Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1922, Page 11

ARMY AND NAVY NEWS BY MAJ. ARTHUR G. DUNCAN, U. 8. R. i THE ARMY I Hereafter forelgn decorations present- ed to members or former members of the Army must be tendered through the State Department and their delivery authorized by speclal act of Congress. This action is made necessary by the War Department, due to the expiration of the limit of the statute which au- thorized members of the Army of the United States to receive military dec- orations from the powers with which our government was associated during the warld war. The War Department has conferred 7.812 decorations, of which 703 were presented to members of foreign armies and civilians, and 17,787 for- eign decorations have been awarded to the personnel of the United States Army, members of American welfare organizations and American citizens conneeted with the American and allied armies and interallied commis- sions. Honor Retired General. Officers of the Quartermaster Corps stationed in Washington, recently paving their respects to Gen. H. L. fogers, who on Augu retired s quartermaster presented the general with a hand- some loving cup of hammered silver. graved on the side of the cup was bar of music from “Auld Lanz With the h esteem ficers fn the office of the We knew him er general. as a courageous man, efficient chief. courteous commander, loval superior.” quartermas In one of the panels of the cup there was engraved the Quartermaster Corps. with a seroll bearing the corps motto, “Service to tae Line.” the slogan adopted by Gen. Rogers during the war. insignia of the Alrgun Stands Test. After two years of development work the ordnance department has produced an aircraft .30-caliber ma- chine gun which shows a speed of from 700 to 1,000 shots per minute. In its preliminary test 15000 rounds were fired, with only a limited num- ber of malfunctions and breakages. A requirement of the new gun made necessary that the feeding of | the amimunition be accomplished by a continuous link belt capable of feeding from either the right or left side of the gun without its beins necessary to use extra parts to make the change of feed Cost of Animals. Starting with riding horses the fiscal 3 to the lowly pack sam paid an average which prices paid for the different classes of horses and mules show as follows: Light draft horses. v draft pack horscs, young, $146.08: draft, $188.33 mvuV!" a— —— | AIR SERVICE ! participants in races to be held from October have been selected and | chief of air service. | three officers n ynster grandstand the lly attend :u'I'm‘ll‘} Pilot and alte the natic at Mt 1 7 to 14 next approved by There will Cle > sixt ommodate T races this 2 1t as the natio 1 the early | days. ise ng out the i qualitics and de he various flying machines, the events will be the Pulitzer tre race, a contest for the fastest land machines, | pich will be held over a triangular 160 miles (four laps ach). the entire course 'ra of Lake St} eption of the land- point. ts of the races willj the es of large | capacity multi and light commerc airpla observation \irplanes and the | type. two-pa high-specd enger Pulitzer, ht functioning the 104th Maryl: orgunizat of the engineering | -’ conduc and some first- e been turned out. The squ rapidly locating landing flelds throughout the state. Tield aerial photogra are also taken to show the ecxact appearance | field from th The map | cross-sectioned an be located as nd der the officer ¢ gines class mechan so that the: within a few 9 Since passing muster on June 21, 1921, pilots of the Maryland squadron have been flying without a single casualty. This will be the fourth successive =eason for forest patrol by the Air Service in Oregon. Official author- ization was given to conduct the acrial patrol of the forests only in | Oregon this year. Observation” flights are being made over the various forests at the direc- tion of the state forester. tional forests are given atten- tion onl“.upon requests during fire rises. dio stations are being in- alled in order to properly function rvice. During the ial patrols have been located and fires new fires have been information obtained about already existing. —_— | THE NAVY ! That the total number of commis- sioned officers of the active line ot the Navy may be computed at the present time upon the basis of the total authorized enlisted strength of 131,485 men, as provided in the act of July 1, 1918, is the opinion ex- pressed last week by the Attorney General. The question submitted to that ofM- cial was whether the number of com- missioned officers should be com- Evenings Until 9PM. During E !SiI:\I{tNZG" BANK . | book ousht to stand at the head of the list of books 1 have most influenced N you. It makes pleasant (AN reading, and the INTEREST increases on every page.” Citizens Savings Bank 1336 New York Ave. o rer Jisk. O B¢ Yoerhoss. M. D Thiladelobly, Solo Concerto . Solo Concerto . Thousangds of Player Ralls, new, " Player—83-note—Used Player—S88-note—Used Upright—Used g::od at the present time on the is of the total authorized strength or on the s of the average - m ber of enlisted men as provided In the act of July 1, 1922, In answer to the question the At- torney General expressed tha opinion that the act of July 1, 1922, in reduc- ing to 86,000 the average number in the enlisted strength of the Navy|s during the flscal year 1933, “dealt solely with the actual number of en- liated men who should be in the serv- ice of the Navy during this limited period, and that it therefore did not alter the figures previously fixed by Congress for the maximum author- ised expansion of the Navy in case of emergency.” Athletics on Coast. Judging from the variety of ath- lelic events scheduled for this fall, the Pacific fleet will have a sufficient pro- % |gram to assure the service that the sailors on the west coast will not lack physical entertainment. First in the big events is the Pa- cific water classic, the olympic cup- sculling race, which is acheduled for this week In San Franolsco. The unt water race will be decided on gantembor 23, on which date the firat