Evening star., 1927-03-13
Army and NavyNews

mond c. Thomas to command sub
marine division IS: Comdrs. Charles ;.
McWhorter and Byron McCandless to
third naval district, and Lieut.. Comdr
Ralph e. bennett to the Utah The
following officers of the Navy became
due for promotion on March as the
result of the transfer on March OF
Capt. William V. Tomb to the retired
list, upon his own application. after
80 years service. They are Comdr.
Maloney, Lieut.. A. w. Radford and
Lieut. Gunior grade) Bruce Settle
Ensigns r. F. Armknecht, c. l.. Strain
and r. II. Meade have been assigned
to the post graduate course in civil
engineering at the Naval Academy.
Army.
Mai Martin r. Scanlon, A. c., now
on duty as assistant military attacne
at Rome, Italy, will be relieved OF TINS
duty on July 10 by Maj. george Il.
Lowell, jr., A. c.. VINO mas oeen uii
duty at Boiling Field, D. c. Upon the
arrival of Mai. Scanlon in this coun-
try. he will proceed to Langley
Field. Va. for duty until the opening
of the next class at the Air Corps
Tactical School on September 20 al
which time he will report Tor duty AT
that school as a student. Col. llilam
M. Connell. General Staff (Cavalry)'
will be relieved from his duties In the
Office of the Chief of Staff, this CITY,
effective April %. and Is assigned 10
the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort blss,
Texas. Other Regular Army onlceIs ON,
on duty in Washington VINO VIII pe
relieved of their Washington assign
f,rft4r Il.
Edward Roth, jr.. A. G. D., on duIy
in the office of the Adjutant General
of the Army, will sail from New YORK
on June 2 for the Canal Zone Tor duly'
Can't. Joseph p. Cromwell. A. G. D.
on duty in the Adjutant Generai
office, who will sail from New York on
October for Manila, P. l.; Lieut.. Col.
Fred w. Bugbee, Infantry, now stu
dent at the Army War College, Is as
signed to Sth Infantry, effective july
20, and will proceed to Fort Moultrie'
S. c., and assume command or tnat
post: Capt. William H. Biddle. j. A.
G. D., on duty in the once OF the
Judge Advocate General Of the Army,
goes to the 7th Corps Area Headquar-
ters, Fort Omaha, Nebr., effective
March Is.
Officers who will arrive In WASH
ington shortly and the duties to which
they will be assigned. are as follows:
Col. Percy NJ. Ashburn, M. c.. now
on duty at the Military Academy at
West Point, to duty in the offlce OF
the Surgeon General effective August
%; First Lieut.. Thomas G. Hester,
NJ. A. c., upon completion Of foreign
service in the Philippines, to Walter
Reed Hospital for duty: Maj. Harry
Coope, A. G. D.. on completion OF
l..kr, T.
pines, to duty in the Office of the Ad'
jutant General.
The following named flying cadets
who were graduated from the Ad-
vanced Flying School on February
% have been retained in the service
as flying cadets for period of two
years, to augment the number of
pilots on duty with tactical units of
the Air Corps. They are together
with the designation of the assign
ments, as follows: George r. Acheson
and George II. MacNair, to Fort
Crockett, Texas; Clarence w. Hudson.
Charles b. Overacker. Leroy H.
Prindle, Frank H. Robinson and
Gordon p. Saville, all to Mitchell
Field. Long Island. n. Y, and Allen
r. Springer and Forrest L. Neville, to
LdURISy II lCH. Nd. mere are dlICduH
% flying cadets who have completed
this advanced flying training and who
are now on duty with Air Corps tacti-
cal units which brings the total num-
Der of flying cadets assigned to Air
Corps tactical units UP to 80.
In order to enlarge the training ac-
tivities at Brooks Field and Kelly
Field. and to inaugurate training ac-
tivities at March Field so as to. train
the first increment provided for in
the Air Corps five-year program. there
will be only a limited amount of
training afforded to the junior Air
Corps components of the Army of the
United States during 1927. This
training will be conducted at Boiling
Field. d. c.: Chanute Field, ILL.,:
Langley Field, Va; and the Rockwell
Air intermediate Depot. Calf, Light.
er-than-air training will be given at
Scott Field, Ill. Though Wilbur
Wright Field, Ohio, is available as
training field. there Is not sufficient
personnel or airplanes available.