Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
Army dNavyNews

| Innis p. Swift, Cav, and William H
Mas. Gilbert ". B. wilkes, c. E.;
Henry w. T. Eglin, C. A. c.; Roy A.
Hill, INF. Francis H. Miles, jr., o: D.;
Roland w. Pinger, o. D.; kenneth r
Lord, F. A; Thomas j. Hayes, 0. D.;
Clyde " Simpson, s.. G.: Horace Z
whitaker, Q. M. c., and Edwin F.
Ely, r. D.
Capts Harold A. Nisley, o. D.; Frank
A. Haywood, @. M. c.; Ernest G. Bomar
o. D.; Harvey Edward, @. M. C.; Theo-
dors C. Gerber, o. D.. William r. Buck
ley, @. M. c.; Asa H. Skinner, o. D.;
Ietcher o. Grice, @. M. c.: Edward w
Lachmiller, @. NJ. c.; Roy NJ McCutch-
en-, C. E.; Merle H Davis, o. D.; Philip
Schneeberger, A. c.; Frank M. Darrell,
@. M. c., and Fabius H. Kohless, C. e.
Lieuts. Hoel S. Bishop, jr,, G. E.;
Henry c. Wolfe, c. E.; Leland w. Mil
Ter, A. c.; Clarence H. WEIGH, A. c.;
Head, A. c.; Norman d. Brophy, A. c.:
William G. HUT, @. M. c.; George A.
MacKay. C. w. s.; John H. Becque,
C. w. S.; George r. Burgess, C. A. c.,
and Donald r. Goodrich, A. G.
The Navy graduates are Capt. Joseph
E. Mcdonald, S. c.. and Lieut.. Comdrs.
Theodore E. Chandler, Theodore M.
Waldschmidt and Frank c. Durham,
S. c., while the Marine Corps officer
completing the course of instruction is
Capt Donald j. Kendall.
Navy.
As the result of an opinion rendered
by the Attorney General to the Secre-
tary of the Navy, the authorized COM
missioned line officer strength of the
Navy will remain at 5,499, as hereto
fore. This opinion related to the en-
listed basis on which the 4 per cent of
commissioned officers of the line of the
Navy should be based. The Attorney
General holds that the Navy Depart
ment has been correct in basing the
computation on an enlisted allowance
of 131, AS men as the permanent en-
listed strength, plus 5000 apprentice
seamen, but excluding $4,000 enlisted
men temporarily authorized for instruc-
ton in trade schools. AS result the
following officers became due for pro-
motion on June 4, 1881, to the next
higher grades, respectively, as a result
of redistribution of numbers in the
grades of the line incident to commits
sioning on that date of graduates OF the
Naval Academy as ensigns: Comdrs.
Charlss C. Hartigan and George A.
Alexander.
Lieut.. Comdrs. Webb Trammell, Charl-
ton E. Battle, jr; Robert M. Griffin,
Robert H Shelton, Alfred c. thinner
mann, Roger w. Paine (becomes addi-
tional number, Delavan B. Downer,
Oliver l.. Wolfard, Ellis S. Stone, Harry
l.. Merring. Francis S. Craven, Lybrand
P. Smith becomes additional number)
William D. Chandler, jr.; Harry w.
Hill, Bernhard H Bieri, oscar c. Baog-
cr, James c. Byrnes jr.; Robert K.
Awtrey. Howard L. Jeans (becomes ad-
ditional number, Edward B. Lapham,
Edward B: Hanson, Daniel j. Callahan,
Frank J. Lowry. Thomas Baxter. Walter
A. Riedel, Edgar r. McClung, John H.
Magruder. ir: Lewis w. Comstock,
Thomas S. Mccoy. Lytell st. J.. Pam
perrin, Frank C. McCord. Herbert r.
Helm, Thomas S. King. 3D. Scott D.
McCaughey, Frank Loftin, George b.
Ashe. John C. Thorn. Ralph F. Wood,
AmeS Loder, John W. Reeves. jr.; Guys
bert " Vroom, Robert P. Hinrichs. Ell
lott B. Nixon, Sherwood Picking, Nor
man L. Kirk, George A. Rood, Pat Btu
! chanan, John w. McClaren, Carlos A.
Bailey, Wells E. Goodhue. Wallace B.
w. Gates, William c. Barnes, Van Leer
Kirkman, Harry D. McHenry, Alfred S.
Wolfe, Eugene T. Oates, Richard S.
Field, Robert P Molten, jr.: Jay K.
Esler. George D. Murray and Harry
Bogusch.
Twenty-nine officers of the Navy
graduated last Friday from the Chemi-
cal Warfare School, Edgewood Arsenal,
Lieut.. Comdr. v. o. Clark and Lieuts.
Charles Allen. Laurence Bennett, J. S.
Donnell, H S. Dunbar, Ralph Earle,
| H. C. FitZ, H. e. MacLeiIan, j. v. Nc