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R . n h . G.hl,l3,$lcCormick Capt. 8. C , C a - 1 Comdr. R. A. ',8rner Lt .Cdr P. k Conklin Lieut. iiobt. B. Dmcen

R.~dn. (upper %a*) 0.B. Burrage R.Aam. J.H.Daj t o n Ckpt. G . B. Iandenbergw Comdr r'. D. Pry or Lt.Cdr. B.F.Poe Lieut. E, A . ZeWer U e u t , (JG) H, N. Wilkinson

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1 l e u t . Comdr hlaxanier G , F l e Lieut. Raymond D, Rsid

liivingston Hunt 8 p t . V. S. Jackson C ~ # n d r , 9. D. SMnley I&. Con;dr. J n a . D. P. Hodapp Irieut. J n o . Ii, Shillman &at, (JG) S. E. McCarty

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ChaplRin Corps

Capt, L. N. Taylor Comtlr E. B Niver Lieut. A, de 0. Vogler

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Civil Engineer Corps

R. iidm. F.R. Harris Capt. Geo. h. hiccE4y Cornar. Greer A . Duncan Iit, Comdr, R, I, Martin Cagtafn 'd. X. CrbSe's r e t i r e r r m t an 8 February 1923 w i l l promote the foliowing af2icsrs 8s of 9 Febrwry 1923:

To &,Con,dr. R.E. Schuirmc To Lieut. S. 3 . be h n b e r of Uidshipmen a t Ikval acadec,y.

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3 , Chief f ' e t t y Office? R a t i n g s .

Qn d c c m n t of thY t o t a l number of' chief p t t y o Y i c e r s i l l tile k v y %*L t n e eiid o i t h e l a s t c a l e n c s r month t h e r e w i i l b e no a v t n o r i z s z i o n f o r promotion of men t o c h i e f ;jetty o E i c e r s with a c t i n g appointment a s of f Skrch.

4, C r s V I S f o r - N a w S h i m .

The Receiving Skip Boston has ccmnenced 11 p o r t j o n oi' t h e crew f o r t o a s s e l h l e a crew l o r t h e U.S.S. DLTiidIT. t h e G.S.S. !$I~AG~.JKZJ w i l l be s e n t from t h e B s t Coast v i a t k s U.S.S. ddr.JDJRSU4; they stre now being asserbltxi at the b c @ i u & g @,ip I l h i b d e l phi%.

The G r e w fof the ?r.S,8. H I $ w i l l be asSmblod et t h e RelXe crew f o r t h e c e i v i n g Snip Phi'adslphia, comrnsncin(;; about 3 iGarck.

U. 5. S. Ol,lhF.h i s .racti@lliy i n t k c t e t t h e Receiving Shi? ftiBget Sound.

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I - a n s p o r t a t i o n of C m e n d m . ?he Bu-eau wishes t o b r i n g t o t h e a t t e n t i o . 1 02 o i ' f i c e r s anCl enPiCte6 mn s u b t l i t i i n g r e q u e s t s f o r t r a n s B o r t a t i o n f o r dependents t h e n e c e s s i t y of f u r n i s h i n g t h e i r s t r e e t a d d r e s s . %le omission of' t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n c a u s e s unnecessary ccrresLjondence a n a , i n sone c a s e s , expense, where t h e time 15 short and t e l e g r a p h a u s t be used.

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6. idilekge.

The 3ureatl h a s r e c e i v e d nuherous r e q u e s t s f o r a , q r o v a l of o r d e r s f o r t h e payment o f 4.05 p e r m i l e when traveling B e r e a r e s e v e r a l l e g a l p o i n t s invalved v i a government convejance.

U n t i 1 d e c i s i o i l s a r e CaLe b y t h e i n the s e t t l i n g of t h e s e c l a i m s .

G e n e r a l i'lccounting ur'fice, a l l such claims are being h e l d i n t i e B u e a u .

7 , Yair L e k i s l h t i o n .

On t5.e s u g g e s t i o n o f t i 1 9 ikr Department, t h e S e c r e t a r y or' t h e hvyy has a p g o i n t e d a Hodrd, c o n s i s t i n g o f o n e o f f i c e r frw. t k e Bureau o f i k v i g a t ion, one from the blarine Corps, one from t h e Judge d v c c q t i : (fsneral*s Office and one f r o n t t h e Suppiy Corps a s members of a j o i n t S e r v i c e c o r m i t t e e t o c o n s i d e r anendatory l e g i s l a t i o n t o t h e P z ~A c t of 10 JJrIe 1922.

It i s hoped t h a t t h e r e c ~ ~ m e n d ~ t l o n s of t h i s Bmrd will b e s u b m i t t e d t o Contjress a t t h e opening of t h e December session.

23 b’eljruary 1928,

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1. Lieutenants &dl-o.y‘ment o f .

I h c biir’ezu Consta receives r e q u e s t s f o r hie servSces of l i e u t e m r k n a % sr?a. I!i o r d e r t h a t t h o s e r v i c e a t largq’my under stund t h c s i t u c - t i o n , t h e f ‘ a l l o w i + d a t a i s published :

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On February 1 6 , 1923, t h e r e were: 916 l i e u t e n a n t s a t sea 123 Attending postgradu., t e c o u r s e s .

