Evening star., 1925-03-22


A call has been sent out by the
board OF governors for the first in
stallment of dues, in order to carry
on the work of the project. AL
though a great deal Of work still re-
mains TO be done, 1t is expected that
the golf course. the tennis courts and
the swimming pool will be ready for
use by the club members before the
end of the Summer.
NAVY.
Announcement was made last week
by the Bureau of Navigation, Navy
Department, that five selection boards
will meet during June and July for
the purpose of recommending officers
OF the line and staff corps for promo
ton.
There will be submitted to the re-
spective boards for consideration the
records of all line officers in the
grades of captain, commander and
lieutenant commander who on Novem-
Der 80, 1925, will have served therein
for period OF four years. This in
cludes service performed under tenn
porary commissions in those grades.
The stan boards will consider the
records of all officers of the staff
corps indicated serving in ranks next
junior to those ranks for promotion
to which selections will be made.
The various boards INDICATED will be
convened as follows:
Line board, about June Is. to rec
ommend officers for promotion to the
grades of rear admiral, captain and
commander. The Medical Corps board
will be convened during June or July
to recommend officers for promotion
to the ranks OF captain and COM
mander. The Supply Corps board is
to be convened in June or July to
recommend officers for promotion TO
the ranks of rear admiral, captain
and commander. The Chaplain Corps
board Of selection will meet in June
or July to recommend officers for pro-
motion to the ranks OF captain and
commander, while the Construction
Corps board will be convened some
time during these same months for
the purpose of recommending Officer rs
for promotion to the ranks of rear
admiral captain and commander
1t was announced by the Navy De-
partment last week that the U. S. S.
Chaumont. upon completion of re-
pairs, will sail from San Francisco
about June II for Honolulu, arriving &
at the latter port on June II. The
arrival dates at the ports included Tin
her itinerary are as follows: Guam,
June 80; Manila, P. l., July 8; Shang-
hal, China, July 10; Honolulu. August
10, and return to San Francisco Au-
gust Is. II so desired by the COM
mander-in- chief of the Asiatic Fleet.
the Chaumont during her stay at
Shanghai will proceed to Chefoo and
return to Shanghai.
Publication has been made by Rear
Admiral c. F. Hughes, u. s. N, direc-
tor OF fleet training. Navy Depart
ment. of the standing Of the following
classes of vessels In the United State.
Navy in engineering performances for
the month Of January, 1925, in the
order as they appear:
Battleships-Mississ Oklahoma
New Mexico, Maryland, Arkansas
California, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona and
Wyoming.
Light cruisers-Concord, Richmond,
Marblehead, Raleigh, Detroit, Mil
waukee, Cincinnati and Omaha.
Cruisers - Denver, Seattle, Pitts
burgh. Galveston, Rochester. Huron
and Cleveland. The Huron report is
for the month of December, 1924.
Submarines-R-3 RIA, S-13, S-41
sd, O-3, R-24, S-12, R-19 and R-16
Three battleships, the U S. 8. New
York, Arkansas and Utah, win com
pose the 1925 midshipmen's practice
squadron, the itinerary of which was
approved last week by Admiral Ed
ward w. Eberle, chief of the Bureau
of Naval Operations. Navy Depart
ment. The approaching cruise of the
future admirals of the Navy will in
clude 81 days at sea and SO days in
isr af
be covered by the squadron. The yes
sells will arrive off Annapolis about
May 80, and on June 6 the first three
classes will embark for Panama, their
nrst stopping point, at which they
are due to arrive June IA. After fuel
ing there, the squadron will sail on
June II for San Pedro, Calf, a dis
tance Of asia miles, and on arrival
at this port on June 80 some over
hauling Will be done. On July the
squadron will sail for San Francisco,
1858 miles away, where upon arrival,
two days later, the vessels will take
on fuel. They will leave there on
July II for Astoria, a, distance of 500
miles, where they will arrive July 20.
The squadron will remain at anchor
there but two days, their next port of
call being Seattle, Wash, 2e5 miles
distant, at which point they will ar
rive July %. The midshipmen will
remain there for a week, and on July
80 they will sail for San Diego, Calif.,
a cruise of 1890 miles, where they are
due to arrive about August. Fuel will
be taken on there. After a four-day
stay the squadron will sail on August
8 for Panama, a distance OF 2.S45
miles. at which port they will arrive
August, 90 for fueling. They will
leave Panama on August %, and will
arrive off Annapolis. a distance of
1881 miles, on August 80. On their
arrival at Annapolis the midshipmen
will go on their September leave, and
about October I will return to the
Academy for the beginning of the
Fall term.
A favorable decision of vital In
terest to every Army and Navy officer
and enlisted man, relative to the six
months gratuity pay, was handed
down by the Controller General of
the United States last week. The act
of December II, 1919, Al Stat. 367,
provided that upon the official notif1-
cation of the death from wounds or
disease. not the result of their own
misconduct, every active regular Off
GER or enlisted man or those on the
retired list when on active duty, an
amount equal to six months pay, at
the rate received by such officer or
enlisted man at the date of his death,
will be paid to his widow, ''and II
there be no widow, to the child or
children, and II there be no widow or
child, to any other dependent rela-
tive of such officer or enlisted man
previously designated by him"
The Controller General sent a let
ter December %, 1924, to the Secre-
tsry of the Navy. In which he made
certain general observations with re-
spect to the facts that must be given
to support conclusion of depen-
dency under the above mentioned act
In suggesting that the War and Navy
Departments consider Jointly regula-