Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1921, Page 21

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JEE VI ARMY AND NAVY NEWS «» | Peck nomination for promotion by a)and possibly his commission, in event close vote in the Senate Is whether | the Teport becomes public and proves o & |an officer assigned to Inspect an or- | ""KSREIGE I TTe, outlt inspected. ganization will feel that in making & |the Peck case, circumstances may report in line with nis instructions he |arise in the Army, as_ with other or- ganizations, when confidential reports Between D & E to the belt. 5 blouse, it may extend to crotch, but THE SUND:&Y STAR, WASHING'I;ON, D. C, DECEMBER "4, 1921—PART 1. ory and R. E. Bakenhus as second | QUIET SUNDAY LAW URGED. or third to receive consideration for are, for the interest of efficiency, best kept in the background. There are equitable methods provided by law to .eover this particular case. If Maj. Peck was at fault in rendering an im- proper_inspection report, the facts must be in evidence, otherwise no disciplinary action should be taken. There is no getting away from the effect of condign punishment of any officer in the Army without due proc- ess of by court-martial. If ). was disqualified for pro- motion by reason of inefficiency, the law provides for a board of officers now in session to recommend the dis- charge or retirement of any incom- petent officer. The effect produced by the recent verdict in the Peck case is extraordinary,- inasmuch as the Secragry of War, a majority of mem- bers the Senate military commit- tee, and the best judgment of the War Department advocated confirm- ing the nomination of the officer pro- nounced by them as qualified for pro- motion. Readjustment of Service Pay. Members of the joint congressional committee on the readjustment of pay in the services appeared much im- pressed with the statements-given the past week by officers of the services who were calléd upon to present their argumes s in favor of continuing the present temporary pay status or the making of same permanent. Col. L. Munson of the general staff, who was instrumental in effecting the present pay adjustment, which took = effect in 1920, appeared before the committee armed with data to sustain his contention that the rate of pay which the services are now drawing should be made permanent. Dealing with the comparative purchasing power of the dollar between the pre: ent and 1908, when the services r ceived their last real increase in pa: Col. Munson produced statistics prove that the purchasing power of a dollar had decreased from 100 cents in 1908 to 50.5 cents in 1921, contending, in effect, that the pay of the serv- ices had been cut in two' since the real increase in 1908. Changes in Uniform Regulations. New uniform regulations recently approved and soon to be published will show few changes of interest to commissioned officers. Bggford cord breeches may be worn, provided their color corresponds with that of the blouse. A slit at bottom of the coat skirt and a hook to hold the Sam Browne belt in place will overcome that wrinkled effect in the cloth and keep the belt in proper position. The slit will extend three-quarters of the distance from the bottom of the skirt As to the length of the for mounted service shorter blouses may be worn. Raincoats of various designs and color, as often seen on the streets, evidently are to remain in vogue this winter. More than a year ago a standard design was adopted for a raincoat, but as no conclusion was reached as to the material, noth- ing further has been accomplished. Why the insignig of rank is not per- mitted to be worn on this type of outer covering is a_question hereto- fore unanswered. Clothed in a rain- coat, officers other than those in the Marine Corps cannot be distinguished as to their rank, so that in saluting a passing officer whifle garbed in waterpsoof coat one can only sur- mise whether he is saluting a major general or a warrant officer. Outlines Policy of Bure: According to Col. Charles R. Forbes, director of the Veterans' Bureau, his office aims to provide for every man who suffered injuries or contracted diseases while serving in the mili- tary or naval forces during the world war that may have rendered him 10 per cent or more physically disabled. The program as outlined by the col- onel is to provide the best talent for all men needing medical or surgical care; to see that every man in need of hospitalization because of injuries contracted in line of duty is placed in a hospital under government supervision as soon as it is physically possible, and to maintain an effective follow-up system among convale: cents and those who have been di charged from the hospitals as reac! ing the maximum improvement, or are cured, in order that their best inter- ests may be closely safeguarded. An- other important feature of the policy is to conduct the vocational rehabili- tation of men with vocational handi- caps of 10 per cent or more. in gov- ernment training centers and to give prompt service in the handling of all claims for compensation, vocational training and hospitalization through the district and sub-district offices that have been established through- out the country. Since the recent “clean-up” campaign in August over 82,000 disabled veterans have been in- terviewed and over 35,000 claims filed by the clean-up squad. Passing Notes. Members of the organized reserve in Detroit, Mich., have started a series of weekly luncheons, to be known as the organizea reserve mess. The or- ganization’s purpose is to keep mem- bers informed as to actions of the ‘War Department affecting the reserve corps. The Georgetown University unit of the R. O. T. C. has made more progress in the past two months than in the two preceding terms, in the opinion of the officers who acted as judges In the recent company com- petition held on the campus. A resolution passed at a recent meeting of the Reserve Officers’ Asso- ciation of Nebraska condemned the utterances of Senator Watson of Georgia in his Senate speech attack- ing the morals of nurses o?dnty with the American forces in France and the actions of the,officers in charge of the men at the front. Members of the clerical profession who have had neither previous mili- tary training nor service are now eligible for the first time for commis- sions in the officers’ reserve corps. The army transport Cantigny, which sailed from Antwerp November 26, has aboard 8 officers, 602 enlisted men and’'103 members of their .immediate femilies. This is the first movement of troops in the reduction of the American forces in Germany. In ol der to accomplish