Evening star., 1932-10-23
RETIRED OFFICERS
ADVANCED IN GRADE
Many Navy and Marine Men
In Capital Area Affected,
but Pay Not Increased.

announcement was made yesterday
at the Navy Department that 337 war
rant officers and enlisted men of the
Navy and Marine Corps, many of them
WaShingtonianS, now on the retired
list, have been officially notified that
they have been advanced to the high
est commissioned, warrant or enlisted
grade held by them during the Spanish
American War or the World War. This
Is done under the act of May T. 1882
The department said: Enlisted men
IN the Fleet Naval Reserve and Fleet
Marine Reserve, who served as COM
mlssloned or warrant officers during
the war will, not become eligible for
advancement on the retired list under
congressional act until they have been
transferred to the retired list"
No Increase in Pay.
Naval officials said that no increase
IN pay is involved in the change. The
names of enlisted men on the retired
list Of the Navy, advanced to commits
stoned or warrant rank, and who live
in this locality. follow: Acting Pay
Clerk Samuel D. Barr, TIL st. Paul
street, Baltimore, Md: Gunner Solomon
B. Berkowich. 2300 Eighteenth street,
this city; Gunner William j. Cook. 2035
Chief Pharmacist John P Cooney, 2115
P street, here; Gunner Erasmus L.
Dieudonne Box SO, Bladensburg. Md;
Chief Carpenter Alfred Erickson, Box
220, Annapolis. Md: Gunner Charles j.
Fitting, care of Washington Mechanics
Saving Bank; Chief Boatswain William
Johnston. 4423 New Hampshire avenue;
Acting Pay Clerk Louis Johrden, 545
Fourteenth street southeast; Lieut.. Err
hnty nlyn 1fN F1I
1cal Officer, st. EliZabeth'S Hospital;
lisut. Leo Mead, 2108 Minnesota ave-
nue. southeast; Chief Pharmacist Frank
D. Mears, 5425 Connecticut avenue;
Lieut.. Thomas E. Orr, 1889 Stephenson
place, Chevy Chase, D. c.; Gunner
Joseph w. Rabbit, 332 Fifteenth street
northeast; Machinist William Roberts,
108 Charles street, Annapolis: Lieut..
Junior Grade John w. Scanlin, 935
Fifteenth street southeast; Acting Pay
Clerk Benjamin Schooler, United States
Naval Air Station at Anacostia; Chief
Carpenter Helmar Schmidt, 20-U West
street. Annapolis: Lieut.. (Junior Grade
Alexander o. Schory. 1927 S street
southeast; Chief Pharmacist William
F. Sheridan, 1885 R street: Lieut.
Gunior Grade) James P Steedley. 32l7
Shannon drive. Baltimore; Boatswain
Leonard A. Welty, Sulphur Spring road,
Halethorpe, Md.
Many in This Vicinity.
Those on the list of retired warrant
and on-commiSsioned officers of the
Marine Corps, advanced to their high
est war time rank. now living in this
vicinity, follow. with their ranks: Sec
ond Lieut. Edward A. Callan. 1749 F
street; Quartermaster Clerk Patrick J.
Carlos, 1925 M street; Second Lieut..
James L. Culleton, 1924 Ninth street;
Quartermaster Sergt. Charles Kaiser,
1907 Georgia avenue; Marine Gunner
Michael Maloney 812 Nineteenth street;
First Lieut.. Spencer N. Phillips, 37l0
Livingston street; Quartermaster Clerk
Olin W. Roakes 3419 Twentieth street
northeast; Marine Gunner Ollie M.
Schriver, 1414 v street; Quartermaster
Clerk William A. Smell, 5201 Cathedral
avenue; Quartermaster Clerk Herman
G. Stroschein, Box 107 Pennsylvania
Avenue Station; Marine Gunner Daniel
Sweeney General Delivery, here; Quar-
termaster Sergt Wade H. Webb, 1900
E street. and Quartermaster Sergt. John
Wilson, Quantico, Va.