Evening star., 1923-09-30

legislation to give commanding
GERS more authority to puniah men
by fines on the theory that the pres
ent deck court by which a junior
| ofiioer may assign fines as punish.
such authority, should be changed.
1t was believed, too, that immediate
punishment by fine would be more
effective as well as saving the time
| such a court takes UP.
Wartime uniforms: Much COM
plaint and bad feeling has resulted
from the use of war stock, which re-
| suits In ill-fttinB uniforms OF poor
quality, making 1t impossible for the
enlisted men to make a neat appear
| ance in the blue uniforms of the old
stock. It was decided to have a rep
| resentative of the bureaus OF naviga-
| tion and supplies and accounts make
a thorough investigation and submit
| to the Secretary a report and recon-
mendations,
Handling of enlisted men: This i'm
portant question was discussed very
extensively, and 1t was decided for
| the bureau of navigation to expedite
| the work, now well uhder way, Of
getting up its course of instruction
on this vital subject.
Comfort OF enlisted men: The ques-
ton of making living conditions
aboard better. one source of consId-
cradle complaint, was considered and
plans for adding to the mems COM
fort. aboard ship outlined with par
ticular reference to the question of
| PROPER sleeping facilities and means
| for slowing clothes.
The five matters were the princi-
pal ones brought out by the recent
discussion as to the causes for un-
wholesome personnel situation for
| which remedies must be Sought
Lieut.. Commander Robert M. Griffen,
for considerable time the chief OF the
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| of aeronautics. has been detached from
| the bureau and assigned to command
the destroyer Marcus on the west coast.
He left Washington this week after a
| service in aviation here that covered
period of three years.
Through an error in issuing orders
the statement that Capt. Lyman A.
Nance as chief of naval intelligence
when he goes to the War College this
fall. Capt. Gotten, who has been naval
| attache at TOXIC. is en- route home and
,sII,vsees will be assigned to duty In naval in
governor Of the Virgin Islands. however,
| will succeed Capt. McNamee, his ap-
pointment having been decided upon
| some time ago. About the 1st of De-
chief. will retire from active duty after
thirty years Service. and will be sue
| ceeded by Commander w. w. Galbraith
who previously served so successfully
| in this position.
Rear Admiral Moffett. chief of aero
| nautics, left Washington Thursday for
| st. Louis for the air meet there next
| week. With the ZR-1. the Navy's new
| aerial leviathan, scheduled to make that
| her first port Of CALL" the only place
she has yet made landing except at
her home port Lakehurst. and with nine
| Navy planes entered as contestants in
| the races with excellent chances to
/ clean up" interests in service is keen
over the air meet and number of Off
GERS viii attend it.
| Orders have been issued detaching
! Commander c. A. Carlson, Engineer
Corps. from naval station at Pear
harbor and assigning him to duty as
public works officer of the Mare Is
! isnd yard and the twelfth naval dis
| triet. Lieut.. r. Il. Bassler has been
| detached from the bureau of yards
| and docks, effective October 5. and
| VIII report for duty in the third naval
| district Capt. H. R. Stanford, re-
! Gently assigned to duty in yards and
| DOCKS has just been given the addi-
I tional duty of being the bureau repre-
sentative on the Army and Navy
munitions board relieving Capt. G. A.
Mckay, Engineer Corps
| Considerable discussion has been
| aroused in naval circles here over
(
| in commencing the officers of the de-
! stroyers, wrecked on the California
| coast, for their conduct after the
| ships went ashore. Criticism is ex-
| pressed in some quarters over his
| taking this action, pending the out
| come of the investigation that is now
| being so rigidly conducted by Ad-
| miral Pratt's court. Regardless of
! how commendable their subsequent
| action, 1t was an unusual procedure
! on Admiral Kittelles part. and one
! that apparently does not meet with
| the approval, generally, at least. of
| the service.
The wholehearted cooperation of
| the service in training of non-rated
men for advancement to petty Off
| GER grades is shown by the number
| of men recommended for the eligibil-
ity list during the month of August
! The number, 100 per cent greater
than the previous month, can be at
| tributed, says a bureau of naviga-
!. ton circular letter. to the interest
| shown by commanding officers and
the recent changes in requirements
, for rating.
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