Evening star., 1925-12-13
Army and Navy News
BIZ NJ. H. McIntue.

Pershing. Brig. Gen. S. D. Rocken-
bach, Maj. Gen. Kenzie w. walker,
Maj. Gen. Creed c.. Hammond, Rear
Admiral Franklin ]. Drake, Capt.
Harry S. New. o. r. G., the Post
master General; Col. B. ]. Lloyd,
Charles Nick. Saltzman. Col. j. May
hew Wainwright and Charles r.
Roberts.
NAVY.
Approval has been given by Maj.
Gen. John A. Lejeune. commandant,
L. s. Marine Corps, for increasing the
number of Marine Corps reserve Off
GERS to 1000. To carry out this policy,
letters were sent out this week oy
Marine Corps headquarters to all offl-
GERS on the active, retired and re-
serve lists requesting them to recon-
mend desirable men for appointments
as Marine reserve officers. The great
ajority of these appointments, 1t was
pointed out at headquarters, will be
made in the Volunteer Marine Corps
Reserve.
Appointment and promotion in the
Marine Corps Reserve can now be
made up to include the grade of brig
adler general. This is a new feature
reorga nization of the reserve. The
board which has been in session at
Marine Corps headquarters, reviewing
the records of reserve officers, is about
ready to submit its report. The
boards recommendations for promo
tions, 1t is reported. will be based on
length of service in grade, age, eN-
perience, record of service and inter-
est, the interest consisting of report
ing in for annual training duty.
With the organization of the Ma
rine Reserve regiments and the brunt
of this work falling on the reserve
area commanders, they will be en-
couraged to recommend the appoint
ment of reserve officers, and it Is very
certain that full consideration will be
given to their recommendation.
Rear Admiral M. NJ. Taylor, U. S.
N, director of fleet training, Navy De-
partment, announced this week the
standing of the highest vessels of the
battleship class in the United States
Navy in engineering performances for
follows: Arizona, Mississippi. okla
homa, Colorado, Nevada, California,
West Virginia, New Mexico, Mary.
land and the New York.
The U. S. S. Melville was the high
est vessel of the tender class in the
Navy in engineering performances
for the month Of October. The stand
ing of the first ten vessels of this
class in this competition is as follows:
Melville, Shawmut, Vestal. Canopus,
Savannah, Bushnell, Beaver, Jason,
Camden and the Medusa.
A board of officers will be convened
at the Navy Department next Tues
day for the purpose of examining Rev.
Charles p. Burke of the ST. Aloysius
Roman Catholic Church of Livingston
Manor, \. Y. for appointment to the
Chaplain Corps, u. s. Navy. The
examining board will consist of the fol-
lowing officers: Capt. Evan w. Scott
and Lieut.. Comdrs. Ernest L. Askins
and Reuben W. Shrum, all Cha plain
Corps officers.
Several changes affecting assign
ments of Chaplain Corps officers were
announced. the first of which was that
of Capt. Edward A. Duff, who on Jan
uary l will be detached from the
u. S. S. New York and will be ordered
to Paris Island February l for duty
at the Marine Barracks at this station
No relief will be effected at this sta
ton, as there are no Roman Catholic
chaplains stationed at Paris Island.
Capt. Duff will be relieved of his
duties on the New York by Lieut..
Alfred de G. Vogler. who is now on
Riddle, who is now en- route to this
country from Asiatic station via
Europe, will upon his arrival in the
United States be assigned to. the New
port, r. l., naval training station for
duty.
The Navy Department announced
last week the standing of naval YES
sells of the light cruiser class and the
cruiser class in engineering perform
ances for the month of October, 1926.
The standing of the light cruiser
class is as follows: Milwaukee. Con-
cord, Richmond, Cincinnati, Tren-
ton, Raleigh, Marblehead, Memphis,
Omaha and the Detroit. The cruiser
class standing is as follows: Pitts
burgh, Denver, Galveston, Rochester,
Cleveland, Huron and the Seattle.
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology is to erect a tablet in honor
of Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, its first
woman student. Mrs. Richards was
admitted to the institute as a special
student in 1870. and her success paved
the way for the repeal a few years
later of the faculty rule prohibiting
woman students.