Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1923, Page 60

America to Attempt F light Around World Early in 1924 Army Pilots, in U. S. Designed and Built | Planes, Are Expected to Outrank Feat of Magellan in nations, France have failed to accom- one attempt each, the far in the rear from the standpoint of equipment and f.nancial assistance will undertake in attempting a flight around the globe in the spring of 24, Flying airplanes designed and built Ly American b industry, a group of Army air service pilots will leave Seattle, W h., some time after May 1. cross the American continent to the Atlantic ocean and there pick up a route that will carry them to * Europe, either by way of Greenland or directly across the ocean Through southern Jurope to Asi thefr way and the into India, China and Ja from which country th will take a north- route to Alaska and home. The ot fight will be from What two other and England, plish after United States, rins and or 1l Ieeland, to Ire plan to the historie feat of Magellan is not of what the Army a rvice would like to do. but what it is going to do. it is confidently predicted. “We never ha started unything vet that w have not finished.” is the declaratiof of prominent oflicial of the service. Magnanimous prep; now are being mide—preparat themselves almost as t actual consummation he vlans as the flight Be Chosen. Just asx soon as the State Depart- ment receives permission from sev- eral foreign countries for air service sfficers to travel through them and select a route, the active work of bringing thix loug-dreamed-of proj- rciuson will begin. Lieut Nutt, Who was assistant to Cliir Street in the New- York-to-Nome flight of 1920, and who now is on duty in the Philippines, Will leave his base and make a study w proposed 10ute trom China up to the Alentian Islands. At the same time, Lieut. Clarence Crumrine, who was the photographic officer on the Alaskan expedition. will leave New Foundland and determine on Ule Lest route across the n, either direct or by way of Greenland and Ieeland. He also will visit the Faroe Islands, England, France and Italy und then return to the United States. Upon the lusion of their trips the officers will submit reports to the -ommittee of special projects, which will be studied during the summer wnd then a_report will be made to Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the air service, givng i 1 the exact plan to be followed. Gen Patrick will in turn present a recom mendation to th ry of War and if the latte the plans, the trip will be a certainty. Unless it 1s found that expedition will e at the present lothing that can come tary Weeks and his in- the project, Route to Clifford nt Letwe dorsement of dicted. Will Lay Out Landing Fieldx. Before the ships the ground several advance officers will visit the entire route, lay out landing fields, choose places for distribution of sup- plies. allozation of motors and spare parts and endeavor to make condi- tions as smooth as possible. From experience in mapping the Alaskan and Porto Rican expeditions these officers have learned to leave noth- ing in the way of detail untouched for the most trivial oversight may mean a long delay or failure. The starting point—Seattle——is tually decided on because the trip eastward to the Atlantic ocean will be a crucial test for the planes, Landing gear will be used exelusivel pontoons, which mit the ane to effect on water, retard the speed of the airplanc., w motors will be atalled in the planes at Newfound- land, preparatory to the transatlantic hop. if weather conditions around Greenland and Iceland forbid that route. The motors to be used undoubtedly will be the werld-famous Liberties, and, although they hold the endur- unce record of more than thirty-six leave per- landings Minor the ships will{ it is pre- | almost | in- | 30,000-Mile Test. recognized the soviet government of | Russia_the ships will have to follow | the xouthern route. adding 7,000 miles | to the journey. If Russia could be | traverscd the flight could be contin- | ued directly across Siberia to the Pa- | cific and the | saved. Gen, Patrick, who believes in the | future of aeronautics, is the author of this gigantic plan, and if the flight is successfully compieted it will show the world that the possibilities of travel by alrcraft are unlimited. Tt will point out the way for establish- ment of airways heretofore not con- templated and also, officers hope, arouse more enthusiism in America over aviation than now exists. They declare that France and England and other countrles are giving aviation a place of prominence in the mainte- nance of defense and commercial plans, while “we are bridled, muzzled and harnessed with puny appropria- tions and niggardly support.” Despite this condition of affairs here, air | service officers point with pride to the | fact that the United States holds vir- tually every airplane record in the world, and they are of the opinion that if a complete circumnavigation { of the globe is made by the Americ |flag in the air and still the nation fails to respond it never will. ritain to Try Agnin, According to information in pos sion of the air ervice, the United States will not be alone in the world- flight attempt. Sir Keith Smith. wh | with hig brother, Sir