Evening star., 1933-05-28
Army and Navy News
Navy.

WleTepy IL6 sui plus O1ASCio "a
Navy, Il any, could be absorbed by
other departments and activities of the
Government thereby relieving the IN
creasing of the appropriations for the
Navy Department retirement list by
over Sl,5O0,000. Under this plan the
pay and allowances of these excess OIL
GERS would be assumed by those actlv-
tiles of the Government utilizing their
services. If the plan to absorb these
excess officers is not followed there IS
no other alternative than to reduce the
officer personnel of the naval establish
ment in order to comply with the Gov
ernment's economy program.
The Navy personnel reduction pro-
gram under consideration calls for the
forceable retirement of 387 commits
stoned officers, "a chief warrant officers
and % warrant officers, these figures
being approximately 8 per cent Of ofi-
GERS in the several grades. In the line
of the Navy it has been recommended
that there should be forceably retired
5 rear admirals, 20 captains, 81 COM
manders, &c lieutenant commanders
and 1872 lieutenants, a total of 260 line
officers. In the Medical Corps the
recommendation for elimination was
z captains, commanders, 28 heuten-
ant commanders and 8 lieutenantS,
Dental Corps retirements, under the
proposal, included 2 commanders, 7
lieutenant commanders and 3 lieuten-
ants, a total of IL officers, while in the
Supply Corps the retirementS would
include captains, 2 commanders, 10
lieutenant commanders and IA lieuten-
ants, total of 38 Supply Corps officers
The Chaplain Corps would contribute
to economy the transfer to the retired
list of l captain, commanders,
lieutenant commanders and l leuten-
ant, total of officers, while the
Construction Corps would be destined
to lose under the plan captains, z
commanders. lieutenant commanders
and 5 lieutenants, a total of Is Off
GERS. The Civil Engineer Corps would
be short / captain, lieutenant COM
manders and lieutenants, a total OF Z
officers, and in addition to the above
forced retirements of commissioned Off
GERS the forced retirement of SO Chief
warrant officers and 16 warrant officers
of the line and So chief warrant and
z warrant officers of the various staff
corps of the Navy has been recon-
mended The total naval retirements
proposed include rear admiralS, 81
captains, 81 commanders, 128 lieuten-
ant commanders and 166 lieutenantS in
I44I d1lho, 4iO ASbAACAASAASo
OF lieutenantS Gunior grade) or en-
signs being advocated, and "a chief
warrant and % warrant officers. Many
of the officers who will be selected for
retirement will have over 80 years
service.
Army.
In accordance with the reorganiza-
ton of War Department Offices in the
District of Columbia. placed in effect
lass September. a number of officers
on duty here at the War Department
will upon their relief in the near fu-
ture, not be replaced. Two officers on
duty in the Office of the chief of Field ;
Artillery, Capts. A. Franklin Kibler and
William c. Dunckel, both performing
duty in the material section of that
office, will not be replaced. Both Off
GERS will go as student officers at the
Command and General Staff School. !
Neither is it planned to replace Maj. !
Howard Eager another Field Artillery
officer, who is on duty in the Bureau of
Insular Affairs. Maj. Eager is sched-
uled to assume new duty with the 7th
Field Artillery at Fort Ethan Allen, vt.
When Capts. Kibler and Dunckel re-
linouiSh their War Department duties,
the Field Artillery office will muster its
authorized commissioned complement:
of nine officers
Two new officers will shortly assume
duty at the War Department in the
office of the chief of Cavalry. They
include Col C. L. Scott. now at the
War College here, and Maj. James C. R.
the Cavalry School. Two officers now
performing duty in the Cavalry office,
Maj. Sidney V. Bingham, in the plan
ming and training section, and Maj.
Robert M Strong, of the materiel and
equipment section, will relinquish their
present duties shortly and will become
students at the Army War College.
Two officers will come to duty here in
the Office of the Surgeon General of the
Army. They are Maj. George w. Rice,
M. c., who Just graduated from the
Command and General Staff School,
who will report here about June l as
Porterfleld in the personnel division,
and Mai. John A. Rogers, now at the
Army War College, who will relieve
Capt. E. D. Sykes, M. A. c., in the
planning and training division. Maj.
Porterfield will remain in Washington
and will attend the next Army War
College course. while Capt Sykes will
assume new dities at 9th Corps Area
headquarters, San Frincisco, Calf.
The rapid rate at which the Civilian
Conservation Corps camps are swing
ing into action was evidenced this
week when five Quartermaster Corps
officers who have been undergoing the
course at the Army Industrial College
here were directed to depart from
Washington for duty in connection
with these camps They are, with
their new stations indicated, as fol-
lows: Majs. Allen R. Kimball to Lewis
ton Idaho, and Russell A. Osmun to
Fresno, Calf; Capt. Bernard j. Finan
to the San Francisco depot. and First
Lieuts John A. Hunt to the Phila-
delphia depot and Clarence E. Jones
to Camp Dix, N. ].
The personnel reorganization of War
Department Offices in the District will
prevent the replacement of Maj. Haig
Shekerjian, c. w. S., personnel officer,
Office of the Chief of Chemical War
fare Service, who will shortly depart
from Washington for duty at 9th
Corps Area headquarters. Upon the
relief of Maj. Shekerjian this office
will be up to its authorized commits
stoned strength of nine officers, which
does not include Maj L. A. Fox, M c.,
medical officer on duty in this Office
Two other officers on duty in the Office
are scheduled to relinquish their War
Department duties shortly. Thev in
clude Lieut.. Col. w. c. Baker, c. w. S.,
on duty in the Procurement Division,
and Maj Alexander Wilson. c. w. S.,
executive officer of the office, who is
slated to become the next chemical