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will be considered for the engineering
and ordnance courses. while only en-
| signs of the 1924 Naval Academy
construction course. For the civil en-
glneering course only ensigns from
| the 1924 and 1925 Naval Academy
classes will be considered
From all indications it is expected
that about 80 naval officers and 10
Marine Corps officers will compose
the next class of officers who will as
semble for aviation instruction at the
Pensacola Air Station February 26.
The personnel Of the three boards
that of aeronautical engineering,
communication engineering, on De
cember IS, and that Of naval con
struction. on December 2l-which
will be convened at the Navy Depart
ment for the purpose Of selecting Of
flcers for post t-graduate courses in
these subjects. will be as follows:
The senior member of the engineer
ing board Is Comdr. NJ. y. Libbey.
The other members are Comdrs. J. Is.
Earle and G.. II. Emmerson, and
Lieut.. Comdr. William |. Causey, re-
corder. When selecting officers for
the aeronauticaI engineer course Lieut..
Comdr. Il. r. Paunack, L. S. N. will
become an additional member of the
board.
The communication engineering
board, which Will meet on December
16 for selections for this course, Is
composed of Comdrs. W. A Glassford,
L. :. ". senior member; NJ. \. Lib
hey, J. 3. Earle. G.. II. Emmerson and
Lieut.. Comdr. William l. Causey. re
corder.
Capt q. II. Rock, L. :. N, is senior
member of the naval construction
board, which meets at the Navy De-
partment on December y. The other
members of this board are: Capts. W.
G. Du Bose and w. u. Leahy. all Of
the Construction Corps of the Navy,
and Comdr. G.. II. Emmerson, L. :. N,
who Will act as recorder Of this board.
According TO the plans which are
being made for the 1926 mtGshipmen'S 3
practice cruise, the cruise which will
be made by the future admirals of the
Navy next Summer Will be made on
the United States ships New York.
Wyoming and the Utah The present
schedule provides that these vessels
leave Guantanamo about April 80 for
Northern waters, which will give
them sufficient time to make prepara-
tionS for the cruise in their home
yards.
The inauguration of the Aviation
policy at the academy last year,
whereby $50 members OF the first class
remained at Annapolis for this in
| struction. IS expected TO be repeated
this year. No announcement has been
made by the Navy Department up to
the present time as to the number of
first classmen who will be selected for
this aviation training. but all indica-
tons point to the retention OF the
same number OF first classmen at the
academy for the purpose OF pursuing
this three months course uf intensiv"
instruction. The itinerary Of the
cruise Will probably be announced
shortly after the first Of the year
Ten enlisted men of the Navy will
shortly he appointed warrant officers
OF the Navy. The following named
candidates have qualified for ap-
pointment as machinist in the Navy:
Carl Mills, William r. Seeng. Albert
B. Clapp, Samuel G. Moore. Carl Il.
Richards. John A. Loring. jr.; John
NJ. Stuart, Dean Fluss. William II. +.
Terrio and Walter W. Eshelman.
The following named medical off,
GERS have been found qualified for pro-
motion to the rank of lieutenant COM
mander. Medical Corps, United States
Navy: Lieuts. II. L. Shinn, l.. A. Daus
and L. y. Hart