Evening star., 1935-12-01
PROMOTIONS NEAR
IN NAVAL UNIT.
240 Officers of Staff Corps
will Be Advanced g..
After May |.

Navy Will become que LOT pTO1nOGlOu.
Approximately lis medical officers are
slated for advancement. viz, 38 lieu
tenant commanders to commander.
IL lieutenants to lieutenant COM
mander and 66 lieutenantS, junior
grade, to lieutenant. The remaining
pomotions involve approximately Is
officers Of the Dental Corps, 81 officers
of the Supply Corps, 36 officers of the
Construction Corps, 2 Civil Engineer
Corps officers and chaplains.
Dental officers who will become due
for promotion, lieutenant commanders
to commander. include Eugene LeR.
Walter, Eric G. Hoylman, Andrew L.
Burleigh, Arthur H. Yando, Joseph
A. Kelly. Edward A. Hyland, Robert
M. Askin and Clemens v. Rault;
lieutenants, junior grade, to lieu
tenant, James A. Connell, Ralph w.
Taylor, Glenn w. Berry, Arthur r.
Logan, Macy G. Martin, Maurice A.
Bliss, Merritte M. Maxwell, Jackson F.
Henningsen, Clifford e. Allen, Ray
mond A. Lowry, Clifford C. DeFord,
Lyman r. Vaughan, Charles F.
Woodard, George H. Mills, Thomas
e. Crowley. Jesse B. Bancroft and
Edwin A. Thomas.
Supply Corps officers due for pro-
motion, involve, lieutenant COM
manders to commander, Ralph w.
Swearingen, Stephen J. Bruno, Ben
jamin S. Gantz, Morton L. Ring,
Vernon H Wheeler and Louie C.
English; neutenants to lieutenant
commander, Stephen r. Edison, John
e. Wood, Matthias A. Roggenkamp,
Francis M. Waldron, Edwin A. Eddie
gorde, Russell H. Sullivan, Harvey
e. Wathen, Henry H. Karp, George H.
Williams Richard A. Vollbrecht, Sam
uel E. McCarty, Robert r. Batchelder,
Arthur l.. Walters, Francis D. Hum
phrey. James Chapman, Melbourne
N. Gilbert and Philip A. Haas; and
lieutenants, Junior grade, to lieu
tenant. Clinton j. Thro, William j.
Nowinski, Thomas w. Baker. Walter
w. Honaker, Yates Stirling, Sd, Owen
T.. Rippey, Bion B. Bierer. jr.; Fred
L. Haerlin, Norman A. Helfrich, Lysle
w. Cease, William A Gerth, Mark w.
Clay, Walter z. Fratzke. Murray w.
Clark, Frederic w. Hesser, John c.
Bernet, Frederick L. Hetter, Kenneth
r. Miller, Charles G. DeKay, Vernon
Dortch, James McKinstry, Joel D.
Parks, Noble w. Lowrie, William L.
Knickerbocker, Harold P. Richards,
Donald B. Hilton, Roland w. Rick
ertts and Theodore S. Dukeshire.
Members of the Chaplains' Corps
becoming due for promotion include
Lieut. Comdrs. RaZzie w. Truitt and
Francis L. Albert to commander, while
lieutenants (junior grade) who will
become due for promotion to lieu
tenant include Edward 3. Harp, jr.;
August F. Hohl. Herbert r. Trump
and Lester c. Prichett.
In the Construction Corps, Lieut..
Comdrs. Russell s. Hitchcock, Arthur
c. Miles, Sidney Z. Dudley, Grover G.
Klein, Frederick E. Haeberle, Ed
mund Z. Brady, jr., and Andrew 7.
Mckee will all become due for pro-
motion; Lieuts. Richard NJ Watt, jr.:
Robert z. Wells. Mortimer z. Serat,
jr.; Ralph z. McShane, Charles D.
Wheelock and Paul e. Phil to lieu
tenant commander, and the neuten-
ants (junior grade) becoming due for
promotion to lieutenant include Will
liam w. Anderson, jr.; James H. Rod
gers, Oscar Stiegler, Francis x. For
est. George C. Weaver, William c.
Sprenger, Joseph L. Bird, Edmund
NJ. Ragsdale, John H. Ellison, Mario
G. Vangeli, William T. Jones, Philip
w. Snyder. Robert A. Hinners, Allan
l.. Dunning, Herbert j. Pdngstag, Her
bert G. Zitzewitz, Robert D. Conrad,
Charles M. Tooke, Henry r. Koonce,
Allen M. collars, Leroy v. Honsinger,
William H. Leai1y and John B. Smyth.
In the Civil Engineer Corps Lieut..
Comdrs. Ira P. Griffin and Carl H.
Cotter will become due for promotion
to the grade Of commander.
During the 1886 calendar year 1s
officers OF the Navy will be placed upon
the retired list on account of age. The
flag officers reaching retirement age
next year include Rear Admirals
Thomas j. Sem and Frank H. Clark,
January !; Yates Stirling, jr., May /;
Frank B. Upham, october l.; Edward
II. Campbell, November !, and Joseph
M. Reeves. December !. In view of
the retirement late next year Of Ad-
niral Reeves and also because of his
completion next Summer of the nor
NAL tour Of duty for flag officers
afioat, he will be relieved as COM
mander In chief Of the United States
Fleet, probably IN June or July. Sc
lection Of his successor is the subject
of much conjecture In the naval serv-
ice.. Admiral William II. Standley is
due to 60 to the retired list on Janu-
airy l, 1887, on account Of age, and
consideration will have to be given to
his successor as chief of naval oper-
ations some time late next year.
Whether he will be continued in the
ONCE beyond his retirement date, as
was done in the case of his predeces-
sor, Admiral william v. Pratt, re-
mains to be determined. Other off,
GERS Of the Navy due to 60 to the re-
tired list for age next year are as fol-
lows: Medical Corps-Rear Admiral
Ammen Farenholt, January /; Rear
Admiral Middleton 8. Elliott, Novem-
Der j; Capt. Henry E. Odell, January
], and Capt. Edgar Thompson, July
!. Age retirement Of Supply Corps
officers next year include Rear Ad-
nairal George G. Seibels, February l,
and Rear Admiral Joseph j. Cheat
ham, March !. Capt. Theodore w.
johnson of the Professors of Mathe-
rnatics Corps will retire for age on
July ], 1885. With this retirement
the corps Of professors will become
extinct on the active list, as Capt.
johnson is the last on that list. Under
the law, no vacancies in the corps have
been filled or appointments made
thereto for some years. Construction
Corps age retirements next year in
clude Rear Admiral Richard NJ. Watt,
July (Civil Engineer Corps; Capt.
Paul L. Reed, September /; Chief
Boatswains Alfred r. Benzon. August
]. and Thomas James. December l,
and Chief Pharmacist Henry A. Har-