Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1925, Page 32

D. O, MAY 10, 1925—PART 1 : ,| shield, bearing on its face a helmet of Army aficl Navy News By M. H. NAVY. No announcement in recent years has caused such a sensation in mili- tary and naval circles as that made by the Secretary of the Navy this week when he made public his ap- proval of an aviation course for mid- shipmen at the Naval Academy. True it is that the special board ap- pointed by the President recommended in general terms a plan which might have been interpreted as calling for & radical change in the naval es- tablishment; and rumors were current that the curriculum at the Naval Academy would be modified, but not until the President signed the order this week, did naval officers evince particular interest in either the board’s recommendation or the rumors. Simultaneous with the Navy De- partment pronouncement, the belief was expressed in certain quarters of the War Department that a similar policy will in all probability be adopted at the Military Academy at West Point. The decision of the Navy De- partment in_including a course in aviation at the Naval Academy, it is pointed out, has complicated matters in the War Department, &s the general staff is now engaged in a comprehensive study of the entire aviation personnel problem. That the military establishment will be forced to adopt the same policy for West Point which has just been put in effect at Annapolis is insisted in some quarters, but it is understood that the Secretary of War is disin- clined to go before Congress with recommendations for aviation legisla- tion :f it Is at all possible that execu- tive orders or changes in the policy of the administration will provide 1his relief. It is recognized, however, that the general staff in making recommendations -for the Army Air Service will seriously consider the action of the Navy Department which will make all Navy line officers either pilots or observe It is a foregone conclusion that flying pay will be abolished in the Navy, and already consideration has ‘been given as to what recommendation will be made to Congress ou this sub- jec. It goes without saying that the Secretary of the Navy could not se- cure the approval of the director of the budget for an allowance for flying pay for the Navy when practically every graduate of the Naval Academy could qualify for this pay. Another point which is complicat- ing the situation is whether or not Congress will permit the Army to! draw flying pay if it is abolished for the Nayy. It is prescribed in the Joint service pay act that the pay and allowances of the services shall be equalized, and it will be recalled that Chairman Wadsworth of the Senate committee on military affairs has al- ways been very insistent that the military and naval establishments be given the same pay and allowances for similar services. It is true that a different situation presents itself to the War Department, as only about one-fourth of the Army officers are supplied from West Point. It is advocated in certain quarters of | the War Department that the Army should go as far as the Navy, it being insisted that eventually the War De- partment will be forced to adopt this policy, in which event it would be required, it is believed, of those com- ‘missioned in the regular establishment from the National Guard, reserves and from ciil life to qualify for aviation. Another point which was the sub- Jject of considerable conjecture in the ‘War Department this week was in the event that the War Department adopted the Navy Department’s policy in_dealing with aviation, whether the Army Air Service as now constituted would be continued. The naval air arm is maintained under the detail system, and should the aviation serv- ice be extended to all Army officers, it is insisted .that the detall system would have to be employed by the War Department. Great interest is being evinced in the results of the general staff’s study of the Army Alr Service, and as a high military au- thority expressed it, it looks as if ‘we are going to have a flying Army as well as a flying Navy.” Under a decision of the Judge Ad- vocate General, it is understood that Marine Corps officers who come up for promotion will be required to be reexamined. On this matter the Judge Advocate General of the Navy held that “in accordance with the provisions of the act approved March 4, 1925, it will be necessary for officers who had been examined prior to March 4, 1925, in advance of becomirg due for promotion and found qualified under the old law, but had not become due for promotion on March 4, 1925, to be re-examined in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of the act approved on that date. This applies in all cases, regardless of whether or not the proceedings have been ap- proved by the authority convening the examining board, and regardless of whether or not such officers had become due for promotion prior to March 4, 1925, but owing to the exegencies of the service had pot been examined for prometion, or, if exam- ined for promotion, had not been pro- moted