Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-30
MAI. DAbNEY HERE
TO BEGIN DUTIES
Will Replace Mcdonald as
Executive in Surgeon
Generals Office.

Lieut.. Col. Robert c. Mcdonald,
Medical Corps, who. in July, will have
completed four years Of duty as execu-
tive officer in the office Of the surgeon
general Of the Army, will be relieved
by Mai Albert S. Dabney. Maj. Dabney
arrived in Washington last week and
will assume his duties later in the
Summer. The new assignment of Col.
Mcdonald will take him to Letterman
General Hospital, Preside of San
Francisco, Calf.
Between now and early Fall a num-
Der OF officers will arrive in Washing
ton for duty at the War Department.
Col. Chalmers G. Hall, now on
organized Reserve duty at Newark,
N. j., will assume duty in October in
the office of the chief Of Air Corps.
Upon the completion of his present
leave of absence Maj. J. Moultrie
Ward will assume duty in the office
of the quartermaster general. Upon
being relieved on August l from duty
as assistant to the division engineer,
Great Lakes division. Cleveland. Ohio,
Maj. williams F. Heavey will assume
duty in the Office Of the chief Of
engineers. Another new arrival in
the Office of the Quartermaster general
of the Army is Capt. Elsmere J.
Walters, now on duty as constructing
quartermaster at Selfridge Field,
Mich. Capt. Walters will assume duty
at the War Department in August.
A board of officers will shortly be
convened at the War Department in
the office Of the chief of chaplains to
select candidates for appointment as
chaplains in the Regular Army. The
board will be composed of the follow
ing chaplains: Paul B. Rupp, serving
at Fort Howard, Nd; Ralph c.
Deibert. on duty at Fort Myer, Va,
and Ralph w. Rogers. who Is stationed
at Langley Field, Va.
Three first lieutenants, two Infantry
and one Field Artillery officer, have
been assigned to station in the Orient
as language students. They will pur-
sue a course of study in the Japanese
and Chinese languages. beginning in
the late Fall. They include First Lieut..
Edwin M. Sutherland. Infantry. now
on duty with the 26th Infantry, Platts-
burg Barracks, N. Y. He will sail on
the September Is transport for Chin
wangtao, China, where. on arrival. he
will proceed to Peiping. China. where
he will study the Chinese language.
The remaining two officers will study
the Japanese language. They include
First Lieuts. Leo F. Kengla, jr.. In
fantry, now on duty in the Philippine
Department. who will sail rom Manila
for Japan the early part of November,
and Maxwell d. Taylor, F. A., who Is
on duty at the Command and General
staff School. Lieut.. Taylor will sail on
the transport leaving San Francisco,
Calf, on October for Manila, and
thence will proceed to Toxic.
Navy.
Capt. Husband E. Kimmel, U. s. NJ,
who has been on duty as chief of staff
to the commander Of battleships Of
the Battle Force. has arrived in Wash
ington, and next month will assume
duty as Navy Department budget Of
f1cer. He will relieve Rear Admiral
James o. Richardson, who is under
orders to command Cruiser Division 6
Of the Scouting Force. Rear Admiral
Frederick j. Horne. who has been in
command Of that division, will assume
command Of aircraft Of the Base Force,
as the relief of Rear Admiral Albert
w. johnson, who will assume duty in
the Navy Department as member Of
the general board.