Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1922, Page 12

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The Avenue at Ninth Zemo, the Clean, Antiseptic ' Liquid,' Just What You Need MANY ARMY UNITS 10 BE DISCHARGED Only 37 Infantry. Regiments Will Remain in U. S. Combat Service. WILL REDUCE PERSONNEL One Out of Every Seven Officers to Go on Inmactive Buty. By the Associated Press, The new reorganization plan for the Army, drafted by the general | staft in order to meet reductions in personnel in accprdance with con- gressional acts fixing the enlisted strength at 125,000 men, calls for sweeping changes in the number and size of tactical units. An explanatery statement iskued today by the War Department shows-a large number of such units which will be either further reduced in strength, made in- active or demobilized. Only thirty-seven regiments of in- fantry will remain In the combat service as a result of the reduction, as compared to sixty-four regiments called for under the national defense The Iry regiments 1 from sixteen in 1920 to e artillery regiments from thirty-three in to thirteen, | plus eight separate battalions; coast | artillery regiments from nine to four, plus those at fixed defenses, and the gineer regiments from thirteen in 20 to seven. Infantry Redueced. In addition to the reduction in i numbe ¢ infantry regiments, the ve heen reduced in trength from 1,430 men to 1,150, and the cavalry regiments from 818 to 641 The 12th and 34th Infantry regi- ments were reduced to 812 enlisted men, respectively, while those made inactive, with records assigned to ac- and provisicn made for rehabilitation, included the 36th, Tth, 39th, 40th, 41st, 47th, 5lst, 52d, ith, 60th’ and 6lst regiments, as well as the 1Sth Light Tank Bat- 26th Infantry Brigade s and Headquarters Com- and the 10th Tank Company. se demobilized with records turn- ed in to the adjutant general and no provision made for rehabilitation in- {cluded the 44th, 46th. 48th, 49th, 50th, h. s6th, 5Sth, 59th, 62d, 63d and St ning center troops of cav- Iry were demobilized and the 9th Cavalry Regiment was ordered to re- turn to the United States for station at Fort Rilew, Kan. Other organizations made inactive, ilized or converted into smaller sveral in the field . the coast artillery, engineers, Signal Corp r Corps, ordnance d nd chemical warfare ser- stribution of the Army e United States.” the state- se ig being made of per- possible, and v of withd g from can- s being continued., s, inguished from used for mobilization during the war, the statement point- ed out, all h been disposed of except Camp McClelland, Ala., which was retained for training purpcses in the 4th Corps Area. Of the sixteen National Army can- Camp_Devens, Mass., Di uster. Mich., and Funston or tralning pur- I respective corps areas. Tex v retained and the the 8th ts ncipal training area for { Corps. Camp Lewis, Wash., the principal was retained was kept for training purposes of the 3d Corps Area. Officers to Go. “The reduction of office: statement added, “as provide last appropriation act, has begun, but will not be completed until December 15. A board of general officers is ow meeting daily at the War De- artment.” A tabulation of commissioned. per- {sonnel to be reduced by grades, show- {ed 569 colonels to be reduced to 42 1667 lleutenant-colonels, to 577: 2,191 |majors, to 1575; 4,385 captains, to 3,150; 3,026 first lieutenants, to 2,967, and second lieutenants to be increas- ed from 130 to 1.771. These reduc- |tions will be made from -officers on | the -promotion list. while others on | the non-promotion list will be reduced {from 1,126 to 983 in the Medical De- !partment; from 234 to 158 in the | Dental Corps; from 158 to 126 in the {Veterinary Corps, and 138 to 72 in the Motor Ambulance Corps. Eight hundred officers on the pro- {motion list, graded from colonel to |first lieutenant, will be retained until hey are absorbed or recommissioned n their next lower grade. When this is accomplished, the statement conclud- ed. a minimum of 1716 reductions will be necessary this year by retire- ment, resignation or discharge. | his is a_minimum reduction of 13.5 per cent, or approximately of fone officer out of every seven,<” the statement said, adding that when the ifinal reduction in commissioned per- |sonnel is completed a reassignment will be made of officers to branch and arm of service and to the various organizations of the Army. $40,000,000 EXPENDED TO IMPROVE HIGHWAYS | Southern States to Spend Still Fur- \ ther Huge Sums in Near i Future. | By the Associated Press. . CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., August 28.— Southern states have added $40,000,000 to thelr highway Improvement funds this summer, according to reports to Chicago ‘automobile associations. Im- provement work is going forward at top speed in every state south of the Mason and Dixon line. Roads formerly ‘meuuble when. the tourjst _traffic turned southward this fall will be ready to carry their burdens, use, the reports indicate, bond {ssues and pavi projects have met With® publio. ap ! roval. Tennessee has spént $883,000 in the last few months on repair and jm- | provement of main highways. The | state soon is to vote for a $75,000,000 bond issue. If passed, th roads association, which | the bond issue, ¢l | system of paved pleted in the next least financing plan, it is contemplates mo ine ‘or vehicle tax, it is uf will serve as i only when people roads. AMERICAN WOMAN TAKEN. Arrested in Mualch in Alleged N et D Srag oty soven yoars ot . bfim in IEL 'n.