Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1923, Page 42

- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D.:C, JULY 15 1923—PART 1. ARMY AND BY M. H. Army. Officers of the Army and Navy pre- @ict that very shortly cases decided mdversely to service men by Controller General McCarl will find their wa: into the United States Court of Claims and eventually, if necessary, may be arried to the Supremre Court of the TUnited States. The courts, especially the Supreme Court, it is believed, will not be favorable to any interpreta- tion of the law or proceedure which enables the controller general to con- trol in any way the actions and au thority of the executive departments. This, military and naval officers be- lieve, is what McCarl is doing. publications have expressed positively in this connec- »f them has employed legal counsel and established a claims de- partment, offering co-eperation to oflicers und men in securing relief. The action of this journal (the Army Savy Journal) is based upon the assumption that doors of Con- gress are closed inst any relief from the tyranny of the controller general.” Congress, it is claimed, by ing the budget bill handicapped authority of the regularly con- of the departments. The bill was passed in spite of Presi- dent Wilson's veto, i upon the opinion of the Attorney General that the creation of the office of the con- troller general was unconstitutional, particularly that part of the la effecting his remo from offic Tu other words, this military mag zine holds that the controller gen- cral takes the position that he is the presentative of COngress, t- with authority to interp s tishu rents by depart- dle tion 3 al t in the services will attend the first test case brought to the courts. Seeking protection for its readers from de ns of the controller, an- oth rvice publication cites a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United St pril 15, 1918—Smith vs. J se arose through an n of the controller of th ainst Judge Jack- »ne, under which the dishursing officer of the Panama Canal withheld part of the salary Judge Jackson on account of ex- leave taken and as a rental for upied by him, which were ed. tion see relfef for ¥ in accordance with controller general, which it is claimed. are not in d with law, are contrary ) the opinions of the Attorney Gen- ral, are contrary to pecific orders issued by heads of departments or wre the result of the controller gen- eral reopening accounts long since closed. An organization representing the six services of the government affect- ed by the decisions of the controller #eneral is working on the other end problem. trying to formulate ition, which more 1ents of the control g lare will never be by Congress. “tically_all the officers in these nental bureaus, from the Se of War and Navy down to officer, are awaiting king for their protec- r: islons r's s ac- cepted Pr; govers taries the youngest some action tion and rel The abandonment of the old Army post at Fort Hunt, Va, has been au thorized by Sc v Weeks and the commanding general of the district Washington plans to begin the oval of troops and supplies lo- ed there within a week's time. Negotlations for the disposal of the lccal real estate for farming purposes, summer homes or other purposes, which will result in a maximum re- turn to the government, will soon be opened, it is understood The War Department has directed that the Finance School shall be established at Washington, D. C., the personnel being accommodated with the Headquarters Company of the strict. Schoolroom quarters will provided In temporary building No. or in that vicinity. Rental allow- rces for two commissioned officer instructors and one warrant officer, well as rental allowance and sub- sistence for three non-commissioned officers of the school staff, have been authorized. Coast artillery sonnel at Fort and ordnance per- Hunt will be trans- ferred to Fort Washington for per- manent station. The quartermaster general has been authorized to dis- pose of the detachment of his corps stationed at Fort Hunt as he may see fit AS S n as the evacuation is compieted Fort Hunt will be put un- der the charge of the quartermaster general until disposed of. orders di- Tect o ¢ are under consideration at the War Department to augment the military personnel at Fort Myer with the addition of a battalion of infantry. It is understood that in_the next ap- propriation estimate, Congress will be asked for an allotment sufficlent to provide additional quarters for the infantry troops. Iry and fleld artillery troops are stationed at Fort Myer, but, al- though a need for infantry in the Dis- trict has existed for many years. no vrovision for their detail has been ade. The new plan will give Fort r representatives of the three field ms of the service and make avall- able such troops as are necessary in the event of