Evening star., 1925-03-15
Army and dNavy News
By NJ. II. Mcintyre.

ley. and VS-Squadron 2. with fleet base
force
The battleships which have been
| named to make the cruise to AUS
! tralia are the California, Maryland
! Tennessee, Mississippi, Oklahoma
| West Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico
| Pennsylvania and Nevada. The de-
| stroyer squadrons Will include the
Omaha, Affair, Sinclair, Percival
| Somers, Farquhar Kennedy, Litch-
field. Sloat, Shirk. Mervine. Robert
Smith, McDermut, Farenholt, Melvin
| Melville, Decatur Moody, j. F. Burnes
Stoddert, Thompson, Paul Hamilton
| Yarborough, Wood. Kidder. Chase
! Mullany, MacDonough and Sumner
No vessels of the submarine divi-
sions, Pacific, or aircraft squadrons
| will accompany the neet to Australia
| About July / the L. s. s. Beaver and
| Submarine Division 16 will be de-
| tached from the fleet and VIII sail
| for the Asiatic station.
Though the battle feet will be alb
sent from the Pacific Coast for SIX
| months-that is, from April 10 TO
| September 2T-the Navy training
! schools at San Diego will be con-
| tinued in operation. The class now
undergoing instruction at the Tor
| pedo School, which Is maintained by
! the destroyer squadrons, VIII com
plete their course In June. The men
completing this course will be re-
| turned to the units OF the feet in
| Honolulu. The second class VIII pro-
! ceed from Honolulu in June, and will
| take the course which concludes the
| latter part OF September.
| Likewise the Sound School and
| Radio Material School, also located at
! San Diego. will continue in operation
during the extended absence OF the
! fleet from the coast. The duration OF
! the Sound School course is eight
weeks, while that of the Radio Mate
| rial School is from u to la weeks.
| The 20 enlisted students who will be
! assigned to each class in the Sound
School and the .5 who Will compose
each class in the Radio Material
School will be selected, in so far as is
possible, from those ships which will
not make the cruise 70 Australia.
The annual trophy award for ex-
cellence for gunnery for the current
year has been made to the L. s. S.
Pennsylvania, which Will be given the
| American Defense Society cup and
the Spokane cup. The battleship OBJ
tanning the highest merit for short
range battle practice is awarded an
| nually the American Defense Society
! cup, while the Spokane trophy.
awarded by the Chamber of Commerce
of Spokane. Wash. is given to the
battleship making the highest score
with turret guns, short-range prac-
tice
In point of lesson papers received,
February, 1925. was the biggest month
ever experienced by tie Marine Corps
Institute, during which monthly pc
riod a total of G,701 lesson papers
we're received. The next biggest
month was April. 1924.
A total of I'll persons enrolled DUR
ing February, the total enrolment
being S.062. Disenrollments for all
causes numbered 49, and the num-
ber Of diplomas awarded was SO,
For the period IN April, 1924, there
were enrolled during this month sol
persons. the total enrolment being at
this time 7,sl2, which is ESQ less than
the February. 1925. strength. A total
of 6,bS9 lesson papers were received
during the 1924 banner month, the
total number of disenrollments for all
causes being 459. One hundred and
thirteen diplomas were awarded dur
ing this period.
Comdr. Halsey Powell, L s. ",
head OF the information section, which
lnCLuucs. tnt press FSldtlOIS section,
Navy Department, has been ordered
to duty as executive officer of the L.
S. 8. New Mexico, flagship Of Battle
ship Division 1. On April l. on which
date Comdr. Powells orders will
become effective, he will have served
approximately a year and 10 months
in the department on this detail.
Prior to coming to Washington he
was in command OF the L. S. S. Ed
en11 ~ fAh
Smyrna evacuation work. The sue
cessor Of Comdr. Powell will be
named by the Navy Department in
the near future. His departure is
greatly regretted, as he has host Of
friends in Washington.
Orders were issued this week by the
Navy Department assigning Rear Ad-
miral Carl II. Vogelgesang, who was
recently relieved as chief of the
United States naval mission to Bra
zil, as commander of Battleship Divi-
sion of the scouting fleet.
This Is the first of number of
changes in high naval commands, an
nouncement of which will be made by
the Navy Department in the near
future. 1t is expected that the new
commander-in-c chief of the fleet will
be named by Secretary Wilbur within
the next 10 days, and when this has
been decided the assignment of flag
officers will be taken up Immediately
by the department.
Under the command of Maj Gen,
Wendell c. Neville L. s. NJ c., the
Marine Corps force will join the bat
tie fleet at San Francisco and San
Diego to participate with the fleet IN
the Hawaiian maneuvers. Brig. Gen.
Logan Feland. Z. S. NJ. c., will be in
command of one of the Marine Corps
divisions, while Brig. Gen. Dion viii
liams, L. S. N. c., will be in command
of the other.
Last Friday 100 officer. and 750
men of the corps embarked from
QUantico on the Henderson. and April
80 additional officers and 750 men
will join the battle feet force at San
Diego. These two forces of Marines
will be further strengthened by the
Marines attached to the battle fleet.
Among tho officers who will be at
tached to the force are Coils. r. Il.
Berkeley, ]. T. Meyers, r. H Dunlop,
A. S. William and ]. c. Breck enridge; ;
Lieut.. Coils. T. C. Turner, c. B. Taylor,
T. c, Wescott, n. p. Vulte, W, C.
Harlee, J. J, Meade, r. Y. Rhea and
r. O. Underwood; Majs c. F. b.
Price, l. v. Hoyt, John Marston, A. e.
Simon, S. V. Brogan, A. E. Randel,
W. W. Buckley, c. ]. Miller, H. W.
stone, r. l. Bennig, r. L. Shepard.
F. B. Garrett. L. c. Long, ". Thing,
H Schmidt, William Small, w. c.
Emery, D. l. 8. Brewster, E. NJ. Reno.
]. r. Horton, r. Pa Moses, ]. p Will
cox, w. II. Hill, C. Ancrum, FL. II,
Utley, F.. P. Evans, W. c. Wise and
F. D. Kilgere.
The three medical officers are Lieut..