Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1923, Page 39

ArmyandNavyNews BY M. H. Maj. Gen. Charles McK. Saltzman, who will succeed Maj. Gen. George O. Sauier as chief signal officer of the Army, has arrived in Washington and taken up his prospective dutles. The appointment of Gen. Saltzman chief signal officer leaves a vacancy for the corps area signal officer at Gover- nors Island, N. Y., which up the present time has not been filled During the first part of February Maj. Walter E. Prosser will be relieved from his duties in the sup- ply division, office Maj. Gen. Saltzman. »fficer, and he will Procecd to the Philippines, where he Will be assigned o duty on the gen- eral staif in the Philippine division. Maj livered ficers n. George 0. Squier de- lecture to the assembled of- n his office and a number of resentatives of wire companies ember 19 in which he compared present-day methods of broad- sting to the local battery stage of the telephone art In the attempt to sting service to individual house- holders and rooms in hotels. the gen- eral declared that broadeasting would be marked by a similar advance over present methods in the immediate future. This will be accomplished by the use of existing wire systems aleardy connecting up h Will become one-way teleph ire. This will be more eco than the present radio tems and will do away with each individual having to cope with adjustments that are attached to every local radio set. At the present time, all radio sets ®re space receivers, but these will be come less in number and will be re- ®erved for the more important classes of radio communication stated that the great wealth of #musement and instruction which is destined to ente ry home by radio amethods will be brought about by a very simple type of instrument tached to existing wires. e the furnish broad- ne serv- Much speculation is being attached fn War Department circles to the probable successor of Maj. Gen. Wil- Jard A Holbronk. chief “of cavalr who will reach the statuatory retire- ment age July 23, 1924. Gen. Hol- brook is now in Francisco and will sail with A Holbrook for Honolulu on Januar He will ar- Yive in San Francisco February 1 and wiJl return to Washington by rail in- ecting cavalry posts and stations along the border. Those officers who have been promi- nently mentioned to succeed Gen Holbrook are Cols. George Vidme Willlam J. Glassow, Herbert B. Cros. by, Julian Lindsey and Hamilton S Hawkins. Col. Vidmer is at present the executive officer under Gen. Hol- brook, while Col. Glasgow is chief of the personnel sectic f the same office. Col. Crosby is attending the Army War College and Col Hawkins is in command of the 3rd Cavalry at Fort Myer. V The name of Col. Julian R. Lindsey, cavalry, who is now executive officer for G-1 has also been mentioned in connection with the ap- pointment of the next chief of cav- alry. Col. Lindsey a brigadier general during the war and served overseas. He has a splendid military record. All five of the above men- tloned officers have d military records and any one of them would make @ splendid chief of the cavalry arm. In all probability Col. Francis C. Marshall, cavalry, had he lived, would have béen appointed the | next chief of cavalry. Col. Marshall | While fiving on an fnspection trip the southwest crashed about a y ago and illed in ar was i i Another service fleld test on combi- nation soles has been ordered by the | Department. and the chief of | try's office is now making a col- | 1 of the various types of com- | tion shoes which are being sent 10 the infantry board at Fort Benning. Nearly a dozen different types of this - have already been sent to the ning institution for this test. Tn the ninety-six day test between the Uskide soies and the leather, it was conclusively proved beyond ques- tlon that the leather was by far the superior material. War Department authorities. however, were not en- tirely sat with the result of this | test and a test will be con- ducted to clarify the situation. The hobnailed shoe with which the | A F K. was equipped was extremely Fatisfactory with respect to wearing qualities, and only two serious objec- have been made against this hoe. One was that it was too nd the other was the short 1 the hobnails was more or a_conductor of both heat and eold. " The result of the coming fleld tosts will be awaited with interest to those in the service, and it is hoped that this controversy will be finally gettled. . Considerable interest: is being evinced in Army circles as to _who will be appointed to succeed Brig. Gen. Harry H. Bandholtz as com- manding general of the District of IWashington, who retire during the early part of November. Brig. Gen. Harold B. Fiske, who is now commanding Camp Meade, Md., has been mentioned as a successor to Gen. Bandholtz. The former was in command of the Ist Artillery Brigade at Fort Hoyle, Md.. during the early part of last summer. The contemplated plans of the War Department to have stationed at Fort Myer, which is under the jurisdiction of tha District of Washington, troops of al] arms, attaches more importance to the District of Washington post. At present no infantry troops are sta- tioned at Fort Myer, But ft is ex- yected at any time that an entire yegiment of infantry will be ordered 10 this station. Col. Hamilton . Hawkins., commander of the 3d Ca alry, Fort Myer, has been acting com- manding general of the District of Washington since the retirement of Gen. Bandholtz. Weeks in a com= chairman of the Secretary of War smunication to the Senate and House military commit- tees has submitted an amendemnt to the Manchu law, or section 