Evening star., 1937-03-28
OFFICERS NAMED
TO 0GUARD POSTS
Lieut.. Col. Boye to Relieve
Col. Fair in Bureau
Here.

Three officers OF the Regular Army
have been assigned to duty at the War
Department in the National Guard
Bureau. Lieut.. Col. Frederic w. Boye.
who has been on duty rs Cavalry in
structor Of the New Jersey National
Guard, reported for duty in the bu-
reau March Is. Col. Boye, who has
been assigned to the operations and
organization division will relieve Col.
John s. Fair Effective June l, Lieut..
Col. James P. Hogan, now on duty
as Coast Artillery instructor on the
New York National Guard, will be
detailed In the bureau. He will relieve
Lieut.. Col. Lawrence B. Weeks, who
will be assigned to duty with troops
at Fort Monroe, Va. Capt. Marshall
E. Darby will relieve Maj Henry E.
Minton, who will become a student In
the 1937-3s course OF the Army In
dustrial College.
The last officers of the Army to be
nominated for promotion include
Lieut.. Col. Elmer C. Desobry to be
colonel; Maj: Jesse B. Hunt, to be
lieutenant colonel; and Capt. John A.
Otto, to be major. The senior off,
GERS in their respective grades await
ing promotion to the next higher grade
are Lieut.. Col. Arthur E. Wilbourn,
Maj. Stuart c. Macdonald. Capt.
Joseph B. Sweet, First Lieut.. Hans w,
Holmer, and Second Lieut.. Charles
F. Tank. There are no vacancies
in any Of the. grades.
Between now and June 80 three
finance officers will arrive here for a
tour OF duty in the ONCE of the chief
OF finance. Capt. L. E. Edwards, now
on duty at North Little Rock, Ark,
will report April 30. The other ar
rivals include Capt. w. T. johnson,
now on duty at Fort Benning, Ga, and
Capt. Leighton N. Smith, now under
going course OF instruction at the
Army Industrial College. Capts. john
son and Smith will begin their duties
in the finance offlce in June.
Col. Alva j. Breasted, chief of Army
chaplains, who will leave here June IL
on tour of inspection of chaplain
activities that will take him as far as
the Hawaiian department. will be the
first chief OF Army chaplains to visit
that overseas department officially. He
is expected to return August /.
Chaplain John F. Monahan, now
serving at Fort Benning, Ga, will as
sumo duty at the War Department in
the Office of the chief of chaplains,
this city, not later than May Is. The
indications are he will relieve in the
chaplain office Chaplain Walter H.
Paschal. who has been confined at
Walter Reed Hospital since the middle
Of January.
Navy.
Rear Admiral Walter S. Anderson
will be detached in May from duty in
the operations Office and will COM
mand Cruiser Division of the Scout
ing Force as relief, about June 7, Of
Rear Admiral Harry L. Brinser, who
will come here as president of the
Board Of Inspection and Survey He
will succeed as president of the board
Rear Admiral John D. Wainwright,
who will be detached in May to COM
mand Battleship Division of the
Battle Force as relief of Rear Admiral
Joseph K. Taussig, who will assume
command of cruisers Of the Scouting
Force. Capt. David NJ lie Breton will
be detached from duty as chief of staff
of the l4th Naval District in May and
will assume new duty as chief Of staff
to the commander in chief of the
United States fleet, as relief of Capt.
Andrew C. Pickens, who is slated for
appointment as chief of the Bureau Of
Ordnance
within the next two or three months
for duty. Capt. Felix x. Gygax, now
commanding the U. S. S. Augusta, has
been assigned to the Bureau of Nav
igation; Capt. Roscoe C. McFall, now
in command of u s. S. California, will
succeed Capt Herbert F. Leary as
director Of fleet training; Capt. Guy E.
Baker, now in command of the u S. s.
Houston, will assume duty in the
Bureau Of Operations; Capt. Clarence
N. Hinkamp, commanding the U. S. S.
wyoming, will become a member of
the naval examining board. and Capt.
George S. Bryan, now chief Of staff to
the commander of the Scouting Force,
who will assume duty in the hydro
graphic office.
Two high ranking officers of the
Navy Supply Corps will come to Wash
ington for duty. Capt. John N. Jordan
will be transferred in May from the
New York Navy Yard to the Wash
ington Navy Yard. and Capt Frank
Baldwin will come from the Naval War
College in May to the Bureau of Sup
plies and Accounts.