Ross Smith, no deceased, won fame by flying from London to Australia, is to attempt a round-the-world flight in the spring next vear, under the auspices of the Air Leagte of the British empire. { This will mark the second attempt by {Great Brituin to capture honors of | being the first nation to circle the | glob: in the air. the first having failed ab year ago, when M Blake wa ed to discontinue plans near Australia. Much responsibility rests on the shoulders of the committee of specia , for the globe fliers will be | dependent upon the arrangeme: made by it. Several of its membe however, have worked on the n and rto Rican expedition ¢ven have completed plans for 7,000 miles would be his The personnel year or early in next their duties of the committee and follow: Capt. Willlam F. Volandt, in charge wce and transportation: Lieut Brown, general organization of . route. distribution of supplies: Clair Streett, general de- weather. is co-operating with tional Gieographic Society and ining all possible information on what to exp long_the proposed | route; Licut. Erick H. Nelson, to ect the type of plane. He now is |in Los Angeles, looking over the po: 3 i of the Douglas “cloudster. used by th s a torpedo plane. | He is gned to detalls concerning | navigation instruments, also. Lieut r4‘|’umurm 3 ictant to Lieut. elson on technical matters. " May Not Use De t less than three airplane will be Every effort is being made to select a thoroughly American plane and, therefore, the famous De Hav iland. the old reliable of the Arm | air service, may have to be passed {up. The original model of the De | Haviland is British in design and construction, hut the American gov- | ernment has bought the d xn_ and | rebuilt the plane «o that th Ye Hav- iland 4-1%, the remodeled plane, is su- perior to any other light hombing {and observation ship. T the | air service has made the nd owns the design it could dered an American plan however. In keeping with its poli to "give | every man a chans " the pilots for | the trip may be officers heretofore |unknown to the American public, | although such famous fliers as Lieuts. | Kelly and Macready are being con- I.\Idvrml for the assignment along ! with others. : Panamna Flight in Prospect. | The flight to Panama has tempo- ! 1arily been pigeon-holed by the world { fiight and political conditicns in Mex- lico, but nevertheless it no doubt may i be made before long, as Gen. Pat- ick is very anxious to connect the |insular possessions with the main- {land by air lanes. As the plans stand i | | | | ‘! | ! Haviland. nor more than in the expedi- anuma flight toward the end of this{ hours, it is not deemed advisable to|today, the flight either will be made run them even that length of time|to the canal by way of Porto Rico without a check. The maximum run,’or directly through Mexico and Cen- thercfore, will be between ten and,tral America from Texas. In the fifteen hours, which will permit hops | former event the planes would leave of 1.000 to 1,500 miles, At the end|New York or Washington and fol- of thse distances the motors will be|low the trail blazed by the twelve checked thoroughly. It is expected | officers to the Caribbean possession that each plane will use about four |a short time ago, and from there motors for the journey procesd due isouth o the Guiness. D westward o e canal,” up Central Cannot Traverse Russia. | America to Yucatan, across to Cuba, There will be intermediate landing | Florida and up the Atlantic coast to flelds between these 1,000-mile jumps | the starting point. If the gasoline capacity of the planes| Tf the other route is definitely de- permit such laps, due to weather con- f clded on, two flights of planes will ditions. Tt wiil be virtually impossi- | leave a Texas aviation fleld, one pro- ble to foretell the condition of the|ceeding through the center of Mex- Weather 1,000 miles in advance, so if|jco and the other flying down the the ships ‘take a chance and get 500 . They would meet at Vera Cruz miles under way and encounter storms | and continue together down the west they will have to retrace their steps|coast to the canal. The ships would to their base. Therefore, It is planned | pay a visit of courtesy to each of to establish sub-buses about every|the countries flown over. Undoubt- | 500 miles to enable the globe navi- Iy the airplanes for this expedition | gators to | up in the event of con- | will be the ones used on the Porto, tinued inclement weather. Rican flight. They now are at Fair-| Because the United States has notl field, Ohio, in storage. U. S. Battles Grain Moth From Insectory Near Capital In an old farmhouse at Sligo, Md., just outside the District line, the bu- Teau of entomology of the Department of Agriculture has established head- quarters for a finish fight with the most destructive insect pest local farmers ever have known. This is the angoumois grain moth, whose ravages have cost the wheat growers of Montgomery county hun- dreds of thousands of dollars in the past few years. This moth, the oldest insect pest known in the United States, makes its principal forages in the wheat country immediately surrounding the National Capital. The fight is being conducted by Perez Simmons and George W. Elling- come much more serious than ever