Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1923, Page 47

ARMY AND NAVY NEWS " BY M. H. McINTYRE ARMY. The American Army officer is comAl Ing to have a different standing in nearly every community from that he Vad ten vears ago: he has broadened his meneral knowledge and his contacts| With things other than military. The War Department has indicated & pol- iey encouraging varled activities of its officers, acting as individuals. Although the change has been grad- nal. some of the old line officers a decade ago would turn over in their Zraves if they but knew the many ac tivities of & regular officer today and s close touch with civic affairs. at “ne tin eongidered to be none of his siness and certainly not within his ties Instead of being an expert on miht segience alone, an accom- plished officer of the Army now is well informed on transportation, both rail and wate procurement and the Phase of essential manufacturing Vrocesses, finance, education and people of all classes, He tacts in aic immediate vicinit, not enly make him known to the com- munity but place him in a position Where in botn peaceful times and the war ne can count on the tion of citizens in_the many | s tri which they come in con- 1 in tyrn he can render great civie affairs the “Army officer is a good nd in nearly all instances he i populardn his community. He be- longs to the -chamber of commerce, and has been kmown to hold, office in such a body—a situation unheard and unthought of a few years ago. Wars today are fought by the citi- 2 and not by a standing Army. “nd a thorough knowledge of the one i« necessary for the other. Through the fact that the National Guard and | organized reserve are now in closer touch with, the Regular Army than evir befare and the extensive civilian .iraining camp activities, a great po- tential natfonal Army exists at all times, he most recgnt declaration of this policy was enunciated by | Weeks 1o in w speech | “The Rels the Army | Civilian Population.” Army now has a clearly de- ;. ich does not longer isolation which so char- d its carlier functions in our mal life,” he asserted Ma 1l War Department telegran ms and radio mes- sages have beon handled directly through the Army message center, lo- ceted In the Munitions building, and urder the direction of Maj. Gen. Geo. . Squire, clricf signal officer of the Army. An average of 322 messages a ¥ is now . the bulk of the ent and reccived Since ving to the gov ge center iz a gh the operation radio_net has reduced the raph’ tolls from 00 in July 22 1o $1,650.in March a paper ing. to be surc, based upon com- mreial rates. The peak of traffic was valued at $6.509 on May 1. but in July expected that the cost of han- & the traf commercial rates 11d amount hrough the use of its radio net with contacts in 112 stations In every corner of the country, the message center handled official radio- xrams, totaling 5.417 words, dur- ing the last calendar yvear. If this traffic had been handled over com- mercial telegraph lines, the cost to e government would have been $58,202, whereas it was handled by the Army net at a cost of only $18.- 039, exclusive of eniisted operating personnel. The saving to the country amounted to $20.163 The message center presents a bu; &con - hour of the full twenty vfeu ringe which it is operating dailv. The. central office, where Lieut Waolverton presides, handles all mes- <ages from the many bureaus of the War Department in Washington. Both in and ‘out .messages are cleared ihrough his office. Near at hand ilie tolegraph room, moved yonths ago from the War Del ment, where all telegrams are sent mid received. In another adjacent Yoom are four radio receiving sets of the latest Signal Corps design. Re- ception of the mar out g radio stations is secured by four loops on e roof of the building. the loops be- ing revolved to the proper angle by Tods extending to the radio room be low erators are on Wi L e s of schedules specific fartor: .l . ; hamdled ge M Hinzton 15 the sending station fo outgoing radiograms, the Army ring the station with the naval wunication service. Three sets \gton are controlled directly land line during certain periods each day by the operators at (lll“ nessage center, special lines for sig ling the Arlington electricians aralleling the remote control lines. set is psed primarily for com- munication with air service flying tields on 1.500 meters. Another set, ! wperating on 1,900 meters, is used for sending dispatches to Fort Hayes, in «ihio, and Fort Bragg. in North Caro- lina. The third is a high-powered set, transmftting on 2,650 meters, and Vsed for communicating with Fort Eenjamin Harrison. Ind. Eventually it will communicate directly Fort venworth, Kan. and Trouglas, Utah, when the new 10 k.w. tube sets there are completed. Leavenworth Is expected to be ready Ly August 1. High-speed transmission and re- weption has been tried out with good Jesults. With the Klelnschmidt au- 1omatic apparatus, which sends from | a perforated tape and receives by recording in Morse dashes and dots «n a tape, a speed of at least 100 | words per minute is expected to be | between Fort Benjamin Harr Ind.. and the Washington center. he type of high-speed apparatus is capable of 150 words per minute and is expected that it will prove effi- bt in handling traffic during peak is. H ! i I The pictorial 10 records of American wars are being preserved for future yeference and posterity through thel preservation of the original plates! and films made by the