Evening star., 1926-12-05

CitAoo laVolVeo IN tho ByseNen bill re.
latin9 t.: the line a ne Navy, with
cefteAo snodihcatiehs, Q course. that
are aaa9tAble 70 sstua61eno existing in
tne Aa!!ne Corps. IA edition to
Cen. Fuller. the hoase y eemposed of
the relieving ofiesvs: Ce1s. Harold
G. Rsasinser ana 0esstas c. Nc
DousAl Lieut.. Col. RjcAaTd B. Creecy,
Majors Ralph 8. KsYsss. Edwin H.
BrHtnI6 and Selden D. Eoonedy and
Capt. Charles Ubel.
UniNss some rosnoa1aS action is
authesaped. the situation promises to
become worse from year to year. For
example. officers that sntesSd the Ma
rine Cospe in 1900 axV Just reaching
the grade OF colonel. WHeesas those
that entered the Navy In 1905 are
being advanced TO tAe apaAe of cap
tain. and the diR@0nee becomes
ereatsS down through lotve1 grades.
Rssr Admiral Resw weiles, re.
comfy IN command e 1A0 European
station. Aas arrived es.A n9Drted to the
Navy Department.. psSvasstory to his
retireansne from ths e<s!vs list of the
Navy a account Of aee noxS Tuesday.
ton Duties by Rear AAlpisAi Guy H
Burra8e. Five officers viii be ordered
by the Navy Department In February
as members OF tho American naval
mission In Brazil. They are, with
their present duty inAtcNted, as fol.
lows: Capt. Adeiphus e. Watson,
Concord: Comdrs. james L. Kaufman,
Office OF nRval intellleonAo; Louis F.
1'hieaaHlt, Bruce: LS0ut. Csnndrs. CMf.
ford z. Van Hook. hAyh0wer, and
Russeil Wilson. Pennsy4saniA. They.
will relieve tho folloV1ne. Nho will re.
turn TO this country fer assignment
to duty: Capt ThsAAa 4. Kearney.
chief Of staff and suIeAlet Of the mis-.
sion. Attd Comdra. Aubssv w. Fitch.
Aususean T. BeAuSsssSd. william o.
Ross @. Culp. now IN command Of the
ArGonns. has been 0suigned to q
course of instruction at the submarine
school, New London. Conn He will
be relieved by ComdF. Reuben r.
Smith. Who will take ever the com
mand 81 the Argmne On the decom.
missionAAS Of his veassl. the Savan.
nah. which will take ploes between
December and 10. Lieut.. Comdr.
John W. AcClarsn, new on duty in
tho once Of navel tnssaligsnce, will
succesA lieut.. Cosnes. Wallace l..
Lind as engineer el.leer oe the Ari.
zona. Lieut.. CosAes. Charles d.
Swain. who has bsen An ausy as en-
Eineer ofacer Of The Raleigh. has
been assigned to duty ln tAs Bureau
will b relieved of hls duties on the
Raleigh BY Lieut.. Comdr. Joseph C.
ArnolA. Orders have been issued by
tho Navy Department FOLLOWING Lieut.
COmdf. Walter s. De faAy from duty
in the bureau Of nAvt0a&ion, and as
him to the Oklahoma.
Seven captains o< the Navy are
listed asnong those ship comma nders
who viii be due for ahore duty next
SummW. They are, together with
their present sea commands. as fol
lows: William n: 6exten. Utah;
Thomas 6. Hart, Mississtppi; Willis
McDowsn. Oklahoma: Arthur st. c.
Smith. Idaho; Franklin %. Karns,
Colorado: Austin KASts. Wyoming.
and Marian p. PeTr1il. Asfsona. The
reliefs for these ofnosss have not. UP
to tho present time, boen selected.
Twenty.three oficerv % the Navy
have been authorized by the Navy De-
partment to report to the Naval Air
Pensacola. Fla-. On January
next for the purpose Of undergoing
course In aviation. They are as
follows: Comdrs. Richmond K. Turner,
Alva ID. Bernhard ana Charles S. Nc
W horter: Lieut.. Comdse. Thalbert N.
Afford. Hugh l.. White ana Ralph E.
bennett: Lieuts. Daniel v. Gallery, jr.;
Roy f. Carr, Angus n. CohAn, Emory
+. Hy1a1t, Edward 6. Muiheron. Ar
ma nd J. Robertson, James p Comp
ton. Leslie E. Gehres. Beverly E. Car
ter, Edward r. Frawley. Stanley Leith.
John z. Murphy ana George w.
Welker. and Ensigns Albert Handley.
Albert n. Perkins. Csctl c. Adell and
Charles ". Oexle. This srsup of off,
GERS IL In addition TO ths eeven on.
GERS retained at Pensacoia whose ayia.
ton course was discentsnued ~ a re.
suit Of the recent stoSsn. The class
will be further augmented by the in.
clusiOn Of Marine oI1oers and rs en-.
listed mon.
Admiral Charles r. Hughes, com.
Of the United States
Fleet. during the greater part Of last
week WAS in consultation with the
general O< tho LIST Corps
Area concerning tho details of the
problem OF the grand Joint Army and
Navy exercises which will be held in
the Nsrragansett Bay area from May
is to 81.
ARMY.
A movement Is on foot, II is un-
derstood. which, IL suocesefully con-
summated, will reward those thou
sand or 90 enlisted men who we're
officers dufing the war
by giving them tho SeAiYed pay of
warrant 'otncers on the retired list.
In an endeavor to reward this group
Of former officers. CongPe@ hae passed
two laws, In spite of which they now
receive Just s. IS moro now than they
would have drawn had the legislative
bra nch OF the Government not been
so generous. Section l:1a OF the ma.
tionai defense act provided that a
master sergeant. the highest non
grade. should receive as
pay $10S.se. and the war
rant officers the maximum pay OF
$lb4 and upon their sransferral TO
the retired list they received $93.45
and >lI6.60. respectively. including the
$15.75 commutation Of rations. quar-
ters. etc. which the enlisted man re-
ce!ved In addition to the 10 per cent
of his base pay and longevity pay.
This section rewarded the retired mas
ter ssrseant who held . commission
the war by incyeasinS his pay
e?2 .os.
It appears. however. that those en-
listed men who had heid commissions
duHn0 the World War and were
placed upon the rtsivsd list after
March 0. 1891, did not reeS1ve this re-
ward ot $s2.o5 per month. The l.l00
warrant officers provided for In the
national defense act proved not to be
enough for all enlisted men who had
held commissions, % on June 6. 1924,
Congress- passed another law provid-
Ing that all enlisted men Of the Army,
Navy ana Marine Corps who held COM
missions during tho emergency. who
hsd heen or who would hereafter be
retireA. would receive the retired pay
pf wwYSant oficers In 1922 the
OF computing shs longevity
pay ok warrant onCeSs wAS changed
rem that provided fer commissioned
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