Evening star., 1927-05-15

which rank he will revert when
relieved Of his present duties as chie1
of the aboTe named bureau. me Ioi-
lowing Navy officers became due fof
nrornotion on the dates indicated:
Lieut.. l.. o. Myers, April so, and
Lieut.. w. NJ Thompson and Lleuts.
$. NJ. Du Bois and +. M. McLaury on
Nav A. Capt. Arthur w. Dunbaf'
who has been on duty us assistant
chief of the Bureau Of Medicine ana
Surgery, will be relieved by Capt.
Eugene J. Grow, who has been on
duty in that bureau as inspector of
medical department activities. Ihe
former officer will assume command
of the naval hospital at Annapolis,
Md. relieving Capt. Robert w. Ken
nedy, who will go to duty at the Navy
Department as Il member OF the
naval examining and retiring boards
and board of medical examiners.
The annual Marine Corps board 70
prepare lists of those colonies Cunsid-
cred eligible for appointment rs neads
of staff departments will meet late
this month at Marine Corps head
quarters, in this city. 1t will consist
of the following officers. Maj. Gen.
John A. Lejeune, commandant, United
States Marine Corps, and Brig. Gems,
George Richards, paymaSter; Charles
l.. McCawley,. quartermaster; Rufus
II. Lane, adjutant and inspector, and
Ben ii. Fuller, with Brig. Gen. Dion
Williams a~ a member in place of
Gen. Lane during the preparation of
the list for the adjutant and inspec-
tors department. Shortly after the
1st of June the hoard of Marine
Corps officers will meet at headquar-
ters for the purpose of preparing q
list of those colonels Of that corps
who are considered eligible for APP
pointment as brigadier generals. The
following officers will serve on this
board: Maj. Gen. Wendell c. Neville
and Brig. Gems. Harry Lee, Rufus II.
Lane, Ben II. Fuller. and Dion
Williams.
simultaneously with the graduation
Of the 1927 Naval Academy class on
June and their entry into the line of
the Navy as commissioned officers,
the Navy line will probably reach for
the flrst time its maximum permanent
allowance of 5,499 officers. The usual
redistribution Of officers i'm the various
grades will be made on the receipt by
the 1927 class of their commissions,
and many officers as a result will be-
come eligible for promotion. Particu-
lar interest is being evinced this year
in the number of officers available for
promotion, as under the present law
this is the last year in which large
annual June promotions will be made.
Previous estimates made as TO the
numbers to be promoted have been
based on. the assumed normal rate,
but 1t was explained in the Navy De
pIrtment last week that it is now
possible to arrive at the probable num-
b = of vacan -ies in each to be created
on June 2 with a reasonable degree of
accuracy. There are three in the
grade of rear admiral, IS in fhe grade
of captain. 36 in the grade of COM
mander. so in the grade of lieutenant
commander and $50 in the grade of
lieutenant. Before the graduation in
June one lieutenant and two lieuten-
ants "Gunior grade) will make their
numbers. 1t must also be remembered
that the death of Rear Admiral Carl
T. Nogelgesang on February II of this
year created one vacancy in the grade
of rear admiral that must be filled by
selection, and of the Is vacancies in
the grade of captain two will be filled
by the two junior commanders Sc
lected in 1926, unless some unforeseen
vacancies occur prior to June 2.
After the June promotions are made,
vacancies will occur until June, 1928.