Evening star., 1932-03-13
Army andNavyN News

! Army.
Col. Frederick w Coleman, now on
duty at Fort Sam Houston, Tex, whose
nomination to be major general and
chief of finance as the successor of
Mai. Gen Roderick l.. Carmichael, who
will complete his four year tour of duty
in that capacity on April %, has been
confirmed by the Senate and has been
ordered to report for duty in Washing
ton on that day, about six weeks hence.
Officers on duty at the War Depart
ment in the finance Office who will COM
plete their four-year tour of duty in
Washington this year are Col. E. A.
Hickman. assistant chief of finance;
! Lieut.. Col M. c. Bristol, on duty in the
, personnel division of that Office. and
Mai A. j. Maxwell chief of the ad-
ministrative and advisory division Of
the Office.
Although there has not been any in
timation from the War Department as
to the identity of the new officers COM
ing into the finance Office and there
probably will not be until Col Coleman
assumes the responsibility of his new
office, the names of two officers have
been mentioned in this connection. Col
Lewis S. Morey, F. D., now on duty
as finance officer of the 4th Corps
Area. Atlanta. Ga, and formerly on
| duty in the finance office, has been
mentioned as one of the possible in
coming officers. The name of Col. Will
liam NICK Lambdin, F. D., now on
duty as finance officer in the I'd Corps
| Area, Governors Island. N. Y, has also
been mentioned in service discussions as
a possible selection. On the other hand,
it has been rumored that Col. Lambdin,
who formerly was on duty in the finance
office in Washington may be assigned
to duty at the 9th Corps Area headquar-
ters, Fort Sam Houston. Tex, as the
successor of Col. Coleman.
Col. Julien R. Bernheim, D. c., who
will complete his four-year tour of duty
as chief nf the Dental Service in the
| office of the surgeon general of the
| Army on June Is, will be relieved of
| this duty in time to enable him to
sail on June IS from New York on the
| Army transport st. Mihiel for San
Francisco. and upon expiration of leave
will sail from the latter port on August
| II for Honolulu. Upon arrival at the
Hawaiian department he will relieve
Mai Charles j. Denholm, D. c., who
will proceed to the United States to be-
come a student in the 1928 class at
the Army War College here.
! Eliminating Col. Bernheim and Col.
Robert T. Oliver. who preceded the for
mer officer as chief of the Dental Serv-
ice and who was placed on the retired
| list of the Army on January 81 for age,
there are five Army dental colonies who
are eligible for selection as chief of
their CORPS. These five colonies, with
their present duty assignments indi
Gated. are: Siebert D. Boak, Letterman
General Hospital, Presidio of San Fran
cisco. Calf; Franklin F. Wing, Fort
Jaw. N. Y: William H. Chambers. Cor
ozal, Canal Zone; Rex H. RhoadeS, on
duty at the Military Academy, at West
Point, N Y, and Frank P. Stone. Pre-
sidio of San Francisco, Calf. All ELI
gible for selection are young enough to
serve a full four-year tour of duty.
There is no law or regulation that spe-
,ifically prescribes the chief of the Dental
! Service must be selected from among
the colonies of that service, and it Is
possible that War Department authori-
| ties may inquire into the list of lieuten-
ant colonies in their consideration Of
eligible officers for this billet. The jan
uary. 1892, Army list and directory con-
tains the names of five lieutenant col
onels of the Dental Corps. These five
| officers, with their present duty assign
ments, are: Raymond E. Ingalls,, Stern
berg General Hospital, Manila, P. l.;
Robert H. Mills, Fort Sam Houston,
Tex: Frank L. K. Laf1amme, Army
Dental School, Army Medical Center,
Washington, D. c.; Minot E. Scott, Fort
Mcpherson, Ga, and George D. Gra-
ham, General Dispensary, United States
Army, Chicago, Ill.
Maj. Roger B. Cotton, s. c., upon
the completion of his present year of
| foreign service in Panama, will come
to duty at the War Department here
in the office of the chief signal officer
| of the Army. Effective July Is, Maj.
Spencer B. Akin, S. c., now on duty
as assistant commandant of the Sig
nal School, Fort Monmouth, N. j., will
come to Washington for duty in the
signal office of the War Department
Capt. Frank E. Stoner, S. c., now on
duty at the War Department in charge
of the War Department message CEN
| ter will sail from New York on June
| 18 for the West Coast, where. on ar
rival, he will proceed to Seattle, Wash
for duty in connection with the Alas
kan Signal Corps communication sys-
tenn.
Two Signal Corps officers, now on
duty in the Office of the chlef slgnal
cficer of the Army will be members
of the 1928 class at the command
md General Staff School They are MAJ
David Mel. Crawford and Capt. Al
fred M. Shearer The third othcer OF
the Signal Corps to take TINS IlsCrGc-
tion is Capt. Jerry V. Matejka, VINO
;s now on duty as an instructor at
the Signal School at Fort Monmouth
M.
Nayy
Within the next four months changes
will be made affecting a number OF
naval officers in Washington. Capt
Douglas L. Howard, now at the Army
War College, will come to duty at Ine
NAVY Department in the naval lnteln-
qence office and Capt Ralph A. Koch,
Ilpon completing the course at that col
lege in June, will assume duty on tne
staff of the institution. Capt. EDWARD
D. Washburn, jr.. now at the Naval war
| College. will be assigned to duty at tne
Navy Department in the bureau OF
| Naval Operations.
Comdr Edmund D. Almy, VINO mas
been in charge of the Radio Material
| school at the naval research labora-
| tory, Bellevue D. c., will assume the
duties of the director of the laboratory
relieving Capt. Edgar G. Oberlin
| Comdr. John F. DonelSon, now in COM
mand of the U. s. S. Dickinson, will
come to duty in the Bureau OF Navi-
CATION after June /. Comdr. Pierre L.
Wilson, now assigned to the Naval Ex-
amining Board will assume his new
duties at the Navy Department in the
| photographic Office. Comdr. Howard F.
Kingman will be detached from duty
as gunnery officer of the U. S. S. Mis-
sissippi and will go to duty as aid to
the commandant of the Washington
Navy Yard. Comdr. Max B. DeMott
| will be detached from the command of
the U. S. S. Chandler about March %
and will go to the Naval Observatory
| for duty.
Lieut.. Comdr. Simon P Fullenwider,
lr., will be detached from duty on the
staff of the commander of Destroyer