Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-20
EBERLE TO COMMAND
FLEET IN PACIFIC

Although Secretary of the Navy
DENLY has disposed OF the question OF
assignments of ranking Admirals of
The Atlantic ana Pacific fleets. in view
of changes previously announced. and
others known 10 be pending, he has
no; as Yet reached those officers OF
the regular grade OF Rear-Admiral
such. as Admiral Scales, the retiring
superintendent of the Naval Academy.
II has been known for about two
months, that Admiral Scales would be
detached from duty here. and his sue
Cessor, Admiral Henry B. Wilson. had
been regarded as a certainty long
prior TO that. Thus. far. however. Ad-
miral Scales has not been advised
what sea command he will be given.
VicoAdmirai II r. Jones has been
assigned 10 command the Allan
iic fleet with the rank of admiral.
He will succeed Admiral II. b. Wilson,
who will lower his nag on June 80
o assume command of the Naval
Academy here
commanding a battleshlp division in
lhe Atlantic fleet. was named as Com
manderin-chie OF the Pacific fleet
with the rank Of admiral He will
succeed Admiral Hugh Rodman. who
will be assigned to command the naval
operating base al Hampton Roads. Va
Rear-Admiral John ID. Mcdonald,
now commanding the navy yard at
New York, will become second in cem-
mand of the Atlantic feet and in COM
mand OF the battIeship force with the
rank of vice-admiral He succeeds
Admiral Jones. Rear-Admiral w. r.
Shoemaker, now comman nding the
Fourteenth Naval district and the ma
val station at Pearl Harbor. becomes
vice admiral OF the Pacific feet
The detail of other officers in the
two fleets. including the chiefs OF STATS
and division commanders. will be an
nounced later. Secretary DENLY said.
EberIe In 1898 War
The new commander OF the Pacific
ieet is native OF Texas and served
on the famous battleship Oregon dnr-
ing the Spanish american War Be
sore his assignment to his present sta
ton as commander OF battleship di-
vision No s. Atlantic feet. he was
superintendent OF the Naval Academy.
His home il at Fort Smith. Ark
Admiral Jones is a native OF Yir-
ginia and also served in the Spanish
American War. During the World War
he was commander OF Division L.
cruiser force raider guard, Atlantic
feet.
Admirals Wilson and Rodman are
completing their two years as COM
manders OF the two big fleets. Ad-
miral Wilson was assigned 10 the At
lantic fleet after his return in 1918
from overseas, where he took prorni-
nent part in the naval operations OF
the world war as commander OF the
American naval forces based on
France
Admiral Rodman commanded the
Sixth Battle Squadron. the organiza-
tion of American dreadnaughts that
became part of the British Grand Fleet
during the war and was a fayorits
with the officers and men of the Allied
Service When former Secretary Dan
iels sent half of the United States
feet to the Pacific Coast after the
war. the task OF organizing the new
Pacific Fleet Division was intrusted
to Admiral Rodman.
To Redistribute Ships
| A redistribution OF ships between
the naval forces on the Pacific and
Atlantic coasts will be announced next
week by Secretary DENLY. Meantime
details are withheld, but it was as
sumed from recent developments in
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