The Washington times., 1925-08-19

Approval has been given by. the
War Department for the manu-
| facture of one los mn., antiair.
craft gun carriage. This carriage
will be tested at the Aberdeen
proving ground, with the 105 MN.
gun which has been approved for
manufacture.
The finance department OF tho
army has announced the names Of
131 non-commissioned officers Of
that branch of the service, who
have been placed on the promotion
list. OF this number, forty passed
the examination, for promotion from
| technical sergeant to master SER
geant; twenty eight for promotion
! from staff sergeant to technical
sergeant. while four sergeants. five
| corporals. and fifty.four privates
| passed the examination for the
| grade Of staff sergeant. At the
| present time there are no vacancies
| in the. grade of master sergeant in
| the finance department.
Sergeant Howard r. Hoskinst who
has already been promoted to. tech.
! nical sergeant. and James y. Col
bert is next in line.
There were. eleven vacancies in
| the grade of staff sergeant and
three have been filled.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry IA.
Sheen. has been promoted TO the
grade OF colonel in the regular
army, leaving Lieutenant Colonel
John w. Quick as the senior OF
ficer of that rank.
Major David III. Bower has oecn
elevated to the rank of lieutenant
colonel with Major Hiram 2. loop
err remaining as the senior oIIicer
of his grade and rank. VIZ. ....
Il Captain John r., Meudenhalf mas
bea,, made : major with Norman
Randolph as the senior captain
after this promotion was made.
Lieutenant w. s. Zimmerman had
beer, made captain, with Graeme g.
Parks alb the next officer to De
promoted to the grade of captain.
After this promotion has. been mace
q. p. Ketchufn will be the senior
first lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant II. G. Hine,
ir., has been made a first NeuL-
Grant with two vacancies in this
grade to be filled. Charles 81. Beat
tIe and John d. Robertson are to
be promoted, after which Willlam
p Withers VIII be the. senior Sec
ond lieutenant of the army. There
are eighty-eight vacancies. IN the
regular army in the grade e sec.
ond lieutenant.
Vice Admiral Henry Al. Wiley.
IT. S. ~, now in command OF the
battlesnIp divisions Of the battle
fleet, will be assigned to- scornman I
of the First Naval District, and OF
the Boston navy yard, t:has been
learned from the Navy Department.
He is to relieve Rear Admiral Louis
n. De Steiguer. who is to command
battleship division four Of the battle
fleet. -.
Dougall, who has been in command
of that division since theg.relief Eof
Vice Admiral William ". Pratt,
several weeks ago. will be assigned
10 command OF the navy va rd at.
Portsrfdiitf1, NJ H.. relieving Cap
tain Douglas f. Dismukesi who
retires- on October 1.
Admiral Pratt formerly on sea
duty, is on temporary duty with
the Navy Department and viii be
president of the Naval War Col
lege.
now on duty on board the u. s. S.
Seattle as chief Of staff TO the
commander-in-chie OF the United
States Fleet, is said to be slated for
duty as the next commandant OF
the Norfolk navy yard.
: Rear Admiral Mark l., Bristol
Is to be relieved of duty as com
mander Of the United States Naval
detachment in Turkish waters, and
on September Ia will report to. the
Secretary OF State here in Wash.
ington for temporary duty When
this assignment has been COM
pleted, his new duties will be an
nounced by the Navy Department.
Commander Felix *. Gygax, who
has been assigned to duty as aid
and. flag secretary to the. com
mander of the battle fleet; viii be
succeeded in charge of the engi-
neering section of the office. OF the
director of fleet training by Com
mander Reuben r.. Smith, who
has been on duty here In Wash
ington in. this section for some
time.
Commander William Ancrum,
now on duty with battleship divi
sion 2 Of the scouting fleet, has
been assigned to command the hos
pital ship Mercy, which is to be
transferred from reserve status to
full commissioned for service with
scouting fleet,
Colonel Irving J. Carr, army sig
nal corps, reporting from duty in
Hawaii, and Captain James B. Bog
man, who has been on duty here
in Washington with, the office of
the chief signal officer of the
army, have been ordered to duty
with the Army Industrial College
here in Washington as students.
Examination OF twenty officers of
the civil engineer corps of the navy
for promotion, to the, rank of lieu
tenant commander will be con.
Quoted early in September.
The officers to be examined are:
Lieutenants, Ben Moreell, Robert. L.
Pettlgrew, Carl A. Trexel, Ken
dial b. Bragg. Alden K. Fogg, Rob-
ert e. Thomas, Edward C. Seibert,
William Fl. Smith, Henry Nieman,
Edward l.. Marshall, Richard H.
Clifford, George d. Wetzel, Ray
mond ". Miller, Willard A. Pol
lard, jr., John J. Manning, Will
liam M. Angas, Vernon r.. Dunlap,
Lewis b. Combs. Valentine j. . Nc
Manus and Hugo c. Fischer.
The Washington navy yard had
designated an automatic visual