1V (e) of tha national defense act, which re- Jates to the detail of officers of the wvarious branches of the general staft and duty with troops. This proposed amendment, which especially bene- »f the chief signal | The general | at- | tinguished | | tion or the sa McINTYRE composition will be made up of en- listed men from the nearby corps areas. When the new appropriations for transportation become available, on July 1, 1924, this surplus of men in the eastern corps areas who have completed the course at the finance school will be sent to the western corps areas, where their services are urgently needed in the administra- tion of finance department matters of these areas. It is stated that this is the only way in which all of the corps areas will have their proper proportion of finance school graduates stationed within their areas, The fifth course for Navy line off- cers In chemical warfare will begin |on January 5, 1921, at _Bdgewood ar- {senal and conelude February 16. Al- { though the Navy Department has not | et announced the names of those J who wlill take {his instruc- I tlon, it is expected that about thirty naval officers will be ordered to at- tend this course. Elghteen ordnance reserve officers | recently completed a_course in pro- THE 101 have been lost to the Medical Corps from all causes.” In specific answer to_criticisms of the bill printed in last Monday's Star advocates of the bill say: “Contrary to the impression given by the critic of the bill, the proposed legislation carries with it no loss of rank or emoluments now enjoyed by any individual officer. Such staff offi- Cers as, by virtue of the present meth- ©ds of promotion, are now far in ad- vance of their line-running mates of equal length of service, will await further promotion in the rank they now occupy until their line-running mates attain to that rank, after which they will proceed upward with him und share the same identical oppor- tunities for further advancement, This opposition to the bill is in effect 4 plea for the retention of privileges and opportunities which are now in excess of those of other staff corps and the line, and for continued im- munity from the hazards of the age in grade retirement law, which has been found so necessary in the line to Insure un_even, healthy flow of pro- motion. There can be no deprivation of prospective pay, rank or responsi- bility unless the younger staff officers think they should receive more pay, rank and responsibility for equal length of service than the line oflicer does. If the young constructor thinks it proper that a constructor graduat- ing frum the Naval Academy in 1912 should be of a higher rank (as is now curement training at Frankford arse- {nal and Rock Island arsenal, under funds allotted to the a stantesecre- tary of war. Those who were gig this instruction at Frankford arsendl |are Capts. Earl S. Areford, Henry B. { Reardon, First Lieuts. Edward | Floreyk, John Cetrule, Douglas L. | Rehlander, L. A. Haskett and John O Brennan, Second Lieuts. W. I, Ettle- |man, R. J. Jenkins and Alonzo B. + Woodruft, The officers attending Island class were Capt Solar; First Lieuts. Ja | Hollis 5. Beattey, E Albert W. Second Lieuts. Walter C. Richard P. Jones. A similar course will be held in May at the above named arsenals for ordance reserve officers assigned to yprocurement districts. It Is expected | that about ten officers will undergo |this ‘instruction at each of these i point: Ordnance officers in the 2d Corps Area are making arrangements with the commanding officer at Raritan arsenal for a three-day course of in- struction February 10. 11 and 1 which will be for reserve officers who desire brief period of Instruction in the duties of an ordnance officer. During this same period last vear, & two-day yurse was held which was highly satisfactory, and the course vear will be available for offi- cers iring this training on an in- al e duty status. Those officers who desire to cnroll for this course {should communicate with Capt. J. B. Fidler, headquarters 12th Army Corps, 39 Whitehall street, New Yor! the Rock Leslie S, W. Fraser, B. Probyn, . H. Boeck; Lawson and { thls Brig. Gen. J. W. Jo technical staff ordnance department. will visit the technical staff at Fort Pexning to discuss development proj- ects with the infantry board es, chief of the NAVY. Publication of the text of the pro- ! posed bill to “equalize promotion of | officers of the Staft Corps of the Navy | with officers of the line” has created intense interest through all branc of the service. has been one of the absorbing topics of conversation and the sentiment for tand against is fast crvstallizing. The principal opposition to measure is found in the Cons g Corps though there are individual of- | cers among the engineers and in the line who are outspoken against it The bill has the support of the Sec- | retary and the department The objections to the bill were sum- | marized in this column last week. The following statement gives in de- tail the viewpolnt of the officers who, after a comprehensive study of the bill's provisions, strongly favor it: “The proposed plan for promotion of the officer personnel in the Navy is founded on the broad and funda- mental principles of justice and | equality, It insures the same promo- © opportunity for pro- motion for equal length of service to all officers of the Navy. i “The vexed, question of relative rank and of $ank necessary for ad- ministrative purposes, of which the Navy has heard so much, will abso- | lutely disappear when all officers who | are promoted in due course find that !they are always in the same relative