The Washington times., 1925-05-29

squadron gunnery officer with the
hattleship fleet in the Pacific, mas
renorted to the bureau of ordinances
hare in washington to take the
niaca of Commander G. @. Hartigan,
who has been sent to Brazil, with
the naval mission there.
Lieutenant Commander n. *.
Turner has reported in Washington
to relieve Commander H. Delanos
who has been chief of the design
and turret mount and machinery
sections. Commander Delano VIII
90 to command a destroyer In Eu-
ropean waters.
Approval has been given by the
War Department to a request OF
the Pacific Telephone Company tur
use of the army cableship DellWOod
to make repairs to cables Of tnGt
company between Catalina Island,
Calf, and the mainland. The DELI
wood is a fully equipped cable snip
operated by the quartermaster corps
and signal corps of the army, ana
/ is the only American cable ship on
the Pacific coast capable of carry
ing on deep sea cable operations.
An anonymous donor has offered
prizes of $50, SIS, SIS and $40, re-
snectively to be awarded next
month for the four best essays sub
mitted by r. o. T. c.. students of
Yale University on the subject THE
Training and Development OF Ord
nance Officers for the United States
Army, Especially from the View
point of the Ordnance Reserve
Corps"
For some time the War Depart
ment has had under discussion the
reorganization of the army quarter
master supply and sale stores,
available to organizations and indi
viduals OF the service. This is in
accordance with the decision that 1t
has become necessary to make i'm.
portant changes in the list OF ar
ticles carried for sale. Announce
ment is shortly to be made by the
War Department of lists of ap-
proved quartermaster supplies.
Manufacture and test of an ex-
perimental sub-caliber mounting for
the sixteen-inch B. c. model 1919,
have been approved. The sub
caliber gun is rs m.m., model Of
1906. This gun, with its recoil
mechanism, will be mounted above
the sixteen-inch gun in q bracket,
which latter will be clamped to
the outside of the gun just in
front of the cradle. Loading and
firing of the sub-caliber gun will
be done with platform built over
the side frames Of the carriage.
Tests will be conducted by the
coast artillery at Fort Tilden.
The following officers of the
dental corps of the navy have been
detached from temporary duty in
attendance upon the course Of in
struction at the naval dental school
here in Washington and assigned
to such duty as may be indicated.
Lieutenants Elmer G. O'Connell
to naval training station, Newport.
r. l., Virgil H. Traxler to naval
hospital, New York, and Otto ".
Rogstad to the naval medical
school.
Pursuant to the policy of the
Navy Department Of ordering off,
GERS to appear for examination for
promotion in advance OF the dates,
on which they actually will make
their numbers, whenever practlc-
able. and with the anticipation that
thew will become due for promotion
in the near future, the following
officers of the dental corps Of the
navy have been ordered to appear
before statutory or supervisory
boards for examination for promo
ton to the grade of lieutenant COM
mander:
Lieutenants Robert S. Maxwell,
Joseph A. Tartre, Robert S. Davis,
James l. Root, Charles c. Tinsley,
Harold A. Daniels, Hubert F. Del
more, Paul w. Yeisley, William T.
Davidson. Harold A. Badger, Law
renee e. McGourty, Spry o. Clay
ton. Hubert J. Lehman, John A.
Walsh, William A. Dorney, David
L. Cohen AMI Howard r. McCleery.