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Show oo TLUCKIlfJOiD RTIRES OFFICERS WASHINGTON July 3 Tho names ot four officers of tho United States navy selected for compulsory retire-"ment retire-"ment by tho "plucking" board appointed' appoint-ed' by Secretary Meyer wero 'announced 'an-nounced today and tho suspense which for several weeks hus gripped "the personnel of the service from lieutenant lieu-tenant to captain waa dispelled. j By tho conclusions, approved by fho j president, four officers of each of the I grades of captain, commander, lieutenant lieu-tenant commander and two lieutenants lieuten-ants were transferred to the retired list from June 30 The offlcors affected, af-fected, most of whom arc Spanish-American Spanish-American war vetorans, aro Captains James T Smith of North Carolina, commanding the receiving ship Hancock, John T Nowton of Ohio, until recently In command of tho battleship Nobraska, Robert F Lopez of Tennessee, senior momber of the board surveying vessels on tho Pacific coast, nnd Tarry Phelps of Now Jersey, serving on general court martial duty at tho New York navy yard Commanders Patrick W Hourigan of New York, confmandlng the naval training stntlon at Nowport, R I , Harold K. Hlnes ot Kontucky. commanding com-manding the supply ship Glaclor. Edward Ed-ward T Wotherspoon of New York, commanding tho transport Prairie, John R Edlo ot tho District of Columbia, Co-lumbia, oxecutlvo officer of tho battleship bat-tleship New Hampshire. Lieutenant commandors John IL Rowen of Pennsylvania, executive officer of-ficer of tho battleship Maine; Alfred A Pratt of Illinois, on sick leave; Ernest F Eckhardt of Wisconsin, executive ex-ecutive officer of the receiving ship Independence, Henry T Baker of Ohio, on dnty at naval stations at Ca-vlto Ca-vlto and Olongapo, P. L Lieutenants Semmes Road of WcBt Virginia, on sick leave; Roland R. Rlggs of New Jersey, on sick leave The retirements are made In accordance ac-cordance with tho provisions of tho nnval personnel act for tho purpose of creating vacancies In tho lino of tho navy In order to pormlt promotions. promo-tions. Tho vacancies Jn the last fiscal year caused by death, retirement or resignation were li less than tho number prescribed by law Each of tho officers retired will bo advanced one grade in rank. |