position the Navy: that is, that they a junior to officers to whom they were junior when they entered the service and that they are senior to officers to whom they were senior wheq they entered. the service. “The difference in rank between officers of equal length of service in he varfous staff corps and the line s marked. This is particularly true the Medical Corps. Officers in the | il Engineer Corps who were ap- pointed in 190 have been promoted to commander. Officers of the Con- rtruction Corps who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1912 are com- manders, while medical officers, many of whom are among the best men in the corps and would undoubtedly be selected for promotion without a For the past week it | | cers who had served with the admiral | final settlement of the court-martial jprovide quarters for the case) than line officers graduatin from the Naval Academy in 1907 and than medical and supply officers’ who rank with the Naval Academy class of 1903, nothing in this bill will be found to appeal to him. Instead of eliminating the staff corps the bill tends to allow and make each staff corps just as strong numerically as is now provided for by existing luw without the injustice of deferring or advancing promo- ons. It strongly tends to hold the VY together and make the entire organization function harmoniously, Which would not be the case were the urge to increase the various corps for promotion purposes, the paramount “idea of each separate corps. The critic of the bill lays stress upon the. situation in the con- struction corps, many members of Which are now' in advance of their former classmates in the line and officers of other staff corps. It is interesting to recall that in 19 when officers of the construction corps were confronted by the prob- ability of stagnation in promotion nd the fact that their line class- mates were recelving promotions then denied the constructors, the four naval constructors who then testified before the House committee on naval affairs expressed themselves unanimously in favor of just such a plan promotion of siaff officers With their line running mates as is contemplated by the proposed bili “Intelligent eonsideration is desired and may be assisted by the knowl- edge that ‘the abnormally high rate of casyalties in the construction TS due to resignations and retire- ment’ when examined shows that since January 1, 19 the con- struction corps hs had 0.1 percent : the line. 24 percentage: th Medical Corps, 5.5 percentage of resignations. As for retirements the Xt ten years will show only five retirements for age in the construc- tion corps. What real chance for promotion has the very voung con- 11y with the ranks of filled to ‘a v young whom have more vice ahead of ed for age n part with many wenty them befor of vears' being ret flicers of the naval living in Chicago. were at dinner t oweek in f Rear Admiral Punkett, . Eiven at the Pantiind Hote Among the guests were offi- present honor in France where he commanded the naval railroad batteries. These were the 14-inch naval guns on railway mountings and constitute the heav- fest moblle guns on all the western front. These batteries, unique in type. were designed by the bureau of ordnance and their construction, tests and service sponsored by that bureau. After the armistice they were turned over to the Army and the only Amer- can-made guns of large caliber that American troops fired against the German lines are now parked idle on various railroad spurs and sidings. tlons necessitating cor- with west coast officers, a slight delay in the Legal qu respondenc have caused ; arising out of the destrover di ster off the Californfa coast last ptember. The papers have been in the judge advocate general's office for some time and have now gone to the bureau of navigation for review. They will probably be submitted to Secretary Denby for final action with- in the next few days. In order additional Pudget to meet the demand for hospital facilities at the Sound navy yard, two wings are being added (o the main bulld- ings. The construction is of rein- forced concrete and brick and will ficers as well the facilities for bed to 200 The Navy Department is sending out invitations for a brief visit to the United States fleet to the editors of the more important daily newspapers throughout the country. The invita- as increasing patients from question and who rank with line officers who entered the Naval . Acad- emy In 1899, are still lieutenant com- | manders and many of them cannot be promoted for years. “The junior commander of the line was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1903 and was selected to the rank of commander at the age of thirty- five in 19 His running mate in the Medical Corps wiil not be a com- mander under present law in fifteen years. “THe situation in the Medical Corps is such that by 1933 only sixteen com- manders can be promoted to captain and only nineteen liuetenant command- ers can be promoted to commander in that corps, based on retirements for age. The junior captain in the Medioal | Corps, whose running mate is now an admiral, can be promoted to ad- miral in 1831 and retires in 1933 at the age of sixty-four years. The junfor commander, whose running mate is now a captain, is thirty- four on the list; only sixteen can be promoted in ten years, leaving him | eighteen on the list at the age of fifty-seven. The junior lieutenant ommander, whose running mate is tions have said in substance that early in the new yaer the United States fleet will asemble for extensive maneuvers in the vicinity of the Pan- ama canal and in the Caribbean. These