official, eivic and in- augural ceremonies. Motori: ion of the modern can never eliminate the horse as a mecessity in time of war, staff officers of the Army assert And yet the im- provements in mechanical transport, resulting in the introduction of trac- tors, tanks, self-propelled gun car- riages, trucks, motor cars and cycles and the placing of the Army on an automotive basis s progressing rapidly. Army transportation specialists and automotive experts are striving now for the standardization of types and parts, so that in the event of war they can be produced in large quan- titles, assembled and repaired readily. ‘While many units of the field services are as yet unmotorized, it Is the aim of the department to be prepared in war time to supply such units as are desired with motor equipment in a minimum of time. Today four infantry regiments are provided with motor transport: The 6th, 10th, h and 25th Regiments hava mobi equipment except for their machine gun and howitzer units. The 5lst, 55th and 59th Regiments of Coast Artillery, literally heavy ar- tillery, are now motorized, and the 52d Regiment is provided with rail- ‘way equipment About half of the field artillery is equipped with me- chanical transport, the 5th, Sth, 11th, 13th and $3rd being motorized, while the ist is both motor and horse darawn. Ultimately it is the aim of the War Department to furnish-the infantry with fast truck transportation, for with such equipment they, can be moved with dispatch, saved the fatigue of long marches, and put into action in far better fighting trim. In- fantry equipment will soon be car- ried in motors, it is sald. Motor- cycles may also be employed for the infantry. although they are now as- signed chiefly to couriers, headquar- ters’ troops and sections of the Signal Corps and quartermasters’ depart- ment. Bicycles never have been con- sidered by American militarists, since they require good roads and would be uscless in rough terrain. Considerable development has been carried on in the design of tanks since the war, and the department is now concerned in developing a tank some- what lighter than the British heavies, but more rugged and faster than the small French tanks. Tanks of be- tween twenty-five and thirty tons, carrying a 75-millimeter gun and sev- eral machine guns, is believed to be the ideal sought today. Efforts to de- sign etandard tanks are being under- taken by several commercial concerns with & view of quantity production gtmagimum speed when.neededs o army & NAVY NEWS McINTYRE terchangeable parts, where construc- tlon permits, is one of the aims in tank development as well as in all motor-propelled Army vehicles, Regardless of Its activities along mechanical lines, the Army is still | striving to develop the ideal horse for cavalry and artillery purposes, since it is believed that there will always |be a place for the horse In war, | though. perhaps, not important as formeriy, in the zone of advance. | Cavalry 'can hardly be mounted on | motorcycles, it is pointed out, as that | would in ftself defeat their most val- uable activity—scouting and in action lin fairly rough country. Cavalry, mounted on horses, will always be valuable for night scouting ‘when air- planes are of little value, for turn- ing enemy flanks, screening infantry advances, and gathering information or exploring in open country. Horse- drawn equipment will also be re- quired in mountainous country, both for artillery and cavalry work. The mule and burrow are needed for pack trains and mountain guns. The horse may be disappearing from the city streets, where motors function perfectly, but is by no means loosing his good standing in military circles, even though he may work by the side of a mechanical monster which ean do twenty or more times as much work. Despite the fact that 125,000 men are allotted to the Army by the last Army bill, the actual strength of the {Army on June 30 was only 112,917, although on May 30 it was 114, The loss of 1,235 men during June Is indicative of is happening in |the Army today: the monthly lo | fAluctuates between 1000 and men. The recruiting service Ar is somewhat of a lack L for uns of simistic uits at to the d labor this summer, large w offered and the effect of the n ruiting regulations, re- quiring men under twenty-one years of age to secure parental consent on enlistment, as well as birth certifi- cate requirements. Appropriations for recruiting have been diminished, reducing the number of statlons, and ‘allotments for transp ation have been cut so that men are now r cruited for service only in the imm diate corps area. The cost cruiting a single man v s approximately $32, which also limits extensive activities. In June, 4,700 men were enlisted, a_gain of about a thousand over the May figure, de- spite the difficuities of the work. The question of whether recruiting can be speeded up to keep the