Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1924, Page 44

By M. H. AALY, o Th, Ree Admi- n zen Navy f ot ponular #ue not only in medi cirelas insid the Navy, but ou.side well Through his work 85 an ang b fibns with Federal 1 of Hospit: 0d the rean al, Edward ral of the nt of it es as ] | nnee the ard on by ?&7 1ot “n - of ) Kiown vied the he Tnitea Admiral Ssist and was 1 through tie rious grades mank of rear yember surgeon President Stite in 185 V- until he attained the admiral in 1917. No- 1920, he was appointed | general of the Navy 1 Wilson and appointed surgeon general of the Navy Mareh 4.1921, by President Harding, In 1902 | Admiral Stitt served as an instructor | in bacteriology and pathology at the Tnited States Naval Medical School, and in 1905 he served as medical offi of the Nicaraguan Canal Commis- | slon and studied at the London School of ‘Tropical Medicine, obtaining a| diploma with distinction from that| school. Admiral Stitt's naval service %0 took” him to the Orient, Egypt, 1d he also occupied the chair of medical zoology in the University of the Philipp Navy RE R. ADM. STiL The following officers of the Supply Corps have been selected for promo- tion by the selection board. The re- port of the board has been approved by the President and the officers se- | lected will become eligible for pro- | motion as follows: Pay director, with | rank of captain, McGill R. Goldsbor- ough, January 14, 1 pay inspector, with rank of commander, Lewis W. Jennings, jr., Brantz Mayer, May 18, William G. Neill, January 14, Harry E. Collins, February 1, endations have been made the confer on oceanography that the oceanographic expedition | which will shortly be undertaken be | known as the Maury United States Naval Oceanographic Research, in honor of Lieut. Matthew Fontaine Maury, U N.. whose pioneer work in practically | il branches of oceanography entitles him to this distinction. The confer- ence further recommended that the major ship that is assigned to this work be named the U. S. S Tanner, in honor of Comdr. Zera L. Tanner, LA whose long-continued ocean- work has contributed much ographic to the advance of this science. by The Argus and Wayanda. recently acquired by the Coast Guard for use ax section floating bases, have been named after former cutters of the service, the old Argus being one of the ten original cutters built in 1791, and the old Wayanda was constructed in 1862, and served on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and in Alaskan waters. The Argus and Wayanda are bhoth similar in design to the Picker- ing, 1285 feet in length, 28 feet width and 12 feet draft, of concrete con- struction, and were formerly used by the Quartermaster Corps of the Army under the names Maj. George E. Pick- ett and Col. W. H. Baldwin, respec- tively. These section floating bases have each been equipped with a ma- chine shop, storeroom and facilities for quartering and messing the crews of the picket boats and for repairing the engines and boats. At a recent meeting of the board of control of the League of Coast Guard Women, which was held for the pur- pose of establishing the field units of the league, it was decided to ex- tablish, for the present at least, 34 units, with headquarters as follow Portland, Me.; Portsmouth, N. H.; Boston, Mass.: Provincetown, Mass. Woods Hole, Mass.; Wakefield, R. New London, Conn.: Bay Shore, New York. N. Y.; Asbury Park, Seattle, Wash.; Philadelphia, Lewe Baltimore, Md.: Norfolk, Va. Wilmington, New, Bern, N. Savannah, ; Moblile, Ala.: Portland, Oreg.; Miami, : Key West, Fla.; Galveston, Te Ste. Marie, Mich.: Detrolt, i Gireen Bay, Wis.; Grand Haven, Mich.; Buffalo, N. Y.;: Nome, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Astoria, Oreg n Francisco, Calif. Pa.; Wash- izabeth ity 1 appointed by the Bureau of Aeronautic of which Capt. Emory S. Land, U. S. N, fis chairman, to render a report relative to the permanent employment of the Navy's two dirigibles, viz, the U. S. 8. Shenandoah and the U. §. S. Los An- meles. Other members of the board. which has sent its complete report to Lakehurst, are: Lieut. Comdrs. Marc A. Mitscher and Robert R. Pau- nack and Lieut. T. T. Patterson. Publication will not be made of the report until it_has the approval of the Secretary of the Navy. In certain quarters It is pointed out thatian airship hangarsshould be con- structed at San Diego, where, It is insisted, the T.os Angeles should be retained. Under the terms of the treaty, however, this ship can only be used for commercial purposes, but it has been suggested that it could he employed in transporting mall from California to Honolulu or Ma- nila, or in commercial work within the United States posed plans, the U. §. S. Shenandoah will be maintained on the Eastern seaboard, where she will be employed as a training ship in dirigible naviga- tion, and she will participate in the Atlantic Fleet maneuvers and also the war games held in the vicinity of the Panama Canal. Plans are also Weing made for the participation of the' Shenandoah fn the joint Army and Navy maneuvers which will be held in Hawaii next year. A board has be The recent visit