Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
Army and Navy
News

Navy.
Four officers Of the Navy will shortly
arrive in Washington for duty at the
Navy Department. Capt. Frank C.
Martin will be detached from command
of the U. s. s. Denver and will go to
duty in the Bureau of Ordnance, where
he will be assigned to duty with the
Special Ordnance Board. Capt. Roland
M. Brainard, who has been in command
of Destroyer Division IL of the Battle
Fleet, will come to duty at the Wash
ington Navy Yard as assistant superin-
tendent Of the gun factory as the relief
of Capt. Percy w. Foote, who will go
to sea. Comdr. Davis I. Hedrick will
be detached from the command of the
U. S. S. Talbot after June l and will
come to duty here in the Bureau OF
Ordnance. The fourth officer Is Comdr.
Francis w. Rockwell, who will be de-
tached from command of the U. S. s.
Dorsey about April and will assume
duty in the Office of naval operations.
Two officers on duty at the Navy
Department will be assigned to tempo
rary duty with the feet during the war
problems in the Pacific. They are
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fleet training office and Comdr. Edgar
M. williams on duty with the General
Board.
Twelve officers have been selected for
postgraduate instruction In naval con-
struction. They are Lieuts. (Junlor
Grade) John H. Ellison, William =.
Jones, William H. Leahy; Mario q.
VanReli, Herbert @. ZitZewitz and. En-
signs william c. Allen, Victor B. Cole,
James M. Farrin, jr.; Herbert j. He
menz, John H. Keatley, Thomas T..
Kent, jr., and Thomas E. Spiller, u.
The following will be transferred to
the retired list of the Navy. upon their
own applications, after 80 years service
on the dates indicated: Capt. William
s. Miller, May /, 1897 Comdr. Charles
c. Moses. July /, 1881, and Lieut.. Her
bert E. Fish, January l, 1882. Lieut..
(Junior Grade) Ambrose F. Crowley
will be transferred to the retired !iSt
April on account Of physical disability.
Army.
with the retirement for age on May
81 of Mai. Gen. Merritte w. Ireland.
surgeon general of the Army for more
than IL years, speculation Is rife as TO
the identity of the Army medical om-
Ger who will be appointed to succeed
Gen, Ireland as surgeon general OF Cne
Army. On october 80 last Gen. Ire
land completed IL years of signally use
full service to the Medical Department
and he was reappointed for a fourth
term, but his retirement this coming
MAY. on account of reaching the Statu-
tory retirement age limit, will cause his
separation from the active list OF the
Army.
A number of officers Of the Medical
Corps have already been associated
with the appointment. of whom may
be mentioned-not going outside Of the
Hist of some 10 of colonels-Cols. G. F.
Duval, A. e. TRULY, P. M. Ashburn, c. r..
Reynolds, r. u. Patterson, w. L. Keller
and j. F. Siler. Even among these Of
ficerS there are involuntary candidates
who are not active in a campaign IN
their own behalf There are also those
whose duties and inclinations separate
them by their own desire or individual
fitness for the position. Although APP
proximately three months will elapse
before Gen. ireland will be automat-
ically transferred to the retired list, 1t
is understood that consideration is now
being given to the selection Of his sue
cesSor.