maneuvers increase operating efficienoy, improve morale and foster sea habits. They uncover defects and teach valuable lessons, besides fur- nishing an opportunity for the fleet to prepare, solve and carry out problems under simulated war conditions. The department is inviting a num- ber of editors to make this trip be- cause the Navy wishes the people of the country to be as thoroughly in- formed as possible in regard to what it is doing and attempting to do. In short, the United States Navy wishes to report to its owners through the press of the country. ny Washington correspondents have been on somewhat similar trips, and the department {8 most anxious at this time to have the editors see the Navy—thetir Navy—for them- selves. It is planned at present for the Hen- derson to sail from Charleston, S. C., with the party of editors, on the 10th of February, arriving at Culebra Is- now a commander, is eighty-seven on the Iist; only nineteen can be promoted in ten years, leaving him sixty-eight on the list at the age of fifty-four. From 1919 to date three commanders have been promoted to captaln and seven lieutenant com- manders have been promoted to com- mander in the same time. “Certain_duties, such as the senior medical officer of the larger battle- ships, require the rank of com- mander. A medical officer. who was appointed to the Medical Corps in 1905, has completed three cruises and during the war was in commandéof fits _the Medical Corps, will relieve Etaff officers of the present require- ments of the law. Col. William E. Cole, C. A. C., has Just -returned to Washington from Bix weeks' {nspection of ~western coast artillery posts and _Pacific coast_defenses. In the 5th, 6th, Tth and 9th Corps areas Col. Cole's in- spection of the coast artillery R. O. 7 C. units found them to be in ex- cellent condition and well estab- Jished. The colonel's western trip developed the fact that a more ndly at I e military establishment and more interest is being taken by stu- dents in the western schools in mili- fary affairs. This was especially gratifying to the authorities .in the {Var Department. The Regular Army manning the coast defenses on the Pacific coast 1s in fine condition, but ihe scarcity of personnel has been peverely feit. ighth of the finance school fl;l;h;. efgldulled on December 20 -vt Washington, D. C. Brig. Gen. Kenzie W. 'Walker, chief of finance, just hefore resenting diplomas, delivered the rincipal address on this occasion, congratulating the members on the splendid records they had made In the course. Shortage in has for the last few fl classes prevented any from the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Corps areas from attending the school. To overcome this advices have been sent out by the department for the eastern forps area commanders to enlist men wver their prescribed allotment. An- er class will begin its instruc- . transportation funds nance school enlisted men one of the hospital ships, since which time he has been operating surgeon in one of our largest hospitals, when ordered to sea a few months ago, had to be sent to one of the oldest bat- tleships, 8s he did not have the necessary rank for duty on one of the largest ships. At the same time the fleet gunnery officer on duty. on the flagship is two years his junior, but 196 numbers ahead in the next higher grade. “This situation is a large factor officers in the Navy. As a result of an intenslive effort in recruiting, in which the surgeon general wrote a personal letter to every medical man in the United States, within the age limits, in which medical officers were sent to medical schools in an effort to inter- est the medical students in the Navy and every effort made to induce medi- cal men to enter the Medical Corps of the Navy, it was finally found necessary to guarantee medical grad- uates who entered the Medical Corps a year's internship in naval hospi- tals and four month's post-graduate work in the Naval Medical School, which means that instead of serving internships in civil hospitals for board and laundry, the man entered the Navy was commissioned and pald as a junior lleutenant. At the present time the appropriated strength for the Medical Corps is 800; today wt have 761 Since January '1, 1982, tc date, fifty-three men have enterec thte Medical Corps. From January 1, 1922, to date, seventy-five men have resigned, giving a total loss- of twenty-two from resignations ondy. this sann land on the 15th of February. A week will be spent inspecting the marines’ camp on Culebra Island, visiting the various ships of the fleet and inspect- ing the aircraft carrier Langley and the air squadrons of the fleet. From the 25th to 27th of February the ed- itors will witness the maneuvers of the fleet and will return to New York city on the battleships of the battle fleet, arriving on March 2. Tntroduction Ly _ Representative Britten, chairman of the yards and docks subcommittee of the House naval affairs committee, of his bill Thursday marked the opening at this session of the long-fought Alameda project. While there are a number of other items iIncluded in the measure, interest centers in the recommendations for ap- propriations for the Alameda naval base. In preparation for the fight, whioh promises to come to a “show- down" at last, both factions are rally- ing their forces, a number of naval experts being included in the Cali- fornia delegation, either here or en titude is being held to- [in causing the shortage of medical | route. Capt. H. H. Hough, until recently Governor of Virgin Islands, arrived in Washington Thursday and fmmedi- ately assumed his new duties as di- rector of naval intelllgence, succeed- Ing Capt. Luke McNamee, who is now at sea. : —_— NATIONAL NOVENA BEGINS. ‘The monthly national novena of honor to Blessed Teresa, “The Little Flower,” began yesterday at the Carmeiite Shrine of the Little Fiower, 200 T street northeast. Exercises will be held dally at 5:15 in the afternoon and 7:30 in the evening. Christmas day is one of the speclal anniversaries of Teresa, on which great spiritual and temporal favors re expected those devoted to “The Little Flower,” in accordance with her death-bed promise to “Let fall a shower of roses from heaven.' ; Written petitions, which are placed In & box at the door of the shrine, Sfl be prayed for at axerclse s nowena. