Evening star., 1937-01-03
.oL. ALEXANDER MURRAY,

M. c., has been appointed
president Of the Examining
Board that will conduct the
1887 annual physical examination Of
officers and warrant officers Of the
Regular Army who are stationed In
Washington and vicinity. Other board
members, all officers of the Medical
Corps. with the exception of one. are
Lieut.. Col. Leigh G. Fairbank, Dental
Corps: Majors. Oramel H. Stanley.
James P. Crawford, Charles G. Souder,
John w. Watts (recorder of the
boarO, John J. Mccormick, Stanley
G.. Odom, James B. Owen, David L.
Robson and Capts. Eugene w. Bill
lick, Reuel E. Hewitt, Clifford A. Best,
Robert F. Bradish. Harold w. Gattly
and Rawley E. Chambers The board
will meet on January for organiza-
tion. The actual examination of Of
ficers begins January IL at the gen.
eral dispensary in the Munitions
Building.
Capt. George A. Rehm, 9th Cav
airy. has been designated as captain
OF the 1887 Cavalry rife team, which
will participate in the National Rifle
Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, begin
ming the latter part of next August.
The 1886 Cavalry rifle squad, follow
ing the completion Of local tryouts,
was assembled at the Erie Ordnance
Depot, adjacent to Camp Perry. The
various tryouts held during the 1895
year under the supervision of OH
GERS with Camp Perry experience, 1t
Is expected, will be repeated this wear.
Brig. Gen. Wallace De Witt, assist
ant to the surgeon general of the
Army, has been appointed president of
the Central Medical Department Board
that will soon be convened in WASH
ington. Other members of the board
include Coils. Joseph F. Siler, M. c.;
Frank p. Stone, D. c.; Robert J. Fos-
ter, v. c.; Col. Jean r. Underwood.
v. c.; and Majs. George c. Dunham,
M. c.; Albert w. Kenner, M. c.; Ar
thur P. Kitchens, M. c.; Leroy p.
Hartley. D. c.; Douglas H. Mebane, M.
c.; Clarence M. Reddig. M. c.; Joseph
F. Gallagher, M. c.; Martin F. Du-
Frenne, M. c.. and Capt John r.
Wood, M. c., who will be the recorder
An examining board, composed OF
medical officers will meet in Washing
ton to examine officers of the Medical
Corps 10 determine their fitness for
promotion. The board is composed of
Majs. George C. Durham, James p.
Crawford and Humphrey N. Erwin.
Two officers of the Air Corps will
assume new duty today at Boiling
Field. They are Capt. Howard W.
Turner, Randolph Field, Tex, and
First Lieut.. Jesse Auton. March Field,
Calf
Four vacancies remain to be filled
among the membership of the Military
Affairs Committee of the House of
Representatives. Representative Les
ter Hill of Alabama will succeed the
late Representative John j. McSwain
of South Carolina as chairman, the
other four vacancies being due to
members who we're defeated for re-
election: Representatives Numa F.
Montet of Louisiana, William N. Rog-
ers of New Hampshire, Harry G.
Ransley of Pennsylvania and Sam L.
Collins of California.
Two vacancies also exist among the
membership of the War Department
Subcommittee on Appropriations, Rep
resentative T1lman B. Parks, Arkan-
sas, who has served as chairman Of
that committee the past three years,
and who was not a candidate for re-
ELECTION, and former Representative
Thomas L. Blanton, Texas, who was
defeated.
Navy.
Admiral William D. Leahy, who
succeeded Admiral william H. Stand
ley as chief of naval operations on
January l, plunged at once into the