Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
Army and Navy
News
. Army.

With the approach OF the term1na-
| ton Of the four-year term of Maj. Gen
Roderick L. Carmichael as chief of
finance of the Army speculation has
been heard regarding the identity of
his successor. Gen. Carmichael will
complete his four-year tour of duty as
head of the Army Finance Department
on April %, 1882.
There are nine colonies Of the
Finance Department who are eligible for
selection as chief of that department,
in the event that Gen. Carmichael is
placed on the retired list next April.
They are Coils. Robert S. Of1ey, Fred
erick w. Coleman. Edwin A. Hickman,
| Edward A. Sturges, Theodore Schultz,
William NICK. Lambdin, Lewis S. Morey,
Tilman Campbell and Edward D. Pow
ers.
Reorganization has been made of the
ONCE of the surgeon general of the
Army in washington. The former dem
tai division, veterinary division, nursing
division, vital statistics division and
library division have been discontinued
| as separate divisions and their activities,
duties and records have been merged
with a greatly enlarged professional
service division" under the direction of
Col. w. P. Chamberlain, NJ c. This
change was made for the purpose of as
sembling all the professional activities
under one head, leading to greater COM
pactness and concentration for admins
trative purposes. Under the profess
sional service division will be grouped,
as subdivisions, the curator Of the Army
Medical Museum and the dental, hos
pital, library, nursing, preventive medi-
cine, statistics and veterinary activities.
Other divisions of the surgeon general s
! office are supply military personnel and
planning and training.
Navy.
Five captains are on the list of Off
| GERS eligible for consideration by the
| selection board that will be convened
at the Navy Department on December
z who were appointed to the Naval
Academy in 1893, and who will have 80
years commissioned service on June 80
| 1882, and if not selected by the board
will be retired. These officers are Gate
wood S. Lincoln, Charles M. Tozer
| Thomas A. Kearney, William L. Little
| field and Anon Bronson, If. There will
be no officers in the grade of COM
mander retired in 1892 on account OF
service in grade and failure of selection
since no officers in that rank who are
| eligible for consideration by the selec-
| ton board will have completed % years
commissioned service on June 80, 1882
/ Instructions will be issued to the board
| providing that if any Of the captains
who will complete 35 years commits
| stoned service on June 80 next, are not
selected the number of commanders to
be selected will be increased by the num-
Der of such captains not selected and
who will be retired and, therefore, the
| number Of commanders to be selected
may be possibly 81 instead of %.
The indications are that the selection
board to consider the eligibility of lieu
tenant commanders for promotion to the
rank of commander will not be convened
until next Spring, possibly late in April
/ or early In May. This raises queS-
| ton OF the officers of the 1911 Naval
| Academy class, who are now on duty
with vessels of the Asiatic fleet as lieu
| tenant commanders and are not Sc
| lected, as to whether they can be re-
| turned to the United States for the pur-
pose Of retirement on June 80 of next
| year. The selection law requires all
officers retired under its provisions ito
be retired on June 80" of the year in
which they fail of selection and it is a
serious question as to whether the Off
GERS in the grade of lieutenant COM
mander on the Asiatic station will be
returned to the United States before
that date when the report of a selection
| board convened in April or May makes
its announcements of the officers who
are selected for advancement, and, con-
sequently advises the service as to the
officers Of that particular class who must
be retired on June 80, 1882. The ques-
ton will no doubt be worked out by the
Navy Department before the selection
board for the lieutenant commanders is
selected.
AS the result OF the retirement on
November l of Capt. Merlyn G. Cook
and Lieuts. Alva Henderson, Alfred
| Doucet, John P. Bowling, Frank A.
Brandecker Harry Redfern, William r.
Dolan, Patrick Hill. Lloyd D. Sheck,
Oliver H. Briggs and William l.. Wright,
| the following officers have become due
| for promotion: Comdrs. Claude B. Bon
| william additional numbers) and Edwin
A. Wolleson; Lieut.. George T. owen and
LieutS. (Junior Grade) Paul B. Koonce,
Louis A. Drexler, jr.; Frank H. Newton,
jr.: Frank Monroe, jr.: Thomas j. Ca
sey, Francis s. Drake, John v. Peterson,
William D. Wright, jr.; Charles H. WAL
ker, William P. McCarty. and William
j. McCaffery.