prior to that date. Considera- tion of the provisions of the: afore- saijd act relative tg.the appeintment of heads of departments discloses that it applies only to vacancies occurring after March 4, 1925. Accordingly, va- cancies which occurred prior to that date and remain unfilled may be filled in accordance with the provisions of the law relative thereto in force prior to March 4, 1925.” With the convening of Congress next December, the navalbuilding pro- gram will be one of the most impor- tant items included in the legislation ‘which will be sent to Congress by the ‘Navy Department. Navy Department authorities, it is understood. will in- sist that an increase of $50,000,000 in the naval appropriations will be need- ed for the minimum requirements. Fif- ty million dollars, it is pointed out, will be needed to lay down the four additional light cruisers which were authorized last session, and to con- tinue the work on two light cruisers, =cet submarines and China gunboats. In addition to this construction, autl cordance with the treaty, these two Dbattleships wil not be laid down until the calendar year 1931, but under the new legislative procedure for new construction, authorization for the construction of new ships must be se- cured during the fiscal year 1929. "Interest is being evinced by naval omers ta. the persennel, of the 1923 board of high ranking Navy office Al ly be selected by the pose of making the annual selection of officers of the line to the grade of rear admiral, captain and commander. the interest which is at- tached to those officers who may be {guns each, Meclngyre. chief of the Bureau of Engineering, have been promoted and their identity established on the list of rear admirals on dates subsequent to the Jume 5, 1924, vacancy. In certain naval cir- cles the belief is held that Admiral Robison will retire within the next few months, in which event he would Pl upon the retired list of the Navy with the rank of a rear admiral. ARMY. practice which will be conducted by Regular Army organizations, Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, U. 8. A., commander of the 2d Corps Area, has been directed by the Secretary of War| to hold a special training and prac- tice, which will be participated in by the Coast Artillery and Afr Service. According to the plans, this practice will be held under the direction of Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood at Fort Totten, N. Y. The War Department has selected the 62d Coast Artillery Regiment (antl-aircraft) to conduct this special test, which will consist of two gun batteries of four 3-inch one battery of eight searchlights, three listening units and- two machine gun batteries of eight guns each. Approximately 175 spe- cially selected enlisted men, most of whom are non-commissioned officers, have been traniferred temporarily from Fort Monroe to Fort Totten. They will be under the command of Col. M. G. Spinks, Coast Artillery Corps. That the approaching special anti- aircraft exercises are considered to be a most important test of the defense against air attack is evidenced by the officials who will witness the firings. Observers from G-3 of the War De- ment general staff, from the office of the chief of Coast Artillery and from the office of the chief of Air Service will be present during the tests, and in addition to this a dis- interested officer belonging to some other branch of the service other‘than the Air Service or the Coast Artillery Corps will be appointed by Gen. Sum- merall as umpire. He will have two assistants, one an Air Service officer and the other from the Coast Artil- lery, both to be appointed by Gen. "Summerall. The firing program prepared by the War Department includes six major exercises, as follows: (1) Three-inch gun firing at towed sleeve target; (2) machine gun firing at towed sleeve target; (3) machine gun firing at tar- get glider; (4) stimulated bombing tack; (5) three-inch gun firing at tow- ed sleeve targetd, and (6) searchlight battery exercises. Officers .on duty in the War De- partment are evincing greater Inter- est in the simulated bombing attack than in any of the others. In this exercise a simulated bomb will be dropped from' each of the bombing planes composing the attacking force onto a designated target. The object of the defending force will be to illu- minate the bembing planes and to concentrate their fire on the hostile aircraft before the bomb is released. The armament of the .defending forces will consist of eight 60-inch anti-aircraft searchlights and two batteries of four 3-inch anti-aircraft guns each. Of vital interest to every efficer and certain members of the military es- tablishment is the decision rendered by the Controller General of the United States on April 28, in which it was decided that commissioned offi- cers, warrant officers, contract sur- geons, expert accountants, Inspector General's . department, Army fleld clerks and fleld clerks of the Quarter- master Corps, and officers and other members of the military establish- ment, while performing travel on Government-owned vessels for which no transportation fare is charged shall be entitled only to reimburse- ment of actual and necessary ex- penses ineurred. The question was raised by Capt. Carl Halla, F. D., who requested a decision as to whether he was authorized to honor a voucher covering mileage at the rate of 8 cents per mile, with a deduci per mile for transportat] furnlshed, for travel performed by Warrant Offi- cer Earl T. Halstead from San Fran- cisco, Calif., to Washington, D.'