Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-18

mander in chief of the Pacific Fleet.
Admiral Kimmel was born in Hen
derson, KY, February 26, 1882. He
was graduated at the Naval Acad-
envy in 1904. e.- &
Former Assistant Chief.
Admiral Jacobs takes over a rea-
sonably familiar role when he be-
comes chief of the Bureau OF Navi-
CATION. He served as assistant chief
from September, 1929, until early
this year when he was ordered to
sea with the Atlantic Fleet. He at
one time was director OF enlisted
personnel of the bureau.
Admiral Jacobs served in the
Asiatic Fleet in command of the
Monocacy and was in charge of the
evacuation of Americans in the
Upper Yangtze Valley in 1927.
Born in Danville, Pa, December
u, 1885, he was appointed to the
Naval Academy in 1908. In 1918 he
became aide and flag secretary on
the staff of the commander in chief
of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. He
commanded the Jouett in 1916 with
additional duty as commander OF
Division 4, Destroyer Force, Atlantic
Fleet, and in 1918 was in command
of the Henley and the anti-subma-
rine detachment. He was on duty
in the Bureau of Navigation from
1928 to 1926.
1t. Gen. Short, who is 81, was
appointed on February 8, 1941, to
the command of the Army's Ha-
waiian Department. During the
early period of the rearmament
program, he commanded the LIST
Division at Fort Hamilton, N. Y,
and in October, 1910, was put IN
command of the LIST Corps, with
headquarters at Columbia, sc. He
was on that duty when he was made
the Hawaiian commander.
A native of Fillmore, ILL.,, ne en-
tered the Army as a second neu'
tenant of infantry in 1901 following
his graduation from the University
of Illinois.
He served overseas as training Of
ficer with the 1st Division, Amer
lean Expeditionary Force. and latel
as assistant chief of staff for train
ing with general headquarters.
Shortly after the World War Gen
Short served on the general star
in Washington and from 1921 Il
1924 with the Far Eastern section
of the Military Intelligence Division
He then attended the Army wa
College and later saw service in Sal
Juan, Puerto Rico.
From 1880 to 1884 he was assistan
to the chief of the Bureau of In
sular Affairs in Washington.
Veteran Air Corps Officer.
Gen. Martin, who has been i
aviation service since the Worl
, War, is SO, and was born in Liberty
, Ind. He graduated from Purdu
) University and went into the Arm
as a second lieutenant of coast ar
tillery in 1908.
> He was on duty in Hawaii jus
: before the United States entere
| the World War and later saw serv
, ice with the supply section in Par
f during the war. He transferred I
aviation in 1920 and made an ur
: usual record in that branch.
t Gen. Martin had commando
i both Randolph and Kelly Fields
4 Texas.
r The Army awarded him a Distir
e guished Service Medal in recogn
y ton Of his work in organizing
J. round the-world fight in 1924 ar
: in developing special equipment IL
e stalled in the airplanes.
r Gen. Martin was one of the fir
O officers promoted to Temporal
d major general in October, 1910.
= He attended the Army War Co
: lege in Washington In 1885 al
s before the re-armament program
Y he was serving as commander Of Il
l. third wing, q. II. q. Air Force.