their return witl out additional expense, troops are be- ing returned in small numbers by utilizing only the normal transport service. For the purpose of aiding aerial navigation, the meteorological section of the Signal Corps now maintains stations in the District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Washington, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Nebraska, Ok- iahoma, Virginia, California, Ohio and New York. Regular upper-air ob- servations are made at these stations. Reports are telegraphed daily to Washington, where bulletins are ‘is- sued relative to the wind velocity and direction prevailing at various alti- tudes over the United States. THE NAVY Adopted and cared for by the crew of a United States Navy destroyer, an |_ Armenian refugee boy of 10 years has taken the name of the ship as his own and wants to make it his perma- nent home. The vessel is the U. 8. S. Overton, in command of Commander Bruce R. Ware, and the boy was one of the thousands of refugees seeking safety and shelter in cities on the coast of the Black sea. A number of the ship's crew . found “Harry .Over- ton,” as he was afterward christened, living in an apparently starving con- dition in an overturned boat on the beach. He could speak several lan- guages, but no English. According to his story his mother and father had been killed and he had existed for more than a year under this boat, feeding, himself ll‘1:n_ scraps thrown overboard by vessels in i o S The youngster was fed and clothed by the crew, but when it became time for the Overton to return to Constai tinople, no solution for the dispo: tion of the boy could be found excep! to turn him over to.the ship's relief. Shortly thereafter the Overton sailed for pol, and, after joining in the activities incident to the evasua- tion of Wrangel's army, sailed for Constantinople. The first boat -ashore in mnlm m:pht returned with the Armenian youngster as a passenger. It seems the.boy .had not considered himself “at home™ on the ship relev- Ang -~ the - Overton - and ~had ~becsme . | homesick for his friends. He had bun- ling and as a stowaway wandering i | Woman Detective’s “Change in Name” Is Officially Recorded By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 3.— Soclety reporters striving to de- part from tl stereotyped form of marriage ann might take a lesson m editor of the Daily Police B letin. Recently Mrs. Isabelle Good! the only woman mem- hold the selection. woman. Bulletin records the event as tollows: “Change in name: “Acting Detective Sergeant, first grade. “Inabelle Goodwin, shield No. detective division, has S 27, 1921. police department of the city of New York will be changed ac- cordingly.” ‘The records of the jdled up his new clothes and deposited them with a shopkeeper for safekeep- around the Black sea for two or three weeks finally arrived in Constanti- nople. There he found that the Over- ton was not in port, but managed to exist for more than a week on the water front and was found waliting on the dock for his friends. What the future has in store for this Armenian youngster cannot be foretold, it is impossible for him to remain on the Overton, but according to this story, which reached the ears of Secretary Denby, every effort is being made to find a’ home in Constantinople where the boy will receive proper care and be properly educated. Denial by Secretary Denby. In justice to officers of the Navy, Secretary Denby wishes to- correct recent published statements to the effect that naval ofticers have been warned against opposing in any way the American proposals at the con- ference on the limitation of armament. “I regret,” said the Secretary, “to see such rumors repeated in print or otHerwisg¢ because they are quite untrue. No orders have been issued to naval officers not to oppose in print or in conversation the American pro- posals. No orders have been neces- sary. I have not yet met or heard of a single officer of the naval es- tablishment of the United States who does not approve the American pro- posals and does not heartily wish success to this conference. I cannot understand how ‘any other impression has gone abroad.” Test Alreraft With Hellum. Final tests of the Navy's non-rigid airship C-7 last week proved the first practical use of hellum, or non- inflamable gas. in the history of air- ship construction. The C-7 is one of the class of non-rigld airships built by the Navy in 1918 for anti-sub- marine operations during the war. Her length is 192 feet, extreme height, | 2 feet; maximum hull diameter, 42 feet, with gas capacity of 181,000 cublc feet. “She carries two union 125-horsepower engines and has a speed of sixty miles. i Exceeds Designed Speed. In denying that there has been any | breakdown of the engines on the battleship Maryland during a trial run, as reported in newspaper dis- patches from Boston, Secretary Den- by announced that’ the ship had successfully . met all tests, exceeding her designed speed of twenty-one knots by one and one-half knots. It was explained that the Maryland had put into Boston for the customary examination of engines which follow preliminary tests. Admiral Parks May be Retired. There is much discussion in the department as to_who will succeed Rear Admiral C. W. Parks, chief_of the bureau of yards and docks, whose term expires on January 12. Ad- miral Parks has not been in good health for some time, and it has been recommended by the medical authorities that he be ordered before a retiring board. In event, of retire- ment Capt. F. J. Chambers, the rank- ing captain, would be next in line for the office, with Capts. L. E. Gres- One of the largest contractors in Manila and owner ‘of the largest num- ber of sand and gravel pits is a The annual Methodist Conference, session here, today adopted a resolu- tion urging Congress to pass the pro- posed law forbidding operation of trains and newspapers on Sunday and requir- Hoosier— PINE BLUFF, Ark, December 3.— | in| ing closing of all business and amuse- ments on Sunday. _— In Japan widows designate them- selves by arranging peculiar ‘style, their hair in which also. signifies whether they desire to marry again. the best Christmas Gift Men who are wondering what one gift will best convey a whole year’s message of love and appreciation— Women who are debating what suggestion to whisper into willing ears— —don’t overlook the gift possibilities in the world’s greatest kitchen convenience! Remember, every woman who keeps house spends the great- er part of her life in her kitchen. of her life easier and you will have made her whole life happier! 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