Army bal- anced somewhere near the allotted number is what is worrying the Army | officers charged with this work today. Present indications are that during the year the Army will lose 74,000 men, including those who desert. This would leave an army of only 90,000 or 100,000 men at the end of the year. vy, illustration of the Navy's traditional “care for its dead” is found in orders just issued to the néw crufser Richmond to bring back | to the states the bodies of twenty-two American sallors now buried at Rio de Janeiro. During the flu epidemic in the fall of 1918 forty members of the crew of the U, 8. S. Pittsburgh which was stationed at Rio died and were burie there until arrangements could be made to bring the bodies home. More than a yvear ago forty caskets were sent down, but it was found imprac- ticable at'the time of the Brazilian exposition to bring the bodies back. Next of kin of all the epidemle victims have been communicated with and in the cases of eighteen of the men expressed a desire to have the remains interred in the crypt beneath | t! Pittsburgh monument there in the | « . The other twenty-two will be taken aboard the Richmond when she touches Rio on her return from her | crulse In European waters in Sep tember and will be brought to Hamp- | ton Roads to the Naval Hospital The caskets are under the charge | of Rear Admiral Vogelsang, head of the American naval mission to Brazil, and instructions have been sent him by the department to arrange for th removal of the bodies from the temporary resting places in the ceme- tery there. Final disposition of the bodies is necessary at this time as the five year burial period required by Bra zllian health authorities expires this fall, as well as the temporary leases of burlal spaces. Under the Brazilian | law it would be necessary to disinter | j@nd cremate the bodles at the end of | the five-year period to make available { the grave spac i Another | In first-class condition after her extensive overhauling recently at the Norfolk Navy Yard, the presidential | yacht Mayflower left Washington this week, headed for Rockland, Me where, over the measured mile course, | traditional trial ground for naval ships, she will have her standardiza- tion trials Tuesday and Wednesday of | next week. i Over the mile course, the only deep- water measured mile in American waters, she will be tried out to test the efficiency of the two destroyer boilers put into her when she was converted from a coal to an oil burner. Her estimated speed now Is sixteen knots, as agalinst the fourteen she formerly had, and the changes made In her have added materially to Ler economic operation as well as to| her “liveableness."” i During her shakedown cruise she will touch several Atlantic ports an will be In New York for several da. early in August, returning to Wash- ington about the middle of the mont. The two new battleships Colorado and West Virginia probably will not | jbe added to the flect until after the first of the year. The former is ex- pected to be ready to leave the yards of the New York Shipbullding Com- pany about September 1 and will go to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to be jfitted ‘out and to have her fire con- itrol finished. The West Virginia will not be ready to leave the Newport ) News Shipbuilding and Drydock Com- | pany’s plant until about December 1, | and she, too, will go to the Brooklyn | yard. Tt is estimated that it will re- Quire about four months at the nay yard to complete the work on the two | big fighting craft. Prior to the departure of Admiral {R. E. Coontz, chiet of operations. for | the west coast between July 20 and 25, the work of getting out the fitness reports of all officers in operations is being expedited, the date as to when each is to be relleved being left blank. Two ships of the Canti, are 'to be ‘turned over by ihs Siie: ping Board to the Navy to be convert- ed into submarine tenders, Com- mander Fawell of the board of in- spection and survey will shortly in-| spect the tied-up fleet in James river and decide which two the Navy de- sires. When the crulser Milwaukee Puget sound for her Tecord’ shake: down cruise to the fslands of the| south Pacific and Australla she will be fitted out with the most improved type of Sonic depth finder and her commanding officer has been instruct. ed to make a chart of soundings from oo‘;; we!bl coast to Sydney by way of | u, Samoan Islands, and New Caladonia. SuteIslengs She is expected to reach Sydn: time for the Pan-Pacific Selontifta Congress and her commander, Capt. Willlam C. Asserson, has been ap- pointed a delegate. ‘It is expected that his chart of soundings will be received by the scientists there with great interest, as the agenda of the congress includes the subject of hydro- graphy and oceonography. The hydrography covered by this trip is very little known, but it fs believed