Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10

navy IOE age vi
Admiral W. v. Pratt. October IA, 1880
=. The designation of
Admiral Pratt as head Of the Ameri-
can naval delegation to the naval ar
nament conference at London. Eng
. land, in January, indicates the high
;, esteem in which he is held by the
7 President. In connection with the
- command Of the United States feet, the
following officers have been mentioned
- command Of the battle fleet; Vice Adj
-'miral Lucius A. Bostwick, commanding
/. the battleShip divisions of that fleet,
and Rear Admiral Jehu v. Chase, who
- for some time has been under orders
! to duty as commandant of the 18th
:. Naval District and naval operating base
, at San Francisco. but who has been re-
as member of the general board.
Though Rear Admiral Richard H.
Leigh will not complete his four-year
term as chief of the Bureau of Navi-
cation until February 10, 1881, it is
understood that he desires to be de-
tached from that duty prior to that
date and be given sea assignment,
Rear Admiral William D: Leahy, 1t is
understood, would also like to be sent
to sea before the end of his term as
chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, which
will terminate on october IA, 1881.
There will be, Of course, the usual shifts
In ship commands, when those COM
plotting the normal tour of two years at
sea will be given shore duty.
Considerable speculation is also going
on with respect to the successor of Rear
Admiral Luther E. Gregory &C. E. c.,
who will complete his current and sec
ond four-year term as chief of the Bu-
reau of Yards and Docks on January
S, 1890. Although there are many in
the naval service, and also in Congress,
who would like to have him reappoint-
ed for third term. which he could
complete before reaching the statutory
retirement age, no Indications have
come from Admiral Gregory as to
whether or not he is candidate for
reappointment. Applications for the
place from two other of1ceS of the
Civil Engineer Corps have been received
by the Navy Department.
Capt. Franck T. Evans, who has been
detached from command of the u. S. S.
Idaho, viii be succeeded by Capt. Henry
L. Wygant, who viii be detached from
duty at Hampton Roads, Va, as assist
ant commandment Of the 5th Naval Dis
trict. Capt. Wygant win assume COM
mand Of the Idaho about November 10.
Due to the decommisSioning of the
u. 8. s. Cleveland, Capt. Ernest Fried
of this vessel and win assume command
Of the u. s. 8. Raleigh about November
IA as the relief of Capt. William K.
Riddle, who will go to duty about No
vember 80 as assistant commandment OF
the 5th Naval District.
Capt. Edgar B. Oberlin, who viii be
detached about December from duty
as assistant director OF the naval re-
search laboratory, Bellevue. ID. G., VIII
70 to duty as inspector of machinery
at works Of the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock CO., Newport
News, Va. His duties In washington
viii be taken over by Comdr. Miles A..
Libbey, who has been detached from
duty at the Navy Department as a
member of the naval examining board.
Comdr. Paul j. Dashiell, professor OF
mathematics at the Naval Academy,
has been selected for promotion TO the
rank of captain, to I'LL the vacancy re-
sulting from the retirement Of Capt.
william s. Eichelberger, for age, on
September 10, and Comdr. Herbert l..
Rice, professor, for promotion to the
rank Of captain to I'LL the vacancy that
viii result from the retirement of Capt.
j. j. See, professor, on February 10,
1880, for age.
Army.
To I'LL the more than four-score va
cancies among the commissioned per-
sonnet of the Medical Department Of
the Regular Army that existed on No
vember l an examination of applicants
for appointment as first lieutenant in
that corps will be held within the con-
tinental limits of the United States from
January 20 to "a, inclusive. AS of Mo-
vember /, the Medical Corps lacked II
officers Of being up to its authorized
commissioned complement of 983 ON
GERS. There were very few separations
from among the Medical Corps during
the month of October.
Four Medical Corps officers were sep
arated from the active list of the Regu-
lar Army during October, one by death,
one by resignation and two retire
nents. Maj. Ward S. Wells died on
October "a at Sternberg General Hos
pital In the Philippines, while the two
retirementS were those of Brig. Gen.
Frank r. Keefer, assistant to the sur
geon general, which occurred on Octo-
Der 10, and Capt. Claude G. Langley,
who was placed on the retired list on
October IL. The lone resignation dur
ing October was that Of Capt. William
H Scale, who has been on duty at
Fitzsimons General Hospital.
There Is one vacancy among the
commissioned personnel Of the Dental
Corps, which, 1t is expected, will be
filled shortly. This corps has an au-
thorized oficer complement Of 158.
To bring up the commissioned
strength Of the Medical Administrative
Corps an examination Of applicants fol
appointment as second lieutenants in
this corps will be held in the United
States and In the Philippine, Hawaiian
and Panama Canal Departments from
February 3 to 8, 1880. inclusive.
Efforts are being made to provide
motion picture films which are to bt
used for Institutional purposes fol-
training the Regular Army. With thi;
end in view, a board Of Army officers
was recently convened for the purpose
OF studying this visual instruction. The
board recommended that a good many
of the Aims be withdrawn from circu.
lation, due to the fact that they were
considered unsuitable for instruction
purposes.
A certain number of the films were
passed by the board, these being con-
sidered as being useful to the Army
About two years ago the War Depart
ment started to produce new training
fllns. and the department Is now en-.
gagged on q program of four training
MINIS year. It is hoped that this
production program may be increased
to eight training films per year in tho
near future. In addition to this, the
War Department is negotiating witt
foreign armies with q view Of securing
training films now used by those armies
"A group Of training films has already
been received from italy and also few
from France and Finland. EVENTUAL.
it is hoped to have examples of thi
type of visual instruction from all of tn,
principal foreign armies. There ha
recently been completed training film
Mt Fort Rilev Kans.. entitled "The Cav
airy Rifle Platoon" which covers tn
organization, formation and weapons il
mounted action.