Evening star., 1925-04-26
NAVY.

throughout the Navy Department last
week when the Secretary of the Navy
Unexpectedly announced the appoint
ment OF Capt. Charles Morris to sue
ceed Read Admiral David Potter as
chief Of the Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts. His selection as paymaster
general OF the Navy will not only be
a most popular one throughout the
department but in the fleet as well.
No doubt this appointment would
have been made before, but, due to
the uncertainty in the date of the
| termination of the four.year term of
Admiral Potter, the announcement of
| the new chief of this bureau was de-
layed. 1t appears that Admiral Pot
ter was given his Senate confirma-
| ton on April 21. but he did not take
the oath of Office until April q.
Oficers on duty in the department
were undecided as to which date to
select, but the judge advocate general
| OF the Navy decided in favor of the
later date.
Capt. Morris, who was born on
August Is, 1875, at Newport, r. l..
is the son of the late Brig. Gen.
Charles Morris of the Army, his great
grandfather being Commodore Charles
Morris, who served on the Constitu-
ton during the War of 1872, and
who was executive officer of this YES
sci at the time of her engagement
with the British warship Guerriere.
Graduating from Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology in 1896, Capt.
Morris entered the Navy as assistant
| paymaster May 80. 1898, and during
the Spanish.American War served on
the Z. S. S. Mist. His duty assign
ments between 1901 and 1915 were
Puget Sound Navy Yard, u. S s.
Bennington, Norfolk Navy Yard u s.
s. North Carolina, Boston Navy Yard,
New York Navy Yord, L. 5. S. Mon
tana and Bureau of Supplies and Ac-
counts. One of Capt. Morris most
notable achievements was the develop
ment by him of a system for the col
lection and accounting of the duties
when the Navy took over the custom
house at Haiti. In this connection he
exhibited exceptional ability as an or
ganizer and administrator. Capt.
| Morris was a member Of the staff
| Of Rear Admiral w. L. Rogers, as
fleet supply officer during the war,
serving on the Texas.
A perusal of the target practice re-
| ports from the fleet indicates that the
| systematic anti-aircraft target prac-
tice which has been in effect for 1924
and 1925 is producing excellent re-
suits. According to the firing figures,
| it is estimated that if the sleeve
| targets, which were used in the firing
practice, had been as large as bomb
ing planes there would have been 95
per cent OF hits made, or, in other
| words, 1t is pointed out that one shot
or more In an airplRne attack. reach
ed its objective. The sleeve targets
were towed at an elevation of from
1000 TO 5000 feet, and on two battle
ship practices and one light cruiser
practice the moving targets were
actually shot down.
OF the 16 battleships engaged in
this practice, So practices were re-
ported during which the towed sleeve
was hit II times, resulting in a per-
centage of target hits of At. Two
light cruisers reported practices,
on occasions of which the towed
target was hit, or a percentage of
target hits Of so. In the grand total,
18 vessels participated in this anti
aircraft target practice, AZ practices
were reported, the practices on which
the towed sleeve was hit numbered
20, and the percentage of hits be-
ing As.
The first examination to be con-
Quoted under the changes in the Ma
rine Corps Manual will be hello ac-
Corps headquarters, about July /,
when 80 Marine Corps officers will be
ordered up for examination for pro-
motion. Those officers who will take
the examination for promotion are:
Lieut.. Coils. Richard S. Hooker and
Norman G. Burton, Majs. Fred D.
kilgore, William p. Upshur, William
M. Small, Robert B. Farquharson and
Charles r. Sanderson, Capts. Ben
janin A. Moeller, Clyde H. Metcalf,
Harold c. Pierce, Norman C. Bates,
Harry K. Pickett, Maurice s. Berry
and John B. Sebree, First Lieuts. j.
N. Popham, Richard o. Sanderson,
Henry s. Hausmann, F. NJ. Howard,
Edwin j. Mund and Lee H. Brown,
Second Lieuts. w. w. Davies, B. l..
Bell, Vernon E. Mcgee, A. w. Cock
| rell, j. M. Smith, w. H. Doyle, E. E.
Linsert, o. Fl. Wheeler, T. L. eagle
and j. D. Humphrey.
The Bureau of Medicine and Sur
gerry, Navy Department, is in receipt
| of numerous requests from medical
| officers who will become eligible for
| promotion to the rank of lieutenant
commander during the coming Sum
mer for Information relative to the
I probable date of their examination for
promotion. In reply to these requests
the bureau has announced that it will
be impracticable to conduct examina-
tions during the Summer months, and
| 1t Is the present plan of the bureau to
examine eligible candidates for pro-
motion to the rank of lieutenant COM
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