Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17
MARINE CORPS NOTES

The appointment of Maj. Gen. Wen
dell G. Neville to be commandant of
the corps, effective March S, will, it is
stated, necesSitate quite a few changes
among the officers at present on detail
at corps headquarters, this city. AL
thougn no Official announcements have
as yet been made, it is very probable
that the new commandant will shortly
AFTER assuming office make gradual
changes among those now on staff
duty
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, the
present commandment of the corps, who
viii relinquish command of the corps
March and assume command Of the
Department of the Pacific MARINE
Corps, will, 1t is understood, be ac-
| companied to his new station by several
ofncers now on detail at corps head
| quarters this city, who not having COM
pleted their staff duty assignment, re-
| spectively, will have been redetailed to
such duty at corps headquarters De-
partment Of the Pacific, San Francisco.
The REIMBURSEMENT OF the Office of
commandment of the corps by Mai.
Gen. Lejeune, 1t is stated officially. will
not IN any measure cause any change
IN Gen. Lejeune'S status as comman-.
dant of the Marine Corps League, a
Nationwide organization of Marine
Corps veterans, composed of retired
commissioned officers, commissioned Of
f1cers OF the Reserves, retired warrant
| officers. Reserve warrant officers, retired
| enlisted men and enlisted men of the
Reserves, respectively. Gen. Lejeune
was reelected national commandment of
! the Marine Corps League at its last
annual convention, held at Dallas Tex,
last November.
| The Marine examining board. of
which Col. John r. Myers is president,
has been in session at corps headquar-
ters for some weeks past and, 1t is an
nounced, will shortly examine the fol-
lowing list of commissioned officers of
the corps: Capts. Pedro A. del Vale,
Walter H. SitZ, William G.. Hawthorne,
Arthur Kingston and Tracy G. Hunter.
First Lieuts. Joseph c. Grayson, Dom
ala G. Oglesby. Byron f. johnson,
Nicnolas 2. Caluson, Alfred G. Cottrell,
John I. Selden, Elmer E. Hall, Henry
A. Carr, Orrel A. Inman. Prank S.
Flack. William j. Livingston and Carl
| F. Merz.
! Second 'Lieuts. William G. Manley.
Albert d. Cooley, Theodore A. Holdahl,
Richard Pagan, William w. Conway.
Lewis B. Fuller, Ernest E. Shaugh-
nessey, James E. Jones, Robert ]. Num-
ford, Herbert P. Becker, William C. Pur-
| pie, Robert Q. Bare, Perry K. Smith.
Prentice A. Shiebler, Charles L. Fike,
Arthur G.. Bliesener, Gerald Fl. Steen-
berg. Donald G. Willis, George H. Bel
linger, Jr., and Raymond G.. Anderson.
Quartermaster Clerks William A. War
rell, @. M. Department; John L. Wat
kins, A. 81 I. Department; Frank M
| Sherwood, @. M. Department. and Paw
| Clerk John j. Reidy will likewise be
examined by the same examining
board, which will determine their At
ness for promotion to the grade of
chief quartermaster clerk and chief nav
clerk, respectively.
! Col. Edward A. Greene has attained
| the rank of colonel, his commission be-
ing issued during the present month
with rank from and inclusive of Jan
uary 20.
Maj. Earl c.. Long has accepted de-
tail as an assistant adiutant and In
spector.
Capt. Benjamin F. Fogg was placed
on the retired list last Monday. He had
more than 80 years Of active service
in the corps. including twenty-odd
years service as an enlisted man prior
to the World War.
Capt. Jacob Lienhard, at present on
duty in Nicaragua, will shortly arrive in
| Quantico. Va, for duty at the east
coast expeditionary base thereat.
First Lieut.. Richard M. Cults, IT.,
son of Col. Richard M. Cults, Quantico,
| Va, now on duty in the republic of
Haiti, will shortly embark for station
at Quantico. Va