Evening star., 1927-12-18
Army andNavyNews

examinations required OF all appli-
cants and who successfully completed
the course at Pensacola.
In the opinion Of Secretary NIIlur
the only way which viii enable the
line Of n Navy To supply the de
u,ands of the staff corps for the APP
poiptment of new officers 10 NIL Va
cauCieS in them and at the same time
10 nrovide prospects for the supply OF
tne required number Of naval aNla-
tors is TO restore the hVc-appolnt
rocnt basis for midshipmen at the
Naval academy, that is, each senator
and Congressman he authorized to
anooint FIVE midshipmen per year 10
the Naval Academy. instead of three.
which now prevails. This Increase in
the number Of midshipmen 10 the
number Of fiNe can he effected with
ont change i'm the basic law dealing
with the subject simply hN removal
of the restriction on the annual ap-
DronriatiOn. Should an excess OF otti-
GERS result the Secretary points out
the excess could hc honora bly, dis
charged upon graduation int" the re-
serve available to keep up ciNll pur-
suits and ready and qualified 10 come
into the naval service in event OF an
emergency. While recognizing the
need Of a we'll rounded training for
every naval officer the Navy Depart
ment appreciates the necessity Tor the
further training and education of a
number of officers along special lines.
Accordincly, schools or instruction
courses are maintained 80 that the
demand for such trained officers may
he met.
The present class at the Naval Medi-
cal school. which will graduate Decem.
ber -. is composed of the following Of
ticcrS. Lieut. C0mdrs. O. W. GriSi"r
and w n. Small ana Lieuts. +. j..
Field r. W 0uin. Il. \ McCnnc y +.
Robins, J. T.. smith. T. G.. Tah"r. Il. |.
Mhitesde. IT, Weber. and Llruts. {.
NJ. L0ngSIrcth and Albert lcEst2dt
who have been undergoing a course
of instruction in aviation medicine.
The folloWinc officers of the Medical
Corps Of the Navy viii composed the
next class at the Naval Medical
School. the instruction in which Will
begin on January -; Lieut.. ComdrS.
Jack s. Terry aud Lea r. Sartin and
I.icutS. Bruce NJ. Summers, Arthur T.
Morton Thomas NJ. Arrasmith, H. T.
Cox. w r. Carskadon and IL. w. Gil
len.
Forty.four officers Of the Navy have
been selected by the Navy Department
for t-graduate courses in engineer
ing Diesel engineering. electrical en-
Cineerinc and aerOnautical engineer
ing. Those who will undergo the course
in engineering are: Lieut.. William \.
Thornton and Lieuts u. O. Worth
mcton $. Bitter. William A. Bowers,
Thomas J. Casey. Frederick A. Ed
wards. Peter w Haas ir. Ralph {.
Kephart, John :. Heating. John r.
Murphy. Horace G. Robson, Richard
NJ SCruggs, Roland K. Smoot. Viii
liam II. Won Dreele. Thomas f.. Boyce,
Joseph f. Chapman Pleasant d.
Gold. jr: William NJ. fIaynsworth. jr.,
Marvin 7. Kingsley. John A. Morrow,
Owen Rees John n. schultz. Edward
f. Sperrv. Wendell s Taylor and
Fred w. Walton Eleven officers will
take the course in Diesel engineering.
as follows: Lieut.. William G. Buch,
and Lieuts 81. CD Charles J. Cater,
Henry T., Eccles. John =. HedriCk.
John c. Lester. Harold \. Williams
George T. Boldizsar, Robert l.. Den
niSOn. Lloyd ID. FOllmer. Alexander r..
Junker and Chauncey Moore. Four of
ficers will undergo the course in cleo
trical engineering. as follows: Lieut..
James s. Freeman and Lieuts. 81. Gl
Harry H. Keith. Harry T. Chase and
David T. Carlson. Five officers We're So
lected for the course in aeronautical
engineering. as follows: Liouts. vii
liam II. Buracker. Ward c. Gilbert.
Robert ". Bockius and Delmer s.
Fehrney and Lieut.. 81. G.) Robert T..
Blick.