Burragc. Ashley II. Robertson. Carlo
b. Britain. Samuel S. Robson. Charles
+. Hughes. Henry a. Wiley.
Commanders were recommended tos
promotion to permanent rank OF cap
tain as follows:
Philip williams. Douglas F. Dus-
mukes, Bion 'B. Bierer. Raymond de l..
Hasbrouck. Joel Il. p. Prinele, Frank
II. CLARK, Edward II. Campbell. Waiter
S. Grossly, Martin T., Trench. Orton
p. jackson. Percy y. Oistcad, Frunk 8
uphams David r. Sellers.
In addition TO these officers, eighty,
nine commanders were recommended
for. temporary captains. -thirty-three
permanent lieutcnant-com ommanders for
promotion to the permanent rank OF
commander AND c3s licutcnant-c ON :
mandcrs FOR temporary commanders
MADE TEMPORARY SENIOR
COAST GUARD CAPTAINS
Thirteen captains OF the coast guard
were recommended for temporary pro-
motion TO tho rank of senior captain
In the coast guard as follows:
James II. Brown. James NJ More
William v. T.. Jacobs. Preston H. uh-
beroth. Andrew J. Henderson,. Richard
q. Crisp. Frederick G. Dodge. George
G. Carminc. Frederick J. Haake. James
G. Ballinger, Charles r.. Johnston.
Aaron L. Gamble and Harry G. Ham.
let.
Three captains of engineers of the
coast guard were recommended for
temporary promotioL u tie rank OF
senior captain as follows:
james Fl. Chalker. Charles f. Nash
and Dennis +. y. Bowen.
Rear-Admiral Niblack, who Is recon-
mended for that permanent rank. is
now on duty in European waters. being
commander of the American naval
forces operating in the mediterranean
Sea