Evening star., 1925-01-11
Army and Navy News
By NJ. H. Mcintyre.

lows: Rear Admirals Henry B. viii
| son, February %; Joseph Strauss, No
vember 16; Charles w. Dyson, De-
cember q; Capts. Francis w. F. VIE
ber medical Corps), April 5; Thomas
| A. Berryhill (Medical Corps), October
26. and Lieut. Thomas M. Johnston
September 20. No Marine Corps Off
GERS will be retired for age during
1925.
Rear Admiral Carl T. Vogelgesang
chief of the American Naval Mission
to Brazil, viii, upon the arrival of
| Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully at
Rio de Janeiro, be relieved from this
duty and will proceed to the Bureau
| of Naval Operations, Navy Depart
| ment, for temporary duty, where he
will make a report of the activities
of the American Naval Mission up to
the time of his relief. Upon compile
1 ton Of this report, Admiral Vogelge-
sang will be ordered to sea duty.
Eleven officers of the Naval Medi-
| cal Corps have been authorized by
the Navy Department to attend a
| course of instruction at the Naval
| Medicl School Washington, d. c.,
which Will begin January 90. Those
| who Will take this instruction, all
| lieutenants, are as follows: Percy w.
| Dreifus, David +. Horrigan. Francis
II. Webster, Ben Hollander, Robert
NJ. Gillett, Park NJ. Barrett. Ernest F..
Slater. Chasles A. Costello, Ray e. A.
Pomeroy, Bryce w. Harris and Leo
| L. Davis.
Beginning February /, four other
| medical officers will take a special
| course in internal medicine at the
| Massachusetts General Hospital, Bos-
ton, Mass. They are as follows:
Comdr. Lewis H. Wheeler, Lieut..
Comdrs. Lester l., Pratt ami William
| NJ. Kerr and Lieut.. Roger d. Mackey.
| On or about April / a competitive
examination Of chief pay clerks and
pay clerks for appointment to the
| grade of assistant paymaster will be
| held. Candidates for such appoint
| ment must be not over 35 years of
age at the time of appointment and
| only those chief pay clerks and pay
| clerks whose records have been above
| average since appointment in the
grade OF pay clerk will be given
authority to compete in the examina-
tion. Applications must be in the
hands of the Bureau OF Navigation
prior to February 15 to be considered.
Maj. Joseph A. Rosseu, Capt. Roy
| c. Swink and First Lieuts Edwin j.
Farrell and st. julien R. Childs, all
Marine Corps. have been appointed to
meet at Marine Barracks, Washing
| ton, d. c., some time during the
\ month Of January for the purpose of
| examining enlisted men for appoint
ment as probationary second lieuten-
ants in the corps. The following men
| have been authorized to appear be-
| fore the examining board: Gunnery
| Sergt. Theodore B. Millard, Staff
Sergts. John J. Ahern, Matthew c.
| Horner, Sergt. Samuel S. Ballentine
and Corps. Milo r. Carroll, David
K. Claude. Rudolph Dossett, Charles
L. Emerson, Homer l. LitZenberger,
jr.; Fred c. Marringer. Charles Nc
Dougall, Floyd A. Stephenson, Wilbur
S. Brown, Donald n. Carpenter, James
| Z. Devereaux, James n. Driscoll,
Albert L. Gardener, Silvanus l. Mara =
BILE, Samuel w. Marsh and Robert C.
| Harrison.
Conserving as well as eliminating
| defective officer personnel is the object
| of the board conducting the annual
| physical examination of all naval Of
ficers. In the event that the board
discovers a defect Of Importance, re-
| quest will be made of the officer
| undergoing examination to fill out a
/
medical history which will be con-
sidered as confidential The board is
| also empowered to decide II the defect
| can be remedied by operation or
treatment and If 1t will disqualify
| the officer from future service.
| The Holmgren skeins or Jennings
self-recording test Is the official test
| for color perception. Candidates for
| mid shipmen are required to pass the
1 two &c tac M I,~i1 1~n iav
officers having defective hearing will
| be examined on successive days by
| whispered and spoken voice as well
as by watch and acoumeter, and a
special study will be made In order
| to determine whether an albuminuria
| is temporary or if renal disease ex-
lists. High blood pressure will be in
| vestigated on several successive days
| in order to ascertain whether or not II
is constant.
Efforts are being made by the Navy
Department to accentuate this annual
| physical examination as one of con-
| servation of officer personnel rather
| than to emphasize the elimination
| factor. 1t is pointed out that the
final opinion of the board as to fitness
| for service will have great weight
| with the Bureau of Navigation, and
| attention is especially invited to the
of every officer to the Government as
well as to the loss Of highly trained
personnel when officers are retired
The Bureau of Navigation proposes
to examine during the month of Febru-
| airy all confirmed ensigns of classes
and 8 of the naval reserve force
for promotion to confirmed lieutenant
j.g.), who have had four years com
missioned service as ensign or higher
and at least two months sea service
since first commission, in the Navy
or Naval Reserve Force in the case
of line officers of classes / and 2, and
| a corresponding amount of active serv-
ice in the case of supply officers and
officers of class 5. In addition tc
these requirement. officers of class
examined for promotion to lieutenant
0.g) confirmed must have had at leas
75 hours in the air.
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