Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1923, Page 30

30 ARMY AND BY M. H. NAVY ‘The report of the Navy wage hoard, headed by Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, has been finally submitted to Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, who 1s making an exhaustive study of it before taking final action. If ap- * proved as it stands it will be made public within a day or two. The new wage scale for the rest of the calendar vear, which will affect 2ll of the civilian personnel of the naval shore establishments, is under- stood to provide a readjustment of The present scale based on prevailing Wages paid in the different localities by commercial firms employing the same sorts of labor, a return to the pre-war plan abolished by the uniform Wage scale adopted then. While definite information has been given out it Is understood that in some rds material increases are Provided in certain classes, which are offset in part by decreases in others, #0 that the average will show only slight increase over the present scale. The delay in the board's action has been due to lack of a standardized method of proceedure and failure of the different yards to submit data of a uniform character, making it neces- ®ary to wend back the first reports to the different vards for revision. If the report as submitted should be finally rejected by the acting Sec- retary, which is not considered likely, 10 present scale would be continued for the present and a new board con- vened to d ale under more clear tructions. If <he report is approved the next board meeting this fall. will have a stand- ardized questionnaire that will se- cure uniform data from the various local boards Plans for a radical change in the form of the enlisted man of the at would mark the passing of cap and historic bell-bottom trousers are being iven serious con- sideration by the department. Official cognizance of the proposed change is seen in a letter sent ves- terday by the bureau of navigation to the fleet commanders asking for recommendations. For a long time there has been an agitation against the pres- uniform and the depart- ment feels that the time has come to fake the mattor up. The present tvpe had its origin when conditions aboard ship made it entirely suitable. These conditlons have changed since and of derable trouble T the flect. The natural desire oungsters to have a ‘‘smart’ nee is looked upon as natural v of them to go in for tailor-mades at their own expense. A lack of uniformity in cut and ma- terial prevents crew from pre- senting iform appearance and has Jed to some discontent among some of the other men. Preparatory to submitting esti- mates tn Congress for appropriations this fall. an exhaustive study has been started by the general board as to the submarine situation. Experts from the engineering and construc- tion corps have been called in and other officers will appear during the hearings, which are specifically to de- termine just what new construction will be recommended. There appears to be a concensus among the board that new types are the most urgently needed particularly scouts, fast and with a long cruising adius, and mine lavers and it is un- arstood that probably three of each will be asked for. Both England and France have submarines of this type while our Navy has none of either. The battleship Maryland has ar- rived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the conclusion of the repairs and im- provements, which were interrupted 80 that she might take part in the Panama maneuvers. It is estimated that the work will be finished in about a month after which she will foin tha battle fleet in the Pacific. Im- Provements of her fire control appara- tus is the most important of the changes still to be made Promotion of eighty-nine men to * the rating of chief petty officer, act- . ing appointment. to take effect May has been authorized by the chlef of the Bureau of Navigation. In view of the keen competition for advance- ment in rating to chief petty officer this authorization will give command- ing officers authority to withhold the promotion in all cas where the men fn question have not shown them- gelves to be of the highest type and worthy of the promotion. Eaquipped with . a scunding device, the U, S which is attached to the special serv- tee squadron in Central American waters, on completion of her repairs sailed _yvesterday from the Boston Navy Yard for southern waters. En route to her station she will investi- zate for the hydrographic office with Ter depth finder a_reported twenty- one-fathom bank off Cape Hatteras. Two unexplored sea areas north of Columbia and Venezucla, embracing more than 100.000 sanare miles, of ~hich there are no recorded sound- ings will bs sounded out by the Den- ver and lat nother area to the ecastward of sta Rica of abeut 15 600 square miles. Reports from this vrelimirary survey will form the ‘basis for further explorations to lo- cate and map dangerous shoals or hanks or any remarkable condition of rhe sea’s bottom that may throw light on earthquakes and tidal wayes. sconic Denver, One of the rumored changes in naval commands of particular inter- est in Washington, scheduled for this summer when the new fleet com. mands< are made is that of the com. mandant of the Washington Navy Yard. Rear Admiral John H. Dayton now in command will have completed three years of service at the yard in July and probably will be assigned to sea duty at his own request. Well confirmed rumors say that Rear Ad- miral Benjamin A. Hutchinson, chiet of staff of the battle fleet. on the Secretary Denby as his successor. Changes in the Navy's high com- mands are expected to be one of the first matters taken up by the Secre- tary this week. A tentative list was submitted to him before his departure south on the Henderson but he d cided to postpone action until h return. 