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Show 1 ORDER CHANGES I MADDETTS STATUS Lieut. Commander Named Executive Officer of the Oregon. Lieutenant Commander Wilson E. Madden, recently detached as commanding com-manding officer qf the Salt LJVe naval moblKutlon district and assigned aa executive officer of the naval air eta-tton eta-tton at 8tn Dtegn, received orders from Washington today ana In changing hta status In I'ncle Ham's navy. ' Madden has been ordered to pro. j ceed to the Pacific coast to assume the d tit lea of executive officer of the ! I'. H. H. Ore Rim, fHmous old "bulldog of ' the navy." und flagship of Admiral t Kulllm, commander of the second division divi-sion of the Pacific fleet. Several years ago Madden wan r-! r-! tired from active service end was recalled re-called for slinre duty at the entrance of the I'nited Htates Into the war. He i wa promoted from the rank of Junior ( lieutenant to lieutenant commander. 'Repeatedly he made application for sea duty, but his requests were denled,,an4 he was assigned to Han I'lego for per-; per-; manent duty. The orders received today to-day changing hia nrevlnna nrden and asslftninK him to active sea duty were received with Joy by the officer. He will relieve Lieutenant Commander 1 Klrhy Crittenden se executive officer of , the Oregon. . Admiral J-'ullim was an , Instructor aft Annapolis when Madden ! wan a midshipman there, i Madden will leave for his new duty ' as soon aw Lieutenant Commander Ste-'' Ste-'' phen Wallace arrives here to succeed hirr as commanding officer of the local naval mobilization district. I ... i |