Evening star., 1924-02-10

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Sixty-seven line
lieutenantS to be
: lieutenant COM
Sat(ESSa11 manders the fol-
u lowing will make
Rear Admiral Long, their numbers in
the near future.
Edward Joseph O'keefe, Hamilton
Vose Bryan, Elroy Leonard Wander
kloot, Wilbur John Ruble. John Roy
Palmer, John LeVoy Hill, Hartwell
Clarence Davis, Robert Houston Gray
The remainder down to Thomas New
come Vinson (No. 1880, will probably
make their numbers in June.
In the list of ensigns to be lieuten-
ants Gunior grade) line. there are
237 who will go up for promotion. be-
(Clement Foster Cotton) to signal
number 4025 Raymond b. Edwards),
inclusive. In this list there are
number of deceased officers since the
PRONUNCIATION of the 1928 Navy Regis
ter.
There are. forty-six lieutenants in
the medical corps to be LIEUTENANT
commanders from signal NUMBER oi99
(Franklin Forman Murdoch), to sig
nal number 5246 (Horace Evans Spru-
ance), inclusive. In this list. how
'ver. two are decreased. being 5223
(PhiIip John Murphy and number
5240 {Aaron Robinson).
Nine lieutenants in the dental corps
will go up for examination for pro-
motion to lieutenant commanders. Ihey
are as follows: Lieuts. George Mortimer
Frazier. Frank Slav ITCHY. Rufus An
drew Ferguson. Alfred White Chand-
ler Albert nes,, knox lEx,n Ksnnv G5naoG. Patton
Cedric Tremaine Lynes, Richard Cline
Green.
The three lieutenants of the supply
corps to be lieutenant commanders are
Charles Gordon: Riehard Raa1sa s,n1nn Era,gnead
In the construction corps there are
nine lieutenants to be lieutenant com
manders, from signal numbers 6sl1 TO
6925. inclusive. They are: Lieuts. Ed
Robert White Ferrell. George Charles
Manning, Donald Royce. Adrian Ra-
phael Marion, Gordon Whynper Nell
son. Joseph Lloyd McGuigan and Fred
Martin Earle.
three lieutenants who go up FOR examf-
nation to be lieutenant commanders.
They are John Noble Laycock. James
Thomas Matthews and Paul John
SearleS.
The bureau Of navigation Of the Navy
Department announced this week that
classes in submarine training will be-
gin about May Is and July Is at the
United States naval submarine base.
New hond9n Conn M ith
part C. chapter 1, section 8. C-51, C-52
and C-53, Bureau of Navigation Manual.
Those desiring this duty for the class
beginning on May Is should submit
than April Is. and for the July Is class
not later than June Is.
The bureau of yards and docks have
lot nfroo YnaSfE
the Shenandoah to be used on the
Arctic flight. Other important arrange
ments for links in the route Of the de-
partments airship on her northern trip
One of the masts will be erected at
the naval operating base. San Diego,
Calf, while the other will be at Camp
Lewis. which is near Tacoma, Wash.
fabricated at the Philadelphia navy
yard, will be shipped together with the
necessary mechanical equipment, to the
proposed sites. The work of erecting
the masts will be done by the forces
at the navy yards at Puget Sound and
San Diego.
That test might be made Of the
question as to whether the so-called
Navy are entitled to the same pay
and allowances under the joint serv-
ice pay act as all other commits
stoned officers of the several services,
ef elaes Eorts nd Wi m be made in
Congress, it is understood. on the
part of the many officers affected, to
secure legislation which, will restore
to of by ehe
1t has been held by the controller
general that these officers are not
entitled to the pay and allowances
provided by section of the act for
oil tcct offinarC
services, nor even the pay and allow
ances to which they were entitled
under the law as it had long ex-
isted prior to the passage Of the joint
ing sentence appearing in section of
the pay act:
Commissioned warrant officers on
the active list with creditable record
shall after six years commissioned
period; and after twelve years COM
missioned service receive the pay of
the third period"
The act was designed, generally
speaking, to put all commissioned
same footing and also to abolish the
two classes of pay-that is, shore and
sea pay The above quoted provision.
officers an entirely different rule in
determining pay periods; their serv-
ice is not computed as the services
as all other commissioned officers
count and they are precluded from
It is believed that the most favor
able method in removing this dis
elimination against this class OF off1-
GERS would be to amend the first Sec
ton of the pay act, which would put
these officers in the same status with
respect to pay and allowances as all
other commissioned officers OF the
services. Warrant officers would get
relief, it is suggested, by an amend
ment of section 10 by striking out the
words cat sea- and the words ION
Shore" with the specified amount Of
pay after the latter words, wherever
these words occur in that section.
The Navy Department has detailed
four pharmacists to take a course of
Washington. D. c., in hospital ac-
counting and commissary duties. They
are Pharmacists NJ. w. ThrockIhor-
ton, c. J. Owen. e. r. Baker and j. A.
Wright. Chief Pharmacist w. w.
Wade and Pharmacist r. N. Cheatham
have also been detailed by the de-
partment to take a course In X-ray
work at the medical supply depot,
Brooklyn. N. Y.
Rear Admiral George W. Williams.
o.. S. N; Capt. Paul Foley, u. S. n,
and Commander Hugo Osterhaus. U.
s. N. have. been detail by the Navy
Department to the board Of inquiry
which will investigate the Tacoma
E. Courtney. U. s. n, will represent
Capt: II. G. Sparrow. the late COM
mander of the Tacoma
Rear Admiral Frank II. Schofield,
q. s. N. who has been detailed to