bb{nre. fr. Simmons was brought to Sli; from California where he has been engaged in similar studies. Study Fruit Pests. At the same time Dr. E. H. Siegler has established headquarters st th Sligo farmhouse for the study of the most serfous fruit pests of local or- chards. A larze number of varfeties of fruit have been planted for this pur- pose. Associated with Siegler ix . H. Snodgrass., considered the m H‘kllllul biological artist in the Unite: States, who is bringing to completion a serles of studles of the apple grub worm, which has increased in alarm. ing proportions in the Panhandle ap- ple belt during the past few years. The entire staff is conducting ex- periments with one of the most po- tent insecticides THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, == JULY 8, 1923—PART 3. PROPOSED GLOBE FLIGHT OF ARMY AIR SERVICE AND OFFICERS WHO WILL MAP THE COURSE 90 120 135 150 165 180 Cue'ur. P> LIFFORD® C.NUTT: lasp_¢uesrwesp Puoto " | Y nDERWOGD la: i | 30, K OR WAR? By Irving F professor of economics in Y University. New York: Harper & Brothers HICH will league of you have? A nations—some sort of instrument of con- cord among peoples? Or u have war—a war Inconceiv- terrible than the last so terrible one? Such the alternative that Irving Fisher offers in this study. An already traveled road, this, but with a vital difference, however. The choice presented here is to the people—to you and to me, unway- {wise to the subtle and intricate by- paths of politcal analy And, for our helping, the by-paths of discus- sion are abandoned, this author keep- ling to the open road of a few funda- mental outstanding points. More than that, these are so set out that {even who runs may read. It this obviousness of fact and effect that set the high value of the study —thi oupled with the authentic cter of these facts and the straight logie of their sequences. In- teresting, most interesting, and sim- ple. too. Is man a fighting animal? And here we are taken {biclogical beginnings and joncomings for answer. Cert: |zroups are studied—the family. |community, the state, states fi ated—wh not the world federated, law replacing war as a mode of set- tlement where differences arise in the world family? A dream? Why. we have secured it all, save the last step—no vision. but the clearest of sgic. this. “Why wars occur’—us clear as day in_our present political organization, The league is here {discussed, simply and directly, as a imeans of reaching the necessity of A" league. And so on the autho | goes on his straight way—setting out this and that in a manner to catch mind of the average man and man—to that e of altruism rd which we re journeyin ffowly—when by the honest and con- erted effort of all of us war w have become as extinet as a the other outmoded w. human 1A study for every ¥ from an commonly authoritative sour THE LAST OF THE VIKINGS. By Johan Bojer, author of “The Great Hunger.” etc. Translated by Jessie Muir. Tllustrated by Sigurd Skou. New York: The Century Company. As vivid as reality itself this story of the fishermen's Lofoten the coast of Causes—two them—for this striking immediacy effec As a young fellow Johan Boj himself sailed away with the Lofoten fishing boats, feeling in his own body the sting of cold and storm, the thriil of danger, the pull of young muscles on packed nets, the short rest and food. the quick 1ift of spirits working out into play or.the sudden flare of anger, with its prompt appeal to the ordeal of battle. All this was a part of his own youth. One of the two uses that here turns the story into ct before one’s eyes. The other ause is not so much experience training—skill to assemble meaty words and to bind them together in a close jointing, Not a shread of waste tissue here. Record and event be one, barely distinguishable each from the other. And the reader has an ac- tive partaking here, going about among the islands, seeing them for the first time; as a matter of fact, realizing the beauty of this wild out- post for the first time and marveling at the kind of man that chooses this bare and exacting way of life. A land of amazing beauty—austere, un- friendly, exacting. A people of the clean simplicity of the land itself. The story runs on a single thread— that of the mother of a family labor- ing in a subtle persistency to wean her boys to the inland, away from the sea, which she fears and hates. The father is of the sea. He is the sea in_his wild and dauntless oneness with ft. A substantial and straight- moving line of action this. But it is the islands and the sea in their beauty and In their inevitable effects on the Islanders themselves that make the splendid sum of this great story Merely reading it is an adventure in itself. And reading it again. and again, will only drive deeper in the thrill 'of one's first experience with it. KAI LUNG'S GOLDEN HOURS. Ernest Bramah, author of Wallet of Kal Lung.” New York: George H. Doran Company. A prince of vagabonds, Kai Lung— vagrant feet set to wayside adventure, mind and heart keeping step with these, and tongue tipped off to the tune of all thrge. The hours of Kai Lung are truly golden, filled with shining encounters that overflow here in words of wisdom and tales of many meanings. Strange events, often dangerous ones, wait upon the steps of Kal