Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07

cause him to serve 10 years more be-
fore attaining the statutory retirement
age. The contention is made that If
the War Department is going to carry
1t should not be solely applicable to the
technical and supply branches, but
should apply equally as we'll to the line
CT the Army. Brigadier general and
major general appointments in the line
are permanent. and it is insisted that
the technical and supply branches
should not be Disseminated against by
having this four-year detail policy APP
ply to these branches and not include
all of the War Department bureaus.
/ Whether or not Gen. Hull will be re-
appointed will be decided within the
next few. weeks.
One hundred and thirty-five candi-
dates have been appointed flying cadets
and will be sent to the Air Corps pri-
mary flying schools for training with
the new classes starting November /.
While more than 300 candidates quail
fed for flying cadet appointment, the
limited accommodations at the two pri-
mary flying schools Brooks Field, San
Antonio, Tex, and March Field, River
side. Calf, precluded the possibility
Of appointing even half that number.
Brooks Field will be the destination OF
only "a civilians and one enlisted man
because of the assignment to the No.
vember l class for flying training of
IS second lieutenants who graduated
from the Military Academy last June, in
addition to number of other officers
from the various branches of the serv-
ice.
Navy.
Instructions issued by the Navy De-
partment last week will increase the
number of officers of the dental corps
from 173 to 1870. This increase is to
take care of the dental work required at
the various naval training stations. To
secure the seven additional dental off,
GERS for appointment to the additional
places created, 1t is understood that an
examination will be held in December.
The successful applicants will be COM
missioned as officers of the Navy denta,
corps with the rank of lieutenant Gum
Tor grade), with pay at the rate of
$4,000 per annum, rental allowance of
$720 and subsistence of $438 per annum,
a total compensation of $3.158 per an
mum If they have dependents. If with
out dependents the allowances will be
reduced to $2l0 for subsistence If on
sea duty or $3.50 for rental and S2l9 for
subsistence If on shore duty.
A number of applications have been
received from members of the 1926 and
1927 Naval Academy classes, who were
commissioned as ensigns in the line of
the Navy. for transfer to the supply
corps in the same rank as held in the
line. These applications are the result
OF request sent out by the Bureau of
Navigation to the fleet in which it was
annnlInnnH hn nvic ~
in officers in the Supply Corps and Of
fering an opportunity to officers of the
line to apply for appointment to these
vacancies. Up to the present time 1t
has not been determined how many will
be transferred to the Supply Corps. The
reason for the existence of this short
age of officers in the Supply Corps. it
was pointed out last week, is that only
two officers in the class graduating
from the Naval Academy in 1923 were
appointed as officers in the Supply
Corps, which left shortage that the
department now desires to fill.
There will be convened in the NAVY
Department tomorrow the Dental Corps
selection board, which will be instruct
co to recommend not more than ten
ofncerS OF that corps for promotion to
the rank of commander. The board will
be headed by Rear Admiral Jehu "
Chase. The other members of the
board are Rear Admirals Lucius A.
BoStWlck, Frank H. Schofield, Arthur
L Willard. Henry H. Hough, Luke Nc
Nance. with Comdr. Lucian G. Will
llams. d. c., as recorder.
Approval has been made of the report
OF the Medical Corps selection board
which recommended the following lieu
tenant commanders of that corps for
promotion to commander. They arr
George c.. Rhoades, John C. Parhap1
and George W. Carver. These officers
made their number for promotion to
commander in the Medical Corps on
April !, 1927, with their line running
mate, Comdr. F. w. Scanland.
Lieut.. Comdr. F. c. Bowerfind who
has been on duty on the u. s. S. Utah
will be assigned to the Bureau of Sum
plies and Accounts. Navy Department.
effective December 1, 1923. Lieut.. w,
H. Phillips, who recently returned from
tour of duty in the Virgin Islands,
VIII become officer in charge of the
commissary store at the Naval Academy
on November |. He relieves Lieut.. II
F. Gingrich, who has been assigned to
duty on the U. S. S. Texas. Lieut.,
Comdr. Walter H. Riedel will be ordered
70 the bureau OF Engineering, Navy
Department, for duty.
Under the five-year program more
than 800 commissioned aviaCors viii be
required to man the planes for the
Navy which does not include the f1ying
personnel of the Marine Corps. With
per cent attrition rate. it appears
that securing the 900 flying officers Of
the Navy can only be accomplished bv
having a total of 624 naval aviators
successfully complete the course at PEN
sacola between July /, 1923, and July /.
1888. In round numbers. the number
Of Naval Academy graduates. classes of
1928 to 1880, inclusive, the classes from
which the major part of the officers
completing their training In aviation
between now and 1888 would naturally
be selected, will be as follows: 1925
448; 1925, Asst; 1927, $50; 1928. 100:
1929, ESQ, and 1880, $50. Even il Is per
cent Of every class at the Naval Acad-
envy are qualified as naval aviators as
soon as possible after graduation and
the desirable experience at sea, the
gross percentage of naval aviators avail
able in the whole commissioned line
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