Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1922, Page 21

THE —_— e The vogue of Sports Shoes i definitely and decisively devel- ~ oped by the “House of Hahn” Smoked EUk Tan trim. Lcather or Rubber Sole. Shoe Shop—1318 G St. ° Cor. 7th & K Sts.- 414 9tk St. 1914-16 Pa. Ave. 233 Pa. Ave. S.E. Tfie Invisible Effect of Inferior Fuel ? THE ARMY I policy of the War Department to com- o the war. Due to early misinterpreta- ! ing corrected, former regulations con- jeffected an adverse influence on the! 'enroument in engineer and other sec- | France. Jof American Military Engineers the i ment ax second lieutenants, graduat- |ing from R. O. T. C. units with no Itional Guard and the re! damage to your car—and oft- times this inferior fuel is the direct reason for the general breakdown of your entire car. 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C., el mEe P Unfortunately, for a number of months after the war it -was not the mission in the reserve corps any man Wwho had not been an officer during tion and misunderstandings, now be- cerning the appointment of reserve! officers in the infantry, cavalry, etc.| tions of the reserve corps. It is stated on guod authority that in one battalion of the 23d Engineers, which served in the A. E. F., 60 per cent of the enlisted men were college graduates and suitable officer mate- rlal. Many men of one railway regi- ment, organized early in 1917, werel particularly well qualified for com- missions, but voluntarily enlisted inl lower grades and remained at their posts of duty throughout the war. | Among a few exceptions noted isj that of Col. Shaughnessy, late second | assistant postmaster general, Who, was originally appointed as a first} lieutenant in the 13th engineers. Even at that time he was an acknowledged expert {n matters relating to trans- portation and to the organization of railway operating forces. Eventually he earned and received the distin- guished service medal, together with other foreign decorations, when through promotion he became deputy director general of transportation in Through the efforts of the Society assistant chief of staft of the Army in & recent memorandum on the sub- Ject is of the opinion that former en- listed men of the engineers, by rea- son of their technlcal qualifications and actual experience in war, should be enrolled in the reserve corps. “They showld,” he avers, “be brought in now in order that their knowledge may keep pace with new develop- ments, and in order also that their interest, influence and experience may be of use In enrolling and training other: In the opinion of a lieutenant colo- nel who served overseas as an emer- gency englneer officer, it would seem that the interests of national defense can best be served for the next ten vears at least by enrolling lhexfi’mfln as officers in grades commensgrate With their technical qualificafons, their military experience andYage. Such action, he avers, “will in a meas- ure secure for them rewards for service actually rendered in war and will not interfere with the enroll- actual experience.” Based upon the project for six fleld armies, including the requirements of the communications zone of the inte- rior. in line with the present plan of national defense, the engineer serv- ice will, it is said, have need for near- 1y 9.000 officers. At the present flrye. including the Regular Army. the Na- TVe SOrps, there are not 4,000 enrolied. There- fore it is advocated the enroliment of all persons qualified for gervice should be encouraged to the fullest possible extent. New Type Ammunition. Three types of 37 mm. caliber am- munition recently produced for guns mounted in aircraft are being de- veloped by the ordnance department. A high-explosive shell with a super- sensitive fuse and a shell-destroving tracer, a canister and an armor-plerc- ing shell. The shell is designed for attack of airplanes and balloons. Thédfuse is considered absolutely bore safe in that it cannot act while in the gun, but will contact with the lightest airplane or balloon fabric. In case the shell does not hit.the target the shell destroyer tracer de- stroys the lmm‘;mmon before it eaches the ground. = The cnnist‘e‘;' is_designed for short- range work, and its case bursts a few feet from the muzzle of the gun, releasing the lead balls with which it is loaded. The armor-plercing shell Is designed for attack against tanks and protected ground targets or against armored planes. All three types of ammunition are designed to be used either in semi-automatic or full automatic guny. Afr Serviee. ficers has been smade in the 90th | Sivision, organized reserves, El Paso, iTex. Reserve pilots in that vicinity are preparing to stimulate interest in aviation by fecrulting former air Service mechanics as a nucleus for a live organization to be kept ready for action. New classes in advance training for students and cadets are under way 2t Ellington and Kelly flelds, there being ten pursuit and seven bombard- ment students enrolled. Afrplane pilot rating has been received by all Tembers of previous classes. and many new Wwings adorn the breasts of recent graduates in recognition of proven ability. The state of Indiana has leased a new armory in Kokomo, to be jointly Used by the 137th observation squad- ron, air service, and battery A of the fleld artillery, Tndiana National Guard. Much interest has been aroused In the two new hangars at the flying field, which is well marked and easily approached. Many new names have Fecently been added to the alr squad- ron units. xcitement prevailed at Cressy Fioi reaently when the United States transport Dix grounded on® Alcatraz Tsland, which is just opposite the} field, and on which is located the! Urited States disciplinary barrack Photo section No. 15, in accordan with its tradition, lost no time in get- ting & most exceptional photograph of the distressed _transport. The photo plane took off, circled the Dix, and within an_hour after making a landing the San Francisco papers credited Cressy Field for a picture of the scene that adorned the front page. Graduating exertises were held at} the school for flight surgeons at the | medical research laboratory on Janu- ary 21, 1922. Dr. E. C. Schneider. di- rector of the department of physiol- ogy and one of the pioneer workers in aviation medicine, addressed the