Evening star., 1925-06-07
Army and Navy News
BIZ NJ. II. McIntve.

~ IL4f C.
| is now being made by the Quarter
| master General of samples of ap
| proved shades of cloth for officers
| breeches. This distribution is to the
Inspector General, all corps area
commanders, quartermaSter depotS
general sales stores, the service
schools and the larger posts.
NAVY.
The instructions given June to the
Selection Board, which met at the
Navy Department for probably a two
week session, recommend that 4 rear
admirals, IA captains and 80 COM
manders be promoted. 1t is also point
ed out in the instructions that the
figures shown relative to the number
of officers to be recommended for pro-
motion are subject to change as fol-
lows:
If the board in the course of its de-
liberations should decide not to recon-
mend for promotion any eligible officer
mot an additional number in grade)
who, If not SO recommended, will re-
tire by reason of becoming ineligible
for promotion on account of age prior
to June l. 1926, the board will then
recommend for promotion TO the per-
manent grade of such officer, and to
the next lower grade or grades, as the
case may be, corTespondingly greater
number of officers.
In other words, in the event that
the board fails to recommend a captain
or promotion who prior to June l.
1926, would retire on account of age,
the board would then select another
commander. This would make a total
of 80 for promotion to the grade of
captain. This situation, it is explained
in the Navy Department. would re-
quire the selection OF another lieuten-
ant commander for promotion TO fill
the vacancy in the commander grade.
Selection has been made by the Sec
retary of the Navy of the members of
the Central Marine Corps Examining
Board for the coming year. The mem
berS of the new board are as follows
Brig. GG2. Logan Feland, president;
Brig. Gen. Dion Williams. Coils. Robert
H. Dunlap. John F. McGill. James C.
Breckenridge. Richard NJ. Quits, w. c.
Harlee. William G. Powell. Hugh
Matthews and Capt Charles c. Brooks,
recorder.
The examina ton of IL proba tionary
second lieutenantS whose year of pro-
hation will expire on July will be
the first examination to be conducted
by the board. The examination will
be held on June Is. Those who have
been ordered before che board, all sec
ond lieutenants. are: C. A. Bailey,
Robert T. Wall. William E. Burke,
Nerye H. Dartt. Reginald Wrigley. jr,
Philip l.. Thing, Clarence J. Chap
pell. jr., John t. Muncie, Robert j.
Straub, Jesse c. Harmon, Arthur T
Mason.
Announcement was made by the
Navy Department this week of the
personnel composing the Medical
Corps Board which will meet about
July l for the purpose of selecting out
four commanders to be captains and
six lieutenant commanders to be COM
manders. The board, all Medical Corps
officers, is composed of the following:
Rear Admiral Albert NJ D. McCor-
mick. president; Capts. Norman j.
Blackwood, Charles NJ. DeValin, Am
men Farenholt, Eugene J. Grow and
Lieut.. Howard H. Montgomery, re-
corder.
Orders were also issued author.
lzing the convening of naval exam
1ning beard for the examination of
lieutenant commanders in the Civil
Engineer Corps of the Navy. which
will probably be held in August All
of the lieutenants, it is believed. from
Ben Morsell TO Hugo c. Fischer. in
elusive, will become eligible in the near
future. The board is composed of
three engineer officers as follows:
Rear Admiral H. H. Rousseau presi-
dent; Capt. H. r. Stanford and Comdr.
G. A. Duncan.
Appointments as temporary boats
wains United States Coast Guard are
recent examination for temporary COM
missioned officer who received high
marks but whose appointments as
temporary commissioned officers were
not made in view of the limited mum.
Der required to meet present needs
Appointments are also being rendered
the following enlisted men who are on
the eligible list made from the ex-
animation held February s last: Chief
boatswains mate, H. w. Erickson,
J. H. Davies. z. A. Simpson, F. J. Cas-
sidy, w. w. Prentiss; boatswains
mate, first class, G.. B. Willis, A. E.
DelPra and Surf. Z. DeLorme.
The controller general of the United
States has been asked TO render an
advance opinion upon the construc-
ton of that part of the Marine Corps
Personnel Act relative to the retire
ment of colonels who are not placed
upon the eligible list for general Of
ficers. Some legal authorities have
interpreted this phrase as giving