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system, on June 80 OF each year for
service ineligibility for promotion.
They would remain on the reserve list
until transferred to the retired list on
reaching the age specified for their
respective grades. While on the re-
serve list they would be available for
active duty, at the pay and allowances
Of their grades, and while on inactive
status would receive retired pay. Con-
trary to previous assumption, such
officers on the reserve list would not
be confined to duty with the Naval Re
serves, but they could be assigned to
any duty the Navy Department de-
termined.
Selection for promotion from among
the lieutenants and lieutenants 0unior
grade) would be abolished, il the rec
concentrations Of the General Board
are carried into effect. Instead q
board would be convened at least once
each year, to examine the records OF
all officers Of those grades eligible for
consideration to determine those quail
if1ed for promotion. This would sup
plant the professional promotion
examinations. 1t would be different
from the present system under which
the Selection Board recommends
those considered to be best fitted for
promotion. One estimate is that
around 81 per cent Of those considered
by the board would be found profess
sionally qualified for promotion. 1t
would operate to eliminate eventually
those found to be manifestly unfit.
The result Of the proposed system
would be that selection would begin
with the grade Of lieutenant conf
mander.
A number Of flag officers OF the
Navy are involved in changes OF COM
mand. Vice Admiral Clarence S.
Kempff, detached last week from
command Of the battleships Of the
Battle Force, will assume duty as
commandant Of the Mare Island Navy
Yard. Real Admiral Thomas c. Hart,
who has been senior member OF the
Navy General Board since the retire
ment of Rear Admiral Frank B. Up
ham on October !, has been assigned
as chairman of the board. Rear
Admiral Frank H. Sadler assumed
command OF Cruiser Division OF the
Scouting Force at San Diego, Calf
last week, relieving Rear Admiral
Charles P. Snyder, who is under orders
to duty as president Of the Naval War
College, as relief of Rear Admiral Ed
ward c. Kalbfus. Rear Admiral
George J. Meyers has relinquished
command of Cruiser Division of the
Scouting Force at San Diego, Calf.
and will proceed to the Philippines fol-
duty as commandant of the sixteenth
naval district and navy yard at Cavite
Philippine Islands.
A selection board will meet at the
Navy Department tomorrow morning
to recommend approximately los
lieutenant commanders for promotion
to the grade Of commander. The
board will be composed of Rear
Admirals Harris Laning, Thomas C.
Hart, AdolphuS E. Watson, Harry L
Brinser, Charles R. Train, Hayne Ellis
William s. Pye. James o. Richardson
and Charles A. Blakely, with Lieut.
Comdr. John G. Crawford as recorder
As the result OF the retirement or
January l, 1887, Of Admiral William
H. Standley, who was succeeded as
chief of naval operations by Admiral
William D. Leahy. the following Of
flcers have become due for promotion
Capt. Harold r. Stark, Comdrs Fred
eric T Van Auken and Thomas C
Kinkaid, Lieut.. Comdr. Richard E
Webb, Lieut.. George D. Lyon, and
Lieut. g. g. Neale r. Curtin.