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D C., DECEMBER THE CIVILIAN ARMY Organized Reserves—National Guard BY LIEUT. STEPHEN F. TILLMAN. Maj. Gen. George C. Rickards, chliel of the militia bureau, states of our national government in our militai establishment, and its important branches is a well that most of one amply and organized, equipped ficiently plined and trained National Guard, as provided for the fonal fense act. The eral, he Maj. Gen, Rickards. Dbeen interested in promoting the ef- “From clency of the National Guard. all sources,” continues Gen. Rickards, “comes acknowledgement of the help- fulness of army officers assigned as instructors to National Over and above all these as that of the officers and the National Guard, whose ment of social pleasures and cacrific of business demands has nade D sible this plan for citizen soldlery which constitutes a national ard units. men nation. our country many ways. 1 have found operation communitie has” been manifest Wherever T have gone the most earnest between the citizens and dent willingness and mote their stability Gen. tain chang national defense act, inso apply to the National are deemed essary desir nd efficle 0 ne desirable. In regard to the procurement of of- ficers, he says: Thie question of of commissioned vacanct the a peac personnel to fil °s that come into being when -time to one of the utmost fmportance date it has been possible plish but little along this line. is due, in measure. that the National Guard growing organization, and available attention is being to the orga fon of new to the procurem personnel for them is wtill that al devoted »ither time no ailbale for the pro- toward of ement it is obviou National ¢ gervice the complement rep however, uiard is calied into federa units will need the ful of officers. These may personnel be obtained from some definitely an- to protect sts of the army of the authori- cse offi- rnment at nounced order the hest inter United States, ties have not provided for th cers, then the federal gov must supply them from any source and at the time. The present sources of are: Officers of the Reserve; the Officer prospective commissioned whose names are borne on gible list in accordanc visions of paragraphs National Guard Regula source in 1f the state the eserve Corps, the 213 and 216 ons: camps and cit " military camps units; graduate of officers’ tra: ing camps established after the com- mencement of active operations. There were 284 Regular Arm: actually on Natlonal Guard duty approximately sixty-six under orders, out of a War Department allotment of 699 officers June 30, 1920. 'In January 1923, due to a reduction in the number the officers in the Regular Army. allotment of officers for National duty was reduced from 699 of all times for an adequa of instructors and consid minimum number necessary of one officer to each battalion ¢ lar unit. than a battalion is located in town, this number may be too large. but this condition is not genera throughout the United States. s us On June 30, 1922, there were 443 ser- Guard number of ser- geant instructors on National duty. The minimum geant-instructors thought necessar: for the proper instruction of the Na tional Guard is four to each two-battalion regimen regiments, to a and one for each separate battalion or stmilar_unt! On the b to a batt jon or similar unit. to the number fin would approximate 900 1,300 non-commissioned allowance on June 30, 1923, officers. bers, mately 75 per cent RESORTS. in his annual report that he is still of the opinion that the guarantee of safety ef- disel- in de- officers of the army in gen- v8, have influences of curtail- safe- guard at an Insignificant cost to the That the efforts of these nien are appreciated by the citizenship of in co- of their respective Na- tional Guard organizations, and evi- pro- Rickards will recommena cer- and amendments to the which the procurement ational Guard is changed from a war-time status fs To to accom- This to the fact units and | it of the peace-time | that when the supply National Guard officers eli- with the pro- recent graduates of reserve officers’ training training officers and to The militia bureau has held out number the an average simi- Where an organization larger one infantry regiment. three to other three-battalion of one officer instructor and five non-commissioned officers as instructors of organizations com- prised within an infantry regiment, the allotment for the National Guard officers and The was about 45 per cent of the total of these num- while the present percenfage of completion of the number of organiza- tions of the National Guard is approxi- This condition of shortage of tralned personnel is sub- f mitted for most earnest consideration, says Gen. Rickards. The followlng recommendations are made: Increased number of Regular Army officers and non-commissioned officers as instructors. The cavalfy units are