of the three battle ships—viz, U. S. S. California, U. S, West Virginia and the U. S.'S. Colo- rado—to San Diego harbor without «uiestion demonstrated that large ves- sels can be easily accommodated in 1his harbor. This port has been rec- ommended many, times as a base for the entire battle fleet, but consider- ing the requirements of target prac- tice operations and the number of ships involved, it is believed that the present arrangement of basing these vessels at San Pedro will be con- tinued. ARMY. Gen. John J. Pershing, it was an- nounced by the State Department this week, will head the American Mission to Peru in December, at which time the centennial of the bat- tls of Ayacucho will be celebrated. ‘ghe other members who will compose the commission are Rear Admiral hn H. Dayton, U. S. opresentative Frederick C. Hicks of New York; Maj. John G. Quekemeyer, Cavalry, and Maj. Edward Bowditch, jr.. Cavalry. Raymond C. Cox, sec- una secretary in the diplomatic Dbranch of the American foreign serv- ice, is secretary of the mission. The mission will_ sail shortly on the U. S. §. Utah, Capt. R. Z Johnson, 3 , commanding. In zending the American missio 1o Peru it i=the desire of the Presi- «dent to show to the South American 1epublics that the. United States is ipterested in their independence and | which | Palma test According to pro- rmy anc] Navy News Melntyre. weilire, vhici ine The battle of Ayacucho, was the final engagement of war of independence with Spain her South American. colonies, was ought on December 9, 1824. Uson the return of Maj. Gen. John © Hines, chief of staff, to Washing- after Thanksgiving, the succes- -ors of Maj. Gens. Robert L. Bullard. o . nding’ the 2d Corps Area, e 9 h Corps “Area, who will be in ‘erred to the retired list of the tiy on January 15, 1925, will be n up by the Secretary of War. wough Maj. Gen. Charles P. Sum- =-ail has only recently been assign- " o the 8th Corps Area, It is the general assumption throughout Army that, due to the fact that ! be the ranking officer of the Armiy on the retirement of Gen Bul- d and Morton, he will be given his hoice of corps areas. It is stated «kat Gen. Summerall will elect to ‘ome East and take command of the 24 Corps Area, in which event a vacancy would be created in the Sth Corps Area. In all probabili- ty the Secretary of War will an- nounce the changes in corps area commands before January 1, 19 All members of the board, together with representatives from Govern- ment arsenals and commercial am- munition companies, which was ap- pointed for the purpose of determin- ing the type of arms and ammuni- tion to be used in the national and fnternational matches for the vear 1925, recently met in Washington. The same general specifications as were used for the 1924 national and international match ammunition were recommended by the board to be adopted for the 1925 matches. Springfield Armory was Instructed to Investigate certain defects which ex- {isted in the 1824 national match riffes, which. it was believed, would be an improvement over the rifles used in the 1924 matches. The board also decided that special match am- munition would be purchased by the Ordnance Department for issue upon requisition to service teams to the limit of its available funds, and that the type should be the ammunition wins the international and The War Department is now en- gaged in the prevaration of a series of monographs covering the partici- pation of the American forces in the various operations of the World W and in the compilation of this work it is the desire of the authorities in the department to do full justice to ev, unit of an forces and to record the events as they transpired The department however, b, is handicapped, the absence of certain records, principally from divisions and lower units, and it is believed that the originals or the authenti- cated copies of these papers are in the possession of individuals who served as officers, field clerks or en- listed men during the war. Many of these papers, it is pointed out by officers on duty in the War Depart- ment, may be the only documents of the kind in existence, and which should be on file with the records of the proper units in the adjutant general's office. It is urgently re- Guested by the War Department that members or. former members of the Army who have important papers of the World War forward same to the adjutant general of the Army, ‘Washington, D. €. A study is being made in the War Department to consider (1) the needs of the various branches of the Army; (2) the advisability of em- ploying women as civilians under military control: (3) of organizing a Women's Service Corp similar to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, and (4) to form the basis of a plan for the War Department gen- eral mobilization plan. During the World War 250.000 women were in military service with the British army, while the lowest estimate of women serving with the American forces was 90,000. The value of the women to release men for and industrial service for which women were physically unfit was xoon recognized by the British, and it was proven to them by experience