Evening star., 1932-06-26
Army and Navy
News

Navy.
Capt. Harry L. Brinser will be de-
tached from command of the U. S. S.
Mississippi on June 30. and will come
to duty at the Navy Department here
as a member Of the general board. He
becomes due for promotion to rear
admiral on October /. Capt. Charles
c. Hartigan, on duty as naval attache
at Peiping. China, will shortly be re-
lieved OF these duties and will come to
Washington for duty at the Navy De-
partment in the intelligence office. An
other new member of the general board
in the department will be Capt. Adol-
phus z. Watson. who was detached on
June % from duty as professor of naval
science and tactics at Harvard Uni
versity Capt. Watson will become due
for promotion to rear admiral on Sep
tember /, 1882. He will be succeeded
at Harvard by Comdr. Raleigh c. Will
liams, now on duty with the r. o. T.
G. unit at that place.
Comdr. B. v McCan9hsh, a recent
graduate of the Naval War College, has
reported for duty at the Navy Depart
ment where he has relieved Comdr. Paul
H. Bastodo as assistant director OF naval
communications. Comdr. Bastedo has
gone to sea as executive officer OF the
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munication personnel changes at the
Navy Department include Lieut.. w. l..
Freseman, who relieves Lieut.. r. E. Nell
ing in charge of the feet desk in the
communication Office, and Lieut.. John
r. Redman, who relieves Lieut.. j. M.
Fernald as assistant Navy Department
communication officer.
Other new Navy arrivals in Wash
| ington for duty at the Navy Depart
ment include Comdr. Chester j. KEEP
| pier. who will go to duty at the Naval
Observatory: Comdr. Stephen B. NC
/ Kinney who will be assigned to duty
| in the naval intelligence ONCE: Lieut..
Comdr. Oliver O. Kessing. who goes to
the Bureau of Navigation. and Lieut..
Comdr. Felix B. Stump. who will as
sumo his new duty in the Bureau Of
Aeronautics.
Among the prospective assignments
| to new duty is that Of Capt E. r.
Wilson, now on duty in the Bureau OF
Supplies and Accounts, Navy Depart
ment as disbursing officer, who is
destined to go to the Naval War Col
lege. Capt. Wilson, in addition to his
bureau tasks, has been intimately con-
cerned with the preparation Of service
legislation.
War Department procedure in pro-
viding the new try-on uniforms for the
Army advanced another step last week
when the Philadelphia depot shipped
| to the I'd and Sd Corps Areas COM
plete sets of the new uniforms. Each
set of the try-on uniforms consists Of
| 70 uniforms Of various sizes. and it is
expected that approximately l25 or
1870 posts and stations will eventually
be furnished a set of these uniforms.
Under the old measurement system,
the men received uniforms which in
many cases did not fit them properly.
| The try-on system will eliminate the
unsatisfactory measurement procedure.
for out of the set Of 72 uniforms Of
| various sizes. the uniform that fits
them best. with minor alterations. such
as the length of sleeves, etc. will be
sent to the Philadelphia depot, where
| the garments will be manufactured
! AS some 5000 uniforms will have to
| be manufactured to make up 125 sets
/ Of the try-on uniforms, at least year
| will elapse before the Army will be
equipped with the new uniform.