Evening star., 1926-03-28

to. Some time in May Capt. George
w. Steele, u. s. N, now on duty as
commandant of the naval air station,
Lakehurst. n. j., and also command
ing officer of the Navy's airship Los
Angeles, will be given sea command.
In all probality Lieut. Comdr.
Charles l.. Rosendahl, II. s. N, who
Is now on duty at Lakehurst, will be
selected to command the Los Angeles.
The new commandant of the Lake
hurst air station has not yet been
designated, but it will in all probabil-
ity be an officer of higher rank. Upon
his own request, Comdr. Jacob II.
Klein, jr., executive officer of this sta
tion, has been assigned to a course of
instruction at the submarine base.
New London Conn. Upon the com
pletion of this course OF training
Comdr. Klein viii probably be as
signed to submarine duty with the
Asiatic station.
The following dates have been set
for the Marine Corps divisional rifle
and pistol competitions: West Indies,
Guantanamo, Cuba, May 1915; West
ern, San Diego. Calf. May 1915;
Southeastern, Paris Island. 5. c.,
May 1922, and Eastern, Quantico, Va,
Corps competition at Quantico, from
June 21.26, the Elliott Trophy match
will be held. On the conclusion of the
Western divisional competition. the
San Diego Trophy match will be shot
at San Diego.
The following line officers of the
Navy have become due for promotion
on the dates indicated: Lieuts. Burton
w. Chippendale, March 16, and Thomas
G. Peyton, March IS; Lieuts junior
grade) Frank A. Davis, Joseph H.
Gowan and Homer n. Wilkinson,
March 16. Due TO the fact that Lieut..
Wilkinson is the last of those that
have had three years service in the
grade of junior lieutenant, no promo
tions will be made TO the grade of
lieutenant until June.
The following medical lieutenants
Junior grade) became eligible for pro-
motion to the rank of lieutenant
March 16: y. G. Rubinsky. T.. +.
Ers<ine. j. T.. Finnegan, G.. +. Gayler,
+. X. Soukup. w. S. Sargent. II. j.
Scholtes. j. T.. Root. John Leech, W.
r. Manlove. T. G. Greaves, A. G..
Churchill, Il. r. Doss, j. f. Hays and
]. NJ. Brewster. The ma jority of these
officers will be ordered to report for
examination May 8. 1926, the others
being ordered up for examination as
they become available. Lieut.. John
l.. Shipley, Medical Corps, in addition
to those already named in these col
umns, has been found qualified for
promotion to the rank of lieutenant
commander, United States Navy
Comdr. L. d. Stanley, Signal
Corps, L. S. ~, has returned from his
assignment with the naval mission to
Peru and is now on temporary duty in
the Navy Department. Lieut.. Comdr.
Harry II. Hermesch, L. S. N.
will be transferred from the L. S. s.
Chaumont to duty at the navy yard,
Washington. ID. G. Capt. Alfred G.
Howe, L. 5. ", has been detached
from duty in the Bureau of Naval
Operations, Navy Department, and as
signed TO the head of the United States
naval mission to Peru. Capt. Frank
T. Chambers. Civil Engineer Corps, L.
S. n, has been detached from the
board of engineers for rivers and har-
bors, Washington. ID. c., and assigned
TO duty as public works officer, navy
yard, Pearl Harbor, Il. II. Ensign G..
L. Hake, Signal Corps, L. S. n, class
of 1925 at the Naval Academy, has
submitted his resignation from the
service as Of March 81, 1926. He
plans to enter business life.
Palestine is being rebuilt as the
Jewish homeland with the women
working side by side with the men.