Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
Army andNavyNews

will be watched with absorbing inter.
est by the entire military establish
ment.
Maj. c. L. Scott, @. M. c.. on duty
in the Office of the quarterma ster gen
eral of the Army. has been ordered
to Saratoga Springs. y. Y. for tenn,
porary duty in connection with the
inspection and purchase Of horses for
the Army.
Navy.
The board of Marine Corps officers
| headed by Brig. Gen. Ben II. Fuller
that for the past several months has
been investigating and making de-
tailed study of the promotion situation
OF the commissioned personnel Of that
| corps, will be reconvened at Marine
/ Corps headquarters in this city on
| September Is. Copies of the proposed
! legislation were sent to all officers of
| the corps with an invitation for them
to submit comments thereon. Replies
| however. have been comparatively
| few. and those containing construc
| tive suggestions are in the minority
The board will be reconvened for the
purpose of reconsidering the project in
the light of such comments as have
been submitted and it is the intention
to have revised draft of the person.
mel bill ready for introduction at the
! approaching session of Congress
meeting in December. The other
members of the board are Coils. Harold
Z. Reisinger assistant paymaster) and
Douglas c. McDougal Lieut. Col
Richard B. Creecy; Majs Ralph S.
keyser and Edwin II. Brainard and
capt. Charles libel. with Capt. Eugene
+. c. Collier as recorder.
ADMIRAL Charles F. Hughes, com.
mander-in-chief of the United States
fleet, will be relieved of these duties
about November by Rear Admiral
Henry A. Wiley. The former officer
will then proceed to Washington.
where on arrival he will become chief
or naval operations as the relief of
Admiral Edward w. Eberle. Admiral
Richard II. Jackson, who has been in
command of the battle fleet, will be
relieved next Saturday of these duties
by Vice Admiral Louis r. de Steiguer.
Upon his relief next week Admiral
jackson Will come to Washington as
member of the General Board. Capt.
Arthur HI. Rice. who has been on duty
with the Naval Reserve Officers
training Corps unit at Harvard Uni
versity, will shortly arrive in Wash.
lngton for duty in the Bureau of
Naval Operations. Navy Department.
capt. Neil E, Nichols, now on dutv
with the Naval Examining Board in
the Navy Department, will be trans.
ferred to duty in the Naval Reserve
Division, Bureau of Navigation. An.
otner new arrival in Washington will
be Capt. Edward j. Marquart, who
Will relieve Capt. Harry K. Cage as
head of the Material Division, Bureau
or Naval Operations. Comdr. Robert
L. Ghormley, now on duty as execu.
tive officer of the Oklahoma, and who
was slated to relieve Comdr. John
L. G. Stapler in charge of the infor.
nation section of the Naval Intelli.
gence Office, will, instead, relieve
Comdr. Baggaley as secretary of the
Navy General Board
The following medical officers of the
Navy began last Friday the course of
instruction at the Naval Medical
School in this city: Lieut.. Comdrs.
W. D. Small and o. w. Grisier,
Lieuts. r. u. Whiteside, r. A. Nc
Cune, F. w. Qnin, j. r. Smith, III. E.
Robins, G. NJ. Iongstreth, F. P. Field,
4. H. Taber, II. A. N. Bruckshaw,
H. M. Weber, ". E. Primer, A. lex.
stadt and J. w. Kimbrough.
Lieut.. Comdr. Louie c. English
Is. CO., recently on duty on the Mem
phis, has reported for duty in the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, and
ne has been assigned as assistant to
Comdr. Fred E. McMillen, who is en-.
gagged in revising the supply and &C.
count manual. The Construction
Corps Selection Board has recon-
mended Comdrs. Roy w. Ryden and
Waldo P. Druley of that corps for
promotion to the rank of captain, and
they will take rank in the higher
grade as of June 2.
With respect to promotions to the
junior grades of the Navy, the esti.
mated yearly distribution figures in.
dictate loss of 10 vacancies in the
grade of lieutenant commander and
81 in the grade of lieutenant during
the year 1928-1929. If the present
normal promotion rate is not exceeded
there would then be but approx
mately IS and 155 promotions, respec-
lively, to those grades during that
year. The apparent disproportion be-
tween the numbers of promotions to
lieutenant commander and lieutenant
during that year lies in the fact that
approximately so vacancies in the
latter grade, which it is estimated
will occur prior to June, 1928, may not
be filled before that time due to the
fact that officers are not eligible for
promotion to lieutenant until the
completion Of three years service as
lieutenant Junior grade). All Off
GERS who have now completed the
necessary service in the lower grade
have made their number for promo
ton. From 1929 to 1882, inclusive.
the promotion rate will be about as
follows: To lieutenant commander.
so in 1929-1930, 81 in 1930-1931. 81 in
1931-1932, and 4s in 1932-1933. To
lieutenant, 102 in 1929-193O, I26 in
1930-1931, 102 in 19311932, and SO in