Lung. Sinister influences will bly - more he is historical in pe un- is back to our | respite of ! ton, who are setting up an insectory and have a number of fleld crops under way at SHgo. They will make the first exhaustive biological study of the moth in the hope that some fact will tarn up which will make its defeat easter. Attacks Whent in Fields. The insect first attacks the wheat in the fields shortly after it is cut. But after the grain has been thrashed and placed in storage bins the moth con- tinues its deadly work, so that often- times the farmer has only empty kernels to show for his crop after it has been kept all winter. It does al- most no damage in the wheat flelds of the west, but in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, due probably to the greater humidity, it thrives. Mont- gomery county, by the way, is one of the principal wheat-growing areas of the United States, considering its size. ‘Wheat Is the chief money crop of the farmers there. % The grain moth, unlike most insect pests, was here before the American revolution and has done more or less damage ever since. It was first re. ported tn Maryland in 1769 and prob- ubly was brought originally to South Carolina by some Huguenot settler. But in the past two years it has be: yet dlacovered—nic. otine dust. ‘This is based on much the same _ principle that housewives formerly used when they sprinkled flowers with tobacco to kill insects, 1t is, however, a combination, not of tobacco, but of sulphate of nicotine Wwith various powders. It kills a num- ber of plant insects which are almost immune to other poisons. The object of the present experiment is to make the product cheap enotgh for generai Establishment of the Sligo according to those in charge, conser {tes an important step i helping local farmers get thelr fie g baser & flelds on a he personnel are making freque, fleld trips through Marylang ana Vire ginia in addition to the practical ex- periments conducted at the three-acre farm. 1t is proposed greatly to ex- tend the laboratory at . the station during the year. Something New. From the London Telegraph., _Old Sailor—Yes, mum, that's a man o war. Lady—How interesting. And what is that little one just in front? Sailor—Oh, that's just a tug. Lady—Oh, yes, of course, tug of war, I've heard of them threaten him. Enemies lie in wait. Powers and principalities turn mind- ful eyes upon this unknown wander- ing philosopher. And Kai Lung has no weapon of defense—save only that of subtle gqnd disturbing speech. This he weaves into strange tales with which to confute his adversaries. And a story by Kal Lung is a most mean- ingful and potent thing. Near him— now:dancing In front, now beside him, now tagging at his heels—is the Golden Mouse, maiden of witchery and guile, who foresees the various forms of menace around Kai Lung and helps him to provide against them. And these situations, one after another, bring out the stories in a shining thread of pure delight. Grave and courteous in the ceremonial of the east, the stately Kal Lung talks him- self out from one danger and another in the smooth imagery of the orient. Humor—soft, indulgent, subtle—bub- bles spontaneously from the union here of the age-old convention of Chinese thought and attitude with the vernacular of the English tongue. And, under the humor, lies the clear identity of all human nature of what- ever time or place. A perfectly de- licious and joyous thing—as original in design as it is perfect in finished production. A book to own for happy browsings at frequent odd moments. | WOMAY SUFFRA | 7 By Carrie Ch |t ¢ of the suffrage move- v of a single vement. After beginnings of ing tribute to women who in-! sted and supported it, these| take up the real and imme business in hand—that of study- American polith rristent enemy fdea Tt §s this point mutually hostile impact of an movement and America that sets the purpose and outlines 1the course of this study. In effect. it is an arrafgmment of American po- Ttical tivities set i aguinst lation, It ment inner phas @ brief sketeh ¢ suffrage and a p. in_ outstanding augn writer diate ing and ntact—the the wom- politic A indict- was not an antagonistic timent, nor yet an uned- indifferent ‘public sent so long delayed justice was the deflecting and arting of public sentiment through the trading and the tricker: the buying and the sclling of Amer- ican polities. We think that we can prove this” This book, drawn from records dccuments of authentie chars provides the proof prom- authors. The evidenc sound. However. th Woman suff involuntary this gr tor or that ap t the o o 1 are now | ¥ must work togeth, should work together. Wh recriminat answer given e ‘v“~ 1 question is t this vidence will he Ereat in any of the on- recurring struggles toward larger demc ¥. A most intere ing book, © ergetic ceedingly w However, onee mo; why not, in place of “F With the ring of resentm. in it. a period of Simon-pure forge ting by the women? They are sure to wrify polities, Will the not this mu quickly & wmpletely irritant a long though, of a lar MOSTLY 5 Why wom question Me ‘Lvl‘ whether or not it be the r wisdom. i The Littl Doran ‘Company, © iy The title fits the foot to the mud. out on the first pag this point on she manages matters in | @ Way