Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
ArmyandNavyNews

NdVyANCWO
the year by the retirement of Rear Ad-
mirals Thomas Washington, last Thurs
day; Philip Andrews, on March 81, 1890;
Andrew T. Long, on April 6, 1890; Rich
ard K. Jackson. on May 10 1880, and
for one additional vacancy that may oc-
cur. The selections that will be made
for the grades of captain and command
er will provide for vacancies 1t is known
may occur, those that may occur by
reason of service in grade and for I'M
foreseen vacancies.
After accompanying Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy Ernest L.. Jahncke on
a tour of inspection of certain naval
activities on the Pacific Coast, Rear Ad-
nliral Ridley Mclean, who has been in
command OF the submarine divisions OF
the battle fleet, will come to Washing
ton for duty in the Navy Department
as budget officer. The identity of the
next commander of the battle fleet
submarine divisions, as we'll as the new
incumbents of several other important
billets both afloat and ashore, will not
be made known until the recommended
tions of the line selection board, now
in sessions at the department, are made
and approved. Capt. Thomas R. Kurtz,
assistant to the chief of the Bureau of
Navigation, will be placed upon the re-
tired list of the Navy, puon his own APP
plication, effective August 80, 1929. He
will relinuuish his duties in the bureau
on June 80, and he has been granted
leave until the date of his retirement.
Capt. Kurtz will be relieved by Capt.
Edgar B. Larimer. Capt Kurtz was I'M
der orders to duty in connection with the
fitting out of the U. S. S. Salt Lake
CITY and to command that light cruiser
his application for retirement, these
duties will be taken over by Capt. Fred
erick L. Oliver. The latter officer was
under orders to command the U. S. S.
Marblehead, but the command Of this
vessel will be taken over by Capt Ralph
A. Koch, who was relieved last week
from duty in the Bureau of Navigation.
Capt. Homer r. Stanford, on duty IN
the Bureau of Yards and Docks, has
been ordered detached from all duty
and to proceed to his home preparatory
to his transfer to the retired list on June
&c, on which date he will attain the
statutory retirement age. He is retiring
after more than 81 years of service, four
years of which was as chief of the Blu
reau of Yards and Docks.
Army.
Thirty-four officers of the Regular
Army will undergo the 1929-1930 course
of instruction at the Army Industrial
College here. all of whom will report
for duty at that school August 20, 1929.
Upon the completion OF this duty. which
will be the first part OF June in 1880,
these officers will resume their duties
in the Office of their respective chiefs of
branch. Those who will take this course
are Col. James B. Kemper, Infantry,
and Lieut.. Col. John S. Chambers, Q.
M. c.; Majors Lucian D. Booth, o. D.;
John A. Sterling, Infantry: Walter L.
Clark, o. D.; Hammer Huston, S. c., and
Cecil G. Young, o. D.; Capt. Richard
z. Crane, Morris K. Barroll, jr, and
William G. Trumbower, o. D.; John A.
Harry r. Springer Lewis B. Douglas,
Charles o. Thrasher and George A
Bentley, all @. M. c.; Roy D. Burdick,
Marshall ]. Noyes and Charles H. Swick,
all Corps of Engineers; Edwin S. Fer
rand and James Lawrence, both Signal
Corps; Robert A. Dickson and Thomas
M. England, both Medical Administra-
tive Corps, and George F. Unmacht,
c. w. S.
The first lieutenants who will take
this course are John G.. ArrowSmith, c.
L
M. Conner, F. D.; Frank w. Bullock,
S. c.. James M McNillin, c. w. S., and
Bennett E. Myers, James B. Jordan
James c. Cluck and John S. Outlet, all
Air Corps officers.
With the addition of few more res
ignations and retirements during the
month of May there existed on June
6 a total of SO vacancies in the commits
stoned complement of the Army Medical
Corps. Three designations became ef-
fective during May, viz: Majs. Adna G.
Wilde and Francis E. Gessner and Lieut..
Frank w. Messer. During that same
period two retirements became effective
both on account of physical disability,
these two officers being Majs. Clarence
E. Drake and Seth A. Mcconnell.
Last year out of the class of 48 Army
internes, "a accepted commissions in the
Medical Corps of the Regular Army.
At the present time there are so In
ternes undergoing their period of in
terneship training in the various Army
medical institutions, and 1t is expected
that about half of this number will
enter the medical service of the Army.
Even with the addition of Is more
medical officers In July, the corps will
be short approximately 40 officers, and
in order to reduce this shortage some
WIldG, Ill 1Ol
as first lieutenant in the Medical Corps
of the regular establishment will be held
at various stations throughout the
United States from July 8 to IL, 1929.
A proposal has been made that would
authorize the rank of lieutenant general
for major generals of the line of the
Army who command the overseas mill
tary departments of the Army in
Panama, Hawaii and the Philippines.
similar proposal was made some time
ago, 1t will be remembered, providing
that the heads of the overseas de-
partments should be generals and the
commandments Of the nine corps areas
lieutenant generals, and also included
a generalcy for the chief of staff, with
a proviso that it would not apply to
the present chief of staff. The budget
bureau disapproved this proposal, ex-
cept as to the designation of the chief
of staff to be a general.
This proposal was made for the pur-
pose Of having Army officers in COM
mand of oversee departments compare
with the rank accorded officers Of the
Navy under like circumstances. How
ever, it does not go as far as the Navy
law, which provides three officers in
command of fleets, accorded the rank
of admiral relative rank of generaD,
and three officers in command of les
sci naval commands accorded the rank
of vice admiral (relative rank of
lieutenant generaD.