Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

the Navy serving at the same station
wife but not children, are allowed
$3.50 per diem,
Upon the authorization of the sub
sistence allowance it was stated that
it was intended as an increase in COM
pensation in preference to changing
the base pay then authorized by exist
ing law for the various ranks of the
military-naval service. AT this time.
it will be recalled the statement was
made that officers upon attaining the
rank of colonel in the Army or cap
tain in the Navy no longer have minor
children to take care of. and due to
| this fact they do not need as much
compensation as officers holding the
rank of major or lieutenant colonel
in the Army and lieutenant comman
der or commander in the Navy, who
it is presumed. would have more chill
dren to provide for. This presumption
1t is claimed. is an erroneous one, as
there are many colonies in the Army
and captains in the Navy who have
minor children whose duty it is to pro-
vide for. Efforts will no doubt be made
to correct this erroneous belief, TO
| make it applicable to the colonies in
| the Army and the captains in the
| Navy who come under this class.
There are four outsta nding facts. it
| was pointed out by the Navy Depart
ment this week. contained in the pro-
posal for the equalization of promo
| ton of the officers of the staff corps
of the Navy with officers of the line.
| This subject has been thorn in the
side of the naval esta blishment for
some time, and great interest is being
attached to the outcome of this propo-
sltlon. The four purposes of this pro
| posal are as follows: IN That staff
corps officers shall have the same pro
motion, or the same opportunity for
| promotion, as officers of their own
time in the line: GU that qualified staff
corps officers may be advanced at the
same time as their qualified cotempo-
raries in the line are promoted; 81
that staff corps officers shall suffer
similar hazard for non-advancement
and similar penalty for failure to be
| advanced as may be suffered by their
contemporaries in the line, and az that
,this parity of opportunity and penalty
shall be maintained from the date of
SUCH staff corps officers entry into the
service to the date of separation there
from.
This proposal Immediately grants to
all staff officers in those corps wherein
promotion has Jagged behind the line
| the same opportunity for immediate
promotion as has already been en-
joyed by their contemporaries or run
ming mates of the line. All officers of
the Navy, whether of line of staff. un-
der this proposal will he placed in the
same promotion status. Adjustment
of all numbers or percentages in
grades or ranks in the staff corps is
also proposed. No change is made in
the present authorized total allowance
of officers in any corps and, as it is
pointed out in the Navy Department
it should remove the friction and dis
content due To inequality of promotion
as between the various corps and the
| line.
Rear Admiral Edward r. Stitt. Sur
geon General of the Navy, will leave
Washington this week on board the
L. s. s. Henderson for an inspection
tour of the medical department .activi-
ties in the West Indies. Capt. Eugene
H. Grow, Marine Corps, head Of the
inspection division. Bureau of Nledi-
cine and Surgery, will leave Washing
ton in the near future for an inSpeC-
ton of medical department activities
at Charleston and Paris Isla nd. s. c.,
and Pensacola, Fla. Capt Frank Il.
Upham, now in command of the
L. :. 5. Tennessee will he relieved
about April | by Capt. George H. p.
Stone, who is now in command of the
receiving ship at New York. Upon
his relief. Capt. Ifpham will proceed
to the naval air station at Pensacola
Fla, where he will pursue the avia-
ton course. Some time during the com
ing Summer, Capt. i'pham will re-
lieve Capt. James J. Raby from the
command of this Pensacola station.
who then Will be nSSiCned To- sea dltN