to justify fully, not only her confidence in her own powers but to Justify as well the reader's growing affection for Sally. There is not a great deal for Sally to do, to be sury for is a suminer job—light and unexacting as a summer job should be. Whatever does pert business in hand, how turns off in an airy buc fect that is delightful. men on her hands. all need of a mother's care. mother. A brother of fa thin achicvement must be held by the pinafore lest b into still another failu of sorts. has to through the unce: writing plays. D body has to be looked when, with a little coming her way, Sally goes to Eu- rope, men in need of bucking up just naturally drift over Sally's way Among them is a red-headed vouth | who is almost equal to Sally in the beguilements of his personality. You will like him. Pretty a_plcture, busy as a bee, | with good sense and good fu gel under a_charming sharpness now und then, Sally ix a helpmate in @ thousand’ “for” just the gift of bright and clever invention that this author so clearly po . of which he has already mad than one delightful demonstration. IN THE LAND OF COTTON. By Dor- othy Searborough. author of “From a Southern Porch,” ete. New York: The Macmillan Company. A story of Texas, the “land of cot- ton.” As a place to set out from: and g0 back to, the author makes use of a plantation—the planter, his wife, his children and the varled assortment of outsiders that the hospitable southerner 50 easily incorporates as a part of his pleasant household. This plantation makes the advantage point from which the real purpose of the story becomes poignantly visible. For beside the life of the planter and his family is that of the tenant fapmer, the convict laborer, the political trickster, the official conspira- tor—all under the dominion of King Cotton, monopolist of the soil of Texas and arbiter of the fate of its people. Under this dominion character develops H. tory like 1y steps here and duck’s | right from of ally is the after. windfall of money lof a few n. The tenant farmer is a peless human. The driven labor is d with too much cruelty as its This may be a_tru not be. It certalnly is a dis- turbing one. But the story grows by way of a persistent effort on the part to lift the tyranny of cotton, give the human a chance, to amelio- rally a condition that Retter days is the outlook form is its motive power. Eoes along engagin® a v delightful girl whom at the beginning we mect as an interesting child, the plan little girl. But romance, takes a second place here, where a distressing soclal situdtion stands head and shoul- ders above everything el ROM MONTE CAR Y sobel Roxolo. Boston: The ¢ topher Publishing House A pseudonym, of course. could manage a real name like However, that is another story. The matter in hand here has to do with the beguiling and exciting ex- periences of a perfectly good Amer- n lady in the wicked resort of te Carlo. The lady gb reason—a familiar reason—for use of the pseudonym. t only she concealing herself, but she, this device, is also protecting other great folks, whose names written right out here would “set bomb in the social world. what is so wicked about it Gambling is a natural instinct, going en we dressed in blue pught chances at arsome and malicious ds. too, is_another sto one down here by Ysobel Roxolo unfolds through a series of clever and _sprightly letters that crve not only to record the personal adventures of the writer and her friends, bu¥ that ve as well to describe the gam f Monte Carlo I the various methods and systems which men and women have t reak the bank, of Carlo.” Written primarily to friend, these letters contain also for the many people who wake up suddenly over any story coming out Lrated center of the games of chance. By ris- Nobody this, a the is se by striven Monte amu entertainment 'THE PUBLIC LIBRARY the ~Public amended column cossions at lists of 1 appear in and will nday Fiction. F. Rlezanov The Scudders. Mapp. pseud Mrs. G. Irving. i F. ngham. ful. ohan. Vikings. ighouse, Harold. un, H. C. Th Marguerite Mrs. A. R fove. bughs, riden n, Lady The Last of the Hepplestall's. v Grew Older. Richard. Burr, B. E. the Lion Gilbert. R. Tarzan and Cann Annette and Ben- nete. Chekhoy. P, and Other Stori Comfort, W. L. De La Roche, Mazo. Possession. Fergusson, Harvev. Capitol Hill. Furman, L The Quare Women. prthy, ~ John. The A Love The Public Square. Mrs, K. I gr. F. Conquistador. The Shaft in (B.). The Eric Brighteves. Wisdom's Daughter. Victoria. A. The Really Ro- The Lucky the Mrs. A Lone Haggard, H. R. Haggard, H. R. Hamsun, Knut. Harker, Mrs. L. mantic Age. an, pseud. Num- Torquil's Success. Anthony John. H. H. Little Life Jerome, Jchnston. Stories. Jones, Medallion. Lawrence, D. H. 