Evening star., 1923-09-09

and held this office for nine years. He
is now living in South Orange. N. J..
Rear Admiral Albert S. Kenny. under
whom the existing supply department.
methods of the Navy were firmly es-
tablished. resides in Washington
ID. c., but he is still active in the
mittee of the Metropolitan Club of
Washington. Rear Admiral Eustace B.
Rogers, paymaster general from 1906
to 1910. engaged in the commercial
steamship business for a number of
years after his retirement at Seattle.
During the great war he was placed
on active duty on the west coast and
for the past several months has been
living in Jugoslavia. Rear Admiral T.
j. Cowie. who was paymaster gem
eral from 1910 to 1914, not only has
distinguished naval service, but he
is well known throughout the Navy
for his work in the Navy Mutual Aid
Association. Rear Admiral towie is
also vice president of the Society of
the World Wars. From 1914 TO 1920.
the affairs of the supply corps of tile
Navy We're administered by Rear Adj
miral Samuel McGowan. who is Ile
youngest paymaster general on the
retired list His efficient administra-
tion during this period which in
cluded the unprecedented activities of
the Navy during the war places him
as one of the ablest executives in
Navy Department annals. During the
recent exodus of the Greeks from
Asia Minor. Admiral McGowan was
engaged in handling affairs of the
Red Cross in constantinople and
neighboring countries.
Commander {. q. Mayo. officer in
charge of the disbursins division Of
the bureau of supplies and accounts.
has been relieved by cOlGmander
Frederick q. Pynt. recent fleet pay
master Of the Asiatic fleet. Command
Ell Pyne. has reported for duty at the
bure-Iu. and he has also been detail
ed iOr duty as federal traff1c co-ordl-
nator. ON The completion of the trans
fer. Commander Mayo will sail for the
'HIaula Canal Zon where he VIII
assume the dut.,s as supply officer OF
this naval district
Lieut.. Carl \. TreN-I tc. =. - has
been relieved from duly in the bureau
of Yards and docks and he has been
detailed as officer in charge of con-
Struction of the United States Veter-
ans Hospital at Excelsior springs,
Mo.
Lieut.. =. J. Searl-s &C. T.. %. on
duty IN the bureau Of Yards and
docks. sails on the l.. :. ;. ArSonne
from New York October ;, for Guam,
where h- will report az public works
officer Of the naval station. He will
relieve Lieut.. Lewis y Moellcr. who
will probably he assigned To duty in
the third naval district.
On the acceptance by the Navy De-
partment of his resignation as ii com
miSSioned officer in the Navy. Lieut..
Commander J. ogden Hoffman became
vice president of the National Service
and supply Company, Inc. distributors
of automobiles in this city The last
naval assignment o: Commander
HOFFMAN was the command of the
L. :. =. Mullany. one Of the Pacific
fourth place in battle efficiency for
naval destroyers. The president OF
the company is Brig. Gen. Fred III.
Phillips. jr.. who has been Tor a num-
Der Of years secretary of the Ma
tional Rifle Association
BY employing the use Of surplus
stock the bureau of yards and docks
has formulated plans for a number of
improvements in the electric power
for shore stations which can be made
at comparatively low cost and
which. ii is stated. will result in an
economical operation of the plants
which will lie affected
The large electric generators at the
Washington navy yard are not sutti-
cient to carry the Sunday and holiday
loads economically. Plans have been
prepared whereby smaller 600 kilo-
watD rbo-generatOr will be in
stalled. which unit is available as sur
plus at the naval StHtion at Cavite.
At TIL. naval air station at Pensa-
cola d similar unit is about worn out
through service. The new unit was
originally obtained by a transfer from
the Army for installation at the Key
West submarine base.
Final revision of the naval reserve
bill ti. u. 1869 was taken up by
Rear Admiral Julian l.. Latimer, judge
advocate general of the Navy. on his.
return to Washington this week. On
the completion of this revision the
admiral will then devote his attention
to the Woods plan for the equaliza-
tion of promotion between tho line
and staff, and he expects To have this
bill in the hands of Secretary DENLY
inside of a week.
The bill is I'm about the same form
as IL was when taken up by the last
Congress. the most important changes
being the inclusion of provisions of
the naval omnibus bill relating to the
naval reserve. Most important of
these was the provision providing
subsistence while the naval reservists
are on week end trips
Generally speaking. the bill pro-
vid.s for policy for the reserve and
militia similar to that outlined in
the national defense act pertaining
to the National Guard ard i'm case
of emergency will make it possible
for the naval establishment to quick
y mobilize and expand their actvi-
ties. In PEACE time the Naval Re-
serve viii be given an opportunity to
study and train so that if war should
ever come they can be incorporated
into the regular war organization OH
d short notice.
Cyrus T.. Woods. the American am
basSador to Japan, ca bled TO the
State Department on September 4
that all attaches had escaped War
l'epartment records show that the
following Army officers are on duty
in Japan:
Lieut.. Col. Charles Burnett. Mill
tary attache. The following officers
are the language students: Majs. l.. T..
Nitsell. Rufus S. Bratton. Infantry;
Joseph J.. sullivan. c. a. G.; George
Q: Clark. infantry: I.ieuts. Warren J.
Clear. infantry: Thomas ~ Crawford
infantry; Robert J. Hoffman, in
fantry.
Navy officers stationed in Jaran are
Capt. j.. 4. Gotten, naval attache:
Lieut.. Commander r. NJ. Zacharias,
Lieut.. G. Huilings. Lieut. H. C. Davis;
Ensigns \. II. Cullan and T ]. Ryan.
language students. Also Chief Phar-
macist w G. Magoon and Capts. b.
sullivan. [. S. NJ. C.
\ fiftcen-day course of fight train
ing has been organized at the naval
air station at San Diego, Calf,
for naval reserve officers. The naval
reservists are given in instruction
in HS-2L seaplanes. No seaplanes
and JN-6H landplanes. Each officer
is given at least fifteen hours flight
instruction and they are also made
familiar with the operation for the
maintenance and overhaul of planes