Evening star., 1924-05-25

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will in all prob
Capt. r. H. Leigh. ability S u C d
Capt. Leigh as as
sistant chief of the bureau.
Verifying the service records of the
naval enlisted personnel, nurses and
those commissioned and warrant Off
GERS who are eligible for adjusted
compensation, will be done in the
bureau of navigation, Navy Depart
ment, at the head of which is Rear
Admiral Andrew 7. Long. u. S. n. The
records section, enlisted personnel Gi-
vision, has on file the complete rec
oros OF 551,739 enlisted men of the
Navy and Naval Reserve Force and
the yeomen (femaie) of the Naval Re-
serve who served during the war
Lieut.. Commander Charles B. Hatch, L.
). N. X. F., is in charge Of this division
according TO estimates made by the
ohcer personnel division, approxi-
mateIy 5000 commissioned and war
rant officers are eligible for adjusted
compensation. The exact number has
not been compiled as the work of ex-
amlnlng over 1900 service records
OF ofncers is not completed.
A report of the competitive exam
nation for enlisted men for appoint
ment as midshipmen from the enlist
ed personnel shows that of the I3O
taxing the examination, seventy have
I
TOUR men presented themselves for
the test, and seventeen passed and a
similar number failed. Out of the
nlnety-six who took the examination
at Hampton Roads. Va. ffty-three
passed while forty three We're found
This is the second largest number to
pass mentally since the passage of
the law authorizing appointment from
enlisted personnel in 1914
Approval has been given by the
Navy Department of the shakedown
cruise for the L. S. S. West Virginia,
which will leave Hampton Roads
June 16. The arrival dates at her
other ports of call are as follows:
Cherbourg, France. June 25; Algiers,
July s; Naples. July IL; Eillefranche,
July lS; New York, August ).
Upon receipt of information that
destroyer division 26 would relieve
the six destroyers now on the Euro
pean station on July ], the bureau of
navigation recommended to the chief
OF naval operations that destroyers
on the European station be relieved
each year. In reply, Admiral Edward
w. Eberle, chief of naval operations
has declared that ii is the intention
of the department in the future to
relieve the division of destroyers on
the European station about July l
stroyer squadrons, scouting fleet.
Lieut.. Edward H. Smith. who for
the past six years has been assigned
to ice patrol duty, has been awarded
a fellowship by the Americans -Scandi-
navian Foundation. for the period
1924-1925. This fellowship provides
for advanced study along scientific
lines in Scandinavian countries, the
student being guided by expert ad-
cd Hi-it ha Co., Io.i
Among the subjects offered. and the
one rendered Lieut.. Smith, is that of
oceanography, science in which
Scandinavians are recognized a s lead
ing world authorities. Orders have
been issued Lieut.. Smith detaching
him from the Tampa upon the COM
pletion of the ice patrol. and direct
ing him to proceed by way of Eng
land to Bergen. Norway. where he
will study at the Physical In
known scientists in England, and
spend some time at the British adj
miralty and meteorological Offices. He
will arrive at Bergen about Septem-
ber ], where he will continue his study
for a year, being associated with
Geo-Physical Institute. 1t is expected
that his work in Norway will increase
his value to the coast guard very
materially. and do much to further
the success of the international ice
patrol.
During the week a circular con-
tanning detailed informat tion relative
to appointment as temporary chief
warrant officer in the coast guard
was sent out to the service. Twenty
five chief warrant officers Will be ap-
pointed, the distribution being as fol-
lows: Chief boatswains, IL; chief gun
ners. 81 chief machinists, Z; chief car
penters. l, and chief pay clerks. /.
Initiation of the L. S. S. Shenandoah
has been completed at Lakehurst, n
j.. and though the airship will have
much the same appearance as on her
flight last winter, she will be powered
with five instead of six engines. The
engine which was in the forward
car has been removed to make room
for a new and more powerful radio
set. The new radio compartment for
the set has been received at the naval
aircraft factory at Philadelphia, but
installation of the new radio equip
ment will not be made until it has
been completed and tested.
The training division. bureau of
navigation, has received re-
quest from the United States Naval
mission to Peru for copies of the
bureaus courses in communications.
engineering subjects, electricity and
dNldtton SuDJ6CtS TIE HdNdl
expects to translate as much of the
material as applies to the conditions
existing in the Peruvian navy.
The first class at the recently estab-
lished fire control school at the navy
yard. Washington, D.. C., will convene
about July 1. The bureau has re-
ceived the nominations from the fleet.
and orders for the transfers will be
issued shortly.
Directions have been given to the
recruiting service to discontinue un-
til further orders drst enlistments in
the rating of fireman, third class. Ap-
plicants at recruiting stations and
recruits at training stations should be
advised that hereafter changes in
rating to firemen,. third class. will be
made only on board ship. in accord
ance with current instructions. These
instructions are issued at this time,
as the artificer branch is now up to
its authorized strength in total num-
bers.
ARMY.
Approval has been given of the in
sigma for the 59th Service Squadron,
langley Field, Va. which will be
placed as soon as practicable on all
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