Evening star., 1934-07-12
Il Marine OFFICER
PROMOTIONS OK. D
Roosevelt Gives Approval
to Findings of First
Selection Board.

President Roosevelt has approved
the findings Of the First Senior Marine
Corps Selection Board, under which IL
officers with the rank of major and
above are recommended for advance
mentS, and this list the Navy De-
partment today made public.
When Congress convenes. the Chief
Executive will send the names 20 the
Senate for confirmation. This Is the
first time the Marine Corps has been
subjected to the selective system below
the rank of colonel, a program in
vogue many years for senior ranks in
the Navy. A Junior Marine Corps
Selection Board is now finishing up its
work, and It's findings viii be trans
mitted to the Chief Executive for ap-
proval.
Mai. Gen. John H. Russell. COM
mandsnt OF the Marine Corps, headed
the Senior Board. Oficials said no
junior officers would be let out of the
service by reason of being passed
over" for two years. No forced re-
tirement in the senior grade is pos
sible under the present law, Those
that fail Of selection this time might
be picked up" by subsequent board.
as these groups will meet annually.
as is now done in the Navy,
WaShingtOnians Included.
A number of washingtonians today
received the glad tidings of prospective
advancement. The candidates must
nations before actually cinching the
promotion, and the Senate must con-
firm them, and in some cases they
must await vacancies.
The new Selectlve system for the
Marine Corps is the result Of a new
law passed in the last days of Con-
gress. Another new statute applies
the selective system TO junior officers
Of the Navy and board to choose
candidates for advancements will be
convened at the Navy Department
next month.
The senior selection board of the
Marine Corps, recommended 2
colonies for promotion to brigadisr
general, IL lieutenant coionels to
colonel, SO majors to lieutenant coll
onel, 2 senior officers in adtutant and
inspectors department, In the quar-
termaster department and Col. Harold
@. Reisinger was chosen for appoint
ment as head Of the paymaster de-
partment, after Brig. Gen. George
Richards, the paymaster, leaves office.
Two TO Become Generals.
Col Richard p. williams, the presi-
dent Of the Marine Corps Examining
Board at the Navy Department, was
selected for promotion to the rank of
brigadier general, as was Col. Thomas
Holcomb, who is on duty in the office
Of naval operations.
Lieut.. Col Clayton B. Vogel, who
Is commanding the native constabu-
larry Of Haiti-the Garde d. Haiti
was among the lieutenant colonies
chosen for advancement to colonel.
Maj. Alley D. Rorex, who is an
assistant adjutant inspector at Marine
Corps headquarters, was picked for
advancement TO lieutenant colonel. as
were MaIS. Joseph G. Fegan, publicity
officer and legislative haison ofiicial:
Roy S. Geiger, the head of Marine
Corps aviation, Charles D, Barrett, on
duty in operations and training at
Marine Corps headquarters: Oliver
Floyd, who is on the examining board
here; Earl @. Long. who built Presi-
dent Hoover's camp on the Rapidan,
and is now in the recruiting section
at Marine Corps headquarters: Harry
l.. Smith. on duty in operations and
training; Miles r. Thacher, an assist
ant adjutant and inspector; Marion
B. Humphrey. on duty In the Bureau
Of Ordnance, Navy Department:
Harold G. Pierce. on duty in Marine
Corps operations and training; Keller
E. Rockey, also on operations duty;
Allen H. Turnage, Matthew II. King
man, Ralph J. Mitchell. all Of whom
are in Marine Corps operations: James
E. Davis, who is assistant TO Mai.
Geiger in aviation; Karl l. Buse. in
operations, and John M Arthur, an
assistant adjutant and inspector.
Brig. Gen. Rufus H. Lane, the ad-
jutant and inspector, under the Selec-
ton Boards program win be sue
ceeded when he reaches the retire.
ment age of 81 years on November /,
by Col. David D. Porter, now on duty
at Marine Corps headquarters.
When Brig. Gen. Hugh Matthews
retires as head of the Quartremaster'
Department he will be succeeded by
Col. Seth williams, now in charge OF
the depot Of supplies at Philadelphia.
Others chosen for advancement in
clude:
For promotion to colonel-Lieut.
Coils. Emile Phillips Moses, Henry
Newman Manney. jr.: Calvin Bruce
Matthews, Andrew Boggs Drum, Hol-
land McTyeire Smith, Ralph Stover
Keyser, Bennett Puryear. jr: Philip
Huston Torrey, Robert Livingston
Denig, Charles Frederick Berthold
Price.
Due to Be Lieutenant Colonies.
Majs. Samuel Milby Harrington,
Harold Livingston Parsons, Thomas
Edward Thrasher, tr.; Julian Con-
stable Smith, Charles John Miller,
Leander Alston Clapp, Thomas STAN
ley Clarke, Francis Thomas Evans,
Alexander Archer Vandergrift, Harry
Schmidt, Selden Brown Kennedy, VIII
liam Buchanan Sullivan. Lowry Boyd
Stephenson. Harry Kleinbeck Pickett.
John Bridgman Sebree, Henry Louis
Larsen, William Henry Rupertus,
James Latham Underhill, Alphonse
De Carre, Samuel Lutz Howard, Lyle
Holcombe Miller, De Witt Peck.
Majs. Archie Franklin Howard, Ray
mond Race Wright, Pedro Augsto Del
Vale. Walter HoorSch, Sitz, William
Gilman Hawthorne, Oscar Ray
Cauldwell. Arnold Window Jacobsen,
Earl Herndon Jenkins, Thomas Eu-
gene Watson, Walter George Sheard,
Lloyd Lorenza Leech, Raphael Grimm,
Samuel Alexander Woods, IT,, and
William Capers James.