that great depths heretofore unknown and uncharted will be en- it difficult to get a sharp reflection of sound. Homing pigeons in the Navy will soon find & permanent homie. if recom- mendations recently submitted to the department by the director of naval communications are approved. After a long series of experiments, he reports, it has been found that the faithful little filers are not necese sary in communications, which have been so greatly expanded by the de- velopment of radlo. It 1s found, how- ever, that they are very useful In aviation for special service and as safety precautions, and it is recom- mended that the Dpigeon service be turned over to the pureau of aero- nauties. With a view of meeting conditions in_the navy yards imposed by the reduced maintenance appropriations and _Increased wage scales, Capt. E. C. Kalbfus has just completed a trip f inspection to the north Atlantic yards. In conjunction with repre- sentatives of the bureaus of engineer- ing and construction and repair, he held conferences with the comman- dants and yard managers over plans for distribution of work loads at the varfous yards, and his report will have a bearing on the method of ex- penditure of the available funds this year. Operation reports show s and the new dule ving dates of ¢ letion © iips now in navy yards under repair and will seriously affect the ma tenance of the fleet throughout this year, at least in the Atlanti a fixed amount of money av. the recent raises in wages were | that labor ilable, closing out Charles and Suffolk. through the can Home | ing _camps, companied by a corresponding cut in the number of workmen employed, with the result that necessary work is feeling this curtailment. According to a report just made public covering the acttvity of the Air Service Branch of the Army Re- | lief Society for the past year, a total of $2,117.18 was contributed to the soclety of the various Afr Service fields. Langley fleld headed the list with nearly $1,000, with Kelly fleld second with about $350. In view of the fact that in peace time the avia- tion service has more fatalities and accidents than the other branches, this branch of the socliety, officials belleve, is particularly deserving of whole-hearted support. Suggestions that measures for raising money to swell this fund be sumbitted are now | {being made and it is understood that | the sanction of Gen. Patrick would be given any proper means adopted. Another gap has been filled by avia- tion. During the recent hike of the 1ith Infantry and the 3rd Fleld Ar- tillery from Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind., to Camp Knox, Ky., where they are stationed with the summer train- aviators delivered mail regularly along the line of march for the entire nine days. Pilots of the rvation Squadrons stationed fleld, Ohio, ran the “mall plane monsirating that still an- other convenience is now at the dis- posal of military outfits marching cross-country Practical demonstrations of {rack- ing airplanes with searchlights hav Within two or three miles of the | With | just been completed at Mitchel field. | ac- | searchlights’ positions and up to an | altitude of 3,000 feet it was shown that the airplane was visible plainly enough to serve as a target for the guns. - At greater elevation, however, the light did not illuminate them. In view of the fact that nc major operations with the fleet will be par- ticipated in by the alr squadrons with the battle fleet in the Pacific, it has been decided to distribute some of the planes along the Pacific and to Hawall for & period of six or eight weeks, starting the first of this week. The purpose of this movement is to glve the pilots additional and varled service and to test out the mobility of the various units. Six torpedo planes, six fighting planes and six observatfon planes will be taken to Pearl harbor aboard naval auxiliary ships. Twelve ob- servation planes will go to Mare fsland and twelve fighting planes to Sandy point, Wash. Definite steps have been taken by the Navy Department to stop the flood of desertions that has reached the stage an epldemic. For weeks past this problem has been engaging a great part of the attention of the heads of the Navy, as the monthly figures, running far up in the hun- dreds, have shown a steady increase. Opinfons of all commanding officers have been sought as to the causes and the cures for this condition and a study made of their replies. As a result instructions have been issued to the service by Secretary Denby that in all cases deserters must be followed up; that the standard re- ward is $50 for their apprehension; that ship commanders must notify homes and places of enlistments and every effort made to apprehend them. In the past this has been more or less | optional and since the close of the war no especlal effort, as a rule, has been made to run down deserters and