early in 1915 that the efficiency of the army was increased by the sub- stitution of trained woman cooks for inexperienced regimental cooks in officers’, sergeants” and cadet messes. In 1917 the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was organized by the British war office, which substituted women for men in certain positions at home, at the bases and on the line of com- munication overseas. This corps was a part of the British Army and functioned under army orders with the greatest efficiency and success. The Commission on Training Camp utllization of military ST0 Ca Syrups, prepared for Infants It has been in use for more Constipation Flatulence Proven directions on each package. L3 harles G. Morton, commanding | Wind Colic Diarrhea Aids in the assimilation of Food, promoting Cheerfulness, Rest and Natural Sleep without Opiates To avoid imitations always look for the signature of Activities and several chlefs of branches point out that the methods of selection, regulation, etc, of the women used to replace or Suppl ment men In the camps were un- satisfactory and recommend that a system similar to the British be put into effect and a Woman's Army Corps be formed through voluntary enlistment. As a result of these rec- ommendations the adjutant general of the Army has forwarded a que: tlonnaire on this subject to the com manding generals of all corps area the chiefs of all War Department branches and the commanding gen- eral of the District of Columbia, with the request that theéy obtain statis- tics of women employed by the Army during the World War and of the number needed in any emergency re- quiring the maximum effort. Lieuts, Victor E. Bertrandias and John C. McDonald, Army Air Service pilots, iying a Loening air yacht at Langley Fleld recently, established a new seaplane record for 1,000 kilo- meters. The distance of 1,000 kilo- meters was flown in 6 hours ¢ min- ufes and 47.8 seconds, at a rate of 163.378 kilometers per hour, or, in miles, 101.642 wmiles per hour. This new record supplants the former world record for 1,000 kilometers for seaplanes recently made by Lieuts. Wead and Price of the U. S. Navy at the rate of 74.276 miles. SPANISH WAR VETERANS Following the conference in city last week of members of fonal legislative committee [ Communder-in-Ch Chauncey Herrick. definite plans were lu | & legislative program to be conducted when Congress meets December 1. | Those attending the conference were | Col. Carmi A. Thompson of Cleveland, chairman of the national legislative committee: Past Commander-in-Chief John Lewis Smith of this city Gen. James J. Murphy, Past Adjt. Gen, Ralph H. Carroll and Past Department Commander Charles (Febauer of Cleve- land, Ohio, and Past Department Commander Willlam L. Mattocks of the District Veterans. Commander- In-Chief Herrick favors legislation increasing the rates of pension now allowed the disabled veterans of the Spanish-American War period. He also belleves that an increase of pen- sion should be given to the Spanish War widows, whose rate at the pres- ent time is but $20 per month, much below the amount granted to other | war widows this the with At the last | George Dewey « | cruits. Robert 1 L. Mortensen, were mustered in. Andrew J. Kimmel related some events of the Michigan City encamp- ment. Department Commander Arthur H. League, Andrew J. Kimmel and Joseph Harriman spoke of the good and welfare of the order. As most of the members of Dewey Camp are ex-Navy men, a committee was appointed to inform the camp of the advisability of adoptinug the chief Detty officer’s uniform of the Navy. The camp nominated the following of - flcers for the year 1925, the election to be held at the December meeting: Wil- lHam W. Lynch, commander; James A Burns, senior vice commander ‘asper Orange, Junior vice commander: Robert F. Lockard, officer of the day; George Lockwood, officer of the guard, and Wil- liam J. O'Donnell, trustee. meeting of np, No. Bradbury a Admiral two re- nd Lars Three members were added to the rolls of the Col. John Jacob Astor Camp at' the regular meeting held last Mon- day In Stanley Hall. United States Sol- diers' Home. Geonge Schneider, r tired sergeant; Andrew J. Reld, fo merly of Company C, 224 United States Infantry, and John .’ Stephens, formerly of Company K, 20th United States In- fantry, are the new members who were {mustered in with full ceremonfes. A motion was unanimously adopted direc ing the adjutant to thank the Ladies' Départment Auxiliary on behalf of the camp for the visit they made last Sun- day to sick members now in the hospital. The following members were nominated to hold office for the ensuing year: Commander, William Parkinson and id- ward J. Hill; senfor vice commande Oscar Feldser; junior vice commander, J. Barrett; officer of the day, William Bluemer and John Holland: officer of the guard, Owen Connall and Charles McKensie, and trustee, David H. David- son. The election of the nominces will be held at the next regular meeting. A meeting of the trustees of Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, No. 1, will be held at the home of Senfor Vice Depart- ment Commander Clarence A. Belknap, 1214 Fourteenth street northwest, to- night at 7 o'clock. Nomination of offi- cers for the ensuing year will be held Friday night at Odd Fellows' Hall, 419 Seventh street northwest. This will be the last meeting held in the temple, the camp having authorized the trustees to engage the Grand Army Hall, 1412 Penn- sylvania avenue northwest, beginning in December. The meetings will be held on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. 