7. S. S. California, will be named b: ']‘xven civilian applicants. The new Navy Register will be finished by the printer the latter part of this month and will be ready for distribution about the 1st of Ma: The new uniform regulation book expected to be ready for distribu- tion sometime in May. Its comple- tion has been delayed on account of difficulties encountered with the plates. Trials of the U. S. S. Detroit, the mecond of Uncle Sam's ten scout cruisers under construttion to be completed, are scheduled to be run off Rockland, Me., starting April 24. ‘The board of inspection and survey will leave Washington next Sunday. Tts personnel will include Rear Admiral McCully, president; Capt. O. G. Tawresey, construction membe Capt. P. B. Dungan, engineering member; Commander Reed M. Fawell, recorder; two assistants and two draftsmen. In the orders issued Thursday, Capt. John Haltigan, now in charge , of the engineering experimental sta- tion at the Naval Academy. is desig- nated to command the Detroit when she {s commissioned. ‘Work on the reconditioning of the Mayflower at the Norfolk Navy Yard 1s proceeding on schedule and she is to be ready for service by May 15. The repairs and overhaul have been extensive, including the installation of the oil-burning plant and a new 1eal deck. As an ofl-burner the presi- dential yacht will have slightly more speed and will be a great improve- ment over the coal burner of past days. Coming out she will be spick and span and as “good as new,” ready lorlul indefinite term of years of active service. Other changes, such as a shift of the galleys and the addition of qua ters for the marine officer now at- tached to her, will add:to her comfort. NAVY NEWS Mc¢INTYRE MARINE CORPS Within a few days, six new Martin bombers, recently obtained by _the Marine Corps from the Navy, will be “ferried” across the continent from the west coast and landed at their home station at Quantico, Maj. Roy Geiger, Marine aviation, accompanied by six other officers, ar- rived Thursday at San Diego, and are planning an early start back with {the new planes. The pilots who ac- companied Maj. Geiger are Capts. F. P. Mulcahy, L. E. Woods, A. H. Page, R. A. Presley, J. E. Davis, First Lieut. W. 'S. Hallenberg and Second Lieut' G. B. Hall. In addition six en- listed men accompanied the party and will make the flight back. Col. George C. Thorpe is to retire from active duty on account of perma- nent physical disability. At present Col. Thorpe is in command of the Marine detachment at Pearl Harbor. He entered the service in the Spanish- American war and later saw service in the Philippines, and was brevetted for “gallantry in action.” During the war he was in command of the Marines in Santo Domingo. Orders have been issued to eighteen officers stationed at Quant Va., transferring them to duty in Santo Domingo and Haitl, The following officers will be attached to the 2d Bri- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, SPANISH WAR VETERANS. Department headquarters announces the following meetings for next week Monday night, officlal visitation of Department Commander Patterson, staf? and band to Col. Astor Camp, in Stanley Hall, Soldiers' Home: Admiral George Dewey Naval Ladies’ Auxil- iary, at 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast: department band rehearsal, 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Tuesday night, Gen. Miles, Camp, at Perpetual Hail, 1ith and E streets northwest. ~ Wednesday night, Ge: Urell Camp and Gen, Urell Lad! Auxillary, at Pythlan Temple, Thurs day night, official visitation of D partment Commander Patterson, staff and band to Gen. Lawton Camp, at 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast: Richard J.” Harden Camp, at Pythian Temple. Past Commanders McCaffrey, Leahy and Zulch were appointed a commit- tee to secure a new hall to meot in, a8 notice has been served to vacate by May 1, Perpetual Hall. The official visitation by Depart- ment Commander Patterson, staff and band was made to Col. Pettit Camp and to Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp Tuesday and Friday nights. {Commander Graef and Commander Kimmerling were complimented o the splendid work and condition o! their camps. The department band was present and rendered a compli- | mentary concert preceding the official entry. Past Commander James J. Murphy of Harden Camp has received the unanimous Indorsement of his camp gade, Marine Corps, Santo Domingo: Capt. James M. Bain, Second Lieut. McC. Pate, S8econd Lieut. Franklin C. Hall, Second Lfeut. Willlam W Davies, Second Lieut. John C. Done. hoe, Second Lieut. Beverley