Evening star., 1924-07-20

! directed AuT1lTdi
Gregory to make detailed inspec-
tion of the Pacific shore stations so
/ as to ascertain what improvements
| should be presented to Congress at
| the December session.
Admiral Gregory's tentative sched-
ule calls for his arrival at San
| diego July %. and he Will remain
F.! there until July %, when he will be
| ir San Francisco, where he viii in
| spect naval activities on the bay,
| which will also include Mare Island.
| lie is due to leave San Francisco
| about August and viii arrive at
Astoria the next day. He VIII IN
all probility be at Puget Sound until
| August 8, where he Will make an
| inspection of the shore stations. Be
| fore returning to Washington, which
/ will be about September /, Admiral
| Gregory will take a short leave. most
| Of which he will spend in the vicinity
| of Bremerton.
| So important does the Navy De-
partment consider the lecture de-
| liyered to the Naval War College on
| the personnel situation in teh Navy,
| by Captain Il. II. Leigh, who has Just
| been relieved as assistant chief OF the
| Bureau of Navigation, that the pu-
reau is having supply printeo 1or
| distribution throughout the service;
! Ever since Capt. Leigh was assigned
! made "A close study of naval personnel
| problems, and in his lecture he makes
| public the recommendatlonS OF tle
| general board. ~.
No radical departures from the
| present system of discipline are rec
pprmended by the board, but rather
| a correction in the administrator OF
nresent laws and regulations. IN its
| Recommendations the board lays s1ed
| stress upon the elements OF ledoei
| shin bv establishing lecture coul Se
| at the Naval Academy.
| the hoard of officers which cohNenesu
| AT the Navy Department TO seieCt ~
! ficers of the Medical Corps ahd Snap
lains Corps for promouoii, "
! lowing commanders OF dnd lhe for
! C.orps have been recommehoeu
| enhancement to the rank or captain !.
| Henry Edward Odell. Joseph AhthoiiS Il :
| Murphy. Charles Norman F1ske anu
John Jacob SNYDER. IhoIe ueu utet,n rscnn :, : :
mended by the board to be meolcai
insnectors with the rank OF COM
manders are Lieut.. Comdrs Wlli!ani
| John Zalesky, William DUNLOP Wv ems,
William Neil Mcdonnell. Curtis boSo
! Munger, John Bowdoin Mears, George
| Stimson Hathaway, Frank Este Sell
lers and Edward Henry II. Old.
| Approval also has been given me
selection board recommenaauons bs
1
Chaplain Corps Cmdr. Thomas D.
| Thompson will be promoted to cap
| tain, as will Comdr. John j. Brady
The following lieutenants, Chaplain
the rank of lieutenant commander
Sffsctns Wortmsn. 14ay Heybert t pums5rey. 91 Ed
| ward A. Duff, Roy l. Lewis, William
W. Elder, Charles H. Hastings, lhon ,
as +. Regan. George 3. kranz and
| Truman z. Riddle.
| Although some newspapers posi-
Itively announce that Brig. Gen: smed-
ley Butler, U. S. NJ. c., now director
of public safety at Philadeiphia, VIII
be on duty with the Marine Corps
within a few weeks, no advlces re-
garding this change have been re-
ceived at headquarters of the Marine
Corps or as to the intentions OF the
general. In the event that Gen. But
Ter returns to duty with the corps. he
will in all probability be assigned
to command the West Coast EXpedl-
tionary. Force at San Diego. CaIlf.
Since the retirement of Maj. Gen. Jo-
onel has been in command OF TINS
| force.
AS result of the assignment OF
Mai. Gen. Eli Cole. {. 5. NJ &. to
Force at ouantico, he will be sue
| ceeded by Brig. Gen. Harry Lee, L.
5. VI. c., who was in command of the
| I'd Brigade of Marines at Santo Do
mingo. Announcement was made by
Marine Corps headquarters this week
| of the following assignments of brig
| adler generals, Marine Corps: Dion
| Williams, who will be assigned to
the training division, this headquar-
ters: Ben H. Fuller, who will con-
tinue as commander of the 1st Bri-
gade, at Haiti, and John Fl. Russell,
| who will remain as high commits
| sioner.
A little further the board recon-.
mends that to avoid homesickness of
recruits when they first report for
| duty certain methods be adopted
and it also suggests that frequent
| cruises be made abroad and the adop-
tion of policy of always returning
| vessels to their home yards for re-
pairs With respect to promotion OF
enlisted men, the most important
recommendation is that the quallnca-
| ton for rating be made more strlns-
| ent. so that the Navy will have the
| best men holding the various grades
and ratings.
the samples for the proposed new cap
| for the bluejacket was sent to the
| 7eet that the Bureau of Navigation
| has made inquiry. of the commander
| n-chief as to what suggestions the
| feet has to make as to them and what
| has become of the, sample caps them
selves. Comments are frequently
made by officers on the fleet on the
| tardy action of the Navy Department
| on matters in which they are vitality
Interested, but it is pointed out by the
authorities in the department that
the fleets attitude toward the new
cap is a record in delayed action"
An opinion relative to the suspen-
sion of the pay of naval reservists
FrNr Atx-G
status to the reserves before the eX-
piration of their statutory length of
service is expected to be handed
down by the Attorney General within
the next 10 days. A short time after
the war, it will be remembered, the
Navy Department, in order to relieve
the promotion situation, authorized
men with over IA years service to
pass to the reserves on 16 years
status, and those with more than is
| on the 20-year status: This has been
held by the controller general to
| be illegal and has resulted in the
| suspension of. their pay.s
That thte Secretary of the Navy is
| deeply interested in the system of
discipline in the Navy is brought out
| by the fact that he has given orders
| that every court-martfal case be re
| ferred to him for careful review
before approval. A. short time
before Secretary DENLY left the de-
| "a rtment he referred the Navy's
system of justice to the General
Board. As result of the study made
| by the General Board on this subject.
| a number of changes recommended by
| the board have been included i'll the
regulations. ..
announcement has just been made
! by the Secretary that he vii! appoint
a board to investigate the discipline
in the Navy, especially that referring
to desertion. While inspecting the
Portsmouth. Naval Prison recently,
which he found in excellent condition,
Secretary Wilbur assembled about
L 1ga of tha nrisaners diStEihuted nen-