Evening star., 1926-03-07


commander, and in the Civil Engineers
9 to captain and to commander. Nc
promotions would he made in the Con
struction Corps. the Chaptains Corps
and the Dental Corps. they having haC
accelerated promotion and would be
required under the provisions of the
bill To mark time until they were
on a level with other officers.
As an elimination Of percentages in
grade is proposed. fear has been eX-
pressed that this would eventually re.
suit in top-heavineSs in the grades
Of captain ana commander in the
Staff Corps. Admiral Campbell pointed
out. however. that the number of
captains in the Medical Corps under
existing law is { per cent. while under
the proposed law at least 50 per cent
would he captains and there has been
nothing proposed which would equal
i7e the percentage of line and staff
officers in particular grades.
Rear Admiral Luther f.. Gregory.
chief of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks in discussing this subject.
pointed out that one provision made
# impossible to fill a prospective
vacancy next summer in the grade
of permanent rear admiral in the
Corps of Civil Engineers. This. the
admiral COntended. would not he re
moved for four or six years. and, to
Offset this objection, he proposed a
provision that would preserve the
rear admiral for the two corps where
hut one permanent rear admiral was
now authorized.
After July /, 1928. not loss than 80
per cent Of the total number of pilots
In the Navy shall he obtained from
enlisted men. This decision was
reached last week after 1t was found
that the Navy was obtaining about p
per cent of the total number of pilots
in the Navy on aviation duty from the
enlisted personnel. 1t was felt that
with an increase in the number of
aircraft employed in the Navy a
larger percentage of enlisted person
mel should he employed as pilotsA The
date of July !. 1928. was set. 1t is
pointed out. because it was felt that
70 set an earlier date might prove
to he a handicap to the Navy Depart
rent in training officers from the
large classes that are now graduating
from the Naval Academy.
Fourteen probationary second lieu
tenants of the Marine Corps will he
examined at their stations April 5 for
readjustment of relative rank. They
are: Samuel K. Burd. Lenard r. Cres-
well, Arthur W. Ellis. William A.
Hamilton. jr,. AleXa nder W. kreiser.
st. Julien r. Martin. Thomas c. Perrin.
Kenneth B. Chappell. lie Page Cron-
miller. jr.. Edwin c. Ferguson. Walter
l. Jordan. Thomas J. McQuade Robert
B. Payne and Tilghman H. Sanders.
In addition to this list. a considerable
number of Marine Corps officers will
be examined in June.
Col. Harold c. Snyder, who has been
in command Of the I'd Regiment
of Marines in Haiti. will he relieved by
Col. Macker Bahb. who is now on duty
as chief of staff al marine barracks
at QuantiCo. On his return to the
United States. Col Snyder Will be
given a new assignment. It is eX-
pected that Col. Babb will be succeed
ed by Col. Richard S Hooker who is
now in command of the marine bar
racks at the naval station. st. Thomas,
Virgin Islands The latter will he re-
lieved in the Virgin Islands by Lieut.
COL Walter \. Hin. who is now in
charge Of the central recruiting diVi-
sion at Chicago.
capt. Robert w. McNeely. who
recentlv was detached from duty as
officer in charge of the radio division,
bureau Of Engineering, and assigned
to aviation instruction at the naval
cir station. Pensacola. Fla. has been
found physically disqualified for flying
duty. and will be assigned to duty as
%ommandant Of the seventh naval dis
srct and naval operating base, Key
West. Fla. He will relieve capt Clark
n. Stearns. L. s. y. retired. Capt.
Frank r. Upham will relieve Capt.
James j Rahv as Commandant of the
air station at Pensacola. The former
will probably he assigned to command
the aircraft squadrons Of the scouting