of the three classes of two-mile whaleboat races will be rowed. The other classea are set for September 30 and October 7. [ The one-mile dinghy race takes place October 14, and the marine challenge cup race on October i1. slightly used or worn. Shop- new aad used. worn or slightly used, 11c up. New rolls, 28c up. Hundreds of Player Benches, g race follows on Oc- tober 28, and the Vallejo cup race on November 4. The racing seagon November 8-19, when the sall- s will declided. t ommanders will arrange schedules of elimination contests in boxing, wrestling and foot ball, and the championship finals will occur, re- ectively, on November 1, January & and December 9. Pan-Pacific Conference. Designated to represent the Navy at the first pan-Pacific commerclal conference at Honolulu, October 325- 31, Rear Admiral Henry J. Zlege- mel former commander of the bat- tleship California, will at that con- terence deal with communication and transportation, giving speclal atten- tion to a survey of the present cable and radio activities. At the conference, which is called by the Pan-Pacific Union, of whicn Wallace R. Farrington, governor of The Seattle cu Hawall, is president, Admiral Ziege- meler will also present an analysis of present trade routes and will dis- cuss_the desirability of free ports in the Pacific islands. RENEW ARMY DRILLS. French Decide Fall Maneuvers Are Necessary, tumn army maneuvers are being sumed for the first time since the war. There was much hesitation because it was feared such maneuvers might because such a display would revive bitter war memories. But the necessity of training the new _classes overcame these objec- tions. The maneuvers, however, are located in Brittany so as not to seem as if France were gathering her fight- ing forces for a campalgn against Germany. 40,000 AUTOS IN SWEDEN. Double Number That Were in Use Two Years Ago. STOCKHOLM, September 9.—Swe- den todzy counts 40,000 automobiles, according to recent statistics, double the number in use two years ago. Stockholm alone has 5,000 cars. Swedish farmers, formerly hostile to the Invasion, have become reconciled and are buying cars. Much of the gasoline and an overwhelming ma- jority of the cars come from the United Stat. —_— European railroad experts say Ger- man railroads are now better equipped than they were before the war, both as to quantity and quality PARIS, September 9.—France's au- | of rolling stock. Used, $1.75 up. —in our Used Department. Biddle ..............$90|Story & Clark...... Upright—Used J. & C. Fischer. ... .$110|Ludwig Upright—Used C. M. Stieff.........5195Apollo ............. Reproducing Pisno—Used ...... 9320 Bradburyup;*;h. ve.....53155(Pease Player—Used Player—Shop Worn _$235|Story & Clark. ... Player—Used 3 Player—Used Story & Clark. . .. .. .$479|Chickering ........ Player—Used Player—Used Upright—Used Weaverton ..........$25|Marshall & Wendell. Upright (as is) used Player—Stightly Used t—Used .$498 | Steinway Sons ... .$390| Chickering ....... .$515|A. B. Chase. . .. .$435(J. & C. Fischer. ... $685|Stary & Clark. . .. CLEARANCE SALE HOMER L. KITT CO. Announces Sale of Immense Knabe Warerooms, Inc., Stock Lately Bought Outright Several Phonographs, used, $5.00 to $40.00. CHICKERING, STEINWAY, KNABE, BRADBURY, FISCHER, KIMBALL and other makes .5685 Grand—Used .$435|Franklin ...........5880 Ampico—Slightly Used $440 ...$540 Upright—Shop Worn Upright—Used Upright—Used .$560|Johnson ...........$175 Upright—Used Player—Used Upright—Used HOMER L. KITT C KNABE PIANOS 1330 G Street | fuel to the militarist propaganda and |’ HAY FEVER Has been refieved in hundreds of \\\‘\\\Ih/l/// UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS Department Commander Harry E. Patterson congratulated Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, No. 1, at its meeting | I¥ Tuesday night, on the support it has | . Cases'by the use of A \\ // &iven the administration and its will- RIdll“Il H| hhnn \ / ingness to help the members of the y Fever Sol \\\ /// organization. Sentor Vice Depart- Many disorders such as R é’ ment Commander James J. Murphy RHEUMATISM NEU- RN z §ave a report of the recent comven- RITIS ART}:IR‘ITIS sod 3 = = tion. t 3 a = = Past Commander C. J. Becker of others respond to RADIUM Z i Birmingham Camp, No. 1, Department treatment properly adminis- / == N of Alabama, and grand gu-gu of Zam- tered. Zl e boango Lair, M. O. S.. ghve an inter- :1’ All Radium Preparations Priced A N esting talk on his recent trip through | [ Within Y 2mm AN | the south. Commander Franeis Huhn | [# ithin Your Reach 77NN of Harden Camp, No. 2, reported that | [ O et Spanish war veterans are entitled to | treatment at 6th and B streets south- west. | Col. Jas. 8. Pettit Camp, No. 3, will | | mest Tuesday at Sth street and Penn- sylvania avenue southeast. Clairborn S. Close, chalrman of the press committee, has returned from Los eles. where he represented Gen. son A. Miles Camp as a dele- gate to the national convention. ! O'Dennell’s Drug Store, 1405 H 8t. N.W. O'Dosnell’s Drug Stors, 604 9tk B¢t. N.W. 0'Doanel's Drug Store, 1118 ¥ 8t. N.W. 0'Demnell’s Drug Stors, 723 14th St. N.W. Jacksen & Whipps, 1870 Teh St. N.W. Gideon's Drug Sters, Alexsadria, Va. The Stock: The stock of pianos thus taken over consists of some of the world’s best makes, including the nation- ally priced Knabe and Ampico. Reasons: Because of remodeling—this heavy surplus stock now on our floors must be disposed of at once. Prices---Terms: Every pirano—every player — every grand now on our floors— with the exception of nationally priced merchandise, we have placed on sale at prices and terms that should and will quickly clear our floors. Added in are a few makestradedinsince the purchase. Just a Word as to Payments To put music in your home we have worked out fer this Clearance Sale an interesting payment groposition whereby almost anyone can own a beautiful piano. Monthly payments from $5 a Month Up FREE Bench and 18 Rolls with Every Player FREE Stool with every Piano. FREE Delivery in a Radius of 10 Miles. FREE Exchange up to 1 year on anything of the same or greater value. - i e B o