Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17

navy.
A board Of officers of the Navy Med
tcal Department will be convened at
the Navy Department May 20 fer the
purpose of recommending two officers
Of that corps for promotion to the
that will be created by the retire
mentS, for age. of Rear Admiral Rob-
ert M. Kennedy, on July !, and Rear
Admiral Edward r. Stitt on August /
This Selection Board will be composed
OF Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
U. S. N, retired; Rear Admiral Stitt
and Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt,
with Lieut.. Comdr. George P. Carr
IN. c. as recorder Twenty-three
captains Of the. Medical Corps are
eligible for consideration by the board.
They are: James F. Legs, Frank c.
Cook, Charles M. De Valin, Charles
P. Kindleberger, Arthur w Dunbar,
Theodore w Richards, Middleton S.
Elliott, Dudley N. Carpenter, James G.
Pryor, John B. Dennis, Eugene j. Grow.
Granville. L. Angeny, Edgar Thomp-
son, VIII M. Carton, William H. Bell,
Hoiton Q: Curl, Henry E. Odell. Joseph
George F. Freeman, Charles st. j. But
Ter, John M. Brister and Charles G.
Smith.
4nSDeac OF gong TO duty as chief OF
stan to the commander in chief of
the United States feet. Rear Admiral
William D. Leahy will be detached
from his present duty as chief Of the
Bureau OF Ordnance and will assume
command about June of the Scouting
Fleet destroyers. Rear Admiral Wat
I. Cluverius had previously been as
signed to command those destroyers,
put his orders have been revoked and
he VIII continue duly as chief of staff
70 the commander in chief of the
United States feet. Rear Admiral
Leahy will relieve from the DESTROYER
command Rear Admiral Walton r,
Sexton, who is under orders to duty
2s assistant to the chief Of naval OBJ
erations. as relief of Rear Admiral
John Halligan, who is under orders to
the next course at the Naval War Col
lege.
-Four additional captains will arrive
IN Washington shortly for duty. Capt.
harold G. Bowen, now on duty at the
Puget Sound Navy Yard. will come to
duty at the Navy Department as as
sistant chief Of the Bureau of En-
g1neering. He will relieve Capt Ivan
e. Bass, who will go to duty as aid on
the stan OF the commander in chief of
the Asiatic feet. Capt. George V.
Stewart, now in command of the
y. s. S. Argcnne, will come to duty
IN the Bureau of Navigation. The re-
naming two officers Of this group will
come TO the Army War College here.
They are Capts. Douglas L. Howard.
now at the Naval War College, and
Adolphus Station, who is on duty with
Destroyer Squadron 4 Of the Battle
Force.
There was convened at the Navy
AVat la sd
Selection Board that will recommend
about As lieutenant commanders for
promotion to the grade of commander.
The board consisted of Rear Adrnirals
Montgomery M. Taylor, John r. Y.
Blakely, David F. Sellers, Frank H.
Brurnby, Henry V. Butler, Harry E.
Yarnen, William D. Leahy, Grin G.
Muffin and Walton r. Sexton. with
Lieut.. Comdr William I. Causey, jr.,
as recorder
II is estimated that the number d.
rected u be recommended by this
board, together with those recon-
mended by the board that met last
December will be sufficient to fill the
vacancies in the grade OF commander
that may occur up to the converting
Of the regular Selection Board next De-
cember
army.
Nine oficers Of the Ouartermaster
Corps now on duty at the War De-
partment IN the Office of the quarter
master general will, within the next
four months, leave for stations else
where. OF these nine officers five are
majors and four are captains. The list
is headed by Mai. Louis c. Wilson, on
duty in the subsistence section Of the
storage and distribution branch of the
supply division, who will go TO the West
coast for duty as quartermaster at Ma
ther Field. Calf. Maj. John T. Harris,
on duty in the memorial branch Of the
administrative division, will go to Or
gained Reserve duty at New Orleans
La, while Maj. William r. White, on
duty in the war planning and training
branch of that same division, will go
to the Army War College. Mai. Henry
B. Barry OF the procurement branch,
supply division. will 60 to duty at San
Francisco Calf, while Mai. John D.
fitzpatrick. on duty in the construction
division, will take up his new duties at
New York City.
| The quartermaster captains who will
| leave Washington. together with their
new duties, are: william F. Ritter. on
duty in the war planning and training
branch Of the administrative division,
will go to the I'd Corps Area headquar-
/ tiers at Governors Island, N. y; Alex
ander NJ. Owens Of the supply division
viii assume his new duties at Fort
Brown, Tex: Edward 3. Mckinley, on
duty in the retnount branch, will 90 to
San.aS S....y, EAile Eugene @. Mathews.