Show RO RODGERS GIVEN HIGH POST IN I NAVY BUREAU Becomes Assistant Aeronautic Chief SECRETARY ACTS 9 1 Commander I Called to Capital SAN ANTONIO Tex Sept 11 AP AP Promotion Promotion of John Rodgers commander of the 9 No 1 to assistant chief chef of the navy bureau of aeronautics was warmly ap ape applauded today by Colonel William Mitchell Eighth corps area air of of- of Rodgers is a capable and courageous courageous cour cour- ageous flier and his promotion comes as a Just reward for the perils and hardships ps he has so miraculously survived Colonel Mitchell said WASHINGTON Sept Sent 11 CAPi CAP CAP- AP i Commander John HO Rodgers gers rescued after atter nine nino days afloat in the mid mid- Pacific In his plane 9 No 1 tod today y was was appointed assistant chief of the navys navy's bureau of ot aeronautics He will report to Washington as soon as possible to assume his new pos post Secretary Wilbur decided upon the appointment late last night when he learned of the rescue of lot the 9 No 1 and its crew I Commander Rodgers will wUl retain for tor the time being at least his present rank and pay although he succeeds a captain A. A W W. Johnson who has asked for sea duty AIDE TO MOFFETT Commander Rodgers will be as assistant assistant assistant as- as to Rear Admiral Moffett chief of the aeronautics bureau The new assistant chief was among the first naval officers to receive aviation training having taken instruction from the Wright brothers in Dayton 0 O In Jn March 1911 In August of at that year when the pioneer officers In naval avIation aviation avia avIa- tion ion were assembled into the first naval aviation detachment he ie e was senior officer In the gro group p It was w while I eon on this tty duty that he made the first flight land landby bY iJ sv Y He flew a Wright machine tro from n Annapolis n polls to Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Balti Balti- more and back MAD MADI AVI AVIATION TION RECORD In the tall fall and w winter iter of 1911 he op co-op operated co-operated rated With hi his cousin C P. P Rodgers In making the first cross continent flight In this country With other pioneer aviators of ot the navy he established the first naval aviation station at San Diego in January 1912 and his experiments with seaplane floats there are credited credited credited cred cred- with having done much toward carrying aviation out to sea with i the fleet He began a tour of regular naval duty in August 1912 but returned to the aviation branch in July 1922 taking command of ot the naval air station at Pearl Harbor Hawaii He took command of the aircraft tender tender tender ten ten- der Wright with the scouting fleet after atter completion of the Joint army and navy maneuvers around HawaII Hawaii Hawaii Ha Ha- last spring It was while on that duty that he was selected to command the 9 No 1 |