Evening star., 1938-06-25
Marine Corps officers Also
Listed in Designation
of $50 Total,
Nine CAPTAINS TO RISE .
TO REAR ADMIRAL RANK
Marine Corps Colonel to Become
Brigadier General-Many
Captains to Be Advanced.


time history, as result Of the sign.
ing by President Roosevelt Thursday
OF the line personnel bill for the Navy,
selection boards have designated
total OF STA officers of the Navy and
70 Of the Marine Corps for promotion,
it was announced today.
The officers designated will become
due for promotion as soon as the
Secretary of the Navy approves
recomputation by the Navy Depart,
ment. under the new provisions of the
act. OF the number Of officers in the
various grades.
The list includes nine captains Of
the Navy who are to advance to rear
admiral and one Marine Corps colonel
who is slated to 60 to the rank OF
brigadier general. There are to be
80 new Navy captains, 1872 new COM
manders, 201 lieutenant commanders
and l43 lieutenants. In the Marine
Corps the advancements will in
clude new colonies, 8 Lieutenant
colonies, 40 majors and 20 captains. r,
Rear Admiral Selections
Navy captains selected for pro-
motion to rear admiral are Chester
w. Nimitz. commander of Cruiser
Division 2, Battle Force, whose
home Is 5515 Thirty-ninth street NV;
Albert T. Church, shore establish.
ments division, Navy Department:
William Rea Furlong, chief of the
Navy Bureau Of Ordnance; Arthur B.
Cook, chief of the Navy Bureau of
Aeronautics; Harold G. Bowen, chief
OF the Navy Bureau Of Engineering;
Stanford c. Hooper. director Of the
technical division. Navy Department:
John Henry Newton. Naval War COL
lege. Newport, r. l.; Wilhelm Lee
Friedell. commander, minecraft, Bat
te Force. and John Walter Wilcox,
chief Of staff and aide to the presi-
dent Of the Naval War College. s.
Col. William P. Upshur, director Of,
Marine Corps Reserves, on duty in
! Marine Corps headquarters here. is
slated for promotion to brigadier
| general
Navy commanders slated for promo
ton to captain include Walter Elliot
Brown, James Richard Barry. Frank
lin Speakman Steinwachs, Earle CAL
vim Metz, on duty here in the office of
naval intelligence Frederick Carl Sher-
man. Lyal Ament Davidson, Donald
Bradford Beary. Charles Johnes Moore,
Ihomas Moran, Frank Harrison Kel-,
ley, James Alexander Logan, James
Thomas Alexander, the naval governor
OF Guam; Spencer Steen Lewis, Wal
den Lee Ainsworth. Charles Alan
Pownell. on duty here in the Bureau
OF Aeronautics; James Grady Ware.
Lawrence Fairfax Reifsnider, Marc
Andrew Mitscher, George Lester Wey-
Ter, Clarkson Joel Bright, Stewart Al
Ian Manahan. member Of the Naval
Mission to Brazil. and a native of
Laurel. Md; Charlton Eugene Battle.
jr.; Walter Wynne Webster, Robert
Melville Griffin, on duty in the office
OF the chief Of naval operations; Roger.
Warde Paine. Navy Bureau of Enei-
neering; Ellis Spencer Stone, Francis
Sanderson Craven, Lybrand Palmer
Smith, who has been ordered to duty
here in the Bureau of Engineering;
William Dwight Chandler, jr., COM
mander OF the U. S. 8. Chaumont,
whose home is at 1901 Grant road
NV: Harry Wilbur Hill, 3lO0 Con-
necticut avenue NV. on the staff of
the commander in chief Of the United
States Fleet; Bernhard Henry Bieri
and Oscar Charles Badger. 350S Low
ell street NV, on duty at the Naval
War College.
Supply Corps Selections.
Commanders in the Supply Corps
slated for promotion to captain are
Oscar William Leidel, Charles Clement
Copp. John Jerome GafIney, on duty
here in the Navy Department; John
Aloysius Byrne, John Benton Ewald
and Samuel Rowland White, jr.
Comdr. Charles Lees Brand, Con-
struction Corps, was slated for promo-
tion to captain.
OF the 1872 Navy lieutenant COM
manders selected for promotion to
commander. the following are resi-
dents of Washington or are on duty
here at the present time: John Dan.
bridge Henley Kane, Elmer Ellsworth
Duvall. jr.; Walter Lucian Taylor,
Ellis Hugh Geiselman, Leland Pear
son Lovette, Wallace Myron Dillon,
Leroy White Busbey, jr.; John Meade
Haines. Charles Goodwin Moore, jr.:
Gordon Bogert Sherwood, Samuel
Hansford Hurt, Henry Hartley, Rico
Botta, George Thomas Owen, Leslie
Clark Stevens, Walter Stuart Diehl,
Harry Lettuce Dodson. Roy William
Bruner. Louis Dreller, Thomas Green
how Williams Settle, Matthias Ben
nett Gardner, William Edward Hilbert,
Albert Tilden Sprague, jr.; Thomas
Powers Jeter
Lieutenant commanders of the Navy
Medical Corps resident or on duty
here who are slated for promotion q
commander include Aclphar A. Mar.
steller. Clyde Windon Brunson, Joseph
James Kaveney, Forrest Martin Har.
rison, Dwight Dickinson, jr.; Arthur
Jay White. Clifford Gentner Hines
and James Gillespie Dickson.
Others Due for Promotion.
Supply Corps lieutenant command
ers scheduled for promotion to COM
mander who are resident or on duty
here include Allen Howard White,
Horace David Nuber. Thomas Spald-
ing Wylly, William Brent Young
Lieutenants slated for promotion
to lieutenant commander who give
Washington as their home or duty
address include Valvin Robinson Sim
clair. Jahn Parmelle Cady, Joseph N.
Wenger. Alfred c. Ohey, jr.; Harry
H. Keith, Peter w. Haas, jr.: Clifford
A. Swanson, Charles G.. Mccormack,
Bartholomew w. Hogan
Local officers slated for promotion
to lieutenant in the Navy include
Harry Smith. Robert D. Sutton. Ian
c. Eddy, Kelvin l.. Nutting, William
A. Moffett, jr.; Frederick NJ. Reeder.
Marine Corps lieutenant colonals
picked for promotion to colonel are
Henry L. Larsen. on duty in the war
plans section, Marine Corps head
quarters here. and 1t. Col. William H.