Signal Corps in fire and damp proof buildings re- cently erected in Washington. Practically & complete set of still 1d_motion picture plates and films the world war, as well as many plates of the civil and minor wars since photography was invented, are today preserved in- the archives of 1he photographic section of the Sig- yal Corps. Motion picture film, in “xcess of 1,000,000 feet, of the great war is carefully stored in @ series of yooms resembling bank vaults in a new concréte building at Wnlhlnzlnn! barracks. The vaults are equipped with steel racks, upon which the{ #itms in metal containers are placed. the rooms being guarded by steel doors and combination locks. As a “precaution, - #n overhead sprinkling system is installed in each room, and | sprovision is made for keeping the Vaults @t an even temperature. Still negatives, although not as easily destroyed by fire, are also kept with the utmost care. Among. the plates is the famous Brady coilection fqaken during the civil war, consti- tuting 6,300 negatives of the wet col- Jodion variety. These are all stored in steel cases in the motion picture Jaboratory at the barracks, but du- .plicates of each plate have been made ‘and are filed in the fireproof still Jaboratory -at 19th -and B streets, where they are available for the pro- duyction of prints. Photographs- of the Spanish-American war, the Boxer insurrection and the Russo-Japanese war are also preserved in a similar manner. . World war negatives—76,000 all told—are stored in the still labora- tory, but duplicate films for repro- duction and prints for record have heen made and filed in safe pla assuring the perpetuation of the p: torial record of America's achieve- ments in war. L1 The chlef ignal officer has assigned Lieut. Col. Alvin C. Vorhis to the per- sonnel division of the Signal Corps. Ma). Walter E. Prosser has been d i 1 talled to the supply division, Maj. Owen S. AMbright to the personnel training and_equipment section and Maj. Alvin G. Gutensohn to the purchase section of the supply division. The _tentative assignments of 261 West Point gradudtes this year to the seven arms of the service and the Philippine Scouts detail fourteen new second lieutenants, including the honor R. Johnson, to the engineers; seven to the Signal Corps, fifty-five, ' including the second honor man, Hugh W. Downing, to the air service; nineteen to the cavalry, fifty to the fleld artillery, twenty-six to the , eighty-eight to the in- v, and_twe, both Filipinos, to the Philippine Scouts. The last two. offi- cers, Lieuts. Da Jose and Garcla, how- | ever, expressed a desire to enter the air service and infantry, respectively _ Gen. Gouraud will return to Wash- ington on August 6, it was announced at the War Department, after his tour of the country, and will then go to West Point the following day to in- spect the Military Academy. The first member of the chief cavalry’s honor rifle team. a ‘paper” team, similar in character to the “all- American” sport aggregations, has been | .':Velecled. Corp. John Kotus of Troon €, 1St _Cavalry, stationed at Camp Marfa, Tex., is the selection. He quali- fled among the men of his regiment with the highest rifle score of the year. The selections are made annu- ally from among the enlisted men of | the fourteen cavalry regiments who | have not qualified as distinguished mnrk!n'xen or shot on national teams. The War Department has authorized the selection of the team and granted permission for the men honored to wear the special silver medal with their other decorations. An interesting and historical article on Custer's last fight appears in the current issue of the Cavalry Journal. It is by Col. Graham, and Is based upon a thorough study of all available data | on Custer and_his last battle. An in- | terview with Trumpeter John Martin. | who died in New York y. and 10 was the bearer of Custer's last message, is included. of AMembers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in the Army will be permitted to attend the twenty-fourth annual campment of their organizition at folk. Va., from August 27 to 31. it was stated at the War Department, pro- vided it does not interfere with thelr service. Navy. Members of the selection board which convenes tomorrow have heen gathering for several days past and much preliminary work has already heen done in connectio ing over and sorting « amount of data that musi ered by the board in maki tions. It is anticipated th. will complete its work report to the Secretary days. leven admirals, and fifteen commander lected. Due to his beard. Adm be consid t the hoard and submit its in about ten ten captains are to be se- connection ) al Coontz. chief operations. will not turn over his office to his successor. Admiral 1. W. [ Eberle. until this work is completed probably about the 25th of this month In the meantime Admiral who was relieved by ison as commande battle fleet at S ind reached Washington Thursda will he familiari: & hims h de partmental details and the work of | his new post. ! As soon as he Coontz will lea for the w st and probably August 4. with impres- sive ceremonie will hoist his as commander chief of the U States fleet above the U, S. S eatt] administrative flagship, relieving Ad- | miral Hillary P. Jones The new commander of the forces afloat plans to accompany the Chau- ont with the congresstonal party of nspection in its tour of San Pedr San Francisco and Puget Sound and then join the fleet. He will remain | with the fleet until the mobilization