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assigned to duty at Fort Totten, N. Y.
to which post he will proceed some time
In the future after a period Of duty al
Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
Navy.
It is estimated that the 1880 selec-
ton board that will be convened at the
Navy Department the latter part of
next May or the first of June will be
instructed to recommend five officers
for promotion to the grade of rear
admiral, Is to the grade of captain and
20 to the grade of commander. These
figures represent the vacancies to be
created by the retirement for age of
four rear admirals, two additional COM
mander vacancies to be allowed by the
commissioning Of members Of the 1890
Naval Academy class, and estimated
vacancies that may be created for va
riouS other reasons. In addition to the
above numbers, there will be six cap
tains and one commander, who, If not
selected. will be retired on June 80.
1880. because of service ineligibility for
promotion.
In all probability, the line selections
to the grade Of captain for the staff
corps will extend TO the running mates
of four commanders of the Civil En-
gineer Corps and one of the Medical
Corps, and that under the equalization
of-promotfon law the selections in those
corps will total three and one, respec-
lively. The running mates for IA adj
ditional commanders of the Medical
Corps, 3 Of the Supply Corps and l Of
the Construction Corps will probably
not be reached until 1881, when 1t is
estimated that the number of promo
tons will equal IL, 3 and /, respec-
lively. If the junior of1lcer in the 1910
Naval Academy Glass is reached in the
selections for commander next year, Ii
lieutenant commanders of the Supply
Corps, from E. H. Barber to j. D. p.
Hodapp, inclusive, will be eligible for
selection, and approximately IL pro-
motions to the rank of commander will
be in order in that corps. In the
Medical Corps no promotions to COM
mander are anticipated prior to 1882
and in the Dental and Construction
Corps prior to 1881.
In the junior grades there are at
the present time sufficient known va
cancieS prior to June / to provide for
the promotion Of all lieutenants to and
including S. L. Almon. Included in
this group are the running mates of
the following staff officers Lieuts. w.
II. Funk to j. B. Logue of the Medical
Corps; Thomas White to r. H. Fladc-
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to Arthur Rembert of the Supply
Corps, and j. M. Hester of the Chap
lain Corps. It is assured that these
officers will be promoted to lieutenant
commander not later than January 10,
1890. In addition, due to the 1880
graduating class and other causes, It is
estimated that the senior IS members
Of the class of 1918 will make their
number for promotion by July 1.
Among the junior grade lieutenantS,
the group from H. w. Chanler to E. r.
Durgin are certain of their promotion
prior to February l. Subsequent to that
date and prior to July /. some so addi-
tional officers, 1t is estimated, should
be due for promotion and practically all
Of the members of the 1922 Naval
Academy class will be reached on the
promotion list sometime during next
Summer. The above estimates, of
course. are contingent on no change
being made in the present law, but IN
the event a new personnel measure is
enacted into law at the approaching
session of Congress- a general revision
will be made of the promotion estimates,
particularly In the grade of commander
and lieutenant commander.