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Burning | picture. | s un- | the | i 1 of this cele- | | 1 i | ) | i The Wrong | number of National ] | Dorothy 1 THE CIVILIAN ARMY Organized Reserves—National Guard BY LIEUT. STEPHE} One of the most successful outings of the Washington Chapter of the United States Infantry Association was that of the picnic dance held last week at Fort Washington. The party of infantry officers and their guests left Washington barracks on the United States ship General Rucker and landed at the lighthouse wharf of Fort Washington. Gen. John L. Hines, deputy chief of staff, was among the officers present. Local reserve officers are preparing for thelr summer training camp, which will be held from August 12 to 26 at Camp Meade, Md. It is planned to have all the officers meet in Washington and go to the camp In a body. Col. Juhn P. Hains, Coast Artillery Corps, now on duty at headquarters of the 3rd Corps Area, is assigned to | and announced as officer in Organized Reserves for the Corps Area, with station v Lieut. Col. E. Fuller, detached, on leave (infantry) Word has been received here that Capt. William E. R. Covell, Corps of Engineers, has left Boston for Wash- ington, to take up his new duties in the office of the chigf of engineer Mrs. Covell and hér mother. Mr: Henshaw, expect to motor through the White mountains and from there on down to Washington, arriving here about September 1. Capt. Covell r cently graduated from the Massachu- setty Institute of Technology. Lieut. Col. William H. Waldron, on Cuty in the training section, office of the chief of infantry, will leave Wash- ington July 20 for the purpose of in- specting the Reserve Officers’ Train- fng Camp and Citizens' Military Train- ng Camp., Organized Reserves and the Maryland National Guard camps at Camp Meade, Md., returning to the city about July 30. in ord at all National Guard organizations may be supplied with sufficient batteries of all types, with neces spare parts for signal equipment required for the fiscal year 1924, the militia bureau of the War Department has requested the various National Guard units to submit to the duty charge, Third | bureau their requisitions for material needed not later than July 10. Maj. Gen. Edward L. Logan, pres dent of the National Guard Assoc tion of the United States, will hold a conference in Washington with a ard officers, at date of the annual conven- tion of the association will be fixed. Denver has bee selected as the place. and the date will be either previous to or immedlately after the conven- which the {tion of the American Legion at San Francisco. It _is understood that October 4 and 5 are under considera- tion. One of the most important mat- ters to be taken under consideration at the meeting will be the question of one commission for both the Re- Serve and National Guard officers. Maj. n. James G. Harbord. re- tired, has offered a prize of one radio set to the Citizens' Military Training Camp in each corps area to be awarded to the young man profiting most by radio instruction. As deputy chief of staff last year, Gen. Harbord showed considerable interest in the Citizens’ Military Training Camps and has now, in his p tion as head of the radio corporation, made another contribution to public interest in vol- untary training. The age limits for admission to the Citizens’ Military Training Camps have been so fixed that December 3 1923, is to be used as the time for reckoning minimum limits of seven- teen vears. This means that a young man who is now sixteen years old will be accepted for the camp, pro- vided that he will be seventeen be- fore December 31. Any young man is admitted provided ~he has not reached his twenty-fifth birthday be- fore the date of the opening of the camp for which he applied. Scores of reserve Army officers vigited Camp Meade last Sunda: There are about six fleld artillery an ten infantry reserve officers on duty at the camp as instructors. From the District there are two fleld ar- tillery officers, Lieut. H. P. Long and Lieut. M. A. Bradshaw, who are de- talled to the camp as instructors for the Citizens' Military Training Camp. The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps camp of €amp Meade. of whic Tieut, Col. G. L. Townsend (infantry) is camp commander and Lieut. Col. 0. F. Snyder, retired, executive officer, has swung into the third week of its schedule. A dance was given last Week at the Laurel Tour Inn, on the Washington and Baltimore boulevard, for officers and reserve officers of the training camp at Camp Meade. The hostesses were Mrs. J. Taylor, Miss Robertso! ‘Misses Margaret, Fdith and Henrletta Halverson, Mary Helnrichs and Mary and_Alice Scott. Reports from Walter Reed General Hospital continue favorable as to the condition of Capt. Stuart G. Wilder, who was serfously injured in an air- plane crash at Aberdeen proving grounds, Md., June 5. The following officers of the Regu- lar Army on duty in tha office of the militia bureau are to visit the various camps throughout the country for the purpose of assisting in the co- ordination of their supply and train- ing: Cols. E. J. Williams (infantry) C. C. Collins (medjcal), George Balt- zell (Mfantry), Lieut. Col. L. W. Prunty (cavairy). Majs. Frank Thorp, jr. (fleld artillery), G. W. Easterday (Coast Artillery Corps), H. A. Finch (engineers), J. D. Elliott (infantry) and Capts. William J. Kelley (Infan- try) and Charles T. Phiilips, air service. The junior unit Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, St. John's College, Washington, D. C., and the infantry unit, junior division, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, in the Univeisity of Nebraska, have been discontinued Maj. S. S. Garrett (ordnance), Officers’ Reserve Corps, has been ordered to active duty at Aberdeen proving