.C., via Army transport by way of New York City, travel performed 10-30, 1925. In concluding his decision the con- troller said: “From the facts and cir- cumstances leading up to the enact- appropriation - acts as above stated, which so clearly modifies the substan- tive law relative to right of officers of the several services concerning to mileage; the fact that restrictions are frequently placed on the use of annual appropriations which are operative only as to the particular appropriation in which or with respect to which they are used, while a change in substan- tive Jaw, although operating as & Mmi- tation on the use of appropriations, is not primarily ‘addressed to the ap- propriation or its use; and in view of rules of construction applicable to pro- visos of this character, I am of opin- ion that the legislative intent was that the provision should operate as a change in the substantive law rela- tive to mileage as provided in section 12 of the act of June 10, 1922, 42 Stat., 631, and that it is permanent legisla- tion, effective from date of enactment. “‘Accordingly you are advised that for the travel in question Warrant Of- ficer Halstead is entitled to actual ex- penses only.” The Infantry rifle and pistol teams will be trained this year at Camp Logan, it was announced by the War Department this week. This is a Na- tional Guard camp located about 45 miles from Fort 8heridan, Ill. Lieut. Col: Kirwin T. Smith, Infantry, cap- tsln of the Infantry rifle team, is now at Fort Benning selecting candidal who are undergoing & course of train ng. Capt. F. G. Bonham, Infantry, who has been designated captain of the Infantry pistol team, is now on tem- porary duty in the office of the chief of Infantry, making arrangements for training the team at Camp Logan. Army officers’ claims for refund for the amounts which they have paid on their income tax’ return from the years 1921 to 1925, inclusive, it is recommended to be promoted to the three highest grades, decision have to be made as to the action to be taken relative to the existing va- cancy in the grade of rear admiral, Which occurred on June 6 last.’ Rear “Admiral J, K. Robison, U. 8. N. was _eligible for this vacancy, was Yecommended by the 1924 selection will | . n of 3 cents|sired Twenty-eight troops have for the “standard” rating in the an- nual Boy Scout efficiency contest that runs from November 1 May grade of efficiency in organization and scoting activities that permits its members to wear a red feit star over the right breast pdtket of the Scout uniform. The red star is the of & standard troop, and the following !rmnl hlavo attained this H roop 1, BSt. ‘Thomas' Episco) Church, Lester G. Wllloll.p m‘;‘- master; Troop 10, Ninth Street Ghris- tian Church, Thomas Kelly, scout- master; Troop 15, Cleveland Park Con. In addition to the regular target [Srosntio! scoutmaster; Baptist Church, Chauncey E. Warner, scoutmaster; Troop 29, Eckington Presbyterian Church, Wilton R. Eyer, scoutmaster; Troop 32, Church of the Transfiguration, Ezra P. Munson, outmaste p 33, Takoma Park resbyterian Church, Henry Ewing, scoutmaster; Troop 35, Rhode Island 'Ao\;em;gflaf P.uChurvh Joseph Stim- , ‘master; Troop 40, Calvary M. E. Church, Ralph F. Bartley, scout- master; Troop 42, All Souls’ Unitarian Church, Odell Whipple, scoutmaster; Troop 44, Western Presbyterian Church, Edward M. Perkins, scout- master; Troop 49, Park View Com- munity Center, John 8. Cole, scout- master; Troop 51, Mount Pleasant Con- gregational Church, C. L. Renfro, scoutmaster; Troop 52, All Saints’ Church, Alva G. Nye, scoutmaster; Troop 57, Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, Stanley L. Wolfe, scout master; Troop 63, Calvary Baptist Church, J. W. Talley, “scoutmaster; Troop 64, Central Presbyterian Church, Norman Ellsworth, scoutmaster; Troop 73, Y. H. A., Paul C. Robbin, scout- master; Troop 83, Emory M. E. Church, Allen M. Ergood, scoutmaster; Troop 93, Holy Comforter School, Rev. J. 8. Martin, scoutmaster; Troop 99, St. Martin's Church, George C. Lowry, scoutmaster; Troop 100, Y. M. C. A.. Dan J. Tyrell. scoutmaster; Troop 110, Hyat‘uwll:_: !'le‘;i.. Harold La Quay, scoutmaster; Troop 114, n, Md., William A. Deeck, seoulms::l::"‘. ‘Troop 123, Falls Church, Va., Enzer S. Brandon, scoutmaster; Troop 128, Mc- Lean, Va., Harrison S. Krider, scout- master. Standing of the 10 leading troops at the close of the contest period was as follows: Troop 20, 99.5; Troop 100, 97.5;. Troop 44, 96.9; Troop 99, 90.14; Troop 42, 90.1; Treop 93, 8$8.5;. Troop 73, 86.9; Troop 110, 86.7; Troop 15, 85.3; Troop 61, 83.9. Troop 20 celebrated its victory