Evening star., 1935-02-06
100 ARE PROMOTED
IN MARINE CORPS
Swanson Approves List of
IS New Majors, 125
New Captains.

Secretary Swanson today made
public the names of IS captains OF the
Marine Corps slated for promotion to
major and 125 first lieutenantS to be
elevated to captain. President Roose-
welt approved the findings of the
Junior Selection Board, which was in
session at the Navy Department and
recently finished its deliberations.
A Senior Selection Board list. in
volving some "a high-ranking officers
Of the Marine Corps, is still on Presi-
dent Roosevelt's desk awaiting action
The Chief Executive soon will send
the names of the prospective new
majors and captains to the Senate for
confirmation. The Junior Board was
headed by Col. James j. Meade.
Prominent among the captains
chosen for promotion to major are
Lester A. DeSSez, until recently aide
to the commandant and now a stu
dent at the French War College in
Paris; Frank B. Goettge, former foot
ball star, who also served in Wash
ington recently as aide to the COM
mandant; William c. Hall, on duty
recently with the Garde d. Haiti, and
Herman H. Hanneken, who won re-
nown in the fights against the bandits
in Haiti and distinguished himself in
Nicaragua.
Eight Live in d. c.
Eight of the officers chosen live in
Washington. They are Eugene Fran
els Crowley Collier, 1417 Harvard
street; Richard o. Sanderson, Ais
Military road Lee HoXie Brown, Navy
Department. Frederick E. Stack,
Shawmont Apartments; Joseph How
ard Fellows, 2l27 California avenue;
Alfred c. Cottrell, 37O4 Military road;
Arnold c. Larsen, 1890 Connecticut
avenue, and James Lambie Denham,
who lives at the Manor House here.
Others to be promoted to majors
are Jesse Lee Perkins, Harold D.
Shannon, Prentice S. Geer, Edwin j.
Mund. Robert E. Mills. Richard Liv-
ingston, Harold c. Major, Fred S.
Robillard, Blythe G. Jones, Herman
r. Anderson. Clarence M. Ruffner,
George Thomas Hall, Robert c. Kill
martin, jr.; Edward Arthur Craig.
Julian P. Brown. Bernard Dubel. Le-
land S. Swindler, Howard N Stent,
Ford o. Rogers. Walter G. Farrell,
Ralph R. Robinson, Hamilton NJ. H.
Fleming, Merritt A. Edison. Curtis w.
LIE Gette. Louis G. De Haven, George
w. Shearer, Claude A. Phillips. John
w. Beckett, John Halla. Kenneth A.
1nman, Lester Nash Medaris, Donald
G. Oglesby, Byron F. Johnson. John
T. Selden, Elmer E. Hall, Henry A.
Carr, Scion c. Kemon, Harry B.
Lversedge, Merton j. Batchelder
George E. Monson. James w. Flett,
William Jennings Wallace, Amor LIE
Roy Sims, Moses j. Gould. George
r. Rowan. Theodore H. Cartwright,
Richard H. Schubert, William J.
Whaling, Daniel r. Fox. William Ul-
rich. Vernon M. Guymon. Edward G.
Hagen and Floyd w. Bennett.
Promotions to Captain.
For promotions to the rank of cap
tain: Leslie H. We,'man, Guy B. Beat
ty. William c. Lemly. Maxwell H Mi
Zell, Charles w. Kali, Arthur T Ma
son. Reginald H. Ridgely, jr.; Caleb T.
Bailey. Robert j. Straub, Clarence j.
Chappell, jr.: John D. Muncie Philip
L. Thwing, William E. Burke. Robert
G. Hunt, James E. Kerr, William G
Manley. Albert D. Cooley, Theodore A.
Holdahl, Lewis B. Fuller, Ernest E.
Shaughnessey, James E. Jones, Her
bert P. Becker, William c. Purple,
Robert o. Bare, Perry K. Smith,
Charles L. Fike, George H. Bellinger,
jr.; Raymond A. Anderson. Charles F.
Cresswell, Walter j. Stuart, James H.
N. Hudnall, Charles G. Meintz, Alex
ander w. Kreiser, jr.: Thomas c. Per-
rim. Lenard Baker Cresswell, Thomas
j. McQuade, st. Julien Revenel Mar
shall. Tilghman H. Saunders. lie Page
Cronmiller. jr.: Kenneth B. Chap
pell. Samuel K. Bird. Walter I. Jor-
dan Arthur w Ellis Edwin C Fer