Evening star., 1924-11-09
Army and Navy News
By NJ. H. Mcintyre.

| his assignment to important engin-
| eering projects.
The retirement Of Admiral Stocker
will create a vacancy in the grade of
rear admiral of the Construction
| Corps, which will be filed, it is be-
captains of this corps. They are as
| follows: Elliot Snow, H. G. Gillmor,
John G. Tawresey, George II. Rock,
| Richard NJ. Watt and John d. Beuret.
| Announcement has just been made
| by the Secretary of the Navy relative
| to the personnel of the advisory com
mittee on oceanography. The COM
mittee will hold its first meeting in
the photographic Office at the Navy
Department, November 10 and from
time to time thereafter, and will act
| in an advisory capacity for the Navy
Department in organizing the scien-
| tif1c researches in oceanography
which it is proposed to begin next
| Summer in the Gulf of Mexico with
| the L. S. s. Rainbow. The committee
| is composed of the following: Capt.
| F. B. Rassett, L. S. N, photographer
| of the Navy. chairman; Lieut. Comdr.
| q. L. Brandt, U. S. N, secretary:
Capt r. Q. Crisp, U. S. Coast Guard;
| Lieut.. Col. c. A. Seoane, S. c., Y. S.
A; G.. w. Littlehales, G. E., hydro
graphic engineer, photographic Of
| flee: DR.. David White, U. S. Geo
logical Survey and National Acad
emy of Sciences; DR.. E. D. Ball. direc
tor of scientific work in Department
of Agriculture; DR.. H. B. Bigelow.
! curator in Museum of Comparative
Zoology. Harvard University and
member of scientific staff, Bureau of
| Fisheries; Austin H. Clark, division
of echinoderms, Smithsonian Institu-
| ton; Dr.. William Bowie, division of
! foreign relations, National Research
Council; Capt. J. P. Ault, chief of sec
! ton of ocean work, Carnegie Insti-
tuition of Washington.
Arrangements have been made by
the United States Coast Guard to
| issue to the service the following
! new flags, which are modelled gener-
ally after those used in the Navy for
somewhat similar purposes. They
are as follows:
| The senior officer pennant will be
| made of blue bunting and will be
| surcharged with a white Coast Guard
seal. The shape will be that of an
equilateral triangle. This pennant
| will replace the present senior officer
! rennant.
| The division commander pennant
will be made of white bunting with
| d red stripe al the top and at the
bottom. 1t will be surcharged with
red Coast Guard seal, while the
shape will be that of Burgee broad
command pennant.
! The force commander pennant will
be made of white bunting with a
| blue stripe. at the top and at the bot
| tom. 1t will be surcharged with a
blue Coast Guard seal The shape
will be that of Burgee broad COM
| mand pennant.
The destroyer division commander
pennant will be made of white bunt-
ing with a red stripe at the top and
at the bottom. 1t will be surcharged
in red with the block letters &C"
and the Arabic numeraI correspond
ing to the destroyer division. The
shape will be that of Burgee COM
mand pennant.
The section base commander PEN
nant will be made of white bunting
with red stripe at the top and at
the bottom. 1t Will be surcharged in
red with the block letters "CG" and
the Arabic numeral corresponding to
the number of the section base. The
shape will be that of an isosceles
tr iangle.
The Bureau of Navigation, Navy
Department, announced this week
that q class in submarine training
Will convene at the submarine base,
New London, Conn, on or about
January l. Those desiring to take
this instruction should submit their
applicat tions in accordance with Part
G, section 3, C-51, Csc and C-53,
Bureau of Navigation Manual, 80 that
they will reach the bureau not later
than December l. Accompanying the
application should be a report from
medical officer that the applicant is
physically qualified for submarine
training.