Evening star., 1936-03-29
NAVAL TRAINING
STUDY COMPLETED
Board Expected to Recon-.
mend Return to Former
System.

AA0 OChC' nI oOdIu VI lIle NAVY mas
completed its study and transmitted
its views to the Acting Secretary Of
the Navy on the prevailing system Of
training young officers for duty with
an appointment to the Supply, Con-
Struction and Civil Engineer Corps.
1t is understood the board recon-
mends In general return to the former
system. The present system was set
up as a result of recommendations in
the report Of the Roosevelt Depart
mental Reorganization Board, rem.
dered in May. 1888.
Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart. In
command Of cruisers, Scouting Force,
will be relieved Of this command on
June "a and come to Washington for
duty as a member of the General
Board. He will be relieved of that
command by Rear Admiral Edward B.
Fenner. Capt. Wilson Brown, who Will
advance to the grade of rear admiral
on July /, will be detached about Nav
! from duty as aid to the President
and will GO to command the training
squadron, as relief, about MAY 26, of
Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis. who will
pursue the next advanced course at
the Naval War College Comdr. Paul
H. Bastedo, who will advance to the
grade Of captain on July /, will be de-
tached from the Naval Intelligence
Office at the Navy Department about
May II.
Several high-ranking officers on
duty at the Navy Department Will
complete their present tours of duty
and will attend the next course at the
Naval War College. They include
Capt. John M. Smealle, who has been
on duty in the Bureau Of Navigation;
Capt. Roland M. Brainard, assistant
chief OF the Bureau of Ordnance, and
Capt. Charles C. Hartisan, who has
been on duty in the Bureau of Naval
Operations. Capt Alfred G. Howe.
also on duty in the operations Office,
VIII be relieved Of all duty about MAY
/ and will proceed home for retire.
ment.
Capt. John F. Hatch Supply Corp,
who has been on duty in the Third
Naval District, has been assigned T.
duty at Washington as general insp-c-
tor Of the Supply Corps. Other Off
GERS slated for new duty at the Nav
Department are the following: Comd.
Francis w. Rockwell, now In commanI
o. the U. S. S. Medusa. to NAVY De-
partment budget ofice; Comdr. Theo-
dore S. Wilkinson, from the U. S. S.
Indianapolis in June, TO the Bureau O.
Navigation, for duty as head of the
planning division; Comdr. Deladen B.
Downer, from command of DESTROYER
Division 3 in May. to Bureau of Ensi-
neering. and Comdr. Archer M. r.
Allen, from the Army Industrial COL
lege the latter part Of June, to the
Bureau Of Naval Operations.
Graduation exercises Of the 1855
class of the Naval Medical School will
be held at 10 am, April 4. at the
Naval Medical Center. Chaplain Ed.
ward A. Duff, chief Of Navy chaplain,
will give the invocation. and CAPT.
troductory address.
Addresses will be made by Capt.
Ulys R. Webb Medical Corps. U. S.
N, and Maj. Gen. Charles H. Lyman.
U. S. M. c. The surgeon general Of
the Navy, Rear Admiral Perceval S.
Rossiter, will present the certihcat7s
Of graduation to the refresher ana
basic course graduates.
Those completing the refresher
course include Comdr. Rollo w Hutch
tnson. Lieut.. Comdrs Max Silverman
and George E. Mott. and Lieuts. Bruce
M. Summers. Dwight J. Wharton.
John M. Woodard. Ocie B. Morrison,
IT,; Harold V. Packard and Joseph w.
Kimbrough. The basic course grad
yates include the following heutenants
Gunior grade): Otto L. Burton, Her
man A. Gross. Thenton D. Boaz. Viii.
liam L. Berkley, Cameron L. Hogan.
Gerald B. Creagh, Benjamin N. Ahl,
Walter H. Schwartz. David N. McIn.
turf, jr.: Albert H Held and Carl V.
Green, jr.
Army.
The annual Spring meeting Of the
Adjutants General Association of the
United States will be held in the Num-
tons Building, March, 30, 81 and April
/. Brig. Gen. Ramph NJ. Immel. Wis.,
consin, president, vii! preside.