Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Navy is Franklin D. Roosevelt but Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Fleet, topranking sailor afloat, must be a truly professional seadog. Last week Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson recommended to Commander-in-Chief Roosevelt for approval before Feb. 1 a batch of Navy shifts and promotions, most important of which will give the Navy a new CINCUS. To replace 60-year-old Admiral Arthur Japy Hepburn, scheduled for commandant of the 12th Naval District with headquarters in San Francisco, Secretary Swanson named the present Commander of the Battle Force,...
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