Evening star., 1924-09-07

ships are improving their radio in
stallations without expense to the
| Government.
| According to advices received by
| the Navy Department. the test of the
| FTP" transmitter on the U. S. S
! Seattle. which set is designed FOR
battleship use in division maneuvers
and short range communication. has
been highly satisfactory. This set has
master oscillator type of circuit
designed especially for constant fres
| quency. Though simple To operate,
| 1t is strongly made and gives promise
| of splendid results.
Due to the lack of fuel for the
necessary for the Navy Department
| to reduce the number Of ships which
have been planned to send from the
Atlantic to the Honolulu base mancu-
vers. 1t has been definitely decided
that the Texas, Utah, New York and
Arkansas will not make the trip to
Honolulu. but will hold their winter
maneuvers at Guantanamo.
Two divisions of destroyers yet to
be selected. will be kept in the Allan
tic, one of which will be sent to re-
.lieve the division of destroyers In
European waters. while the other viii
be ordered to the yards for overhaul.
AS a result of this assignment. four
destroyer divisions viii be attached
to the scouting fleet and will be
available to participate in the fleet
maneuvers In the Pacific. The Wy
oming will participate in the maneu-
vers at Honolulu. but VIII return TO
Atlantic waters. while division OF
light cruisers attached to the scout
ing fleet will not only participate In
the war games, but Will go TO Aus
tralia.
Efforts will be made to include the
Memphis, which is the last of the
ten light cruisers to be commissioned.
and the Marblehead which will short
ly be placed in commission, in the di-
vision which will be sent to the Pa
cific. The Memphis which will be
under the. comand Of Capt. Henry T..
Lackey. United State Navy. now on
duty in the Bureau of Naval opera
tions, Navy Department. is expected
from the yards about January l, 1928
The Marblehead will be commissioned
under the command of Capt. Chauncey
Shackford and will cruise to the Med
iterranean on her shake down trip
OF the l26 who took the eXamina
tion for the warrant grade, supply
Corps. IS chief petty officers have
passed. While the majority of those
who failed in the examination were
found deficient professionally, there
were a surprising number who fail
cd to meet the physical requirements.
rather high physical standard was
insisted upon by the medical officers.
Twenty-three were given their war
rants as acting pay clerks, while the
remaining five will be warranted as
vacancies occur. Those who were is
sued warrants are: Calvin Berry
White, Frank J. Hill. Richard b. Muir
to. Robert Morrow. Rickard X.
Hughes. Walter A. Joyce, Jack Nc
Cleery, Henry Edward Folkersma, An
drew L. Frelinger, Harold John Col
Inns, Ernest w. Bolton. Theodore B.
Purvis. William Hall Seidle, Walter
NJ. Roster Leigh w. Hayden, Claude
W. Hamilton, Cannie \. Anderson.
William Ward. Harry X. Brown, Al
bert \. Barrett. Arval Stone Harms,
John William Thomas and Alexander
]. Howard.
Comdr Archibald l. Parsons. L. S. ".
recently relieved as engineer in chief
to the government of Haiti, has been
assigned to duty in the Bureau of
Yards and Docks, Navy Department.
Pending a permanent assignment,
Comdr. Albert A. Baker, L. S. N, has
been ordered detached from the navy
yard, Charleston, S. c.. and ordered
to report to the Bureau of Yards and
Docks for temporary duty.
Comdr. E. S. Stalnaker. L. S. ".
will be relieved from duty in the
navy yard division, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, ef-
fective October !, and will be as
signed to the Naval Supply Depot at
San Diego, Calf where he will be