Evening star., 1926-05-02

the Navy Depart
ment. 1t is eN. n Al, E;,,.ua
pected that either 49,
Admiral Laws or Admiral MARVEL VIII
be assigned 10 the place on the exam
ming and retiring boards which VIII
he vacated by Admiral klttelle fe;ll
Admiral Carl Il. Nogelgesang, com
mander OF the battieships OF the scout
ing fleet. will relieve Rear Adtnlrai
Thomas T. Maeruder, now in com
mand of the light cruiser DIVISIONS |
OF the scouting fleet. The latter ON
GER will be assigned to duty as com
mandant Of the 4th Naval District an"
of the Philadelphia Navy YARD. re- !
neyins Fear Admiral Archibald II;
Scales, who viii be given four inoh'no
leave of absence and assigned 10 S aulS
elsewhere. Decision has not Het 'eIi ';,i
made in the department as TO Wiio VIZ
lake over the hattleShip commth"'
I-non the completion of his present
,ourse of instruction at the NaEal
War College Comdr Vaughan n. %
man will be assigned TO the 'aCt@,C''' ~
division. office of the director or Meet
training In the Navy Department %
the relief OF Comdr. frederlch =.
Sherman, who will so TO the g,
Virginia as gunnery orlcer. -Ap"t'*
July Comdr. Henry ~ 1teWit'
will stand relieved from his duties |
a. office. in charge of the gun |
merry division of the aboVe-men- |
toned office. and from all indica-
lions will ht4 assigned TO sea dulH' /
probably in command of a destroyer
ia will he succeeded by Comdf.
Andrew ID. DenneY, who ls now Oh
duty as gunnery officer or the AflAoh''
Comdr. Reuben K. Smith, on uut! az
head of the engineering DIVISION oi liie
fleet training office, has been assigned
~ command the savannah, effective
about lime 10. His duties IN the
Navy Department will be taken over
hv Comdr. Homer IL. Norton, now Oh
duty as engineer officer OF the MARY !
land. Comdr. James 5. WOODS, III coill'
mand of the Meyer, Will attend tne
next class at the Naval W ar 1ohSet'
Ills duties on this ship will be taken
nve,. by Lieut.. Comdr Ernest j. BlanK
enshin. now attending this coilese'
Coud, Francis w. Rockwell, gunnerH
officer of the Tennessee, who mas peeii
assigned to duty at the Naval Acau-
emy, will be relieved of his duties on
the Tennessee by Lieut.. Comdr. Mer-
yvn S. Bennion. The latter Is now on
duty at the naval proving ground
Dahlgren, Va. Upon the conlpietiol
of his present course of instruction
at the Naval War College, Comdr
James Parker. jr., will become mem
ber of the college staff.
Recommendations have been made
hv the Navy Department which WouIo
authorize the retention of captains
commanders and lieutenant com
manders on the active list regardless
of ace-in-grade until they have com
uleted So. IS and II wears OF service
respectively, as commissioned ofncefS
and then retired. This arrangement
would substitute servtce-in grade Tor
age-in grade retirement, the erect OF
which would be to retain on the ac-
tive list senior captains, / com
marder and lieutenant commanders
affording them an opportunity lof
selection for promotion by the seiec'
ton board this year.
Restricting rear admiralS to serve
but seven years in that grade IS not
favorably looked upon in naval cir
cles. as it is insisted that the seven
years service in the flag rank would
produce worse evils than exist at the
present time. This would eliminate
at a very early age any admlrais VINO
showed exceptional ability ana VINO
we're promoted up by selection at
young ages in all the grades. An
alternative to the retirement of rear
adniralS after seven years service in
that grade has been suggested by
making them additional numbers at
the termination Of that period OF
service until retirement at the age
of 81 years, thus creating vacancies
that may be filled by selection from
the captains. Either of these, it was
pointed out in the Navy Department
this week, would operate to advance
Is per cent of the captains to rear
admiral rank without regard to va
cancies occurring through death.
dan9 desires that the
ge-in-grade retirement provided I'm
the act of 1916 be modified as to per
NIT captains, commanders and lieu
tenant commanders of the line who
would be retired at the ages Of SO,
30 and As. respectively. to be retained
on the active list until they have
completed 30, 2S and Fl years of
service, respectively, as commissioned
officers, and then to be retired with
out regard to age.
The following officers of the Navy
Dental Corps. upon the completion of
their temporary duty in attendance
upon a course of instruction at the
Naval Medical School this city. will
he assigned to duty as follows: Lieut..
Comdr. Charles c. Bockey, Washing
ton Navy Yard: Lieuts. Charles l..
Tompkins, New York Navy Yard
and Julian A. Turrentine. L. S. s.
Pennsylvania. Lieut. Jess w. Mil
Ter ID. O., now OH duty at the Naval
Hospital IN New York, will be re-
lieved from his present duties about
May 20 and will proceed TO the West
Coast via the II. s. $. Sirius. On
arrival on the Pacific Coast he will
sail on the first naval transport to
duty in the Asiatic station.