Evening star., 1924-11-02

membership be open to the woman
| members Of the families of Coast
| Guard personnel and to others inter-
| ested in the welfare Of the service.
o. n. Maxam spoke in behalf OF
tho movement and of the great in
women in the lives OF the Coast
Guard personnel would have. Mrs
F.. A Hunnewell. at the invitation Of
the commandant, assumed temporary
craftsmanship OF the meeting. A COM
mittee of seven women were appoint
ed by the temporary chairman to
| formulate more definite plans toward
perfectinE the organization of the
| society.
| Announcement was made by the Bu-
| reau Of Navigation, Navy Depart
| ment, that applications for the next
class in aviation, submitted in ac-
| cordance with part C, chapter 1, sec
| ton 2, Bureau Of Navigation manual,
! should reach the bureau not later
| than December 1. Applicants shall
| ination by a medical officer qualified
| in aviation medicine. Report Of this
| examination will be submitted with
| requests.
| i'The Fleet Supply Officer = A
| Pamphlet of Information" compris-
| ing 81 mimeographed pages and set
| ting forth in detail the duties Of a
| fleet supply officer, has just been is
sued by the Bureau Of Supplies and Ac-
| counts to the service. Fleet trains have
existed since 1915, but heretofore the
position of fleet supply officer and
| that of fleet paynaster has never
been clearly distin guishable. Prior
| to the publication Of this pamphlet,
! r<lI
| ply officers has been handed down
| from one officer to another.
| Attention has been called in the Sc
| columns to the large number Of fleet
| commanders who will be due for
shore duty in June. Heading this list
| will be Admiral Robert T.. Coontz,
| commanderin-c in chief Of the United
States feet, who will lower his flag
| August %. 1925.
Those officers who, under the two
year policy Of the Navy Department,
| should be relieved in June are as
follows: Admiral S. s. Robson, Vice
Admiral Newton A. McCully, scouting
| fleet; Vice Admiral Philip Andrews,
Vice Admiral Henry A. Wiley, Rear
Admiral NJ. L. Bristol toverdile), Rear
| Admiral W. V. Pratt, Rear Admiral l..
NJ Mutton, Rear Admiral W. T.. Cole
| (overdue). Rear Admiral NJ. VI. Tay-
| Tor. Rear Admiral J. II. Dayton. Rear
Admiral L. 4. Bostwick (oyerdue).
| Capt. G.. ". Laws foYerdue), Capt F.
II. Clark, Capt. W. s. Crosley, Capt
W. y. Scott, Capt. r. III. Johnston
toverdue), Capt. q. S. Lincoln Cover-
duel. Capt. John Halligan, jr.; Capt
J. ". Greenslade. Capt II. l.. Brinser
(overdue), Capt. z. H. Madison. Capt.
". e. Wells. Capt. W. y. JefYers,
Capt. A G. Howe and Capts. r D.
| White, ". *. Riddle. J. e. Church and
+ T. Menner toverdue).
Within the next few weeks two i'm
portant assignments, viz. the COVER
norShips Of Guam and Samoa, will
be vacant. Capt. II. p. Prices term
at Guam and that OF Capt Il. S. kel-
iogg at Samoa will terminate in
about two months
There has been little speculation
! relative to the appointment Of A new
Assistant Secretary of the Navy to
succeed Col. Theodore Roosevelt. who
recently resigned for the purpose Of
conducting his campaign. as the Re-
publican nominee for the governor
ship of New York. The main reason
for this seemingly lack of interest
IN this appointment is the national
election. for it would be a difficult
matter to induce any one to accept
th1s position for SO short a term,
which would expire March in the
event that the present administration
would be terminated.
The name Of Frederick c. Hicks of
New York. a member of the Sixty
fourth. Sixty y-fifth, Sixty sixth and
Sixty-seventh Congresses and who
also served on the House committee
! on naval affairs. has been mentioned
| as probable successor to Col. Roose-
welt. Mr.. Hicks would make a most
acceptable Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, possessing, as he does, an init
mate knowledge of naval affairs.
| naval aeronauticS and the procedure
| or congressional methods.
The L. S. S. Niagara, equipped with
the latest improved so.nd apparatus,
/ sailed October % for the Gulf of Vene-
zuela. The Niagara. in co-operation
with the Venezuelan government, will
make survey of the Gulf Of Venezuela
n bronze tablet was dedicated to the
! memory of Jerry Olmsted, %, in
| Dahlgren Hall by his classmates on Oc-
| tober "a. Ensign Olmsted was the most
popular man OF his class, and among the
| in the academy were those Of being
| editor-in-chief Of the class Lucky Bag,
| midshipman commander Of the regi-
| ment, and the man who stood No. l ir,
| his class at the end of the four-year
course. He entered the academy from
the enlisted personnel of the Navy Upon