grounds, for training in procurement work. The aggregate strength of the Ni tional Guard for the month of May, totaled 167,808, according to late figures from the War Department. thorized, and officers qualifying wil | count for record. Reserve officers of any other branci | have been invited by Maj. John Scott | executive officer, Organized Reserve | Graham building, 14th and E streets northwest, to attach themselves to either of the above organizations for the above practice. Lieut. Willls J. Nolan (infantry) nized Reserve Corps, 423 Dorse Chevy Chase Station, D. ¢ will have charge of the 2d Battalio! | 320th Infantry, which is commande: by Maj. E. Brooke Lee. F. TILLMAN. | The state of New York leads with an enrollment of 20,243. Copies of special regulations 43, for the Officers’ Reserve Corps, as revised by the general staff committee, were sent to the various corps area com- manders on July 1. After they have been reviewed by the area commander they will be returned to the War De- partment, and it is possible that the board will be reassembled for the pur- pose of considering suggested changes ore the regulations are sent to the Secretary of War and chief of staff for final approval. Maj. Walter O. upon being relie Reserve officers who have been se lected to attend the two-weeks train ing camp at Camp Meade, beginnin July 10, have been notified, and large number of Washington officers were selected. Maj. John Scott, cx utive officer, Organized Reserves as been giving a series of lec s at his office in the Graham building, 14th and E streets north- . and under whose direction the various units have held weekly meet- ings to discuss military problems, eto as been detailed as instructor at the Camp Meade reserve officers’ training camps foy the month of July and no meetings’ will be held at his office during that time. The ! Boswell, infantry, | ced from the War College, will be assigned to duty on the general staff with the reserve | L officers’ section ( His office will be room 398 of the State, War and | Navy building, which will become the : headquarters,” it_is hoped. for every reserve officer who visits Washington. { The ordnance department of the | District National gncamp at Camp Simms, Congress {eights, D. 3. 01 five da i Army will soon have available r..r,,r..fm-.. _n”y“ :‘.rzt',“t’rnlyf \\i””f‘u ue to National Guard fleld artillery | for specially selected men to prepars mm. = batteries, a supply = of|.s instructors for the annual encamp 22-caliber sub-caliber tubes modified | pi " U GREE 9% NS GRIHRE ehearin- for use in the adapters now furnished | gon®, 0f e davs ) » as sub-caliber equipment with the hé prospect of thre {30 caliber barrel. @ ial Guard Re.|¢amp under full pay and Service in the National Guard ileave for government emple ])“-r\v may be counted for lon- gition to all other leave is 1“"'\;‘{[."‘"" ’r. {"f' pay ‘ll i‘;.Y'Mh(' “"":r-u ruiting offi at the National G ’mmm;:‘r‘::n:_vni \;m“ 0, 1922, The; Armory, 742 L street northwest, to | e aeeon o mped on Tuesday night | the act of June 10, | service which ms | longevity incre: | officers'—that 1 3 Guard w weeks milita tion 3, of the | 3, by recruits | Capt. Oliff expects to complete his counted for| quota of $0 men by Tuesday night. ¢ ¥ by ‘such | which will be the largest conipany it f . officers of the Na-|the guard. He has announc | tional Guard or of the reserve forees| following promotions in D Company of any of the services mentioned in! this week: To be sta erge; Sergt the title of act of June 10, 1922, de- | Thomas A, Laner . ro necant: Serel scribed in the first sentence of the! Robert A. Dewberry, Charles E. Rile. section. The provision for counting{and William D. Stueler: to be cor full itme for all periods during which | porals, Roscoe Aull, Arthur they have performed active duty un- | Millmore. Julian E. Oliff and Charles der reserve ommissions and with!J. Ritenour. {one-half time for all other periods during which they have held reserve commission refers to the reserve forces of any of the service men- tioned in the title of the t of June} | 1922, and the National Guard is not | tioned in the titl Furthermore, the reserve sion contemplated in said section Monday night—Department Band, Is ome \Imd»r( which uet duty in|921 Pennsylvania avenue southes he service of the United States may | M g 40! P be performed. but this Is not equally | o1 1oy MEht—U0L Pettit ¢ 921 Pennsylvania uavenue southeast. of the National Guard reserve officer of the National Guard| Thursday night—Col. Pettit reserve can be brought into the serv-| fliary. Bank ice of the United States only by draft e ¥ under section 111 of the national de- fense act, and when drafted he does not serve under his commission in the National Guard reserve, but under an appointment the Presi-| dent pursuant to the terms of sec- tion 111" SPANISH WAR VETERANS, | Calendar. commis- Aux- building, | 1i Potomac Georgetown. Friday night—Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, Grand Army Hall. s0 The department will hold its an- nual excursion to Chesapeake Beach For some time the militia bureau has been endeavoring to reduce the great amount of paper work required of National rd organization com- manders. This not only pertains to the guard, but the War Department