Evening star., 1932-02-28
Navy.

Navy.
A board of officers of the Medical Corps
will be convened at the Navy Depart
ment tomorrow to recommend one
officer of that corps for promotion to
the rank of rear admiral, to NIL the
vacancy caused by the retirement Janu-
ary l of Rear Admiral James F. Legs,
with the rank of vice admiral. The officers
in active service now possessing the
rank of rear admiral are Charles Z.
Riggs, surgeon general OF the Navy:
Ammen Farenholt, general inspector OF
the Medical Corps on the West Coast,
and Charles P. Kindleberger, member
of the Naval Examining and Retiring
Board in the Navy Department.
Twenty captains of the Medical Corps
are eligible for consideration by the
board. They are: Frank c. Cook,
Charles M. De Valin. Arthur w. Dun
bar Theodore W. Richards, Middleton
S. Elliott. Dudley N. Carpenter, James
C. Pryor, John B. Dennis, Eugene j.
Grow, Granville L. Angeny, Edgar
Thompson, Will M. Carton, William
H Bell. Holton C. Curl. Henry E. Odell.
Richmond C. Holcomb, George F.
Freeman, Charles st. John Butler,
John M Brister, and Charles G. Smith.
The board will consist of Rear AdmiralS
II. NuISOlAAlANh ,
Charles E. Riggs and Charles P. Kindle-
berger, with Lieut.. Comdr. John r.
White as recorder.
Boards shortly will be convened to
recommend five officers of the Medical
Corps for promotion to the rank OF
commander, and two of the Dental
Corps for that rank. In the Dental
Corps there are no officers holding the
rank of captain, and SO 1t becomes
necessary under the law that the selec-
officers of the Dental Corps will be
composed of not less than six officers
of the line on the active list OF the
rank of rear admiral. There are no
vacancies in view in any other OF the
Naval Staff Corps.
Thirty-three lieutenant commanders
Of the Medical Corps are eligible Tor
consideration of the board that will be
convened In the near future to recon-
mend five officers Of this corps for pro-
motion to the rank Of commander.
Those eligible for selection are: Harry
Shaw. Harry L. Brown. Condie < W1nn.
Andre E. Lee, Heber Butts, Philip E.
Garrison, Earle P. HUFF. Martin Donel-
son, Dow H. Casio, Clarence G. KreSS,
James A. Bass, Charles L. Beeching,
William E. Findeisen. Arthur E. Beddoe,
Louis H. Roddis, Horace V. Cornett,
Howard A Tribou, william B. Hetfleld,
Thomas A. ForteScue, John Buckley,
Charles S. Stephenson, RuSkin M. Lha-
mon. Edward E. woodland, Roscoe M.
Waterhouse. Talmadge Wilson. Henry
M. Stenhouse, John Harper, Paul Rich
mond, jr.; George w. Taylor, Walter A.
Vogelsang, Elphege A. M. Gendreau,
Grover c. Wilson and Virgil H. Carson.
Army.
A revision has been made in the
policy governing the selection Of officers
for attendance at the Army War Col
lege this city, and the Command and
General Staff School for 1888. Under
this change the War Department, in
the selection Of classes to enter the
Army War College and Command and
General staff School in 1888, will dis
continue the practice of allotting 10 va
cancies to be filled by the Secretary of
War. With the exception of two places
at the War College, which will be filled
from the class graduating from the
Army Industry College, all vacancies
at both schools will be apportioned TO
the arms and services
total of IS officers viii attend the
1928 course at the Army War Col
leSe, Sc Of whom will come from the
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