more widely dispersed than are the dis- mounted units, consequently the same jratio of instcrutors cannot devote the sanie amount of time to instruction with each unit as in the case of dis- mounted units. Consideration of the ad- visability of storing the horse epuip- ment, 4n_excess of that required for thirty-two animals, at some central storage polnt for issue upon mobiliza- tion. This will remove a heavy burden from the units, as the unused equip- ment requires nearly as much care to insure preservation as does that which is in_actual use. and Navy Departments is being vig- orously opposed by the “commlittee of 'i6." of which Maj. J. E. Bloom of the Army, retired, is chairman Resolutions ‘adopted by that body all upon all “loyal, patriotic voters” to petition their " congressmen to work and vote against the proposed measure. Recent War Department orders re- lieved Maj. Newton N. Polk of the fiold artillery, now on duty in the office of the chief of the mijitia bu- reau and assigned him to duty with the 3rd fleld artillery. Maj. Polk is now confined to Walter Reed Gen- eral Hospital, and it is not expected that he will ‘assume his new duties until some time in February. The following named officers, hav- ing been attached to the 80th divi- sion, are attached to the units there- of as follows: First Lieut. E. Ryan, ordnance r to the 306th ord- nance company; Second Licut. Heath D. Goldsborough to the 313th field artillery; Capt. Byron R. Patton and Second Lieuts. Thomas J. Frailey and Oscar Letterman to the 320th in- fantry. The following promotion of reserve officers have been made Second Licut. George C. Whiting to grade of { first lieutenant of infantry. remain attached to the Ty Capt. William L., ymons to the grade of major in the judge advocate ! keneral. He will remalin attached t | the judge advocate section of ti headquarters, Soth div Second Lieut. John LeRoy Boye air to the grade of first leutenant. is relleved from assignment to ‘Mh.- 80th diyision air service and is 1| attached thereto “pending suitable vacaney for his sig: ent. ar as they Guard and 1 n Officers of the 143rd engineers will meet tomorrow evening in the local Peserve headquarters, Graham Bufld- ing. The 2nd battalion of the 320th infantry will meet Thursday evening. }| During the coming six montns c{many of the commissions held by officers of the Reserve Corps will be terminated under the prov spécial regulation No. 43, by reason | of the expiration of the five-vear per- fod for which they were granted. As a ru those whose commissions will xpire will be recommended in the same arm and grade as their pr ent commission and the notice of re- appointment will be sent in ample time 0 pern the officer to accept the c mission and be sworn in be- fore the date on which the old com- mission is vacated | In order that officers’ service be continuous., the new commissions should be accepted before the date xpiration of the old commissio: failure to do so simply .means Ty day the matter is neglect- | icer losés & day's ‘This may mean little to him nioment, but in case of a call tive service it may mean a lot, ative rank will be determined by number of days' service an officer had to his credit may Advertising the opportunities of obtalning reserve commissions by means of radio broadeasting was em- | ploved recently by Maj. F. H. Balrd, acting chief of staff of the 102d Div sfon, Organized Reserves, at St Louis. He broadcasted a short ad- ldress on the Organized Reserves and opportunities of obtaining reserve commissions from the powerful sta- tion of the Post-Dispatch. Letters were received from various parts of the middle and southwest by Maj. Baird, stating that his address had been enjoyed. i Figures obtained from the adfutant general's office show that the twent nine infantry divislions and six cav- lalry @ jons- in the reser: have mora than 80 per cent of their com missioned personnel. The 90th Divi- sion, In the Tth Corps Area. is the banner organization with 96.6 per cent of its officers, while the 104th, in the Sth Corps Area. is the most incomplete, reporting 56.2 per cent The best cavalry division is the 66th. in the Tth Corps Area, which is 92 per cent complete. The strength of the Enlisted Re- serve Corps reached 2,167 last month, distributed in the various corps areas: 1st, 247; 2d, 430; 84, 112; 4th, 198; Gth, 274; 6th, 248: Tth, 251; Sth, 157, and 9th, 250. Of this number 1419 are with infantry divisions, 108 with cav- alry, 228 with corps troops, 102 with coast artillery units and the rest with RESORTS. 23, The proposal to merge the War! serv- | 1923—PART POPULATION SHIFTS CONVENTION THEME American Sociological Socie- ty to Draw Eminent Authori- ties to Washington. The growth, distribution, composi- tion and movement of population will be discussed by sociologists, econo- mists, statisticlans and students of community and labor problems at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Society, to be held here December 26, 27, 28 and 29. Two thousand scientists from colleges and universities of the United States are expected to be in attendance. Repre- sented at the conference will be the American Economic Association, the American Statistical Association, the American Association for Labor Leg- islation and the National Community Center Association. The general subject of the meet- ings of the sociologists is “The Trend f Po latio: The latest findings of research have been assembled to bear upon these problems from the research of biologists and sociologists in American universities to the in- v igations of experts in depart- ments of the government as well as the studies