The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28

ievening. The Reserve Officers Asso-
Iciation of the District Of Columbia
should hold its regular monthly meet
ing on the first Thursday Of the
4 month, which will be February 5.
u. s. Coast Guard.
The .Ammen was placed in COM
| mission on January %, at Hoboken,
N. J. She will be assigned to divi-
sion number 2, destroyer force, with
| headquarters New York. The corn
missioned and warranted complement
1 follows; Lieutenant Commander w IF.
! Towle fcommanding1. Lieutenant
Commander F. j. Birkett, Lieutenant
/ CF) L. e. Wells, Ensigns II. c. Per-
| kins and Gel v. e. Schminke. Pay
Clerk III J. w. Beach and Machinist
CT j. III. Decker.
! u. S. Marine Corps.
Lieutenant Colonies William c.
Harllee and Rush r. Wallace,
Major Edward w. Banker and Cap.
tain Paul C. Marmion and First Lieu
tenants Alton A. GLADDEN.. Joseph
NJ Knighton, Gus L. GIoeckner,
Leo r. S. Horan, Thomas A. Tighe
and Second Lieutenants Otto B.
osmondson, Joseph L. Moody, Clar-
nnce r. wallace, Ronald A. Boone,
Paul b. watson, James II.
Strother. Ivan w. Miller, Joe y.
smith. Louis E. Marie, jr., Arthur
7 Burks. James S. MonahaT, John
Al. Bemis, John G. Mcqueen, How
ard n. Kenyon, William NJ NC
Kelvy, jr., and Andre ". Cherbon.
nier and Chaplain G. Hicks. have
been found qualified Tor promo
tion to the next higher grades, re-
spectively, by the central examn-
ing board of the Marine Corps.
Il is understood that the vacancy
in the grade of rear admiral to
which Captain J.. *. Robinson -
entitled, Is being held open Tor
him, awaiting confirmation oy
The Bureau of. Navigation con-
templates conducting physical and
written professional examinations
during February of naval reserve
OFFICERS in all naval districts Tor
the following purposes:
Confirmed promotion to the rank
Of lieutenant Junior gradel OF con.
firmed ensigns, including those
who are provisional heutenAnIs
(iunior grade) in classes II, ana 9,
who have held the rank OF ensign
at least four years and who have
nad at least two months sea serv-
ice fin lieu Of sea service, tor STAN
officers. two months sactive service;
for class 5 officers, two months
active duty and seventy-five hours
IN the airl. Some OF these ofIlcers
tailed in their first examination TOT
CONFIRMED promotion. which was
CONDUCTED prior to July 1, 1924.
Thee officers will be re-examined
in the subjects failed In:
Maneuvers at Honolulu.
Twelve torpedo planes. twelve
scouting planes and a number OF
bombers. loaded on board the United
states ship Wright, mother snip
~ the naval forces, and accompan-
led bv the United States ship Ja-
SON and the airplane tenders Teal
and XSand Piper, were started iast
weak from Norfolk for Honolulu
for the maneuvers. This Is the
longest voyage of its KIND ever
attempted by the naval air FORCES.
Every fighting ship In commls,
sion In the navy win be gatnereo
off Hawaii early in April for the
maneuvers. and it il planned at this
time to test the usefulness OF the
airplane In war. The convoy VIII
spend one week in Panama, before
II starts for Honolulu
The Atlantic and Pacific fleets
will meet in sham battles. There
will be night and day shooting at
targets and aIrplanes, war games
between battleships, between de.
stroyers, battleships and subma-
rines, with the air service used as
an auxiliary force. The air demon
stration will be large part or the
maneuver, because the navy has
never attempted anything like 1t
before, and it win be partly expert
mental.
Captain Harry VanelI. formerly in
command Of the air station Of the
navy at Hampton Roads, Va. will
be in command of all the air forces
at Honolulu. He sailed on the
Wright, which is in the command
of Captain L. H. Leahy. United
States navy.
Captain George A. Steele IL the
new commander of the naval air
station at Lakehurst, N. J., sue
eeeding Commander ]. H. Klein, jr.
Captain Steele is also in command
- kLoo kryo dfr0fhIaS of the navy