class. Maj. W. R. Weaver, command- ing officer of Mitchell Field. present- | ed the class with their certificates. The graduates were Capt. Lyle C.: graduate; Maj. Cadmus ! THE NAVY Another vessel of historical interest soon to de placed out of commission is the U. S. S. St. Louls, which until recently served as flagship of the United States naval detachment in Turkish waters. The event will oc- ‘March 3, 1922, at the Philadelphia Savy Vara. ' Named for the city of St. Louis,- the vessel, a protected cruiser of ,#he first-class type, was first commissioned on August 18, 1906, at the League Island navy yard, with Nathaniel E. Usher in command. Dur- ing the trial trips the vessel made a speed of 225 knots. Ordinarily, 33 officers and 681 enlisted men formed the. complement of this cruiser, with a marine detachment 8388?3383ii§§38338333838?3?8888338383883333£8238388853888333383888338282833t888333338383888883833338t333833888883888828:38883 ] of_84. ‘Before the war with Germany was declared. the St. Louis entered in her log an account of war-l11kd cervice in frustrating a German plot and saving from destructfon <the wharves and shipping of Hopolulu. In February, 1917, the German gun- boat GCeir, interned at Honolulu, started fire in.her boilers. ‘Clearing for action, the commander of the St. Louis lost no time in taking posses- sion of the gunboat and in extin- guishing the fires.- One section of the boarding - party sent to secure the magasines found shrapnel fuses scat- tered about, ammunition hoists di mantled and flood cocks battered imto uselessness, With -sea v 8 f"’“"- |A 1 Assignment of available reserve llrl had becn started under a dry boiler. Finding it impossible to use water in_ extinguishing the -fire, the crew of the St. Louls used lines from bow l(_) stern of the German gunboat and \hvflrnad her across to another per, where she was made accessible to the chemlical engines of the fire depart- ment, which, after an all-day and | night fight, "extinguished the blaze ! without damage to other property. | during two years of world war| gervice the St Louis stcamed more | than 120,000 miles, participaing int elght outgoing convoys which accom- | panied transports and cargo ships! carrying thousands of troops and| ;@sz Quantities of supplies. On June, 7. 1917, she salled from New York | #8.Part of the convoy of the first de- | fachment of “the first expeditionary ses to St. Nazaire, France. Sev- eral attacks an supposed submarines, | gontinual drills at the guns and the | 1‘«‘:'11255 «)’; d;‘);:'rnyer escort from oil! i il ocean were features| Her sixth convoy trip began in| When she left New York with ¢ steamers. Twice during that | trip the St Louis went to the aid of essels in answer to messages (hat they were being attacked by subma- | rines. In 1918 she was converted into | xaruguop transport, with berths for; 1,500 men. Six times she crossed the | Atlantic to bring back troops, and on| uly 2, 1919, two vears to a day from| the time she first visited foreign | shores on war-time service, she Teft Brest with homeward-bound pen- | nant, her part in the world war fin-} ished. During the war the St. Louis Was commanded in succession by the following officers: Capts. Martin E. Trench, Waldo Evans, Amon Bronson, Jr., and Gatewood Sanders Lincoln. President Commends Supply Service. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the Navy, will make the principal uddress at the graduation exercises of the Supply Corps School of Application at the Naval Academy on March 4. The first of a series of lectures delivered before the school was made last week by Paymasteri General Potter upon the subject “Gen- | eral Remarks in Regard to Supply.”) Commending the Navy's business ac- tivities. President Harding, in a re- cent address before the second meet- ing of the business organization of the government, an unusual tribute to the N: Lieut. Com- mander E. D. Stanley, aide for pur. chase in the office of the chief co- ordinator, general supply, burea the budget. and Commander ¢ Mayo, Navy dish chairman of the federal traffic hoard, bureau of the budget, had the honor | to recelve the President's thanks by | name. In connection with the Navy's methods of purchase, it is interesting to also note another r ment paid the fuel dl Navy by a subcommittee of the House committee on appropriations during the hearings of representa- tives of the United States Shipping| Eoard. Mr. Powell, president of the | Emergency’ Fleet Corporation, and | Mr. Wood, chairman of the House | subcommitfee, both agreed that “the Navy has made the best showing of | any ‘activity before this committce.” Praine Extended General Board. | Rear Admiral W. L. Rodgers, chair- | man of the general board, has beerf| commended by the Secretary of State in a letter of appreciation, thanking | the admiral and the board for their important work and co-operation with | the members of the American delega- | tion during the conference for limi- tation of armament. The able and exhaustive studies of the board, wrote | Secretary Hughes, “were of great| value in the development of the American ‘plan, which was placed before the conference by the Ameri- can delegation. The American plan, which, slightly modifled, was that on which’ the final agreement was FEBRUARY 26, 1922—PART 1. fire of wood and oil-soaked waste ] % | MARINE CORPS | reached, was based on the board’s formula that capital ships should be taken as a measure of strength. On all subjects that‘came before us for deliberation we are indebted to you and the general board for advice and :gslsl‘ancc. Again I thank you and em.” \ < Due to economic reasons, primarily the lack of quarters at most stations for the families of enlisted men, the word has gone out that in future no married man will get by the recruit- 2rs, nor will any benedict be re- enlisted except in specific cases of men on duty at certain staff offices, those detailed on recruiting duty, or others who have had long service with the sea soldiers. -Vaudevillians who ‘declare that the married man is a better warrior because be is always fighting will find no support in the new order, which, it is stated, was not issued as a reflection on the fight- ing merits of the men who have been seriously wounded by Cupid's arrows. WOMAN ASKS $25,000. 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