Evening star., 1936-02-09
40 RET|REMENTS !
WILL ADVANCE $
13 Commanders to Move to
Grade of Captain on
June 80.

julie SUs
The retirement on June 80 next of
10 captains and 80 commanders of the
line of the Navy, because of non-selec.
tion for promotion, will result in the
advancement on that date of IS COM
manders on the promotion list, includ-
ing three additional numbers, to the
grade Of captain and 40 lieutenant
commanders to the grade of COM
mander
Those to be advanced to captain at
that time include Comdrs. Samuel A.
Clement, Walter K Fitzpatrick, Francis
w. Rockwell, Sydney M Krais,
Charles c. Ross, Archer M. r. Allen,
Howard H. Crosby, Francis Cogswen,
James McC. Irish, Paul E. Speicher,
Arthur S. Carpenter, James L. Kauff-
man. and William D. Brereton, jr.7S
Those to be advanced to COM
mander include Lieut.. Comdrs Cor.
nelius W. Flynn, William Granat, Ar
nit c. Thomas. Homer w. Graf, Fran
els S. Low, Francis NJ. Male, jr.; Al
exander S. WetherSpoon, Forrest B.
Royal, John L. McCrea, Frederick G..
| Richards, Marshall 3. Arnold, Ros-
we'll H Blair. Tully Shelley, Dallas D.
Dupre, Nathaniel M. Pigman, Horace
D. Clarke, James E. Maher, Allan E.
Smith, Leighton Wood, Harvey E.
OvereSch, Allen G. Quynn. George G.
! Krlner, Clifford G. Richardson, James
NJ. Lewis, John j. Mahoney, Ralph
w. Christie, Henry M Mullinix. on the
! promotion list of 1885. and Lieut..
Comdrs. Richard w Bates, Burton
w. Chippendale, Elmer R Henning,
Irving r. Chambers, Myron W. Hutch
inson, jr.; Ralph E. Dawson, Don P.
Moon, Russell S. Berkey, George F.
Hussey, jr.; Thomas j. Keliher, jr.;
( Osborne B. Hardison, Clinton E.
Braine, jr.. and William NJ. Fechteler,
on the promotion list approved jan
uary 25, 1886. The next on that list
beginning with Lieut.. Comdr. Charles
A. Baker, will begin to move up on
dates yet to be determined The FORE
going estimate is on the basis of
known vacancies. Unforeseen vacaH-
cies, however, may occur to advance
promotion dates Of these officers.
Thirty-six lieutenant commanders
of the line, because of non-selectior
for promotion. will also be placed on
the retired list of the Navy on June 80.
Army.
The appointment last week of four
brigadier generals to be major gen.
erals of the line and the elevation of
four colonies to general officer rank,
to be brigadier generals; new chief
of Coast Artillery, new quartermaster
! general and assistant quartermaster
general, and new chief OF finance
fills all prospective general officer va
cancies that will occur between now
and September 80 next unless un-
I foreseen vacancies occur in the meap-
time. such as deaths or voluntary re-
tirementS.
Between September 80 and the end
of this calendar year four more gen
eral officer billets will have to be filled.
due to the age retirement Of the fol-
lowing general officers Of the line on
the dates indicated Maj Gen. Frank
Parker. recently in command Of the
Philippine Department and assigned
to duty as commanding the First Di-
vision. Fort Hamilton. n. Y, Septem-
Der 80: Mai Gen. Frank c. Boles,
commanding general of the 7th Corps
Area. Fort Omaha, Nebr., September
80: Mai, Gen. Lytle Brown, command
ing general of the Panama Canal De-
partment, November 80, and Maj. Gen.
Charles E. Kilbourne, who has been
on duty in the Philippines but will
shortly arrive in the United States
and proceed to Fort Sam Houston,
Tex, to command the I'd Division.
Gen. Kilbourne will attain the statu-
tory retirement age limit on Decem-
Der % and will retire on Demember 81.
The four new major generals of the
line will be retired for age as fol-
lows: Mai. Gen. Henry w. Butner,
April 80, 1899: Maj. Gen. Stanley H.
Ford, January 81, 1871: Maj. Gen.
Stanley D Embick, January 81, l94l,
and Mai. Gen. Herbert j. Brees, June
80, 1941.
Mai Gen. johnson Hagood COM
manding general of the 9th Corps
Area. Fort Sam Houston, Tex, will be
the single major general Of the line re-
tiring for age during the 1927 calendar
wear. his date of retirement being JUNE
80 of that year. Several major generals
of the line will retire for age during
1888 as follows: Maj Gen. William D.
Connor, superintendent Of the United
States Military Academy. February %:
Mai. Gen. Frank R. Mccoy, command.
ing general of the 9Th Corps Area,
Chicago, Ill. october 81; Maj. Gen.
George v. H. Moseley, commanding
general OF the 4th Corps Area, Atlanta,
Ga. September 80; Maj. Gen. George
H. Simonds, deputy chief Of stat,
March 81, and Mai. Gen. Fox Conner,
commanding general of the lst Corps
Area, Boston, Mass, November 80.
Maj. Gen. Albert H Banding, who
has been in command of the 31st Ma
tional Guard Division. has accepted
appointment as chief of the National
Guard Bureau He succeeded Maj.
Gen. George E. Leach, who concluded
! his four-year term of Office as chief of
the bureau on November 80. 1885. Col.
John F. Williams. Field Artillery, Mis-
souri, National Guard. who has been
acting chief Of the bureau. by virtue
of being the senior National Guard
officer on duty in the bureau, has been
assigned to the regulations division
of the Office.
The tour of duty Of Col Edgar A.
Fry, Infantry, Regular Army, at pres
ent executive officer in the National
Guard plirean has heen aYtendad