A board of Medical Corps officers
of the Navy, composea of Rear Ad
mirals Edward K. Stitt, Cary T. Gray
son and Albert M. D. McCormick,
with lAeut. Oomdr. G. Haven Man
kin. as recorder, is in session In the
Navy Department to select an officer
of that corps for promotion to the
rank of rear admiral - to fill the
vacancy created by the death of Hear
t Admiral George H. Barbar.
The board first met on September
27 and, as it is prescribed by law
that It remain in session 10 days be
fore Its selection Is made known, It
probably will be about October 7 be
fore the Navy Department makes any
announcement of the new rear ad
mlraJ of the Medical Corps. Fifteen
captains and one additional number
of that corps, making a total of J 6
officers, are being considered by the
board. They are as follow*:
.Tames G. Field. Charles H. Tllgh
man l>owndes. Rand P. Crandall.
George T. Smith, Eufher 1,. Von
Wedekind. Robert M. Kennedy. Nor-
I man J. Blackwood. Adrian R Alfred,
Charles M. De Valin. Charles E. Riggs.
James F. Devs. Frank C. Cook. Am
mon Farenholt, Charles P. Kindleber
i ger. Arthur W. Dunbar and Theodore
l W. Richards.
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