bring them back for punishment. Marine Corps. Plans for the summer maneuvers of the Marine expeditionary force are taking shape, and while they will be curtailed somewhat in the number of men taking part, owing to the fact that the enlisted personnel s consid- erably below the strength authorized by law, they will be more extensive in scope than in past years. This will give better opportunities for active training of the individuals and units both on the long hike and during the operatfons, which will be participated in by every branch of the | corps. Preparatory to the long march to the battlefield, Capt. A. H. Page of the avlation branch is engaged in photographing from the air that sec- tion of Virginia which will be covered on the hike. Three Marine Corps officers, Capt. L. G. Merritt, Lieut. D. V. Pickle and Lieut. J. G. Clausing, have reported at Pensacola, Fla, for a course of In- struction in the Naval Aviation School, which started on July 1. Two other marine officers, Lieuts. Stanle Ridderhof and F. G. Cowie, are there as instructors. Candidates for the famous Marine Corps foot ball team are beginning to gather at Quantico. Officers have been ordered to duty there from their | Ing to one sclentist, different posts, and, in addition to T the old material, there are & number | of likely youngsters new in the serv- | ice, but fresh from the gridirons of | the-blg colleges. Capt. J. W. Beckett, | tackle playing coach, wiil again have | the team under his charge and will | soon start rounding it into shape. No decision has been reached as to where the big game with the Army will be played this fall. Washington is still in’ the running, but it is| understood that Philadelphla is mak- | ing a strong bid for this classic, | which has come almost to rival the | annual Army-Navy game in public interest, and that many inducements have been oZered in an effort to have Gen. Butlet pick the Quaker City. Lieuts. Guy B. Hall and W. S. Hal- lenberger, with two mechanics, left| Quantico for College Point, Long Is- | land, and this week will ferry back the two new DT planes built there | by the L. W. F. factory. | | Lieut. A. R. Holderbee is engaged in the work of photographing emer- goncy landing flelds and laying out an air route from Quantico to the naval station at Lakehurst, N. J., where the dirigible ZR-I is belng | completed. | —_— Accounts of showers of fishes, accord- | are not necessarily fish storfes.” He says such falls of | shes from the sky may be caused by high winds, whirlwinds and water- spouts that draw up the fishes from the water and then let them drop as their | force Is spent. | ’ Newport News the of stores of Corporation, A supply of these quality received from the retiring of genuine Bow stock. Made quality construction. and chifforette. Terms $10 Choose The handsome bargains. superior construction, and buffet and four cha seats. Priced now for only Terms $15 stores for immediate sale along with everything else in mahogal end bed, large dres: Buy the outfit for... your Dining Room {hese close-out stocks—never before such period suite pictured above is in walnut, of includes irs with genuine leather Genuine Mahogany Bedroom Suites Bedroom Suites ju sacrificed in highe x Casi —32 Week‘Iy Walnut Dining Room Suites—Special Suite from Queen Anne table, 11478 Cash—$2 Weekly (@] pA Overstuffed Living Room Suites What you save on a Living Room Suite by purchasing from the stocks now being sold out for our retiring stores will go a long way toward paying fo the living room, too. Sas, ‘gch-uenedgsums has loose cushions Extra quality tapestry ous, and spring backs. upholstery «... Terms $15 r a table and This luxuri- . Cash—$2 Weekly Save on Your Home Outfit Folks who plan to go housckeeping soon—even - within the next six months—are especially invited to visit the Phillip Levy store at this time. By purchasing your outfit while this sale is in progress you will save almost half. The entire $30,000.00 stock of the retiring stores of this corporation are at your disposal here for selection of your outfit. countered, and it is belleved that the apparatus on the Milwaukee will be able to record these great depths ac- curately, Considerable difficulty, how- ever, is expected to be encountered, as part of the ocean bed to be covered is-supposed to be ooze, Which makes Goods purchased now held and insured free for fature delivery. 1465 The American Home Furnishers Corporation is three stores in Their immense stocks of these retiring stores, which are going out of business 'im- mediately, are being sold out at sacrifice prices remaining TFurnishers Cape Ameri- which (T Our allotments of these are now on our floors, and Cut-price Furniture Sale. store. Never such a genuine bargains been shown in the Phillip Levy ale as this one. I Phillip Levy & Co., of Washington, D. 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