3 5 D08y MOTHER! Fletcher’s Castoria is a pleasant, harnfless sub- stitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing in arms and Children all ages. than 30 years to safely relieve To Sweeten Stomach Regulate Bowels Bt il Physicians everywhere recommend it Adjt. | STAR, WASHINGTON, Veterans of Great War Nominations of officers were held' at the meeting of Henry C. Spengler Unit, American Leglon Auxiliary, Wednesday evening at the armory. The officers will be elected at the next meeting, December 17, and in- stalled in January. Mrs. Paul Twy- man, president of the unit, having re- fused the renomination, Mrs. Ethel V. Fowler was named as candidate for president; Miss Alma Moore, first vice president; Mrs. John Spengler, second vice president, and Mrs. D, V. Miller was named again to be chap- lain. Other business transacteq in- cluded plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas, Henry C. Spengler Post, American Legion, which also met at the armory Wednesday evening, sent an envoy to the meeting of the auxil- lary to present the women with tick- ets 1o the box purchased by the post (or the annual ball of the legion de- partment Saturday evening. At the meeting of George Washing- ton Post, No. 1, the American Legion, last Tuesday night at the clubhouse, 1829 I streel northwest, a letter was read from George B. Christian, secre- tary to the late President Harding, expressing appreciation for the reso- lution of the post sent to Mrs. Hard- ing at Marion, Ohio, regretting her illness and wishing her speedy re. covery The photogreph recently presented by Col. Theodore Roose- Assistant Secretary of the Navy. of his late futher was framed by T. H. Harrie pna 1 = Colclazer. members of the post, and placed on exhibition in hall at the last _meeti tion to President” Roosevelt, of other former Presidents George Washington. Woodrow | eon and Warren G. Harding. Another picture presented by Mr. Harris, mounted with a gold frame, was “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” which also adorns the as- sembly hall New members elected at the meet- ing were Albert Joseph Collins and Trueman E. Krauskopf. Isaac Gans, president of the Washington Cham- ber of Commerce, presented to the Post at the same meeting a volum entitled “A Better Understanding,” being a complete record'of the arms conference held in this city, hand- ‘somely illustrated and bound In leather. The book will be placed in {to the post velt, former 3 in addf pictures include Wil- v Lamps 1t charmiyg gift: Lamps,” in the size, with graceful bases genuine metal leaf poly and deep shades of Reorgette, trimmed with deep silk fringe and galloon hands - Tables A new davenport table Christmas! and make— mahogany veneered top. The value is most extraor- ‘ceed on its own initiative. hrome shirred 9.1 Daterredi Eaymants 48-In. Davenport Of excellent style C. NOVEMBER 23, 1924—PART 1 the library of the post. Horace Jones, chalrman of the Americanization committee, reported on the work of the committee and of the need of assistance in carrying on this im- portant work among the foreigners in_this city. Vice Commander Wallace Streater presented a report on the hospital situation, and the department com- mander will be urged by the post to take immediate steps to see that the partment hospital committee au~ thorized at the last convention func- tions, which, it was pointed out, it had failed to do up to the present time. In the event that the depart- ment fails to recognize the Impor- tance of visiting the disabled veterans in the various hospitals the post will organize its own committees and pro- At the conclusion of the business session re- freshments were served. At the last meeting of th neth H. Nash Post, No. 8, a class of Masons was Initiated. meeting was the culmination of a membership drive in which ‘““the Devil Dogs,” under the leadership of the vice commander, John O. John- son, defeated “the Cootles,” who were led by Past Commander Dunnington. The Devil Dogs were credited with 28 new members agalnst 11 for the Cootles. The feature of the program was an address by Homer J. Coun- cilor. Some of the new applications received were Rolland L. Nutt, Elmer D. Johnson, C. F. Kunckel, H. E. Hogan and the requests for transfers of Charles Blakely and Josebh Jacobs. | Ken- large The Officials of the American Legion amnounced that membership in the organization hereafter would be lim- fled to ex-service persons of the United Statcs, honorably discharged, and to honorably discharged former service men or women who at the time of their entry into the milltary, naval or air forces of any of the gov- ernments associated with the United States during the Great War were