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Show UMPflmON IN NAVY FAVORED Rear Admiral Would Select Naval Officers for Promotion and Graduate Retirement Retire-ment Pay. Washington, Aug, 2 Rear Admiral McLean, Judge advocate general of tho navy, told tho conferees today II, ..f .tnoiVnliln nnmnnllllnn nmnntT naval officers would be secured by selecting se-lecting them for promotion and advocated advo-cated the selective plan for all command com-mand officers. He said there was competition for promotion in other navies. He said also he advocated graduated retirement pay and retirement retire-ment in tho lower classes for age. Rear Admiral Badger, retired, of the general board, and Rear Admiral Strauss, chief of the ordnance bureau, reiterated objections to the selection promotion system, declaring ample competition now existed. |