Evening star., 1926-11-21
NAVY.

Belief was expressed in the Navy
Department last week that it would
| be May l. 1927. before the airplane
carriers Of the Navy. the Saratoga
and Lexington. would be completed,
| the former being finished on that date.
while the date Of completion Of the
Lexington Is scheduled for three
! months later. The Saratoga was 91.4
per cent complete November l, while
the Lexington was S6.7 per cent COM
pleted. The speed of these vessels.
it is estimated. will be SO knots. The
Saratoga will carry a total of 120
planes, while the Lexington will have
aboard Ill planes, which will include
| fighting planes, observation planes and
| bombing planes.
Comdr. Charles c. Moses, who has
| been in command Of the Helena and
South China patrol will be relieved
| OF his command by Capt. John NJ.
Enochs. who, prior to his recent ar
rival on the Asiatic station. was on
| duty as assistant commandant Of the
| third naval district and port director
Of New York Harbor. Comdr Moses
will return to the United States for
| assignment to duty. Comdr. Isaac c.
Kidd, who has peen on duty as execu-
tive officer Of the Utah, has been
assigned to command the Vega. His
duties on the Utah will be taken over
by Comdr. Harvey Delano. who has
been ordered detached from the re-
ceiving ship at New York. The pres
net commanding officer Of the Vega,
Comdr. George II. Bowdey, has been
assigned to duty as executive officer
of the New York Lieut.. Comdr Vance
D. Chapline, who has been on duty
as navigator Of the Trenton. has been
ordered by the Navy Department to
duty in the Bureau Of Navigation. His
duties on the Trenton will be taken
over by Lieut.. Comdr. Robert NJ.
Hinckley, who will be relieved Of his
present duties in the Office of Naval In
telligence. Navy Department. Comdr.
Charles w. Crosse. who has been on
duty as executive officer Of the Seattle.
will be relieved by Comdr. Richard
B. Coffman, who has been attached
to the third naval district The former
officer has been assigned to duty in
the twelfth nava, district Orders
have been issued by the Navy Depart
ment authorizing Lieut.. Comdr. Ward
w. Waddell, who has been in COM
mand Of the Mullany, to proceed to
Los Angeles for recruiting duty, where
he will relieve Comdr. Daniel T. Ghent,
who will be in charge Of the Western
recruiting district, with headquarters
at San Francisco. Lieut.. Comdr. Rush
S. Fay, now attached to the receiving
ship at San Francisco. will relieve
Lieut.. Comdr. Ward Of the command
Of the Mullany.
Changes in the assignments anect-
ing officers Of the Marine Corps are
as follows: Capt. A. F. Hart, who
has been on duty as marine officer OF
the Seattle, will be relieved by Capt.
IC. P. Matteson, who has been at
tached to the Naval Air Station at
San Diego, Calf The former OFFICER
will go to the Rochester as marine
officer, relieving Capt. J. w. Thoma:
son, who has been assigned to special
duty at Marine Corps headquarters.
Approval was given by the President
| last week of the recommendations
| made by a selection board for promo
| ton of officers of the Medical Corps
to the ranks of captain and command
er. Those selected for permanent
advancement to captain are: Comdrs.
Ralph w. Plummer, Samuel S. Rod
man, Robert G. Heiner, John B. Mears,
George s. Hathaway, Frank E. Sell
lers, Edward II. H. Old. Edward G.
White. Thurlow w. Weed, Edgar l..
| Woods, John B. Kaufman. James P.
Haynes, Thomas w. Raison and
James NJ. Minter. The following lieu
tenant commanders were selected Tor
permanent advancement to the rank
Of commander: Edwin L. Jones'. Ed
ward V. Valz, William II. Short
Harry r. Hermesch. Gordon D. Hale
| Alexander B. Hayward, Lawrence M
| Schmidt, Sankey Bacon, Reginald b.
Henry, Chandler w. Smith, George A,
Riker:. Walter A. Bloedorn, George r.
w. French. William f. Eaton, Jasper
V. Howard. Lester L: Pratt, Harry
E. Jenkins. John j. O'Malley, Stanley
D. Hart, Willard j. Riddick. Chester
Mel. George, Luther Sheldon, jr.,
Richard H. Laning. Robert F. Jones,
Robert G.. Davis, John T. Borden,
Carroll r. Baker. Daniel Hunt. Claude
! w. Carr, John F. Riordan. Frank H.
Haigler, Frederick Ceres. Walter Z.
Espach and Jesse B. Helm,
Fourteen officers of the Navy Den
tai Corps were also selected last week
by a selection board for the promo
ton of that number of officers belong
ing to that corps to the rank of com
mander. They are Lieut.. Comdrs.
Emory A. Bryant. Harry E. Harvey,
James L. Brown, Eugene III. Tennent,
Joseph A. Mahoney. Leon Martin, An
son F. McCreary. John w. Crandall,
Marion E. Harrison, Ernest w: Lacy,
Lucian c. Williams, Harry w. Blais-
dell, Paul G.. White and Cornelius II.
Mack.