cltizens of the United States. This new eligibility ruling Is in conform- ity with the leglon’s charter granted by Congress. Heretofore ex-service persons who have become cltizens since the war were eligible to mem- bership in the legion plying for the benefits of the act in eXpected volume, according to Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis, adjutant gen- eral of the Army, who has issued & call to the American Leglon and other organizations to exbedite the filing of claims by every means pos- sible. When the adjusted compensation bill became a law, the American Le- gion opened filing bureaus in most of the posts throughout the country, where leglon officials urged and help- ed many thousands of veterans to fill out their applications and file them in Washington. Service officers of the legion have been advised that on January 1, 1925, the United States Veterans' Bureau will release through the mails approximately 1,000,000 federal adjusted compensa- tion certificates or insurance policies to World War vetera; On March 1, 1925, the bureau will also release a large number of checks covering cash payment to veterans whose | compensation s $50 or less, or cover- ing the first Installment (o depend- ents, settlement of the amount of ad- justed service credit being made with he latter in 10 quarterly payments. Approximately 1,500,000 veterans have submitted applications, of which all but some 50,000 have been exam- ined and either acted upon or re- turned by the bureau for correction. Of the 1,600,000 applications gone over up to date, about 300,000 have been found incomplete, principally because veterans either forgot to sign their names or to include their finger prints, which is required on all applications. The forthcoming oriental ball to | be staged by the allied American Legion posts, (eorge Washington, | Kenneth H. Nash, Sergt. Jasper and Stuart Walcott, Is pected to eclipse the recent Mardi Gras success of the Walcott Post It is hoped the May- | flower ballroom will be available for the ball. Many vrizes will be award- ed for best orlental costumed per- sons. Two and perhaps three or- | chestras will play. Commander Charles Riemer of the Walcott Post will be in charge of the arrange- | ments. He will be assisted Com- | mander Howard Fisk, Capt 1-nrghi | Pickett, 3d; Capt. Frederick I. Ste- phens, Thomas J. Frail John ©. Johnson, Commander Henry Ashman Commander Ralph Cusick, Com- mander Percy McCoy, Lieut. Joseph Beattie, Dr. Jesse L. Hall and Dr. Charles E. Ralph. The twelve most beautiful women will be the judges for the costume events. The first World War veterans for adjusted compensation eligible are not Polychrome Floor is hard to imagine a more Beautiful Floor popular Junior in Complete 10-piece group prize donation has been sent in by c Gans, president of the Chamber of Commerce. soms have sent patrons. Many prominent per- in their names as George Washington Post Unit, of the American Leglon at its last meeting admitted two new members. Pluns were discussed for the annual Christmas ball of the auxiliary which i# to be held December 3 at the New Willard, with Mrs. Calvin Coclidge as first patroness. The proceeds are to be used for the children of ex- service men \ L The Vincent B. Costello Unit, No. 15, the American Legion, held a so- clal and business meeting November 18 at the Service Club. Plans were discussed for the card party to be held December 2 at 8 p.m., at the Service Club, the proceeds of which will be used for Chmistmas gifts to the World War orphans. The unit has furnished a room in the Service Club, one of several which will be used, whenever the opportunity pre- CORNS No pain at al! Drop a little “Freezone” on an aching corn, instantly that corn stops hurting. then shortly you lift it right off with fingers. Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of sents. itself, by .the ex-seryice man in_need of lodging. Miss Alice Costello, sister of Vin- cent B. Costello, for whom the post is named, was presented with box tickets for her and her mother, Mrx T. A. Costello, to the American Le- glon Dall, at the New Willard. by Comdr. Cohen. ' The chalrman of the entertainment eommittee, Mrs. Frank O'Cennor, is in charge of the card party December 2. Offers Policeman Medal. NEW YORK, November 22—Police Commissioner Enright announced yesterday that he would give a gold insignia and specfal vacation awards to members of the police department making average marks of better than 70 in pistol target practice. He a mitted that too many citizens have been endangered by policemen “shoot- ing wild" He said he expected with- in a year to see every member of the department wearing the marksman- ®#hip Insignia. Lift Right Off With Fingers Freezone for a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn. or corn between the toes, and the foot calluses, without soreness or irritation. --At the Wright Co. One Finds Good Furniture Priced Exceptionally'Low--Linked With Liberal Credit Terms ! INCOME Enjoy the use of your furniture while you pay for it. A small deposit secures delivery of your purchase. 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