Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-09
Army and NavyNews

/ Turner. Lieut.. Coils. Charles +. Craig.
! Rex n. Rhoade.: Mais. George NJ.
Edwards. John w Meehan. Arnett
| f. Matthews: Capts. Chester b. Lee
dom and Francois II. Is. Reynolds
| NAVY.
| Headed by Capt. I. II. Kurt. on
duly in the Bureau o. Navigation, a
board of officers has been convened by
order Of the Secretary Of the Navy.
and is now in session in the Navy De-
partment. for the purpose of consider
ing and reporting upon u the deslra
hility OF legislation to provide Tor In"
retirement of officers Of the Stan corps
Of the Navy who have been passed
over by selection boards and t@l if such
LEGISLATION is deemed desirable to rec
omn1cnd the manner in which 1t
should he enacted and carried into ef'
feet. The other members of the board
are: Capt. II. W. Smith IN. CD. Blu
reau of Medicine and Surgery: Capt.
Alexander Van keuren &C.. c.. Bureau
of Construction and Repair; Capt.
John Hornberger Is. Co., Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts. and Lieut..
Comdr. Ben Moreel &C. T.. CO. Bureau
of Yards and Docks. The reason Tor
this investigation. 1t was learned last
week, is because of the many officers
not selected for advancement TO high
er ranks. being required to remain in
the service until reaching the retire
ment age of g. years
The act of July /, 1918. extending
selection to officers of the Naval Staff
Corps for advancement to the ranks
of rear admiral. captain and COM
mander did MOI contain any provision
for the separation of officers from the
active list. and consequently officers
in the staff Corps who have been
passed over must remain on the active
list of the Navy until retired for age,
on their own application or as the re-
suit of physical disability. The con-
tinuation of these officers on the ac-
tive list will not definitely block the
promotion of officers junior to them.
except in the case of officers passed
over and picked up by any subsequent
board after having been repeatedly
passed over by previous boards. In
view of the limited number of officers
in each of the corps, it does result as
a block TO the entrance of new officers
at the bottom of the list. and in course
of time may cause the Staff Corps to
become topheavy. In the several
Staff Corps at present on the active of
the Navy there have been GO officers
who have been passed over by one or
more selection boards, divided as fol-
lows: Forty-three in the Medical Corps.
90 in the Supply Corps. 1 in the con-
struction Corps, l in the Civil Ensi.
reer Corps, . in the Chaplains' Corps
and > in the Dental Corps.
Upon the REIMBURSEMENT by Admiral
Charles F. Hughes of his command of
the United States fleet on November
S. Rear Admiral Yates Stirling. jr., his
chief of staff. will relieve Rear Ad-
miral Henry HI. Hough as commander
of the Yangtze patrol, the latter off,
GER coming home for assignment.
Capt. George F. Neal, assistant chief
of staff to Admiral Hughes. will come
to the Navy Department for duty as
aide to the Secretary of the Navy. re-
lieving Capt. David E. Theleen. who,
in addition to his other duties s tech
nical aide, has been temporarily serv.
ing in this capacity. Comdr. Pierre
L. Wilson, who has been on duty as
executive officer of the Concord. will
be assigned to duty in the Navy De-
partment with the Naval Examining
Board Comdr. Charles II. Davis has
reported for duty as senior officer in
the engineering section of the fleet
training Office Of the Navy Depart
ment. Lieut.. Comdr. Charles H. Mad
dox. who has been on duty with the
American naval mission in Brazil, will
be relieved by Lieut.. Carl F. Holden.
The latter officer has been on duty as
radio officer on the staff of the COM
mander of the destroyer squadrons
of the scouting fleet. Orders have been
issued to Lieut.. Con1dr. W. L. Oar.
nall. Dental Corps. detaching him
from charge of the dental department
of the Naval Medical School in this
city and assigning him TO duty on the
Lexington.
AS a result Of the examination of
candidates for appointment to the
Navy Dfntal Corps, which was con-
Quoted in Washington from Septem-
Der 10 to "a, 1927, the following were
found qualified. in the order named:
Drs. L. d. Mitchell. j. L. Frisby. r. P.
Irons, E. D. Foulk. E. o. Anderson,
w. P. Carruthers and J. A. Connell.
In order to fill the first four existing
vacancies in the corps the first four
on the list will be appointed at once.