of the Russell Sage Foun- jdation and the pps Foundation for the study o® population problems. Wil Hold Joint Session. Thursday evening the American clological Society and the Sconomic Association will hold a joint session in the New Willard Hotel The presidential addr for the economists will be given by Prof. Carl C. Plehn, University of Califor- nia, on the subject, “Income—What Is It while the presidential address for the sociologists will be delivered by Prof Ulysses G. Weatherly, Indi- ana University, on the subject, “Ra- clal Pessimism. President Weath- erly’'s field of research is in race rela tions, particularly in the West Ind: }from’ which_h turned in June of this year afi a preliminary socic logical exploration Prof. Charles A “Religion in Social Reconstruc- is the first vice president of the society. The second vice presi- dent, Prof. Robert E. Park, Univer- sity ' of Chicago, who accompanied President Weatherly on his trip to the West Indies, will speak on.the subject of “Obeah,” a form of magic peculiar to the region visited. Instincts an Iswue. Prof. William MacDougall University, will open disc “The Instincts,” at presen most controversial que. chology. Prof. Edward A. Ross, versity of Wisconsin. has organ- ized a symposium on “The Growth of Intolerance in the United States.” Prof. Franklin H. Giddings, Columbia Un: sity and Prof. Charles H Coole: University of Michigan, former presidents of the society, will be present and speak at the annual dinner of the ciety. Other former presidents who will be attendanc are Prof. Frank W. Blackmar, n versity of Kansas, and Prof. James Q Dealey, Brown University, both au- |thors " ‘of recognized textbooks and i treatises on sociolog: Five luncheon confere held on “Present-day _Agricultural Movements,” “Soci: Research in Progress,” “Social Studies in the Pub- e Schools,” “Problems of Community Organization” and “Sociology and Educational Theory.” Other meet- ings will be held by those interested in rural sociology, educational soci- ology, the training of ial workers, the teaching of social science and methods of social research. All meetings, except the business sessions, are open to the public. The committee on local arrangements is made up as follows: Charles J. Gal- pin. United States Dapartment of Agriculture, chairman: Grace Abbott, United ates children's bureau James L. Fieser, American Red Cr 3 Kelly Miller, Howard University: R. iR Kern. George Washington Uni versity: W. Coleman Nevils, George- town University, and John O'Grady, Catholjc University of America. $15,000 DAMAGES ASKED. Virginia E. Casey has filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $15.000 damages from the Capital Traction Company for alleged per- sonal injuries. She says she was boarding a car at the Peace Monu- ment. October 20, when the car was started suddenly throwing her to the floor of the platform and injuring her spine. She is represented by Attor- ney Charles L. Carson. | Ellwood. author | Harvard ssion on one of the fons in social ex will be smaller organizations. Commanding officers are working on the problem presented by each unit. and an offi- cial of the National Reserve Officers’ Association estimates that there may be 100,000 of them enrolled within the year. No active steps will be taken within the near future by local Or- anized Reserve units to enroll e isted men. However, the 343d Engi- neers, which is not a part of the 80th Division, has taken an active move in this direction. RESORTS. Station 10:00 Spend Your Winter Vacation at one of the many tourist resorts located in the Carolinas, Georgia and Flori da SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY Seaboard Florida West Coast Limited. — (Now in operation). All-Pullman de luxe train leaves Washing- ton daily 9:46 P. M., with c lub car, dining car and section, compartment and drawing room sleeping cars, terminating at Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota. Seaboard Florida Limited—( ary 1st). All-Pullman de lux First trip, morning Janu- e train with dining car, section, compnttmenfl, gll('nw‘llvxslm;m :nd lil:ir:ry Dobystervw tion sleeping cars to Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Daytona, Palm Bgnnci. Miami and all FLORIDA EAST COAST points. Leaves Washington 1:05 A. M. P. M.) (Sleepers open Union Seaboard Carolina Florida Special leaves Washington 8:00 P. M. daily. 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One cltizen, for one instance, who has known Washington for over fifty years and whose profession made him with every phase of its life. high, low and middlin'—classes being more rigidly defined hefore “family” lines were broken into by cash—said to &nother old-timer “Once I was acquainted with about other person 1 met on the but yvesterday I walked from (naming streets and avenues to il- lustrate) and in all that distance I_passed only two people 1 knew by sight.” * x ox x Another man. with a half-dozen decades to his credit, is “down” on the new Washington's commercializ- ing of Christmas trees: “All alike—so many colored balls %0 many vards of tinsel, so many electric lights—with no more per- sonality to them than the store coun- ters they come from. The old-time trees, with their candies and cookies and dressed dolls and knitted gifts— each given the glamor of the mother- touch—have been lost in the ‘stand ardized® substitutes of the now. And the pity of it is that the little chil- dren will never know what joys they are missing.” * % k¥ Two protests need a third to take n the value of argument, so— A little lady with dimming and a step that cane was called on for comparisons. With