‘.'u'- she had _ ‘sought by,the Dot o ‘alleged MUTT AND - ciramas JEF'P, T JOINED THE'NEW THOU! SocterY TODAYS WOVLDN'T You | “ike: 1o Join? v HERRIN GRAND JURY DECLARED NEUTRAL Neither Miners Nor Oper- ators Among Probers of Massacre. By ffe Associated Press. MARION, 1L, August 28.—More than two months after twenty-six non-union workers at the Lester strip pit, which had been deserted by union bituminous coal diggers, were killed, what has come to be known as the “Horrin massacre” today was the subject of official inquisition. The twenty-six lost their lives in separate attacks June 21 and 22, the greater number the second day, when they were herded from the pit and, ac- cording to eyewlitnesses, brutally, shot, beaten and cut to death. That the investigation beginning today would be fair and far reaching was indicated by’ the announcement of Edward J. Brundage, Illinois at- torney general, that neither miner nor coal operator had been put on the specially called grand jury. Mr. Brundage announced that, in his opinion, the evidence was con- clusive and should lead to the Is- uance of indictments. County offi- cials predicted that upward of 100 in- dictments would be voted. The grand jury has been sworn in by Sheriff ixton, but the names of the jurors will_not be made known till Judge D. T. Hartwell calls this body into session_toda A. W. Kerr, chief counssl of the Illinois Mine Workers, has been here for some time watching develop- ments. | "Among witnesses summoned are Sherift Thaxtor, his deputies and Cor- oner William_ McCown. Col. Sam Hunter of the Illinois National Guard, who Investigated the Herrin mine | war at the request of Gov. Len Small, arrived here last nicht ready to tes: tify before the grand jury. it was said here today Attorney THERE AIN'T NO eees ™ PAYL COAL OPERATOR DIES. F. 8. Peabody Suffers Stroke While Riding in Hunt. CHICAGO, August 28, body, one of the country’s largest coal operators, is dead after suffering a stroke while horseback riding on his farm near Hinsdale. His horse was found standing over the body, which General Brundage had advanced $5.000 out of his personal funds to defray the expense of the investiga- tion, for which many witnesses have been summoned from other states. SAFETY COUNCIL MEETS. | Sane Traffic Methods to Be Shown at Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., August 28.—Safety { problems in many flelds, including in- dustrial and public, will be discussed at the eleventh annuai congress of the Na- tional Safety Couneil, which opens here today and continues through Friday. In addition to the general sessions, extending through Wednesday, a_score or more of sectional meetings Wil take place, at which will be discussed by ex- perts the most modern methods of pro- tecting life, limb and property In the more important industries of the coun- try. The meetings will be held in Cass Technical High School building, per- mitting_establishment of a dozen or more miniature workshops and labora- tories where delegates to the congress will_receive demonstrations in safety work. Among sessions will be Judgs of Detroit, who within the last few months has sent scores of automobile | speeders to the Detroit house of cor- {rection; Dr. John Wesley Hill, “chan- cellor of Lincoln Memorial University : R. M. Little, director of rehabilitation of the New York state department of education, and Dr. John J. Ligert, United States commissioner of educs- tion. the speakers at the opening L. Bartlett Members of the “New Thought” weLt, ALl THe MEMBERS THINK NEW THOUGHTS! Aowt BUT WHAT'S THe IDEA oF THE ‘New THOUGKT was on the ground, as though he had fallen from his saddle. Mr. Peabody was sixty-threo years old. The tragedy took place during the first hunt of the season on the Peabody estate. He became separated from the other hunters, and when they returred to the house and found him absent a search was begun. . Peabody was the founder and president of the Peabody Coal Com- pany. ring the war he was chair- man of the committee of the National Councii of Defense. ‘Thousands of athletes and trainers have found that with the big la rubbed in, has of a rub-down. a Lifebuoy bath — ther thoroughly all the advantages N It wakes up the skin. ‘It makes the whole man glow with vigor and fitness, Wake up your skin! LIFEBUOY HEALTH SOAP and LINGERS ! Peppermint-—Tutt frutti—Speermint -~ 10 for 5¢ WHY, IN JUST oNE DAY I'VE ALREADY MRS. SCHWAB SUCCUMBS. LORETTO, Pa., August 25—Mrs. Esther Munhall Schwab, aged fifty, widow of Joseph E. Schwab, brother of Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate, died last night at the Schwab summer home here. BShe had been ill several months and came here three wecks ago from New York, where she main- tained her home. 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