in San Francisco in October for the gathering of the world war veterans there, where the entire Pacific fleet will gather. After this Admiral Coontz plans to return on the Seattle to the ea: e t and will spend several weeks the Naval War College at Newport, R. L. on the plans for the winter problems for the fle. ianeuvers to bLe held in West Indian water: About January 1, aboard his flag- hip., he will ccompany the <cout fleet to Culeb where it will be with this of Eberle, Admiral S. Rob- in-chief of the Closed - | 1eadership THE 8SU joined by the Pacific fleet Joint maneuver: During his four years as ranking officer of the Navy, which covered two administrations, A¢miral Coontz has at all times been a close adviser of the civilian heads of the Navy and in the service is generally held responsible for many of the changes and improvements that have taken place. At one time he stood the brunt of the attack of the “small Navy” group in Congress and re- cently as budget officer has consist- ently fought for what he belleved to be adequate appropriations to main- tain the treaty Nav As one of the two naval advisers of the Ameri- can delegation in the arms confer- ence. he helped to draw up the naval ¥. Under his regime there has a_very considerable increase in the duties and obligations of the chief of operations, its scope being much more extensive than in the past. His selection to be in supreme command of the forces afloat appears to have been a fortunate one, as it seems to have the approval of officers of all ranks for the The U S 8. Chaumont will sail July 16, from New York for the west coast and her phssenger list will in- clude about two-score: members of the Congressional party tiat is going to make an inspection of the naval establishments on the Pacific coast. The p: v will include fourteen mem- bers of the House naval affalrs com- mittee, two of the appropriation com- mittee, members of the families and the clerk and two stenographers of the naval committee. Most of the party. however, will not board the Chaumont until she reaches Hampton roads, where she will be for two days prior to her de- parture on July 18 for Port au Prince, the first stop on the journey. The itinerary provides for stops at Bal- boa, July 28; Corinto, July 30: San Diego, August 7: San Pedro, August San_ Fran, August '12, and Puget Sound, August 19. The vessel will start back for the east coast on August 24, but most of the party will return overland The list_includes Representatives James F. Byrnes and wife, Carl Vin- son and wife, George P. Darrow, wife and son; James V. N wife 1 two daughters: William B. Oli- * (doubtful), Herl t J. Drane and lark Burdick, wife and daugh- Patrick H. Drewry and wife, s O'Connor, wife. two sons and daughter; Francis F. Patterson, wife and two daughte E. B. Ste- phens and wife. A. H. Vestal. wife and daughter, and J. H. McLaffert Rep- resentatives Burton 1. French, Fred A. Britten and Philip D. Swing ex- peet, to join the party on arrival at San Diego. Representative Charles R. Davis is not_expected to make the trip, but Mrs. Davis will accompany the party. Frank Byron. the colored clerk of the naval affairs committee. and Miss Marie Maddox and Miss Elsie Allen, official stenographers, complete the list The Navy started its new fiscal year on July 1 with 8 men, just short of the authorized enlisted strength-of 86,000, During the ve there were 22.282 enliste whom _ were turned back. under “age and physical disability dis- | charges, leaving a net total of first! enlistments of 27.504. In commenting on this record of the recruiting b 1=au Rear Admiral Washington. chief of navigation. says: “The bureau| congratulate: you on the fine re- sults achieved by vou and your men. | the result of vour fine leadership and constant devotion to duty to a three-| pressed by Ad-, commander-in- | ates fleet, in his| reply to the recent bureau of navi- | zat request to all commanding | officers for suggestions for increas- | ing the number of recruits in the| drive to get the Navy up to its au-| thorized strength. i His report recommends that to in- se the number of recruits nu-‘ following steps be taken: Increase he number of recrufting stations and, announce and carry out foreignl cruises for the vessels of the fleet Following the return to Puget; sound of the presidential party from | the Alaskan trip, the Navy band| aboard the Henderson will abandon | the ship and return to the capital| overland, giving concerts en route in | of the larzer hirty strong, is upon in Washing- s own. Under the of ~Bandmaster C. A Bender it has developed into one of he finest playing organizations in the country. Located at the navy vard here, it has been available at all" times for civic and national events and has won a great follow- ing in its home town and throughout | the country. Recruiting officers all along the route of their return home have heen instructed to arrange for pen-air concerts. Unalt year ¢ miral chief ¢ ble opposition listment is ex H. P. Jones the United § ton as I Shed tests on the giant airship Z under conktrueiion hy the Navy R-1 All Day Saturdays During July NDAY STAR; | Jeune. M Lakehurst, N. J., will art tomorrow morning, according to a report just re- ceived by the bureau of aeronautics. A slight delay has been caused by the development of torsional vibration, making it necessary to remodel two of the Packard engines to remove this de- fect, but the present schedule calls for “'gassing-up” the big ship about July 