a serenity that sees good in most things she concedes the superiority of the present, except that- “I do think that while orgal tions, church and eivic, are %00d work that should be supported they have undoubtedly robbed us of our se of individual responsibil- ity in the matter of helping others We give a little donation and then consider we have done our share When Washington lived in homes instead of apartments one of our greatest Christmastime jovs was the adding of comfort and pleasure others. “We could always find some old or sick or lonely soul that needed brightness. and our alley neighbors were as childishly expectant of pres- ents as if they belonged to us—or we belonged to them. It was worth all the little sacrifices we made. But organizations tell us that they can give with more _discrimini tion; their knowledge can separate the worthy from the unworthy. “So we give a little check and sit back with folded hands, forgetting that some day., somewhere, a voice ¢ say to us: “I was hungry and vou did not feed me. “Which seems to show that prog- ress may be something of a vandal It all depends on the point of view ** x % HERE will be no Christmas cheer in the heart of Frank Neville— unless his dog comes home. Some one nabbed the man's pet—a male, part collie, a few davs ago Pat was his constant companion, day and night, sleeping in his master’s room back of the little store at 404 5th street. The little fellow was last seen near the Gales School, and for that reason, Mr. Neville made an appeal to the principal to ask if the pupils would help in the search. FEach teacher in the building gave the alarm that Pat was missing, and each pupil must have taken active interest in his finding, for dozens of dogs have been brought to the di consolate owner—white and black and brown strays—but none of them the missing party . From the outside, Pat is brown and white with a brown and white spot _on his forehead. What he would lnok lke if the camera could RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. eWILTSHIRE priced amily hotel Virgini ek Roemie wee. Frate an. Winter Rates £ 50 up weekiy. Frov. | Bammuel Eils, Eat. Owser, RAYMORE “&i* cITY Worlds Greatest Hotel Success, eves needs a dobin C. Gossler, The CLEARWATER Florida West Coast, on_the gulf, highest elevation on either coast. Booklets and iufor mation free on request. H. 0. Ransom, Secy. be! nished and equipt. Entirely fireproof. booklet, from lohn ©O. Evans, Mgr., i Bermuda, TAMPA, FLA. his | ramiliar | plcture his tion story. Mr. Neville {s an Englishman with no relatives in this country. He ix & cultured, educated man and has seen all of the show places of the wogld, having traveled extensively He 'is a lover of dumb animals and Pat was his epecial pet. He feeds all the atray dogs and catg that come his way and daily places a generous portion of grain aml crumbs out for the plgeons and sparrows—the birds gathering daily in large numbers He ig an enthusiastic supporter of the movement for the prevention of cruelty to animal Have vou seen across the little to the old man and Christmas. 1t would glooms away and let the nis heart wigain HERE measure A woman children—having taught 'teens to retiremen street to have |a small to see her. Tove and would make faithful another and devo- better Pat? 1t dog send t you_ run him back brigl ch s come bl good who has a way them 1sed with from the with 8 greeting way mamma o wel but most on a word or two who was obvious When the littl a was over, she neighborly and i and ; papa The small boy sald they were, “You didn't ask the portant one of all This was in the natura of tery, seeing ad the ‘whole h see her mista “My dog, } 1 the house “Why, Harry—you don't a mys named over made he best of every mean better sir. papa_does, I'm bad, like mamma. He loves me all the time. And he never hurts me. And I never hurt h Nobods loves me like Pat does, beeaus treats me just the si when bad To ths accepted doctrine mother’s love for her infant purest of all devotions, add ond best A smalil boy's love COLUMBIA GIVES UP PART OF ENO LEGACY Local Man to Receive $187.200 in Settlement of Contested Will Case. t never spanks me. nor scolds me when [ ke Yo that a is the for e for his dog By 1 Press Decen NEW YORK bia University, thed surrendered $1.000.000 i with contesting n m ber -Colum $5.000.000 adminis- The ts interest vealed of trators university an accountin 1e publi 0 renounced today s for ws and nieces ded that the lumbia upon erest In of the in trust fun of Mr. Eno, principal shou their death, as art objects Eno m: Gov. Pinchot Penns: ceived $59.000 the Similar amounts went to chot and Antionette E two brothers, Williar He: L. Eno, received s respectively SMOKING PRESCRIBED FOR STOMACH TROUBLE Official Pro- ney Amos Johnson, P._and $187.200 Prof 00 Health Especially. duces Rest California Pipe. Says By the Assoiated Prese SACRAMENTO, —Dr. Fred F. Gun of the state 1 of nounced thot ing scribed in some cases on 1 trou- ble. A pipe is preferred. although cigar- ettes and cigars may be used, accord- ing to Dr. Gundrum It is not for the va 1 because sm eals f.. December vice president health, an being pre 1 said RESORTS. ORLEANS, NEW NEW ORLEANS "Th.m."-v:mfi Ceatre of Winter Golt, Hunting and All Sports. b i Hotals Program for the esimg ©0., Lid., Proprietors Tiota! Officen. of 2 Tramsportation Gase ' lelly “The City Beautiful” Eathroned among a score of spark- 1ing lakes, with Tghtful place to spend the winter. Exeeptional facilities for roque, tennda, lawn bowling. horseshoes, swim- ming, fishing, bunting and motoring. 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