last Monday evening with a banquet provided by the Scout Mothers at the Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church. Every member of the troop was pres- ent, and George Hewitt Myers, treas- urer of the District of Columbia Coun- pointed ‘out by Col. F. W. -Coleman, F. D., assistant to the chief of finance, should be filed immediately. Unless the officer has previously filed a walver, payments made prior to the calendar year 1921 are outlawed by the statute of limitations. Refund blanks can be secured in the local of- fice of the Internal Revenue. Within the next few days Col. Coleman will issue a circular of information on this subject which will be of great interest to all officers. An enviable record has been estab- lished by. the 60th Coast _Artillery, Fort William McKinley, P. I., in anti- aircraft target practice, in which B Battery, firing at ranges up to 5,850 feet, made 1.02 hits per gun per min- ute, obtaining 9 hits out of 50 shots fired. In these firings this battery fired 3-Inch antl-aircraft guns, model 1918, .on. auto-trailer mounts, model 1919. Battery C, operating at ranges up to, 2,400 feet, fired .30-caliber ma- chine guns and obtained the record of 24.1 hits per gun per minute. That the radius of effectiveness of 34nch shell ammunition against air- planes maly be determined, planes will be provided and tests will be con- ducted by actually firing the projec- tiles and bursting them at the de- points by means of firing through bursting screens. { v reference to the point of burst of the shell and with reference to the angle of presentment of the plane. ment of this provision in the several |. qualified | cil, won the standard troop {inspection, took second place in the interdivisional fleld meet and fourth place in the ad- vancement contest. In divisional com- petitions among the 21 troops of the first division, embracing Northeast nearby pe tied with Troop 10 for first place in the annual divisional Scout fleld meet. Three sflver cups and a trophy placque were awarded for these achlevements at the banquet Monday night. Dr. John P. Tyler, pastor of Epworth Church, presided, and speak- ers included George Hewitt Myers, Deputy Commissioner C. Schlaeft, Field Executive J. P. Hovey, Mrs. Ce- cile P. Clark for the Scout Mothers, Ferguson Gemeny for the Scouts, Scoutmaster Worth E. Shoults, James McDaniel, npn-ntlnguu troop com- mittee, and H. B. Holbrook and Linn C. Drake, from Scout headquarters. Unusually strenuous competition characte: the final Scout fleld meet at the Woodrow Wilson Reserva- tion last Saturday. Thirty-two _dif- ferent troops had teams emtered in various events. Winners of the different events will compose the team to repre- sent Washington Scouts in the big in- tercity field meet, to be held at Boll- ing Field on June 6. At that time teams from a number of Eastegn cities will compete in a series of contests to be arranged by national Scout head- quarters in New York. Troop 57, from the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, won first place in the meet, and so the custody of the field meet trophy for one year. ‘The members -scored 13 points and were the only troop to win two first places. Troop €0 was second, with 10 points, while Troops 9 and 52, tied for third place with 9 points each. A summary shows that troops of the third division scored 33 points: of the first division, 31 points; fifth division, 14 points; fourth division, 10 points, and second divi-|yy, sion, 8 points. Teams winning first place in each event, and so representation on the team for the intercity contest, were: Semaphore s —Phil Herrick and Walter McBroom, Troop 15; Morse signaling—Greer Ellis and Phelps Clark, Troop 20; first ald— ‘W. Hanback, D. Longfellow, A. Story, knot ' tying—] Law- 2! fire by friction— Troop Rogers, Troop 57; firemaking by string burning— Frank Like: ‘Troop 57; overnight camp—John Burns, James Doran, Tulloch Byrnes, John Willlams, Troop 106; cooking—Walter Rhine- hart and. Harry Gray, Troop 60. The winning team will spend next Saturday, May 16, with Assistant Executive H. B. Holbrook at the Woodrow Wilson Reservation in practice for the intercity meet. By request of the G. A. R., Scouts will this year once more take over the work of placing flags on the more than 36,000 graves in Arlington Cem- etery, preparatory to the Memorial day services on May 30. One hun- dred and fifty Scouts are used each year for this duty, formerly faith- fully performed by veterans of the G. A. R, now too few and feeble for the undertaking. The placing of the flags has become an annual patriotic service for Washington Scouts, and will doubtless be perpetuated as a traditional Scout good turn. Lunch and transportation will again this vear be furnished by the G. A. R., under direction of Col. O. H. Oldroyd. Registrations for the opening ‘weeks of Camp Roosevelt .are now being made. The camp prospectus will be ready for distribution within a week, and will be available for ev- ery Scout. Camp will open on June 22, and continue for seven weeks, closing August 10, the last week be- ing reserved for such Scouts as have gained camp letters and become .rlncemubora "of the Honor Tribe, the Only Scouts of the Washington Council are eligible for the privileges Without Good PaintP” Pride and sentiment dictate the pur- chase of good paint whenever needed— but good business judgment enters also, - especially when “Murco” is selected. 