Evening star., 1925-03-29

NAVY.
AS a result of the Navy being at
present recruited up to it's authorized
strength-ie., $4,000 men-together
with the high figure of more than 80
per cent of re-enlistments being OBJ
tanned, original enlistments have tenn
porarily been suspended by the Navy
Department Contained in Section 10
of the recently enacted naval bill is
provision which provides that here
after enlistments in the Navy may be
for terms of two, three, four or six
years, and all laws now applicable to
four-year enlistments shall apply, un-
der such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Navy,
| to enlistments for shorter or longer
period, with proportionate benefits
upon discharge and enlistments.
l. Since the beginning of the
present fiscal year the contracts of
8,687 enlisted men have expired up to
as of March 23, who were qualified
for reenlistment. OF this number
| 1895 have re-enlisted, or an approx
mate percentage of .63.
In certain quarters of the Navy De-
partment the view is held that four
| or six year original enlistments would
increase both the efficiency and the
morale of the naval establishment 1t
| is also pointed out by the supporters
| of the longer enlistment period that
the adoption of such a. policy would
reduce considerably the tremendous
overhead in recruiting the naval es-
| tablishment up to it's authorized
strength. Administrative action on
| the length of the original enlistment
period in the Navy will be definitely
decided when the temporary recruit
| ing ban is lifted, which will be In the
near future. 1t is expected, however.
| that decision probably in favor of
the four-year term will be rendered.
| Jumping from the bottom of the
| list to real contender for fleet gun
merry honors is the record made by
| the crew of the u. S. S. Arkansas in
| one years time. Both officers and
men have worked tirelessly for the
| past six months throughout all the
! frings, and the shots from the Ark
| ansas were delivered with a rapidity
| which evidenced the effectiveness of
| the training which the gun crews of
| this vessel received throughout the
present gunnery year.
The revised itinerary of the 1926 ca
det cruise, L. S. Coast Guard Academy,
which will be made on the Alexander
Hamilton, has been approved. Over
three months will be spent on the
| cruise. the itinerary of which will in
clude ports of call in England.
| France. Spain and Bermuda. The ca
diets will leave New London, Conn,
June l and will return August 26.
| Upon their graduation from the Ma
| val Academy in June the Navy De-
partment has assigned sixteen mid
| shipmen to the Marine Corps as sec
| ond lieutenants and FIVE others to the
Supply Corps. Those who will be
a. ~ L.
H. d. Harris. Idaho; A. Zuber, New
Jersey; j. Snedeker, Georgia; F. H
Brink, Montana: j. H. Stillman, North
Dakota; S r. Williamson, Kansas; w.
| A. Page, jr., New York; f. J. Trum-
| BILE. Virginia; NJ. S. RahIser. Pennsyl-
| vania; r. +. .Hogaboom, Mississippi;
J. \. Hart, South Carolina; ]. D.
| Blanchard, Wisconsin; A. r. Pefey,
| Missouri; L. c. Goudeau, Louisiana H.
c. Waterman, New York, and F. ].
lUhlig, New Jersey. The five midship-
men assigned to the Supply Corps are
| J. p. Dowden, Virginia; p. White,
| California; r. L Grove, Maryland; p.
| J. Kiel Texas, and r. G.. Locke, Wy
| oming.
Capt ]. J. Cheatham, Signal Corps.
L. s. n, will relieve Rear Admiral F.
T. Arms next Wednesday as officer in
| charge of the naval supply station,
Hampton Roads, Virginia. Admiral
| Arms will later be placed upon the
| retired list upon his own application
| after 80 years service. He expects to
make his home in New London, Conn.
Under the new personnel laws of
the United States Marine Corps, a
new Central Marine Examining Board
has been appointed of which Brig.
Gen. Dion Williams, United States
| Marine Corps, is the senior member.
The other newly appointed board
members are: Col. Robert H Dunlop,
John H. McGill. James c. Breckin-
Fridge. William G.. Powell. Richard NJ.
Cults, all Marine Corps officers;
Comdr. John Kennedy Medical Corps.
| United States Navy; Lieut.. Coils. Will
liam c. Harllee and Hugh Matthews,
both Marine Corps; Lieut.. Raymond B.
Storch, Medical Corps, United States
Navy, and Capt Charles 7. Brooks,
United States Marine Corps, recorder.
AS the majority of the members
sells participating in the maneuvers,
| the actual conduct of eXaminati ions S
by the board under the new law will
not be taken up until probably July 1.
Two boards composed of five gem
| eral officers each will meet for the
classification of colonels, that is,
! those of the line and those of the
| staff, and there will be prepared a
list of eligibles for promotion. Upon