S. Roberts, Second Lieut, Luclan C. Whitaker, Second Lieut. Willlam ¥ Doyle, Second Lieut. F. M. Wulbern, Second Lieut. Frank M. Birthright The following officers will be ‘at- tached to the 1st Brigade, Marine Corps, Haiu: Second Lieut. Orin H. Wheeler, Second Lieut. August W. Cockrell, Second Lieut. Joseph D. Humphrey, Second Lieut. Ralph B. DeWitt, Second Lieut. Ernest E. Linsert, Second Lieut. Dudley W. Davis. Second Lieut. Fred- erick W_ Biehl, Second Lieut. Plerson E. Conradt. ARMY Losses of commissioned personnel, due largely to offers of civil employ- ment similar to that which led Col. Charles Keller, Engineer Commis- for the position of department com- mander and his name will be pre- sented to the members in convention assembled in Jun Camp delegates to the Widows and Orphans’ Home, United States War Veterans' Assoclation, will report to Grand Army Hall next Wednesday at 8 p.m. to attend the regular business monthly meeting of that association. Past Commander John Ford, ad- jutant of Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp reports the reorganization of the department band. The following officers have been_elected: Claiborn 8. Close, director; B. Frank May, as- sistant director: John Ford, business manager, and Adolph Graef. assistant manager. Band rehearsal will be held from 8 to 10 p.m. each Monday night at department headquarters. 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. All communications and business pertain- ing to the band should be addressed to John Ford, 1918 H street north- west. The Ladies of the National Lineal Soclety Spanish War are to have a shad bake May 18, from 4 to 9 p.m.. at the beautiful country home of Mrs. Kate Berthlaume, in McLean, Va. AROUND THE CITY By Nannie Lancaste: ANY people ascended the stone heights of Memorial Templs to pay tribute to Lincoln, Wednesday after- noon. The silence and remoteness of the temple created such an atmosphers of spiritual patriotism that the men and women who climbed the long flight of steps might have been pil- grims on their way to a shrine. Some were old, and one man Wi erip- ple, but though the ascent must have been fatiguing, with no isting balustrade, each persevered with a courage that all of us feel when we have some exhilarating outcome in view. Father Abraham, seated in the dim isolation of a stone-walléd interior, ‘was something more than the lonely figure of life-weariness created by art. At that precise moment he look- ed as desolately neglected as a grave without a sod—quoting a pilgrim on hand. She sald it because the coat of the statute was blanketed with dust with more dust smudging the nose and beard, and sifted in seeming lay- ers over the hands. Some took it as & matter of course, as if statues were intended to be that way. Others registered shocked sur- prise, and whispered to each other, but only one was audible. It was her opinion that the figure should Be scrubbed and after that, a hose be turned on it every morning, so that the marble could be kept clean and white. There was doubtless some explain- able reason for the seeming neglect— there is never any telling what a sudden gust {8 going to do, seeing the wind is allowed to blow where it listeth—and the place down there grows dust as well as grass and cherry blossoms. This is just telling how it was. True, the pllgrims were astonished, but if dear Lincoln were back again to know about it, he would probably voice his old-time comment: “Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud.” FLOCK of small girls were play- ing “I Spy” up Capitol Hill way. As they romped up and down the pavement, another small girl across the street stood at her gate and watched them. Then the flock began practicing dancing school steps on the asphalt, and the child at the gate | swayed her body to their rythm. | This would have been lovely for all PRIL 15, 1923—PART " 1. concerned except that a truck came near running the lot of them down, and as no average parent can afford to lose her whole family at one lick, the mother of two of the youngsters came to her door and ordered them to play in front of the house. The others accepted like limitations and a contest started to see who could| climb a tres box highest without breaking the sapling inside. A pass- ing neighbor man put an end to this exciting amusement and the flock be- gan a teetering walk along the gut- ter-curb until the adventure palled. The child at the gate across the way had watched every motion with smiling aloofness, but when one of the flock ran in the house, brought out a jumping rope and began tying one end to an iron spike in the fence, she gave a pathetically dexterious hitch to her crutches and swung across the asphalt as airily as If she were a blossom blowing in a breeze. The others accepted her with a sweet- ness that was too polite to be cordial and gave her the other end of the rope. They loved her, she couldn’t play. Children are llke that. Also most grown-ups. The little girl of the crutches was entranced. She couldn’t skip the rope, but she could turn it. It was play- ing with other girls. For a minute or two she was radiant. But no small girl can help having short arms. And it your arms are too short you can't throw a rope high enough for taller understand, but