Evening star., 1926-09-26

reau OF Naviea
ton. will be the executive officer of
the Pittsburgh. flagship of Aslatic sta
ton. which vessel will sail from New
York on October l for her new sta.
ton. Comdr. Ralph A. Koch who has
been in command of destroyer divi.
sion 36, has relieved Comdr. Allen of
MS duties in the planning division
Orders have been issued to Comdr
John NJ. Schelling detaching him from
duty at the Mare Island Navy Yard
and assigning him to cutA as eXec,I-
tive officer of the Medusa He will re-
lieve on that vessel Comdr. Allis
Lando. who goes TO duty at that yard
Capt. Roscoe &. Davis. who has been
on duty in the Bureau Of Navigation
Will be assigned as inspector of en-.
gineerinc material at Philadelphia.
Pursuant to the Marine Corps pol.
icy Of giving the personnel at Guam
tanamo Bay, Cuba. change of station
every six months. orders have been
issued detaching Is officers of the lst
Battalion. 5th Regiment. from duty at
Guantana mo BAY to the Marine Far
racks at QuantiCo. Va. This group OF
officers. which sailed on the Cha,l.
mont from Guantanamo on Septem-
Der IA, is composed of the following:
Maj. II. c. Pierce; Capts NJ s. Berry.
L. L. Cover, w. F. Brown. Q. A. Dow
and z. s. Tuttle: First Lieuts. H. r.
birmingham F. .. Harbaugh. c. II.
Mccullough and s. l.. Zea: Second
Lieuts. D. X. Claude. J. p. s. Dever-
eux, f. S. Hogaboom. F. r. Sessions
and j. G. Walraven. Quarterma st er s
Clerk c. A. Burton also came on the
' Chaumont to Quantico.
Twelve officers of the Marine Corps.
attached to the 2d Battalion of the 5th
A~w{x
Chaumont from Cedar Point. Va. for
the naval station at Guantanamo Ray,
Cuba. where they have been assigned
to special temporary duty. They are
Maj. H. G. Bartlett. Capts n. J, Ken
dali and E. NJ. Conenberg. First
Lieuts A. c. Larsen. C.. tonnette. r.
Livingston and f. c. Alhurger. Second
Lieuts A L. Gardner. F. r. Brink. L..
A. Holm. NJ. S. Swanson and lie p.
Cronmiller.
The retirement application Of Rear
Admiral A. H. Scales. on leave of ah-
sence since June 5, after completing
more than 40 years service in the
Navy, has been sent to the President
with the recommendation that II he
!, accepted on the expiration of his pres
ent leave, October g. Admiral Scales
retirement will cause the following
named officers to become due for pro-
motion October s; Capt. Yates Stir
ling, jr.: Comdr. Abram Cla ude, Lieut..
Comdr. F. T. Leighton. Lieut.. G. w.
Hanill and Lieut.. Gunior grade) J. F..
CRUDE. Provision was made for the
promotion of eight naval officers on
September IS. as the result of the re-
tirements of Capts. F.. H. Dodd and
X L. Berry, on their own applicat tion.
after 80 years service. September IS.
They are Comdrs. Halsey Powell and
A. H. Rice, Lieut.. Comdrs. n. I. He'd
rick and W. w. Smith. Lieuts l.. s.
Fiske and w. F. Loventhal. and
Lteuts. tjunior gradep J. A. Waters.
3r., and w. 3. Jackson, Jr
A number of other changes were
announced last week hy the Navy De.
partment in connection with the pros
pective dates Of promotion Of certain
line oficers who We're recommended
fer promotion by the last selection
board. They are Capt. J. k. P Prin.
gle, Conndr, \. w. Post and Lieut..
Condr. A. D. Bernhard. December :.
1925; Capt, F. H. Clark. tomdrs. n,
A. Stuart and w. F. Ralsey. jr., and
Lieut.. Comdr. P. L. Carroll February
10, 1927.
The Naval Air Station at Anacostia
d. c., reports that a new tyre Of Sc
has been tested. giving excellent re.
suits. The output, 1t was stated at
the Navy Department this week. was
ABOUT so per cent more than the old
type Of Sc 1875. The special external
unit has been dispensed with. now he.
ing included in the same compartment
as the transmitter. The general me.
chanical construction is considera blv
better, in spite of the fact that the set
knnnAuyhaf l0htAy~ {t,t Atrl ~.
fve of these are now under contract.
with the completion date set at No
vember IS, 1926. When complet ed
they Will be distributed to Suuadrons
No-3, No-S, Marine Corps units and
Pensacola.
There still appears to he some mis-.
understanding on the part of some
naval ofiicers Of the effects Of the re.
cent law changing the age in grade re.
tirement of line officers Of the Navy
to service in grade retirement The
distinction between the aee-in- grade
retirement law and the present law
II was explained last week lies in the
fact that under the former a captain
must have been promoted prior to at
tanning the age OF IS years: the pres.
ent law requires only that he must he
selected for promotion prior to com
an estimate prepared by high rank
ing ofhcer Of the Navy. that there will
be 10 selections to rear admiral in 1927
and two in 1928. and assuming senior.
ity selections beginning with Can't j.
P. Hines. 1t is found that but one
ofncer would possibly he retired under
the present law. Going on the as
sumption that at least one captain
will be passed over. selections of rear
admiral would extend downward to
such position on the list of captains
that only those officers who had been
passed over would be retired under the
present law prior to the termination
Of its provisions
There Is considerable speculation
being INDUCED in. in naval circles, as
TO the prospective changes which will
be made in the personnel composing
the American naval mission to BRA
zil, but with the lone exception of
on duty at the naval medical supply
depot at Brooklyn. no final decisions
have been made. That officer will he
succeeded by Comdr. Richard A. War.
ner Of that corps. The latter has been
on duty at the Naval Hospital An
napolis. Md. Though no definite an
nouncement has been forthcoming
from the Navy Department. the in
dications are that Capt. John V. Rab-,
cock now chief Of staff of the Naval
War College; Comdr. Leigh Noyes.
on dvty in the ONCE Of naval intelli.
gence in the Navy Department. and
comdr. Alexa nder NJ. Charlton, on
duty in the bureau Of engineering.
Navy Department, will in all prob
ability be assigned to the mission.
The present head Of the mission.
Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully.
will complete his two years Of serv-
Ice in Brazil this coming January.
but at this writing II Is not known