393 Ch o t h o r shori: buty.

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cub1 a r i n e s ciestroycrs c a p i t a l ships other sea a c t i v i t i e s .

The demanci f u r l i e u t e r a n t s i n a v i a t i o n , subrsriries and d e s t r o y e r s h a s grown w i t h the g r a d u a l i n c r e a e e i n t h e s e :’orc;es s o t h a t , today, 40d at’ t h e o f f i c e r s of t h a t r a n k a r e i n these f o d c s s . The YostgrBduate C h S S e S a r e composed a l n o s t e n t i r e l y of l i e u t e n a n t s , 9;/j of’ t h e t o t a l number are now so assigned.

The Ensigns (e61 o f t h e 94.4 b e i n g a t c e a f a r e , in accordance with a l o n g e s t a b l i s h e d p o l i c y , k e p t m i bcarc. the L n r j i t a l s h i p s as long a s p o s s i b l e b e f o r e bqinq oraered. t o thc: s m l l e r vessels.

AS there are but, a p p r o x i m t e l y 20 of t h s s e v e s s e l s i n conmission or being cox:missimed a t o:ie t i m e , it, i s necc?ssdry f o r each of these large s h i p s t o car-ry 20 or more ensi+:ns, % v j o u s l y , it becomes necessary €or c a p i t a l ships t o u t i l i z e t k e zer$ or e n s i g n s f o r t h e d u t i e s ordinarily assigned t o l i e u t e n a n t s . r3ri or t o t h e r e c e n t %mi-Annual examiiatlons a t tile iBva3 iiczidemy t h e r e ha!. o w n la1 casualties (~esigm iA ons and c!isrciscsls). At tLese examinatioLis 154 midshipman were d e f i c i e n t i n t h e i r b t m i e b t o such a n extenk 3 s t o m k s it necessary t o drop then, from the ~ i c a c i e ~ yt h; u s t h e t o t a l c a s u a l t i e s at the ~ c a d e m yt o d a t e mo1:nts tcr 255,

2. R e s i n n a t i on of Midshipinen :

m Ahere a r e in the present f i r e t c l a s s at thi:; tire 425 midshipmen, lwenty-five w i l l , upon gratsration, oc3 assicned t o t h e : b r i n e Corps.

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The Departriiert i'~e:3 Y i a t t h e g o v e r n x n t i s e r h i t l e d to a r e a s o m b l e r c t w n In s c r i j c e rerdered f o r c h e t h u r o i y h and expensive edrication r e c e i v e d ar, t ? e i d a d . i.c%i!en?y, and, i n view of t h e e x i s t i r g and p r o s - m c t i v z s3orizge CY ufr'icers For t n e sea-going foiacea, it h i i s been d,dcid.:J. t , u i.equire t h e e years' b e r v j c e a f t e r g r a d u a t i o n b elo re res5 GrlLitiQna Sor ttze purpose of encerir.g other b r a n c h e s of t h e Government s c r v i c r : 01' c i v i l l i f e w i l l b e acc@ed.

The Department wislies t o p o i n t out t h a t t h i s i s n o t a new p o l i c y b u t a r c t u r n , f o r t h b~e n s f i t of t h e Government, t o a p o l i c y which has h e r e t o f o r e obtaiwd f o r nany y e a r s ,

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Reservu fiorcUnder i n s t r u c t i o n s r e o e n t l y i s s u e d by t h e Department, approximately 6C0 o f f i c e r s of t h e Naval Rescrvo Porcc, Class 6 , have been t r a n s i e r r e d t o C l a s s e s 2, 3 or 5, anc! a 2 d i t i o n a l a p p l i c a t i o n s a r e being r e c e i v e d and acteci on d a i l y , Cmrraridar,ts have been r e q u e s t e d t o e x p e d i t e forwarding of' & p p l i c & t , i o n sf o r transfer. &ders have b e e n i s s i t d by Operations f o r iranjr k v a l hssurve t r a i n i n g s h i p s t o procet3u t o Eivy Y%rds f o r r e p a i r s and a l t e m t i o n s , p r e p a r a t o r y t o c a r r y i n g o u t s a t i s f a c t o r y sunmer c r u i s i n t , schoc.ult,s.

I e g i s b t i on was r e c e n t l y recornmended by t h e DGuartrnent p r w i d i n g f o r t h e c o n f i r r a t i o n of m r o l l c d r;en of t h z Naval Reserve k'orce i n t h e lowest r a t i n g s wS t h o u t '&;he requii*ement o f t h r e t : months' a c t i v t : sea duty and s u b s i s t e n c e l'or r e s e r v i s t s on week-end. c r u i s e s . Tt a l s o recommerded a ,sravision t o r c s t o m c e r t a i n r e t a i n c r pay r i g h t s t o t r a n s f e r r e d men 0:' t h e Pleet, & V a l Rescrve which wept. a d v e r s e l y a f f e c t e d by a d e o i s i o n of t h e Comptroller Gensra 1 of tht. IJnited S t a t e s .