Evening star., 1924-08-24

tired list Novem-
ber q, and Rear
Admiral Marbury
| Raar Admiral SinnSor Johnson, pr S l.
| dent of the Naval
| Examining Board, who will retire De-
cember .. Perhaps the most impor-
! tant shore assignment to be filled by
the Navy Department next year Will
be that of Rear Admiral Henry b.
Wilson, superintendent of the Naval
Academy, who will reach the retire
ment age limit February 23, 1925.
Besides the above mentioned Off
GERS who will become due for retire
ment within the next six months,
there will be a number of high rank
ing officers of the fleet who, on com
pleting their two years service
anoat next year, will become due for
shore assignments. They are Ad
niral Robert r.. Coontz. commander
of the United States feet: Admiral s.
s. Robson, commander-in chief of
the battle fleet: Admiral Thomas
| Washington, Commander-in-ch chief AsI-
attic fleet: Vice Admiral Henry a.
Wiley. commander battleship diyi-
siOns, battle feet; Vice Admiral y. a.
McCully, commander of the scouting
fleet; Vice Admiral Philip Andrews,
com nmander of the naval forces in Eu-
rope Rear Admiral ". 3. Pratt, COM
mander Battleship Division 4, battle
fleet; Rear Admiral l.. NJ. Mutton,
commander BatLleship Division :, bat
tie feet.
Announcement has been made by
Brig. Gen. Dion Williams, command
| ing officer at Quantico, and Hugo
| Bezdck, head coach of the Marine
foot ball team, Of the tentative com
pletion Of the Fall schedule. In ad-
dition to games which will be played
with the Infantry School team at
| Washington on November l and the
Sd Corps team at Baltimore Decem-
ber 6, the Marine schedule will in
clude games with some Of the strong
university elevcnS. AS it is made up
| at present, the schedule of the Ma
| rine team is as follows: October a.
| Catholic University at Catholic Uni
| verSity Stadium; October II, Wander
hilt University at Nashville, Tenn;
| October Is Georgetown University
at Washington, l.. g: November l,
Infantry School at Washington, u. c.;
! November 4, Dickinson College at
| Philadelphia: November Is, Cniver-
! sity of Detroit at Detroit; November
-, Carnegie Institute of Technology
at Pittsburgh; December 6. Sd Corps,
United States Army, at Baltimore.
itors for the Marine rife team was
the outstanding feature in the com
petition held last week at the Mas
sachusetts State rife range. From
/ information at hand the best previous
| record was established last year ny
| an infantry officer, who made total
score of 343 points for the seven
| events constituting the qualification
| course Such remarkable shooting
| has not been seen on this range for
| some time, as Corpl. Edward t'eury
| won first honorS with the amazing
score Of 345, while second honors
were claimed by Capt. William W.
Ashurst, captain of the marine rlne
seam; Capu Jacob Llnenhard and
Corp. Herman NJ. Heller, who tied
with the score of 344. In establish
! ing this phenomenal shooting record
Corpl. Feury made perfect scores IN
four Of the seven events. While IN
three events he scored 4S ana ~,
which indicates that he missed the
center bulls.eye of the target by
fraction of an inch in only D shots
out of a total of 20 fired.
A board has been convened al
Coast Guard headquarters for the
marking of all the papers for pro-
, motion to chief warrant officers and
the remaining papers for promotion
to temporary commissioned officers
and temporary warrant officers. This
includes the papers from the Haida
Algonquin, Bear, and Cnalga.
The first of the new type of engines
for use in the new boats authorized
| for the Coast Guard was recently in
stalled in one of the old patrol boats,
for the purpose of giving it an exact
| ing test, with view to remedylng
any difficulty which may develop
, before the completion of all the mo-
tors for the patrol fleet. This engi-
neering problem has been worked out
by Engineer-in-Chi @. B. Newman
and a formal inspection of the new
motor was made on August II by
Rear Admiral +. c. Billiard, Engineer
Admiral j. X. Robson, engineer-in-
chief OF the United States Navy
They were accompanied by other Off
GERS of the Navy and Coast Guard
including Lieut.. Comdr. S. S. Yeandle,
I. :. c. G.; Lieut.. Wells, l. 5
n. and Lieut. Heiner. L. s. c. G., and
various technical observers. This
engine is being put through very
severe tests.
In the expansion of the Coast
Guard, the great need is for en-
listed men of the higher grades
The authorities in the Coast Guard
are especially desirous of enlist
ing seamen, first class; machinists
mates. radio men, tiremen, first and
second class; water tenders, engine
men, boilermakers There are also a
few vacancies for apprentice Seamen
| electricians mates, seamen, second
class: buglers, yoemen, officers stew
ard, first and second class; commits
sary stewards, ships cooks and mess
attendants.
The Secretary of the Navy has
issued letters of commentator 10
the torpedo officers of the L. S. s
Thompson and the Q. S. S. Hubert
| for the results obtained in battle
torpedo practices, destroyer class, for
the year 1923-1924. The scores of
these two vessels were tied for first
place for the combined torpedo prac-
tices throughout the year. The Z. D
S. Bruce. L. S. S. Paul Hamilton, and
the L. S. s. Farquhar stood third,
fourth and fifth, respectively, in the
scores made during the year.
| Several cases have arisen recently
in the Bureau of Navigation. Navy
DEPARTMENT. which has occasioned
the bureau to notify correspondents
that it is the policy of the depart
ment not to accept the designations