has appointed a board of oflicers whose duty it will be to make recom- mendations relative to the reduction of paper work for the regular estab- lishment as well. In line with these endeavors, Lieut. Col. Theodore hultz, on duty in the financ tion of the militia bureau, has pre- pared a new fleld pay roll, which will be used for the first time during the summer encampments. The new pay rolls will save the organization com- manders much time. The following reserve lery officers are on duty at Camp Meade with the 6th Field Artillery as instructors for the Camp Meade train- ing camp training secto Lieuts. T. H. Vaden, M. A. Bradshaw, E. K. Hampel, H. _E. Simmons, . A. Wessells, H. Whitebread and H. I". Long. LOCAL NATIONAL GUARD. The film of the 29th Djvision in ac- tion at the front during the -world war was shown by Capt. Julian S. Oliff, commanding Company D, 121st Engineers, to the high school cadets at Camp Simms, Congress Heights, {D: C. Tuesday night, and proved of much iterest to them. The District National Guard was a part of the 29th Division, and this picture was of particlilar interest to the District cadets. It was in'charge of Corp. Arthur L. Millmore. ks outlining the activities and work of the District National Guard were made by Capt. Julian S. OIff of D Company and Capt. Sydney H. Hor- gan of headquarters and service, 121s( Engineers. . The following men enlisted . in Company D the past week: Edward J. Campbell, 6640 Georgia avenue northwest; Conrad H. Fritz, 1825 2d street northeast; Bennie C. Hays, 707 Portland street southeast: John W. Jackson, 3713 34th street, Mount Rainier. Md.; Alfred W. Luitich, 19-A Bates street northwest; Julian L. Mec- Cullar, 1736 G street northwest; Fred P. Myers, 1727 F street northwest; Everett L. Pines, 1302 North Carolina field artil- July 17. Francis C. Huhn, chairm of the good and welfare committee, has completed arrangements for the occasion. Athletic sports, a base ball game and a band concert will round out the afterncon program. Department Commander James .} Murp presided the meeting of the Chattancoga Club. The trans- portation committee reported prog ress and the next meeting will ha @ complete report to make as to the date and time of leaving. Depart ment Commander Wilson of Tenne see is chairman of the executive cc mittee. which has the hearty port and co-operation of the ( tanooga Chamber of Commerce Board of Trade. sup at and The Grand Lair, Military Order of the Serpents of the District of Columbia, met at department head- quarters,” 921 Pennsylvania nue southeast Charles W. {frey was unanimously clected [Bu Bu. A new degree team w organized. Coulter, S Watts, Gallagher, Parrish, Platz, Close, 0'Brien and Culin are to assist Grand Gu Gu McCaffrey in making rangements for a big crawl and fiesta. Next meeting delegates to the national convention will be el nd_per pita tax will be colle by John Watts. The Lineal Society held a picnic at the home of Mrs, Kate Berthiaume, Ingleside, Va., July Appropriate patriotic ' services we held preceding the big dinner. asket Reports from all over the country show that the Spanish War Vet erans are making a big thing of th twenty-fifth anniversary of the wa with Spain. Announcement is made of the con ing to Washington of Mrs. Lucille Dragon of St. Louis, Mo.. preside! general of the national body of ladies’ auxiliary, on a trip of ins tion. Mrs. Dragon fis now visiting the Department of Pennsylvania. A public reception will be tendered to the president-general on her arrival here at one of the hotels, evenue northeast; William E. Smith- son, Congress Heights, D. C.; and g):&u T. Smoak, 228 9th’ street south- His Only Peril. From the Boston Transeript. Dan Boone, the fearless animal tamer of the circus, had a dread of cold air that amounted almost to an obsession. Ope day after his exhibi tion in a cage with a flerce lion he remarked to the circus manager ohn, old man, this will be the death of me yet." “You're not losing your nerve, are vou, Dan?’ inquired the other anx- fously, “You're Col. Glendie B. Young, uummnndinzlllon RO SEnd Sor ekt the 320th Infantry, Officers’ Reserve| “Afraid of that beast? Corps, has announced that a regular | Dan in disgust. T should sen mat course of rifle target practice for [But those cages are the worst place: reserve officers will be held at Camp |on earth for drafts. Some day I'll Simms, Congress Heights. D. C., on[take cold in one of them and it will the National Guard ranges for the |be the death of me.” following _organizations: 5 Third Battalion, 320th Infantry, July 9-10; 2d Battalion, 320th Infan® try, July’ 11-12; combined courses, July 13-14. This will be the first time that re- serve officers have had a chance to shoot as a unit and it is hoped to continue the practice eath year. The, courses fired will be 200, 300 and 500 yards slow and rapid fire and 600 yards slow fire, and perhaps other courses, all of which have betn au- Private Martiw H. White is attend- ing Reserve Officer Training Corps at University of Maryland; Julian L. McCullar, infantry, white course, Clvillan Motor Transport Corps Camp Meade, Md., and Edward H. Thiele, coast artillery, Civilian Motor Trans- port Corps. Norfolk, Va., all of D Company, this month. Have YOU read it yet ? ’ ’ “Trodden Gold™|" -