Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
HOOVER APPROVES /
NAVY PROMOTIONS
J Captains, .25 Commanders
and 81 Lieut.. Command
erS to Be Advanced.

President Hoover yesterday Endorsed
the choice Of the Nays Selection
Board for the promotion of seven cap
tainS to the post of rear admiral: Is
commanders to the grade of captain
and 81 lieutenant commanders to the
rank of commander.
Three high-ranking officers now on
duty in Washington-Capt. Yancey S..
Williams, aide for navy yards and on
duty in the office of Assistant Secretary
Ernest Lee Jahncke; Capt Claude G.
Bloch, commandant of the Navy Yard,
and Capt John w. GreenSlade, until
recently aide to Secretary Adams and
now in charge of the central section,
ONCE of naval operationS-wil be adj
Vanced to rear admirals.
The four other captains who will
benefit are: Capt. William Carleton
Watts, chief of staff to the comman-
dant of the 4th Naval District, at
Philadelphia; Capt. Joseph Knefler
Taussig, commanding the U. S. S. Mary
land; Capt. Edward Clifford Kalbfus,
chief of staff of the commander of the
Battleship Divisions of the Battle Fleet,
and Capt. Clark Howell woodward,
who is now on duty in the Office of the
Governor of the Panama Canal, at Bal
boa, Canal Zone.
No Vacancies at Present.
Capt. williams makes his home at
4701 Connecticut avenue; Capt Bloch
lives at the washington Navy yard and
Capt. Greenslade resides at 1925 Row.
land place.
While there are no present vacancies
existing for these new admirals to fill
they will be advanced as the senior
officers die, are retired or otherwise
separated from the service. President
Hoover will likely forward the names
Of the SO officers selected for promotion
to the Senate for confirmation shortly
A number of naval officers on duty in
the National Capital, natives of the city
and those that make their homes here
were picked by the Selection Board for
advancement in rank.
Commanders Recommended.
The list of commanders recommended
Tor promotion to the rank of captain
follows:
Thomas Withers, staff Naval War
College, Newport, r. l.; Harry Langley
Pence, Navy Yard division Office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Frank
Hamilton Roberts. commanding U. S. S.
Affair; Andrew Samuel Hickey Office
Of Naval Intelligence; Charles Conway
Hartigan, naval attache, American Lega-
ton, Peking, China: George Andrew
Alexander, in charge Branch Hydro
graphic Once, Seattle, WASH; Roland
Munroe Brainard, commanding Division
80, Destroyer Squadrons, Battle Fleet:
Sherwood Ayerst Tafinder command
ing U. S. S. Sapelo; John Taylor Cause
Stapler, staff, Naval War College, New
port, r. l.; Lesey Barratt Anderson.
executive officer, U. S. S. Nevada; John
sidney Mccain, in charge recruiting,
Bureau Navigation, Navy Department:
Matthias Evans Manly, aide on staff.
commander Scouting Fleet; Alexander
Sharp, jr, commander mine division 1.
Mine Squadron. U. S. Fleet; Hollis
Mosey Cooley, office of Naval Opera
tons, Navy Department; Aubrey Wray
Fitch, con1l.. anding u. S. S. Wright: |
Edward Davis Washburn, jr., COM
mander Division IL, Destroyer Squad
rons, Battle Fleet; Fred Fremont Rogers,
stan. Naval War College, Newport, r.
L; Claude Albert Bonvillian, Board of
inspection and Survey, Navy Depart
ment; Edwin Armin Wolleson, North
western University, Chicago, Ill; Claude
Banks Mayo, instruction at Naval War
college, Newport, r. l.; George Hall
Bowdey, 18th Naval District head
quarters San Diego, Calf; Robert Al
fred Theobald, Office of Naval Opera-
ions, Navy Department; William Lewis
Beck, commanding U. S. S. Nokon1is:
Oa.Iet Lansing schuyler, Bureau of
Ordnance, Navy Department and
CHARLES Frank Russell, executive officer.
o. S. S. West Virginia.
Lieutenant Commanders.
Lieutenant commanders recommend
ca Tor promotion to commanders were.
John Howard WeHbrock, Naval Reserve
Omcers Corps, Harvard University:
GARRISON Joel Bright, commanding u. S.
d Simpson; William Douglas Kilduff.
gunnery. ofhcer, U. S. S. Lexington:
Stewart Allan Manahan, Bureau of En-
glneer1ng, Navy Department; Herbert
Otto RoeSch. Bureau of Ordnance. NAVY
Department; John Findley Donelson.
commanding Dickerson; Webb Tram
nell, Once of Naval Intelligence. NAVY
Department; Charlton Eugene Battle.
Jr, aide and nag lieutenant, staff, COM
mander Destroyer Squadrons, Battle
Fleet; Robert Melville Griffin, gunnery
omcer y. S. S. Colorado; Robert Hewet-
son Shelton, aide and flag secretary
stan, commander in chief, United States
Fleet; Alfred George Zimmerman,
commanding U. S. S. Biddle; Roger
Warde Paine, Bureau of Engineering.
Navy Department; Delavon Bloodgood
Downer, U. s. s. Pensacola; Oliver LODI
wick Wolfard, Navy Yard, Mare Island,
Calf; Ellis Spencer Stone, Bureau of
Navigation, Navy Department: Harry
Lloyd Merring, Navy gun factory, Navy
yard. Washington, D. c.; Francis
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