Evening star., 1933-10-29
Army and Navy News
Navy.

Navy
Considerable discussion is going on in
the naval service with respect to the
next changes in important naval COM
mandS atfOat and ashore that will be
involved in the shifts of officers that
will occur next Summer. It is under
aaG1 mander % In Chief a'o of the United n states
Fleet, who will have been at sea for
three years next September, is the like
ly choice for assignment as Superin-
tendent of the Naval Academy, as the
relief of Rear Admiral Thomas c. Hart,
who, in all probability, will go to sea.
Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, who is in
command of the Battle Force, might be
expected to move up to command of
the fleet, and Vice Admiral Walton R.
Sexton, now in command of the battle
ships Of that force, to advance to COM
mand of the force with the rank of
admiral.
In view of the fact that both Rear
Admiral Thomas T. Craven, command
ing Battleship Division l, and Rear Ad-
! miral Ridley Mclean. commanding
Battleship Division 2, went to sea last
Summer, it is expected that they will
remain on Iuty afloat for another year,
which makes either available for as
signment to command of the battleShip
divisions. Vice Admiral Frank fl.
Brumby, commanding the Scouting
Force, and Vice Admiral Harris Laning,
commanding the cruisers of that force,
both of whom went to sea in 1882, are
expected to core ashore next Summer,
as are also the following rear admirals: :
Edward B. Fenner, commanding crui-
sers, Battle Force; Edward c. Kalbfus,
6pSfrOUPrS Force.
John Halligan, commanding, air craft,
Battle Force; William C.. Watts, COM
mandin~ aircraft, Battle Force; John
w. GreenSlade, commanding the sub
marine force; Charles P. Snyder, chief
of staff to Admiral Sellers, and Joseph
r. Defrees, chief of staff to Vice Ad-
miral Brumby. Among the flag officers
who may be considered available for
sea duty next Summer are the follow
ing: Rear Admiral Edward H. Camp
bell, commandant Of the 18th Naval
District and Puget Sound Navy Yard;
Henry V. Butler, cOmmandant OF the
Washington Navy Yard; James ]. Raby.
commandant Of the 9th Naval District
and Charleston Navy Yard; Cyrus w.
Cole, director of fleet training, and
Charles E. Courtney commandant of
the 18th Naval District and Cavite
Navy Yard.
Army.
Five officers on duty at Walter Reed
General Hospi'-l and four on duty at
the Army Medical School will become
members of the class Of student med
ical officers at the Medical Field Service
School, Carlisle Barracks, Pa, the first
of the year. They are Capt. Dale B.
Ridgely, First Lieuts. Roger H. Allbee,
Urho R. Merikangas, John B. Herman
and George G. Guiteras and Capts
Cyril E. McEnany, Joseph H. McNinch
James L. Murchison and Norman W.
White.
Brig. Gen. Louis H Bash. who re-
Gently completed his four-year term OF
Office as assistant to the quartermaster
general of the Army and who held that
general officer rank by virtue of his
Office, has been assigned for the latter
part of November at Sd Corps Area
Headquarters for duty with the Quar-
termaster Corps.
Maj. Harry A. Bishop, Medical Corps,
now on duty in the District at the
Army General DiSpensary, will be re-
lieved of his duty Januarv l and will
report to the governor, United States
soldiers Home, this city, for duty.
Capt. Richard L. Smith, Corps Of Eng1-
neers. now on duty as assistant military
attnche, Paris, France. will return to
this country in November and will come
to Washington for temporary duty In
the Office of the Chief Of Engineers.
Upon completing his tour Of foreign
service in the Hawaiian Department.
Col. John S. Fair will be assigned to
duty N the National Guard Bureau,
War department. Capt. Frank II.
Partridge, assigned to the 10th In
fantry, Fort Jay. N. Y, but now on
Temporary duty with the Civilian Con-
servation~ Corps, will. upon his arrival
in Washdngto in the near future, be
detailed M the Adjutant Generals De-
partme<t.