Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26
fancy the final decision of the Wa
Department.

NAVY.
Fourteen officers of the Navy have
been selected to undergo a new course
or postgraduate instruction, the sub
| jects in which will pertain to the du
ties of the line OF the Navy. to begir
| August l and to continue for about
year. at the Naval Academy. The
course will be based on the assump
ton that those under instruction have
| had at least six years Of service a,
sea. The curriculum will include two
groups of subjects. namely, cultural
| political. science. logic, diplomatic
history and foreign relations of the
| United States and economies; and pro-
fessional. electricity. radio, mechani
cal engineering, navigation, ordnance
and gunnery, communicat tons. moor.
| ing board and maneuvering instruc
| ton, seamanship, aviation and mill
tary law Those selected to take the
course beginning in August are
Lieuts. John B. Waters. jr.: Donald
r. Tallman, Raymond D. Tarbuck,
Randall E. Dees. James H. Foskett,
Albert G. Cook. jr.; Francis w.
Beard, Samuel III. Hurt, Paul r. Col.
oney. Paul ]. Register. William w.
Cone. Timothy F. Wellings, Clarence
E. Olsen and William B. jackson. ir.
Announcement was made by the
Navy Department last week of
change in the policy Of the depart.
ment with respect to what duty may
be considered duty as an executive
officer for comma nders. AS a result
of the limited number Of battleships
to which officers Of the rank of com
mander may be assigned as executive
officers. the Navy Department will
now consider that officers who have
been executive officers Of first.line
light cruisers. second.line light cruis.
ers or aircraft carriers of the Sara.
toga class as having completed their
cruise as executive officers. Officers
assigned to duty on battleships under.
going modernization will be consid.
cred as having been assigned to sea
duty for purposes Of record and 70.
tation Of sea and shore duty. Consid.
Grafton is now being given by the
Navy Department of the requests
from officers for an extension of their
cruises as a result of being attached
to such ships while undergoing mod.
An executive order of special inter-
est to both Army and Navy officers
detailed to duty involving flight pro-
vides that the present flying pay reg
ulations be changed and prescribes
that during one calendar month, ten
flights, totaling at least three hours,
or in lieu thereof service airmen
must "be in the air total of four
hours" The reason for making a
change in the flight pay requirements,
1t Is understood. Is that some of the
flyers have been making 1t a practice
to make their ten flights per month
In the shortest time possible. Avia.
ton officials in both the War and
Navy Departments arrived at the con.
clusion that such practice was not
only not serving the best interests of
the service, but that it did not furnish
the flying personnel with the expert
ence and training necessary for de-
veloping flying. Beginning July 1,
1927, flying officers of both the
Army and Navy will be required to
remain in the air at least three hours
per month to become entitled to the
flight pay. and at the same time make
ten flights. II less than ten flights are
made they will be required to remain
aloft four hours. The executive order
further prescribes that should any
airman fail to meet the flight require
ments during two consecutive months
he will be required to make twenty
flights totaling at least six hours. or
In lieu thereof to remain in the air a
total of hours. Should he fail to
fly during three consecutive calendar
months he will be required to make
30 flights totaling at least hours,
or in lieu thereof to be in the air a
total of IL hours.