girls to jump under. And if you can't Jjump, what's the use playing? A girl tripped and darted after a boy who had & ball. The others ran after. And the little Tope-turner swung back to her gate. Already she had learned the phi- losophy of accepting relentless faot, with the singing hope of one day be- ing free from sticks and braces. It seemed 2 pitiful virtue for child- hood to have achieved. And yet how would any of “us—all. of us—get through the ills of this world of ours i¢ it ‘were not for philosophy and hope? A S the crowd went by avi nue Thursday afternoon: “That's. all nonsense about gaod- ness shining in one's eyes. The other night I had to tramp eleven squares in the rain because I had given my last token to an old woman. And as I took down my wet hair before the glass I looked as disreputable as a cbeap plaster cast of Medusa mark- ed down.” . - \ “Oh, 1 love Harry, all right, but I knew I couldn't stand for living with his mother the minute I got inside the house. When I saw that ever- lasting engraving of ‘Solomon and the Iron Worker sver the parlor mantel I felt like I needed fresh air. And when I came across George Wash- ington—the one with fish-bladder legs—in the dining room across from the chromo of Beatrice Cencl having ree this week Test Dr. Scholl’s new way for & toothache in & walnut fram of course, that was only the begin- ning of it. But I'm only staying with mamma until Harry and I can get an apartment of our own. He wants ta buy a house, but J—-" . A -man in a car was telling & woman about his wife's long and complicated {liness. The woman sug- gested that it must have cost & lot of money, but the man smiled other- wise and explained: “My wife and I have always been & working team. I give her so much to run the house and keep s0 much for outsMle expenses. We put s much in the building association, and whatever each of us saves from our share we put in an emergency box.” Then he smiled reminiscently in illus tration of the success of the scheme: “That emergency box has bought Liberty bonds, .a phonograph, good rugs—and every doctor’s bill— 1It's & fine way to get along. But it can': be done unless a husband and his wife are a working team.” Happy? You could see it in his eyes and hear It In every word he spoke And happiness, we are told, Is a mos ‘wonderful thing. Rucker & Rucker | h d Painti; 120 Bt W, P M ez sioner for the District of Columbia.|Money derived will be turned over to to consider separation from ‘the serv- the Widows and Orphans’ Home, ice, have resulted in a serfous short- | United States War Veterans Associa- age of officers in the Army Engineer|tion as a contribution from the Na- Corps. Shortages resulting trom the reduc- tion of 1,000 office! as decreed by the last Congress, also are being felt at this time in other branches. These include particularly the air service. infantry and artillery (field and coast) cretary Weeks, however, sees no way to correct the situation In any of the Army departments. Under the circumstances, he says, there is noth- ing to do but accept the situation and do the best that Is humanly possible with existing conditions. It is in this manner that the War Secretary is answering complaints from Maj. Gen. Beach. chief of Army Sngineers. and _other chiefs of branches concerning their troubles chargeable to lack of officers. Maj. Gen. Patrick, chief of the Army air service, and staff officers of the War Department are making a care- ful survey of the aeronautical Indus- try in the United States. Statistics already at hand show beyond doubt that the industry is confronted with a dificult problem and threatened with extinction in a year or two un- less something Is done te Bive it new life. The serious aspect of this situation, viewed from a military standpoin is that the Iindustry will nk to point where it will not be able to pro- duce aircraft in quantities to supply the nation's demand in time of war. ’In that event, it is pointed out, many months would be necessary after war | has been declared to build new fac- torles, convert old ones or obtain skilled workmen, tools and machin- ery, all resulting in heavy and ex- penatve delay. due to unpreparedness of the air service to begin combat. An official report, citing the opinion of procurement officers and based on the survey they are making, sayi “The aeronautical industry in the TUnited States today is at a very low ebb, with little prospect of improve- ment in the immedliate future. The factories which took up the manu- facture of aircraft during the world war have nearly all ceased to exist as aircraft factories or are barely alive today. Unless something is done to remedy this situation it will become worse in the next vear or two.” The committee of the general staff engaged in revising regulations for the Officers’ Reserve Corps is giving attention at this time to the shaping of policies respecting appointments in the Reserve Corp: ‘The committee, composed of regular and reserve offi- cers, hopes to create new regulations which will go far toward establish- ing the corps upon an efficient basi dissipating the somewhat prevalen idea that membership in the reserve is little more than the mere confer- ring of rank, and supplanting it by the clear understanding that