Evening star., 1925-11-22
Army and Navy News
By NJ. II. Mcintyre.


addressed the class.
The Regular Army officers com
pleting the course were: Majors Cyrus
B. Woods, NJ. c.; Adlai II. Gilkeson,
A. s.: Edward Montgomery and Ray
l.. Avery, both Chemical Warfare
Service officers. Capt. James h. BO-
Gart, c. w. s.; First Lieuts. Egbert r.
BullenS. G. w. s.: Vincent j. Conrad
Hanford y. Lockwood, jr., F. A.;
Francis A. March. F. A.; Joseph ).
Robinson, G. A. c.: Paul X. smith,
c. w. s: Harry A. Kuhn. G. w. s.;
Francis h. A. Mckeon, Infantry; Pat
rick F. Powers, G. w. s.; Harold W..
Smith G. 4. c.: Kenneth 5. Stice. S.
c., and Second Lieut.. Perley b. San.
comb, Cavalry. The five Marine
Corps graduates were: Maj. Allen
Simon. Capt. Edgar +. Tuttle, and
First Lieut. Walter r. Bilisoly. Will
liam w Scott, and Arthur L. Small.
Second Lieut.. Herbert J. Perry.
Chemical Warfare reserve, was the
lone reserve officer graduate.
NAVY.
The President has designated the
following Coast Guard cutters for
special Winter cruising duties. 1t
has been customary for this special
cruising to begin on December and
continue until March 81. The cut.
ters which will perform this duty for
this season are: Ossipee, Portland,
Me-: Tampa. Tuscarora and Redwing,
Boston. Mass: Acushnet, Woods Hole,
Mass: Seneca. Seminole and Gres-
ham. New York. \. Y; Manning and
Carrabasset. Norfolk. Va, Modoc. Will
mington. \. c.. and the Yamacraw,
Savannah. Ga.
The Bureau of Naval Operations
announced this week a modified Sched-
ule of the scouting fleet. Under the
new schedule all scouting fleet YES
sells departed from Guantanamo Fri
day and are due to arrive at their
home ports on Wednesday with the
exception of the Boston shirS. The
Boston vessels will proceed To New
York until November 80. thence to
Boston These ships will then re-
main at their home yards until Janu-
airy S. and those not being overhauled
will sail TO participate in the Winter
maneuvers at Guantanamo.
4 hoard of officers composed of
Capt. +. w. Scott. and Lieut.. Comdrs.
r. L.. ACkiss and +. w. Shrum. all
Chaplain Corps officers. will be con-
NeneO dl tne NAVY bebdt tiilcnt cii
December Is for the purpose of ex-
amining Lieut.. Joseph b. Earnest. jr.,
Ch.Cl for promotion. Two lieuten-
ants of the Chaplain Corps will be
examined shortly for promotion. They
are T.. w. Davis and T. j. Burke.
Five lieutenants and three lieuten-
ants of the Navy. all Medical Corps
officers, will graduate on December
L at the Naval Medical School.
Washington. D. c. The eight gradu-
they will be assigned upon their
graduation are as follows: Lieuts. w.
4. Fort. L. s. 5. Milwaukee: H. V.
Hughens. L. :. s. Raleigh; s. r.
Mills. [. S. S. Trenton; F. w. Grans.
er, L. s. s. Bridge: NJ. $. Slower,
Marine recruiting station. Boston.
Mass. Lieuts. G.CD T. H. Hayes.
Virgin Islands: f. II. Dickinson. L. s.
s. Dobbin; and w. G. kilbury. Asiatic
station.
Announcement was made this week
by the Bureau of Medicine and Sur
gerry. Navy Department, that the fol-
lowing named medical officers have
been found qualified for promotion to
the rank of lieutenant comma nder.
Medical Corps, L. s. Navy. They are:
D. Ferguson, J. L. Malcomson. c..
4. Broaddus. f. Richison. L. B. Mar
shall. J. r. Thomas. F. +. Lane. G.
L. Oliphant, l.. f. Mueller. +. w.
RYAN. J. f. Potter and .. Wildman
Instructions were issued this week
by Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, com
mandant- L. s. Marine Corps. relative
to enlistments in and assignments to
the Marine Corps Reserve. Former
marines discharged on dependency
grounds may be enlisted in the Marine
Corps Reserve without reference TO
Marine Corps headquarters. provided