Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
Army and N avyNews


an officer spends approximately seven
years in each grade. This rate is
main tanned by either voluntary trans
fers from the active list to the retired
list, or to the Reserve, of sufficient
officers each year 10 keep the How to
this minimum rate.
The officers transferred who have
more than 30 years total service go
TO the retired list direct and all others
go to the Marine Corps Reserve. or
this latter class those who have more
than 20 years total service stay in the
Reserve until they complete 80 years
total service, including service on the
active list and in the Reserve, and
then go on the retired list, and those
with less than 20 years total service
serve seven years in the Reserve and
are discharged at the expiration Of
this time. The officers who have 90
years service receive 2i2 per cent pay
for each year Of total service at the
time of transfer from the active list
tservice in the Reserve does not count
for paw and continue to receive that
rate of pay upon transfer to the re-
tired LIST. Those with less than this
service receive i'm the case of cap
tains three years pay as lump.sum
payment at the time of transfer and
one-third pay for seven years. and in
the case of first lieutenarts two years
pay as a lump sum and one-sixth
pay for seven years.
Brigadier generals are promoted TO
| major generals by seniority. while
second lieutenant are promoted first
lieutenants after completing three
years service. All additional number
| lire colonies now two in NUMBER
have their additional number status
| removed and retain their present po-
| sition on the list of colonies. Under
| the boards proposal. provision is
| made for the retirement OF one line
| general when In any year there are
| no vacancies among the generals OF
the line from other causes. and pro
| vision is also made for the transfer
Of an extra number staff colonel when
| he is not on a staff eligible list and
when a line officer Junior to him is
| transferred from the active list.
While the proposal does not provide
| for any increase of the total author
| lied number of commissioned officers
| on the active list, Ii will In effect
| provide an increase in the total mum.
| Der of trained officers available for
| use in national emergency. These
| officers will have had at least six
| years of regular service. training and
experience, and would be of great
| value in augmenting the active list
| should the occasion arise. The board 4
| proposal increases the cost over the
| present system for the first six years
| by an average yearly amount OF
| ST0,42s and after that starts show.
| ing progressive decrease. 30 that by
| the twelfth year net saving OF
| S32,35S Is shown. This decrease In
| cost continues to accumulate until
about the twentieth year when the
| annual expenditure for the active list
| the transferred reserve and the add.
lions to the retired list under the pro.
posed law, all combined. will stabilize
at a figure that is $55T 900 less than
would be the cost of the active list
| alone by that year under the present
| law. The net saving to the Govern
| ment during this time is well over
| $3.000,000
| Capt Austin kautZ. who has beer
| in command of the Wyoming. has
been relieved by Capt. Luther NJ
/ Overstreet, who recently was on duty
as member of the American nava'
mission in Brazil In all probability
Capt. Kautz will be assigned to duty
| at Berlin, Christiania, Stockholm anr
Copenhagen as the relief of Capt
John V. klemann, now on duty as
IiAEdi dttdCnS at those places. The
latter officer Is due for sea duty. Or
ders have been issued to Comdr. Ros
coe c. MacFall. detaching him from
command of destroyer division 81 o.
the battle fleet. to- become effective
| upon the arrival of the feet on the
east coast, and assigning him to dut,
/ at the Naval Academy. After the
battle fleet arrives at Guantanamo
in March, Comdr. Orrnond l. Cox
will be detached from duty as aid
and engineer officer on the staff OF
the comnander.in-chief OF that feet
and will be assigned to duty in the
Bureau OF Engineering, Navy De
partment. His duties with the fee,
Will be taken over by Comdr. Miles A,
Libbey, who is now on duty In tina,
bureau. Preparatory to his possible
| assignment to the next aviation class
at the naval air station at Pensacola.
Fla. Comdr. Worrall r. Cater. who
has been on duty in the Office of naval
intelligence, Navy Department. has
been ordered detached from his duty
and will go to duty at the Hampton
Roads naval air station.