Evening star., 1936-12-27
w YTTH the retirement on De-
M cember 81 Of Maj. Gen.
Wv Charles E. Kilbourne, who
has hAen In comma nd 0f the

yIln tue IcJlI IcLucut Oh Gc-
M cember 81 Of Maj. Gen.
wv Charles z. Kilbourne, who
has been in command Of the
9Th Corps Area with headquarters at
Chicago. III, the new year will begin
with two vacancies among the major
generals of the line, five vacancies
among the brigadier generals of the
line, and one vacant assistant chief
ship, that Of assistant to the quarter
master general of the Army, created
last week by the death Of Brig. Gen.
Patrick w. Quincy. The other va
cancy among the major generals of
the line was created on October 81,
1886, when Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown,
who was in command Of the Panama
Canal Department, retired for age.
Three Of the five brigadier general
appointments that are expected TO be
made shortly will I'LL vacancies created
by the retirement on October 81, for
physical disability, Of Brig. Gen.
Charles S. Lincoln; the retirement of
Brig Gen. Arthur g. Conklin, for age.
on November 80, and the retirement
Of Brig. Gen. George H. Estes. for
physical disability, on December 81
The remaining two brigadier general
OF the line vacancies will be created on
January !. or shortly thereafter, when
two Of this group of general officers
will be appointed major generals to
I'LL the two vacancies that will exist
among the latter grade on January !.
1t is expected that the new general
officer appointments will be made
around the first of the year.
No promotions were made in the
Regular Army last week, although one
vacancy exists In the grades Of colonel,
lieutenant colonel and major. Lieut..
Col. Gilbert Marshall, the senior Of
ficer in his grade, will be retired on
December 81 with the rank of colonel,
leaving Lieut. Col. H. G. Kress Muhl-
enberg, entitled to the existing va
cancy in the grade Of colonel. With
his promotion. Lieut.. Col. Louis L.
Pendleton will be the senior officer
in his grade. Maj. Leo A. Walton
Is entitled to the existing vacancy in
the grade of lieutenant colonel, the
filling of which will leave Maj. Ralph
P. Cousins as the senior major. Capt
Stuart H. Elliott is entitled to the
vacancy existing in the grade Of ma
jor. and upon his promotion Capt.
John G. Christophal will be the senior
captain. No vacancies exist in the
grades of captain and first lieutenant,
the senior officers awaiting promo
ton to those grades being. respec-
lively. First Lieut.. Earl C. Robbins
and Second Lieut.. Charles F. Tank.
The appointment by the War De-
partment last week of Al medical Re-
serve officers as first lieutenants in the
Medical Corps of the Regular Army
has brought the commissioned COM
plement of that corps to its authorized
strength Of 1893 officers. These ap-
pointments were made as result Of
the examination held at various posts
and stations from August "a to %.
OF this group of new medical Of
| ficers, those who will assume duty in
Washington and vicinity are as fol-
lows: First Lieut.. William F. Con-
way, to the Army Medical Center,
Washington, D. c.; First Lieut.. Eu-
gene c. Jacobs. to Fort Myer, Va:
First Lieut.. Gottlieb L. Orth, to Fort
Belvoir, Va; First Lieut.. Kenneth r.
Nelson, to Fort George G. Meade. Nd. !:
\ Eirst lent n0u0las 2 Kendrick iY
to Edgewood Arsenal, Md, and First
Lieut.. Lewis C. Shellenberger, to Car
Isle Barracks, Pa.
Navy.
With the beginning of the new year
| q number of captains of the Navy