Evening star., 1942-02-08
Leary 10 Head
Allied Fleet in
Anzac Waters
GIussford Named
Chief Of Southwest
Pacific Forces
Pictures on Page 49,.

Command of the naval forces
Of the United Nations in the Aus
tralian-N New Zealand area has
been placed under Vice Admiral
Herbert F. Leary, the Navy De-
partment announced in a COM
munique late yesterday. He will
have the title of commander of
AnZac forces"
AT the same time it was revealed
that Vice Admiral William A. Glass
Ford, jr., had been named chief Of
forces which formerly made up the
Asiatic Fleet and now will be known
as the United States Naval Forces,
Southwest Pacific"
The naming of the two vice ad-
mirals is part of series of moves to
unity command in the Southwest
Pacific. The first was announced by
the White House on January 3 fol-
lowing conferences between Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill and military experts of
the United Nations.
Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell then
was named commander in chief and
Admiral Thomas C. Hart, then chief
Of the United States Asiatic Fleet,
as commander of Naval operations
in the Southwest Pacific.
No Details on Operation.
No details were available here on
how the Hart-Leary command will
operate.
The Navy communique ANNOUNCE
ing Admiral Learys designation
said:
The following new naval COM
mand has been established to take
effect Immediately:
mo. /. Forces which formerly con-
stituted the Asiatic Fleet are now
known as the United States Naval
Forces, Southwest Pacific. Vice
Admiral William A. Glassford, jr.,
U. S. Navy, commands the forces.
mo. 2. Admiral Thomas c. Hart
is commander of the combined naval
forces in the A. B. D. A. (American-
British -Dutch-Australian) area.
No. 3. Combined naval forces of
the Australian-New Zealand area
have been established with Vice
Admiral Herbert F. Leary, U. S.
Navy. in command. His title is
Commander Anzac Forces.
Directed Fleet Training.
Admiral Leary served as director
of the Division of Fleet training in
the office Of the chief of naval
operations here until 1899, when he
was assigned to sea duty.
The admiral, who is 56 and a
native of Washington. is the son of
another Navy veteran, Rear Admiral
Richard P. Leary.
He served with distinction in the
World War and was awarded the
Navy Cross as force gunnery officer
on the staff of the commander of
BattleShip Force No. /.
He won a number of foreign
decorations and after the armistice
was a member of the commission
which inspected German bases and
ships. Admiral Leary served at
various Naval posts in London,
Paris, Rome and Berlin and from
1928 to 1881 commanded the powder
factory at Indianhead, Md, and the
Naval Proving Grounds at Dahl
gren. Va. In 1882 he completed a
course at the Naval War College
here.
In recent years he served as COM
mander in chief of the United
States Fleet. His home address was
given by the Navy as Jamestown,
r. I.
Admiral Glassford, former COM
mander of the Yangtze Patrol, is
a native Of San Francisco, whose
present home address is Phoenix,
Ariz. He was commissioned an
ensign in 1908.
Admiral Glassford was on duty
in the Offlce of Naval Operations
here from 1924 to 1927. He is q
brother Of Brig. Gen. Pelham D.
Glassford, former superintendent of
police in Washington.