Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29
NAVY.

NhFts
Approval has been given by the Navy
Department to the proposal relative n
tn assignment To duty OF certain naVal
officers as fleet and squadron engineers
This proposal would modify existing
law In three respects: First. It would
authorize the Navy Department TO as
sign officers on the "engineering duty
only" list in the ranks above that Oi
commander to sea duty as feet OF
squadron engineers or as engineer ON
GERS Of ships upon their own request
secondly, it will permit the assignment
o; commanders TO sea duty as engineer
officers of ships upon their own re.
quest, and thirdly IL will authorize as
signment OF commanders tn sea duty
as feet or squadron engineers only upon
their own request.
The Navy Department desires this
authority for the purpose of meeting
the growing demand for an increase in
rank OF engineering officers on the
STATS Of the commander in-chief OF
our fleets. This is due 10 the increased
demand for experienced supervision Ol
the material conditions afioat. The
services Of such officers above the rank
Of commander who have acquired q
vast experience In the design. constrlic-
ton. operation and repair Of ships
should be available to the commander =
in-chief. Furthermore, the number of
officers In commander rank available
for this duty is limited. In the next
few years more than half Of the officers
on the engineering duty only list will
be captains. The proposed change. il
is pointed out. will allow greater selec-
ton in the detail of experienced engi-
neer officers TO this important duty or
the STATS of the cOmmanders-in-cnle
The following officers have been Sc
dergo the line course at the Naval Acad
envy which will begin June /, 1929
Lieut. Comdr. r. S. Wentworth, Lieuts
l.. w. Bushey, K c. Caldwell, J. A
Connolly. r. E. Jasperson, T. B. Cooper,
G. w. Johnson, II. F. Ely, G. D. LETTER
w. G. Lalor. c. D. Emory, w. @. Lud
low, w G. Forbes. w. n. HartC. w. j
Forrestel, L. J. MCGOWAN, H. H. Nc.
Lean. D. NJ. Mackey. r. B. Hunt, c. c
Miller, r B. Stogsdall, w J. Strotner
3. P Vosburg, w w. Werlich. w. w
Webb, r. D. Whitemarsh and A. NJ.
Wright: Lieuts. u. c. B. B. Adell G.
w. Johnson and E. A. Solomon.
Ensigns John E. Faigle, Wesley H
Randig and Archibald D. Hunter. who
have been selected for postgraduate IN.
struction preparatory to their transfer
TO the Civil Engineer Corps, will report
To the Naval Academy next July fol
the first year Of the course. whence the!
will go for two years 10 Renssaleal
Polytechnic Institute. Troy. N. Y.
1t has been proposed that no denta
officer in the Navy who, on original ap
pointment as dental officer. was over Il
years of age, shall be eligible for re-
tirement before he has reached the agt
of 70 years. except for physical dis
ability incurred in line of duty. AS tn:
law now stands. such dental officer.
cannot be retired until thev reach thu
age Of 20 wears. The act Of June 4. 1920
which authorized the transfer OF TEN.
porary and Reserve officers To the Reg
ular Navy. expressly permitted the
transfer of officers of the Chaplain
Medical Dental and Civil Engineer
Corps of not more than 43 years OF age
There are now in the Dental Corps 10
officers who were more than 20 years
OF age at the time Of transfer. all O.
whom will have over 90 wears service
wh11 they reach the age OF 81 years.