23. From then on ghe shed trials will proceed rapidly, and it is planned to take the ship from the shed about Au- gust 15 and start the real flight tests about August 20. Tomorrow's tests will be in connec- tion with the elevators, the fin test: In preparation for filling the huge bag with its capacity of 2,115,000 cubic feet, helium has been arriving at the station for some time past and now a sufficient quantity is on hand to inflate her. Work of reclassifying all the civil- ian employes of the vy Depart- ment, as prescribed by nal- ly completed and sent to Secretary Denby on_ Friday for his final ap- proval. The board of review, ap- pointed by Secretary Denby, which was headed by F. 8. Curtls, chief clerk of the Navy Department, has been working steadily since the latter part of May. All of the different bureau reports and recommendations were re- viewed, the tremendous amount of duta_to be gone over making it a huge task. The report has. been signed by the Secretary and forward- ed to the reclassification board. The extensive tours planned far the new scout crulsers Detroit, Richmond and Milwaukee, to test fully their abllity as scouts, have been approved by the department. - The Richmond will leave Delaware Breakwater Tuesday. and her itinerary includes trip across the Atlantic to Gibraltar and other southern European ports. and a return by way of the east coast of South Americ The Milwauk Sound about the 15th of the and her itinerary, of ove mouths, includes the ports of Oahu Raboul, Bougaineville, Brisbane, Syd- ney, Noumea, Fiji, Tutuila and Apia The Detroit will' leave Boston about August 1 on a three-month cruise that will take her to Newport, Tan- gier sound. Funchal. Madeira: Ville Francha ples, Gibraltar and Ca tagena. Spain. before she returns to Hampton Roads. The other vessels of this class will be given the same extensive “shak- ing-down cruises” when completed. will leave Puget r Marine Corpx. About 2,500 masines will take part the maneuvers of the fleet in West Indian waters this winer. according to tentative plans decided upon by the Navy Department. Practically the entire number, ex- clusive of the marine detachments aboard the vessels of the fleet. will be taken from Quantico. They will he under the command of Gen. Smedley Butler. and will board transports at Quantico for Culebra. where they will base during the maneuvers. This is the biggest expeditionary force that has ever taken part with the fleet fn the winter war games. It recalls to the “old-timers” the maneu- vers at the same place back in 191 The expedition consisted of two reg ments under command of Gen. Le- ow commandant of the in July Clearing Sale of Furniture Living Room Suites and Odd Pieces. overstuffed style. Inose cushions. in Velour, Mohair. Tapestry, ctc., at— 25% Off A good time to look for- ward ‘to needs of the winter home. JFurniture bargains such as these are infrequent Slip Covers and Window Shades to order at Extra Reasonable Prices. cDEVITT 1003 Sth St. N.W.l doar wbare Mt. Vernon Savings Ban Tel. M. 3211 of Quality and er Iam r House ier and August Hundreds came Friday to share in the exceptional savings in Rich’s Semi-Annual Reduction Sale Women's high-grade footwear No other shoe sale arouses equal interest because it is a recog- nize fact that these events are inaugurated wholly and solely to dis- pose of certain lines of footwear and that the stves are all desirable. However, please understand that Rich’s ENTIRE stock is NOT included. The variety includes all materials and colors. 3 Lots—All Greatly Reduced 5890 $6.90 $4.90 Included at $4.90 are some low-heel models for growing girls. ICHS Proper Footwear F Street at Zén th Member Better Business Burean “WASHINGTON, D. ¢, JULY 8. and during the operations Gen. W. C. Neville and Gen. C. G. Long each commanded g regiment. 1t was only a comparatively short time after the war es that Gen. Nevllle's regiment was called upon to put its practice Into execution by landing and taking Vera Cruz during | the flare-up with Mexico. Plans for the expedition next winter are still in the making, no decisions having been reached as to the dif- ferent units and commanders or any of the other detafls. ‘Maj. S. Lee is temporarily in com- mand of the Marine Corps Barracks | here following the departure of Ma. | Clayton B. Vogel, who has left to as- | sume his duties In command of the | Marines aboard the U. 8. 8. Wyoming. His successor will be Col. J. C. Breck- enridge, who will arrive in Washington the latter part of this month. Candidates for commissions in the Marine Corps from the enlisted per- sonnel are gathering at the barracks here for the six months' course of instruction, which will start next Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Wendal C. Neville. who for a long time has been assistant to the commandant here at headquarters, | sails from Hampton roads July 19 for San Francisco, where he will have his headquarisrs as commanding officer of the marine detachments on the west coast. He will succeed Maj. Gen. Barneti, who is expected to come to Washington and go on leave pending his retirement from active service next December. Gen. Neville will be ucceeded here by Brig. Gen. Logan land. i —— Kangaroos can leap seventy jwith ease feet | o us in this effort. We sell them. | the beginning. We have printed fact that th limitless. 1 | in sight. mously low prices. Do you not think hurry? We have arranged a venient payments. 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