Evening star., 1926-10-03
Army and NavyNews

| Under the edualiZa ton of promotion
| law, when their line running mates
were selected by the board appointed
| last June. II Dental Corps officers
became eligible for selection to com
mander. Upon the appointment of the
board, it will be advised that it may
select all of those eligible.
| In order to fill the approximately
| so vacancies for .:sernes in naval
hospitals, which situation will exist
by July /, 1927, the Naval Medical
Corps will conduct a competitive ex-
animation this coming January for
senior students of class A medical
schools that are candidates for these
positions. Commissions as assistant
surgeons with the rank of Junior
| lieutenant in the Naval Medical Corps
are carried with these positions, and
upon their graduation next June, the
successful candidates will be commits
stoned in that grade and assigned by
the Navy Department to duty as
internes at the following naval hos
pitals: New York. Washington. Bos-
| ton, Philadelphia and San Diego.
Seven doctors were found qualified
| to be commissioned assistant dental
| surgeons in the Navy Dental Corps
! as the result of a competitive ex-
| animation of candidates for appoint
ment to that corps, held at the Naval
Hospital in this city from September
| 13 to %. They will be commissioned
| as junior lieutenants and are as fol-
| lows: James l.. Purcell, Ralph w.
Malone, II. Paul Riebe, Alvin f.
Miller, Clifford T. Logan, Rae y,
Pitton and Eric B. Hoag. Comdr.
Charles NJ. Oman. Navy Medical
| Corps. who has been on duty with
the Marine detachment, American
Legation, Picking. China. has been
assigned 10 duty on the receiving ship
at san Francisco, while Lieut.. Comdr.
Gilbert II. Mankin. Navy Medical
| Corps, will be detached from duty in
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
in the Navy Department and assigned
to the Naval Hospital in this city.
A board of Marine Corps officers
will be convened at the headquarters
Of that corps in the Navy Department
Building the first part of next
January. for the purpose of making
recommendations for non-commis-
may exist at that time, or subsequent
~ that may occur, in the warrant
grades of Marine gunner. quarter
master clerk and pay clerk in that
corps.
Six officers of the Marine Corps
were issued commissions September
20. all of whom will rank from the
dates indicated: Majs. Theodore A.
Secor, January 10: William II.
Rupertus, June 3; Capts. Blythe G.
Jones. May &c; Hal N. Potter, June 27;
Robert c. kilmartin, jr., July Is, and
First Lieut.. John c. Donohoo, jr.,
September IA.
According to deductions made in the
Navy Department the 1927 graduating
class of the Naval Academy will be
the last large class to be commissioned
under the present allotment of three
midshipment to each Senator and Rep
resentatiVe. AS a result of this, the
1927 line selection board WILL in all
probability, be the last board to make
selections in any appreciable num-
berS. This being So great interest
is being taken in the probable number
of selections which will be made by
that board. the figures shown below
being as near a correct estimate as
can be arrived at at this time. The
addition of the graduating class, it is
pointed out, will provide for the pro-
motion to the next higher grades Of
3 admirals, Is captains and Sc
commanders. AS there will be
rear admirals retired for age prior
to June, 1929. it is estimated in the
department that in all probability
there will be IA vacancies in the cap
tains' list and at least 3 in the grade
of commander The total number of
selections then would be to the
grade of rear admiral, 34 to captain