appoint- ments are made strictly from a standpoint of service to be rendered the nation in time of emergency and in_peace. It is expected that the committee tional Lineal Soclety. At the meeting of the department council of ~Administration it was voted to hold the twenty-fourth di partment encampment in the boare room at the District building, June 13 and 14, 1923, Camp commanders are requested to attend the memorial day meetings {now being held every Monday night {in Grand Army Hali, and for them to have their delegates there and take an active part in the regular routine business. in the United States with which to effect the transfer.” “Prior to the study which resulted in the new tables of allowances,” Gen. Davis’ order says, “corps area commanders and the commanding general, district of Washington, were called upon to designate the posts, stations and commands, together with classes of horses, from which ap- proximately 10 per cent of the horses in their commands_could be drawn for transfer to the National Guard.” Army officers have been enjoined in a ‘War Department bulletin just is- sued to check up individually, correct deficiencies in_composition and “help raise the standard of the entire Army in_this important respect.” “A review of communications and orders issued from various War De- partment agencies, the bulletin says, “as well as correspondence re- ceived from the service at large agd literature distributed by the ganeral and specia] service schools, shows that a high standard of excellence in composition is rarely attained.” Maj. Gen, Hanson E. Elv, com- mandant of the service schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., will leave that post June 1 to assume command of the Army War College in Wash- ington, according to reports received by the War Department. The reports told of a citizen-army farewell meeting held in honor of Gen. Ely, and contained extracts of an address he delivered on that oce casion. “For the first time in history.” Gen. Ely said, “the Army officers have been granted the privilege of going before clubs and business organizations to tell them what the Army is and what it is for. We are not spreading propa- ganda. The Army only wishes to be |Uinderstood by the eitizens, whom it is seeking to serve.” Becretary Weeks has declared his policy respecting speech making by Army officers almost in identica] lan- gusge to that used by Gen. Ely at Leavenworth. An interesting fact is that the Secretary’s declaration and the general's statement both related to the subject of speech making, and were made public almost simultane- ously and without and prearrange- ment between Washington and Leav- enworth, will recommend the adoption of af policy giving reserve officers who have during times to peace obligated | themselves for mervice a preference for active service over those who fail to secure appointment in the corps in peace, but wait until the emergency is at hand before they apply for ad- mission. : The committee’s regulations are in- tended for immediate application upon the expiration of the time limit, No- vember 11. during which any officer |of the late war, whose record justi- fles it, can obtain a commission in the reserve. After that date. such offcers will be compelied to take en trance examinations similar to those Gen. Pershing has directed the is- suance of star-gauged rides to Na- tional Guard units of each state and the District of Columbia from which teams will be sent to the national matches. Fifteen rifles will be dis- tributed to teams from each atate and the District. They will be of the .30 caliber, 1903 model, and are intended for training work,prior to the competition between the various teams. “Any National Guard team having star-gauged rifles especially selected for the national matches,” the ord says, “may exchange those rifles at the national matches for rifies manu- Yactured for the current matches. ‘This exchange will be effected by the team captain concerned and the ords nance officer of the national matches.” The uniform question—whether the Army shall adopt the roll collar or continue wearing the choker—per- sists as the chief subject of debates between proponents and opponents of the present pattern of Army blouse. Out of their discussions has come the charge that the high, stiff collar, simi- lar to that now being worn by the Army, first was originated by the Prussian militarists, and was designed chiefly to “hide dirty necks” of Prus- sian troops, who at that time wore no shirts beneath their blouses. A group of officers, chatting in their clubrooms recently, ' decided to take a vote between thiem on the merits of the roll and stiff collar. The count revealed a tie. This instance, of it- self, - would scarcely justity space were it not for the fact that the di- vision between friends and fo. of the high collar remains according to the best estimates available, at the same ratio when extended to officers throughout the service. Plans for the Regular Army to turn over 2,445 horses to the National Guard July 1 have been completed by the War Department. The transfer will be made und: new tables of allowances for the Regular Army., and, according to a statement by Maj. Gen. 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