Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08
Army andNavyNews

B. Blackwell Isaac B. Polak. Arthur j
10y. Carl D. MiddleStadt. Thomas j.
Carter. Frederick R. Haselton. Edward
j. Goodbody.' Fleete S. Steele, Clifford
| A. Swanson, James c. Drybred and
John H. Korb.
| Rear Admiral Luke McNamee. who
has been in command of the destroyer
| SQuadrons of the battle feet, and who
was relieved Of these duties by Rear
| Admiral Thomas j. Sem. reported last
Monday for duty at the Navy Depart
ment as director OF feet training. Capt.
Ernest J. King. who has been in COM
/ mand of the aircraft squadrons .of the
| scouting fleet, has been assigned to
command the u. S. S. Lexington. Capt.
Arthur st. c, Smith will be detached
from his duties at the Navy Depart
ment as president OF the naval exarn-
ming board and assigned as chief OF
staff to Vice Admirai Louis Nice. Null
ton. commander of the battleship d.
visions Of the battle feet. Capt,
Smiths duties as president OF the ma
val examining board will be taken over
by Capt. Clarence A. Adele. who has
been in command of the u. S, S. New
York. Capt, James P. Lannon is to
be detached from the feet training
Office in the Navy Department and will
command the U. S. S. Concord. re-
lieving Capt. Charles P. Snyder whose
next assignment will be as commandant
OF nnidshipmen at the Naval Academy.
Capt. Wilhelm L. Friedell who has
been in command of submarine squad
ron IL of the battle feet, will undergo
the next course of the Army War Col
lege. Washington. n. c. Capt Allen
B. Reed. who has been on duty in the
Bureau of Naval Operations at the
Navy Department, is assigned to COM
mand destroyer division 80 Of the battle
fleet Capt Andrew D. Denney. senior
officer in the gunnery section, Fleet
Training ONCE, Navy Department. will
be succeeded by Comdr. William r.
Purnell. The former officer will so as
gunnery officer on the staff of the COM
mander of the scouting fleet. Lieut..
Comdr Wilder D. Baker will come to
the gunnery section Of that Office from
the command of the u. S. S. Kidder.
Lieut. Condr John K. Richards, ir,
who has been on duty in the thir-
tenth naval district. will be assigned to
duty in the Naval Intelligence ONCE
at the Navy Department.
There will be convened at the Navy
Department tomorrow morning the
DOdTQ IOT S6leCtlOH Oh -FOUR lieutenant
commanders Of the Supply Corps of the
Navy. This board will consist Of six
officers of that corps above the rank
of commander. There will be con-
vened at later date a board of med
ical officers for the selection of three
lieutenant commanders for advance
ment to the rank of commander. The
selection board for the Dental Corps
will not be convened until october Is,
1928.
The U. S. S. Omaha. commanded By
Capt. Allen Buchanan, with Lieut.
Comdr Carleton H. Wright as gunnery
oficer, attained the highest final merit
in gunnery. and has been declared the
winner of the gunnery trophy in the
light cruiser class Of the Navy for
the competitive year ending June 80.
1928 The u S. S. Richmond, COM
manded early In the year by Capt. Al
fred w. johnson and later by Capt.
Hugo w. Osterhaus. with Lieut.. Comdr.
Kenneth r. R. Wallace as gunnery OFF,
Ger. took second honors. Other light
cruisers stood in the following order
in this competition: q. S. ships Mar
blehead. Raleigh. Concord. Cincinnati,
Memphis, Milwaukee and the Trenton.