| Show c c C NAVAL PROMOTIONS Sampson and Sch y itedr Admirals Under the New Law Washington March 28The naval board of promotion consisting of Hear Admirals McNair Howell and Howison completed its work today and submitted submit-ted its report The board was convened t determine the qualifications of those officers recently advanced to the rank of rear admiral under the tens of the naval personnel bill The report I passes favorably on all the officers appointed i ap-pointed so that aU questions of their advancement is removed The list is as follows Rear admirls George C Remey Norman H Farqu hay John C Watson Henry R Rob son Winfeld S Schle Sia Casey William T Sampson Dartett J Crom wel John V Philip Francis J Rig ginson Henry F Picking Frederick Rodgers Louis Kempff George IV Sumner In addition to thee favorable acton was taken on Captain Benjamin F Day whose formal promOtion to the rank of rear admiral by appointment of the president has not yet been made The retirement today of Rear Admiral Robeson caused a vacancy which makes Captain Day a rear admiral The r port of the board is now to be approve by the judge advocate general and by the secretary of the navy which however Is merely a formality I was stated authoritatvelythat it did not contain a word regarding the respective re-spective merit ofRear Admiral Schley 01 Rear Admiral Sampson The adjournment ad-journment of the board summarily disposed dis-posed of the published report that it had called on Rear Admiral Sampson for a fuller report on those commodores commo-dores serving under him during the war with Spain in order to determine questions of promotion An authorita tve statement was made that no requests re-quests of this kind had ben made and no responses received as the board had ample conclusions Information on which tp base it Oc5 |
