Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-14

in the Atlantic Sasas
was relieved on Rear Admiral Hussey
August by Capt
Frank II Brumby The former Off
cor has been assign as commandan'
OF the fifteenth naval district and OF
the naval operating base in the Cana
Zone, as the successor of Reag Ad
miral George c. Day. now in CONNIE NJ
Of Light Cruiser Division of thf
scouting fleet. Upon the retiremen,
of Rear Admiral HGsSey. effective DC
tober l. Capt BrumAy will he promoted
10 the grade of rear admiral. Capt
George +. Neal, now on duty as as
sistant chief of staff TO the COM
mander-n-chie: of the United States
feet. will succeed Capt HalSey Powell
as aide to the Secretary of the Navy.
The latter officer has been ordered de-
tached from his duty at the Navy De-
partment and assigned to duty ~
naval attache at Picking, China, as this
relief of Capt. George r. Petteneill.
who. in all probability, will he assigned
10 command a battleship. Comdr.
Pam II. Bastedo. who has been on
duty in the Bureau of Naval Opera
tons, will report November for duty
on the staff of the colnmander-n-chief
of the United States fleet. Lieut.
Comdr Thomas s. King, who has been
on duty in the department as aide to
Admiral Edward w. Eberles. has been
assigned TO command the Farquhar
as the relief of Lieut. Comdr. Philip
Y. II. Weems. Lieut.. Comdr. Samuel
r, Shumaker will he detached from
duty in the Bureau of Ordnance. Navy
Department, and is assigned To duty
as gunnery officer of Mine Squadron
of the control force.
Fifteen officers of the Navy Medical
Corps have been directed to report
September at the Naval Medical
School for the purpose of undergoing
the general, laboratory. special and
aviation courses of instruction given
at this school. Following is given the
list of officers who will attend this in
struction and the course they will
take: General--Lieut Comdr. w. D.
Small and Lieuts. II. NJ. Weber. J. Il.
Smith. w. Z. Primer. +. P Field r.
L. Whiteside. T. II. Taber. II. f. Rob-
ms and H. A. y. Bucksaw. Labora-
tory-Lieut. P.-F. Dickens. Special
Lieut. Comdr. Edwin Peterson. Avia.
tion-Lieuts. o. w. Grisier, Albert lex
stadt, c. NJ. Longstreth and J. NJ.
kimbrough.
Lieut.. Comdr. Leon c. Frost. who
has been Oh duty at the Naval Dental
Dispensary, will go to duty with tie
LIST Brigade of Marines in Haiti. while
Lieut.. Comdr. John V. McAlpin will
go from the Naval Medical School to
the Washington Navy Yard.
A number of important changes
among officers on duty in the Bureau
of Supplies and Accounts are to be eff
fected in the near future. chief among
which is the order affecting Capt.
Trever w. Leutze. now on duty as as
sistant to the paymaSter general of
the Navy, who has been attached to
the bureau since June. 1921. and who
will be assigned to duty away from
Washington in the near future.
Comdr. Frederick Is. Colby. recently
relieved from duty as aide and supply
officer on the staff of the commander
of Train Squadron | of the feet
base force. will travel abroad for the
next several weeks and will report Oc-
tober / for duty as disbursing officer
at the Washington Navy Yard. Lieut..
Maurice T. Seaman was detached
from the Bureau of Supplies and Ac-
counts on August l and has gone to
duty as supply officer of the Vestal.
Lieut.. Arcy W. Barnes has also been
detached recently from duty in that
bureau and is proceeding to the West
coast via the Sirius, en- route to duty
Comdr. Boyd r. Alexander will he de-
tached from the Maryland and will go
to duty in the Bureau of Engineer
ing. Lieut.. Comdr. Augustine w.
Rieger. who has been on duty on the
Chaumont. has been assigned to duty
at the navy yard. Washington. ID. c.
Lieut.. Kenneth NJ. Hoeffel has been
ordered detached from duty on the
Omaha and will be assigned to duty
in the Navy Department in the divi
sion of fleet training. The orders of
Capt. Holden C. Richardson have been
revoked. and that officer will continue
on duty in the Bureau of Aeronautics. |
Lieut.. Roswell b. Daggett will he de-
tached from duty at the Boston Navy
Yard and will come to the Navy De-
partment for duty in the Bureau of
Construction and Repair. Iieuts Will
liam En- Primer and Henry NJ. Weber. |
both medical officers and on duty at
the receiving base. Hampton Roads. |
Va, have been assigned to temporary
duty at the Naval Medical School.
Washington d. c.
ARMY.
Upon being informed that he had
been selected to he the next chief of
the Air Corps, with the rank Of ma jor
general. upon the retireE'e4lt of Maj. |
Gen. Mason NJ. Patrick, present chief
of Air Corps, when the latter reaches
the statutory retirement age limit of
ga years on December 10, Brig Gen. |
James +. Fechet. assistant chief of |
Air Corps. advised the Secretary of |
War that he desired to make it mat
ter of record that he did not desire to
be considered for reappointment TO |
succeed himself upon the conclusion |
of the four-year period, which is the |
duration of any single appointment |
to that Office. II is also Of interest in |
this connection that the Secretary of |
War, upon the recommendation Of |
Gen. Fechet, approved similar pol |
Icy relative to appointments 10 sue |
coed themselves for the assistants 10 |
the chief of Air Service with the rank |
Of brigadier general, who, likewise, |
are given four-year appointments.
Closely following these announce |
-ments, it is understood that a move |
ment is on foot for the introduction |
at the approaching session of Con |
gress of a bill which will limit the |
details as chief of the staff branches |
only 10 one of four years. AS the con- :
eening of Congress approaches,
though ii is still four months away
unless the President calls n special |
session. two distinct schools of thought |
have arisen on this question, those OPP |
posed to the proposed law, w..4ch would |
limit the detail of a chief Of any of the |
staff branches TO one of flour years |
only, and those favOring the proposal. |
Those favOring this proposal point out |
that every officer should have the OPP I
portunitY Of az least qualifying him |
self Tor the service of performing the |
duties Of chief of branch, and that the |
more high ranking officers available |
of the staff branches the more eff |
Client Will be the operation of those |
bra inches
On the other hand, those opposed |
to the enactment Of any such measure !
which would restrict the length of |