Evening star., 1926-10-24
Army and NavyNews

Of duty Of members of the Regular
Army in the tropics Is now under con
sideration in the War Department. a
change in this particular is considered
| to be very remote as 1t is the occa
sion of a study being made by Arm!
medical officers on duty in the Philip
pines, Panama and Hawaii. A cha angt
| is not likely to be made in Hawaii.
was explained in the War Department
! last week, but II is problematical al
| this time whether the two-year period
in the Philippines should he increased
! to three years or whether the three
! year tour Of duty in Panama should b'
! decreased to two years. The law pre-
scribes that the Philippine service
should he two years with the prOvist
that this period may he extended
the individual is physically fit an'
applies for extension. Data on this
subject is being furnished to the sur
| geon general of the Army. and right
duty in the Office of the Surgeon Gen
eral. is conf1ning his observations with
| respect to the Philippines.
1t has been the contention of tn
military authorities that three years
was not too long a period for service
in the Canal Zone. due to the fact. 1t
Is pointed out. that 1t was very easy
to send an officer to the United States
immedia tely upon the first signs of i'm
pairment of health.
NAVY.
OF particular interest to Navy Off
GERS belonging to the Medical. Den
tai and Supply Corps Is the ap-
pointment and convening of selection
boards of these corps within the very
near future. 1t is hoped that med
ical selection board can be convened
during the latter part of this month
for the purpose of recommending Off
GERS of that corps for promotion to the
ranks of captain and commander, the
board being permitted to select Ia Off
GERS for promotion to the grade of cap
tain and "a officers for promotion to
the grade of commander. During the
deliberations of the medical board
consideration will be made Of the
cases of those commanders and lieu
tenant comma nders whose line run
ming mates We're selected for promo
tion by the line board appointed last
June.
Naval Dental Corps officers received
cheerful news last week in the deci-
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point board on selection, which
would meet October 25 in the depart
ment for the purpose Of recommend
ing officers of that corps for promo
tion to the rank Of comma nder. II
this connection. II will he recalled thar
prior to June 10. 1926. the highest
rank authorized in the Dental Corps
was that of lieutenant commander
Under the provisions of the eQualiza
tion-o f-promotion act. however, Denta
Corps officers are eligible for promo
ton to the grades of commander and
captain when their line running mates
have been selected for those ranks.
In rendering its report last June the
line selection board recommended for
promotion to the rank of comma nder
the running mates of the senior II
dental officers, who also became eligi-
bile for selection to that rank. Not less
than six rear admirals of the line will
compose the selection board that will
be advised that it may recommend
for promotion all those dental officers
eligible for consideration. In the past
line officers have not served AS mem
bers of selection boards for any Of the
Staff Corps. hut under the new law it
is prescribed that with respect to
boards for the selection of staff off
GERS to the ranks of captain and com
mander, that whenever sufficient
number of staff officers of the corp:
concerned above the rank of com
mander are not legally or physically
qualified to serve trear admirals of the
line on the active list may he detailed
to this duty. AS there are no Dental
Corps officers of the Navy holding
rank above the grade of lieutena nt
comma nder. the following six rear ad
mirals of the line will constitute the
board. They are Rear Admirals A. r.
Long. NJ. NJ. TAYLOR. w. A. Moffett. H
A. Wiley, c. B. McVay and F. H.
Schofteld. with Lieut.. H. r. Delaney.
recorder.
In the Supply Corps of the NAVY
there will be no action taken iowa rd
convening a board until reports are
received from the examinations for
promotion to commander of all officers
or that corps whose running mates
were recommended for promotion TO
captain by the last line board. Upon
appointment the board will he advised
that 1t may make % selections for
promotion to captain and for pro
motion to comma nder. Until approval
has been made Of the recommenda.
tions of the line selection board to be
appointed in 1927. further staff selec.
ton boards will not he appointed.
Six officers Of the Navy have been
assigned by the department to under
so the course in aviation instruction
which will be given at the Naval Air
Station. Pensacola. Fla. beginning
January 4. 1927. They are Comdrs
Willis w. Bradley, .ir.: Richmond X.
Turner. and Lieut.. Comdrs Alva d.
Bernhard. Wallace l.. Lind. RaIph r.
bennett and Thalbert y. Alvord.