Evening star., 1926-09-12
Army andNavy News

Deen issued QetAchinE Comdr.- CIyde
r. Robinson as aid and fleet gunnery
oficer OF the staff Of the commander
of the scouting fleet and assigning
nance. Navy Department. According
to the present plans, Comdr Robinson
viii be placed in charge of the design
and turret mount and machinery Sec
lions of that bureau. relieving Comdr.
Richmond K. Turner. who will under
go the course Of instruction In aviation
training at the Pensacola naval air
station Comdr Forde A. Todd. who
will shortly be relieved from duty in
the reserve division Of the Bureal<et
Navigation by Comdr. Halsey Powell,
has heen assigned to duty as naval at.
tache at Rome. Italy, where he will
relieve Cant. Kenneth G. Castleman.
The latter officer, before he is given
permanent assignment. will report for
temporary duty In the Office of naval
intelligence.
Eleven naval officers have become
due for promotion on the dates indi.
c,tteJ. as result of the death OF
Conl.!r. John Rodgers and the retire
rnent of Capt. w. NJ. Hunt. They are
Comdr. r. A. Dawes. July |; Comdrs
P. E. Dampman, c. S. Mcdowell and
JuIS Ao' A1ASN~'
Comdr H. d. Mcclure. Lieut.. c. A.
Baker and Lieut.. dunior grade) Chris
topher Noble, August 2S; Comdr. c.
c. Soule Lieut.. Comdr E. H. Connor.
Lieut.. .. NJ. Carpenter and Lieut.. Gu-
nior grade) J. w. Jamison. September
l. In addition to the apove, the fol-
lowing officers have become due for
promotion to lieutenant: E. w.
Schell and NJ. I. Black on August s.
Burns Macdonald on August II and
J. 3. Seletski on September 1.
OF interest to the naval service are
the changes which have been made in
the prospective dates of promotion Of
certain Navy line officers, selected for
promotion by the last selection board.
The new change in dates is as follows:
Conldr. L. P. Treadwell and Lieut..
Conldr. T. S. Wilkinson, September g.;
Comdr. A. H. Rice and Halsey Pow
ell and Lieut.. Comdrs. w. w. Smith
Comdrs. F. A. Todd and A. X Shoup
and Lieut.. Comdrs. o. NJ. Hustvedt
II. T. Smith, p. B. Haines and NJ. L.
Hersey. jr., October 2: Comdr Abram
Claude and Lieut.. Comdr. F. T. Leigh
ton. December Z; Con1dr. n. W. Post
and Lieut., Comdr. A. d. Bernhard
February 10.
The death of Rear Admiral George
H. Barber, Navy Medical Corps, will
permit, in accordance with the euuali-
zation Of promotion law, the promo
ion Of an officer of that corps to the
fank of rear admiral. The indications
are that this selection will not be
made until the board, which will con-
vene late in the Fall, will also recon.
mend Medical Corps officers for pro-
motion to the ranks Of captain and
commander. Only those captains
whose line running mates have been
selected for rear admiral will be eligi-
Die for consideration by the board.
Three oficers of the Navy Medical
Corps have been found Qualified for
promotion to the ranks indicated:
Lieuts. NJ. A. Berge and NJ. j. Mont.
gomery to lieutenant commander and
Lieut.. Gunior grade) F. c. Greaves to
the rank of lieutenant.
Decision was made last week bv the
Bureau OF Navigation to establish an
englble list of applicants for flight
training as naval aviation pilots, and
in accordance Herewith INSTRUCTIONS
nave been sent out to all ships and
stations which govern the procedure
10 oe followed in recommending men
for this list. The Bureau Of Naviga
ton. in collaboration with the Bureau
OF, Aeronautics. will determine whether
man Is considered eligible for flight
training and will inform each man
concerned of the final action taken in
his case. The eligible list will not nee
essarilN be confined to men Of the
Walton branch ratings, it was pointed
out by Rear Admiral W. r. Shoe.
maker, chief Of the Bureau Of Navi.
hNlf
those mon whose aptitude for aviation
fight training has been determined bv
duty with operating planes When it
becomes necessary to assign enlisted
men to any class of hea vier-than-ai1.
night training at the Pensacola naval
air station the required number of
names will be selected from the eligi.
Die list OF applicants on file in the bu.
reau. There will be no priority or
precedence on this list. Selections
Will be made solely on the basis of
comparative fitness and aptitude for
tnis training and for appointment as
aviation pilot when this training is
successfully completed In the event
a man !s not selected for this training
PRIOR 10 MS twenty-ninth birthday his
name will he removed from the eligible
list
The probabilities are that of the l.
Navy officers who are assigned to duty
As members of the American naval
mission to Brazil 10 and perhaps one
or two others will be relieved from
their Brazilian assignment and ordered
to duty In the United States or be as
signed to duty af1oat 1t is not ex.
pected. however, that any of these
prospective reliefs will become ef.
fecttve Immediately. but it is possible
that they will take place within the
next several months. The 10 officers
who In all proba ability will be relieved
are Capts. Thomas A. kearney. chief
of staff and subchief of the mission,
and Luther NJ. Overstreet Comdrs.
Aubrey w. Fitch. Augustin T. Beaure
gard. William .. Spears and Charles
G. Gill. Lieut.. Comdr. Wcrral r. Car.
ter. Lieut.. Lester T. Hundt. Comdr.
Percival s. RoSsiter of the Navy
Medical Corps and Capt. Julius a
Furer of the Navy Construction Corns
The Bureau Of Navigation now ha s
under consideration the selection of
those officers who will succeed those
named above. and recommendations
have been made. il is understood, bv
Rear Admiral Newton a. McCully
the personnel of the American navaI
chief OF the mission, with respect to
mission in Brazil
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