The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-18

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except those cases In which exam
i inafion with n view to appoint
ment has been held prior TO the
receipt by corps area commander
Iof instructions BY radio to hold no
more examinations for appointment
i in the y. A. CT. o. Fl. G.
Now that the national matches
at Camp Perry are practically as.
sured for next summer, plans Tor
i the development OF the infantry. 3
team are being pushed.
Talk Of I4atimer Successor.
Commander Robert Henderson Of
the navy Is being mentioned as q
possible successor to Rear Admit
raj Latimer, as Judge advocate
general or the navy. Commander
Henderson has taken the regular
law course at the George Wash
Iington University and has also re-
Gently taken supplementary courses
OF special value to 81 naval officer,
such as admiralty law, constitu-
1 tionaI law, and international law.
Commander Henderson is q grad
uate OF the Naval War College,
il now on duty at the Army War
college.
Examination for promotion Of
Captain John g. Tawresey, u. 8. ~.
lof the naval construction corps,
took place Monday. Captain TaW-
resey had been recommended for.
promotion to rear admiral by
board comprised Of Rear Admirals
Capps, Taylor and Stocker This
promotion Is TO fill q vacancy on
March i, when Rear Admiral Rob-
I ert Stocker will retire following
more than forty years service.
lCaptair Tawresey Is senior officer
Iof his grade in the corps and he
win be transferred from the naval
communication branch Of the.
Navy Department to the bureau o.
construction and repair Tor spectaf
duty. His place on the board Of in
specfion will be taken temporarily
lby Captain III. Ct. Gilmore, who To-
on duty In the Department Of JUS
tice. 1t Is expected that he Will
be relieved Of thar detail upon the
cCmpletion Of the work on which
The is engaged.
The President has submitted y
| message TO the Senate for the pur-
pose OF correcting errors In dates
ton from the army Of First Lieu
l 4As
i Quartermaster Corps, who was
dropped from the rolls Of the
service on january 80, 1926. having
/ more than three months. The first
i lieutenant next below Lieutenant
Morrow on the promotion list is,
therefore entitled to the vacancy Of
captain, which Lieutenant Morrow
1 Al
Vacancy In Grade Of Major
There has been no promotion IN
the grades of colonel or lieutenant
colonel, the senior officers being
Lieutenant Colonel VIII III. Point
and Major Walter X. Wilson. There
Is one vacancy In the grade of
major, to which Captain Hubert r..
Harmon is entitled. Following this.
the senior captain win be Benjamin
q. Ferris.
First Lieutenant Albert w. Ste
vens has been promoted to the
/ grade Of captain. leaving three va
cancies in the grade Of captain, to
which First Lieutenants Aston p.
Ames, Stephen g. Whipple and
Harry r. Gardner are entitled. The
senior officer in this grade will
1 then be Charles y. Kinder.
Second Lieutenants Harold q.
/ Eydenha1m and Hugh @. Minter have
been promoted to the grade OF first
| lieutenant, leaving six vacancies in
| this grade, to which Second Lieu
/ tenants George w. Read, jr., James
b. Cullum, jr., Francis Fl. OK.
Thomas II. Stanley, Donald G..
| White and Henry G. Lambert are
entitled. When these are filled the
senior second lieutenant VIII be
| William w. Bessell, jr. There are
172 vacancies in the army In the
| grade OF second lieutenant.
Lejeune to Stay on job.
Major General John A. Lejeune
| has been confirmed and commits
stoned as commandment of the ma
rines for a second period of four
years commencing on March s.,
upon termination of his present
tour of four years.
| Lieutenant Colonel Thomas G.
Turner of the marines, who has
been on duty in the Navy Depart.
nent for more than four years.
first in charge Of the aviation sec
ton of the headquarters of the
marines and later in charge of that
section under the bureau of
aeronautics, will be relieved from
his present duty by Major Edwin
III. Brainard, who is expected to.
morrow Following duty in com.
mand Of the marine aviation units
in the Dominican Republic, Major
Brainard has been on sick leave
Colonel Turner is to be assigned to
duty with the aviation units of the
marines that will participate in
the naval exercises in Hawaiian
waters this spring. He is to leave
Quantico on March z. Following
the maneuvers he is to return to
Quantico and assume command OF
Brown Field there.
Major William r. Bevan, OF the
Marine Corps, is about to be re-
lieved of duty here in Washington,
In the office of the chief co-ordi'
nator OF general supplies In the
budget bureau and assigned 20
duty with the Gendarmerie in Haiti.
] Major Julian G.. Smith has reported
to take Major Bevan's place.
The central examining board OF
the Marine Corps commenced Mon
day to Fexamine Captain William
G. MaeCrone and Second Lieu.
tenante James M. White, and Good.
year w. .Kirkman for promotion.
The board has been engaged IN