Evening star., 1935-02-17
|297 MAY RECEIVE
| FOREIGN HONORS
Navy and Marine Officers
Recommended Include
Admiral StandIey.

approximately SO high ranking Of
ficers of the Navy and 247 officers of
the Marine Corps will be authorized
to accept such medals, orders, diplo-
mas, decorations and photographs as
have been rendered them by foreign
governments in appreciation Of serv-
ices rendered in the event Navy De-
partment recommendations are ap-
proved.
Including Admiral William H
Standley, chief of naval operations
there are total Of 10 nag Officers
Of the Navy, Of which two are re-
tired, who are entitled to receive
foreign decorations. They include
Rear Admirals David F. Sellers, Wat
T. Cluverius, Hayne ELLIS, Ernest j
King, Louis M. Mutton (retired)
Yates Stirling. jr.: ]. r. Y. Blakely
(retired), Edward H. Campbell, Wal
ter N. Vernon, H. H. Christy, Henry
v. Butler, Walter S. Crosley, Frank
B. Upham, Edward B. Fenner, George
T. Pettengill, Clark H. Woodward anG
William H. Allen.
In addition to the group of flag Off
GERS entitled to foreign decorations
26 captains of the Navy are entitled
to foreign awards as follows: Capts
H. B. Coffey, v. K. Conan, G. w
Heines, A. G. Howe, v. A. Kimberly
D. Med. LeBreton, William r. Sayles
Halsey Powell, w. w. Bradley, jr.;
F. H. Roberts, A. B. Cook, B. B. Wy
CANT, r. F. zogbaum, jr.: F. j. Flet-
cher, M. H. Hanly, A. w. Brown. A. T
Beauregard. H. M. Bemis, H. H
Michael, MacgilliVay Milne, M. F
Draemel, E. A. Evers Naval Re-
serve), E. T. Hopes Supply Corps
H. C. Richardson CONSTRUCTION
Corps, retired; Kent c. Melhorr
medical Corps) and L. w. johnson
Medical Corps. In addition to the
group Of high ranking naval officers
there are 20 commanders, Is lieu
tenant commanders, Is lieutenants, {
lieutenants (junior grade,, l ensign
/ chief boatswain and 2 chief phar-
macists who are entitled to decora.
tions. The 247 officers of the Marine
Corps who have been awarded medals
which are now at the Stare Depart
ment awaiting authorization for Their
distribution. include awards by Mica
ragua to 143 officers, Haiti. 80: Do
minican Republic, 9: France. 2; Italy,
8. and Yugoslavta, /. Nicaragua deco
rated 16 enlisted men, while Haiti
gave awards to 63 of the enlisted per-
sonnet
A number of Army officers will
shortly arrive in Washington for duty
at the War Department. Col. Harry
D. Mitchell, now on duty at I'd Corps
area headquarters, Governors Island
N. Y, will report for duty on May /
in the Office Of the adjutant general
Of the Army. Lieut.. Col. Lesley j
McNair, now assigned to the 83d
Field Artillery, Fort Bragg, N. c., will
arrive here April 20 for duty in the
office of the chief of Field Artillery
Lieut.. Col. William Denton. now on
duty at the Army and Navy General
Hospital. Hot Springs National Park
Ark, will assume new duty in the
Surgeon Generals office June l. Upon
completing his present tour Of for
eign service in Panama Maj Holland
L. Robb will return to the United
States and report for duty in the
National Guard Bureau. Lieut.. Col
Henry H. Malven, upon completing
his present course of instruction at
the Army War College, will assume
duty in the adjutant generals Office
Capt. Cheney L. Bertholf will be an
other new arrival in the adjutant gen.
erals Office following the completion
Of his present course of instruction at
the Command and General staff
School. Capt. Rene r. Studler. now
at Frankford Arsenal, will begin new
duty March / in the Office of the chief
Of ordnance. Capt. Edward v. Free
man, now at Brooklyn. N. Y, will as
sumo new duty in the Office of the
quartermaster general of the Army
March ].