- 2-                            March 9, 1949
 
Those receiving six votes: -
 
                                          Leafy                            Carpender
                                          Ramsell Willson            W.W. Smith
                                          Brainard                        01endorf
                                          McCain                         Griffin                          
                                          Father
 
Those receiving five votes: -
 
                                          Wilcox                           Kirk
                                          Dramael                         Ainsworth
                                          Theobald                        Bieri
                                          Jacobs                            Badger
                                          Monroe                          Callaghan
                                          Lee
 
          Here we have, then, 38 officers by process of selection by
probably as high class a selection board as one could get together, all available for sea command.
Incidentally, the nine officers who comprised this unofficial selection board were as follows:
 
 
                                          Richardson                    Yarnell
                                          Ring                              Reeves
                                          Jacobs                           Bloch
                                          Stark
                                          Edwards
                                          Kalbfus
 
          All nine of these men have had unexcelled opportunity to know
the rsnking men of the Navy and are themselves men of sound judgment and utter devotion to the
service.
 
          In addition to these 38, I have available the names of others
who received less than five votes as additional background material for future guidance. It is
interesting to note that the average age of the 38 officers in the above lists is 56.2 years.
 
          I also asked Admiral Jacobs to prepare for me, and he has done so,
a list of the best 100 men in his Judgment in the Navy below the grade
of rear admiral, and I have this list available for reference.
 
                              Frank Knox