66 : o > S e Murco” Lifelong Paint —is always the: choice of those who are proud of their homes—and want to keep them looking well. It is also selected for its economy—because: it is 100% Pure E. J. Murphy::Cb.‘,:Inc 710 12TH ST. N.W, o for outdoor life and training at a minimum cost. Careful supervision and an unusually attractive pro- gram, together with its location on salt water in Chesapeake Bay, have made leading 8cout it _one of the camps of the country. Although the distinctive feature of the Lone Scout {s the fact that a boy can become a scout by himself, it is very desirable that Lone BScouts assist each other in passing contributing to the official o and other amateur publications - in saining new members for the organ- ization and other activities. There are also many local undertakings, which a group can better accomplish than individuals. For this reason, Lone Scout “tribes” are formed, the Joining of ‘which is not compulsory, though it offers many advantages. In large cities such as Chicago, central organization called a “k o™ and composed of local tribes anc dividuals, 18 usually formed, entirely by Lone Scouts and with Lone Scout officers. = These leagues participate in many activities. ' Bach year they have rallies inh the public parks, playgrounds, or in the woods. Athletic meets are staged and badges awarded the winners. There are also scouting events of all sorts. These rallles afford the Scouts a great deal of excitement, as they bring old friends together at. least once a year, and attract visitors. A bronze medal has been offered by Ernest W. Fair, Lone Scout of Okla- homa City, Okla., for the best story }g;fil appears In any A. L. 8. A, P. in The annual national booster contest opens June 1. There will be many prizes, the first of which is abicycle and second a radio. The Des Mo!:gl Boy Scout camp will be occupis by ‘the Wallace's Farmer tribe August 22 to 30. It is expected that about 100 Scouts will attend this camp, the first large Lone Scout camp ever organized. Several of the staff of Wallace's Farmer, and also the Boy Scout camp staff, will give their services. Many large papers have Lone Scout news and conduct tribes. The Vi X the Farmer (Bt. Prairie Farmer Nebraska, Farmer am 8. radio tribe, give badges free to all new members. Field Executive H. L. Webster is making great plans for the rally of Coat of Arms Changed. The and the sword on the eag] and | West Point coat of arms has been re- are invited and there will be special music, motfon pictures and the awarding of divisional trophles as well as prizes for attendance. There will be two sessions of the Merit Badge Court of Honor during May, the first one next Tuesday eve- ning, May 12, at the Epiphany Parish House, snd the other at the Powell School on Saturday evening, May 23. A hundred and fifty \Scouts from various Washington troops will as- sist ‘as ushers and guides at the Mother's day service being held by the War Mothers of America in. the amphitheater at Arlington Cemetery this afternoon. They will be in the charge of Scoutmaster Thomas A. King of Troop 176. 4 Troop 20 participated in the tree- planting ceremony held under the aus- pices of the War Mothers of America at the Capitol grounds yesterday. Troop 57, Chevy Chase, will hold a parents’ night in the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Chr:rch next Friday eve- ning, May 15, when the placque won at the recent Scout fleld day competi- tion will be presented. Troop 83, Brightwood, has joined the rank of troops publishing a Scout pa- per, having come out with No. 1 of volume 1 of the Troop 83 Review. Troop 101 held a largely attended parents’ night meeting last Friday versed. For 30 years the coat of arms consisted of a perpendicularly striped Food say The mm make The Mars through which a sword ran diag- onally downward’ from the right or ‘sinister” eide;; Surmounting it was an American eagle. salad-course The “wall-flower of the meal.” evening in their Scout hall at Ballston, Va., a feature of which was the show- ing of Camp Roosevelt slides. Troop 73 turned out in full rank last Sunday to serve as ushers and guides at the laying of the corner stone of the new Jewish Community Center Building, on Sixteenth street. Scoutmaster Paul Robbin and Assist- ant Scoutmaster Benjamin Tarshes were in charge. Plans will be made at a 1meeting of the Catholic Scout leaders of Wash- ington to be held in the Catholic chari- ties office tomorrow night for the sec- ond annual military mass and fleld day, to take place on Saturday, June 13, at the Catholic University for the Catholic Scouts of this city. Compe- tition is very strong among the vari- ous troops to obtain possession of the Francls R. Weller cup, which is awarded to the troop. making the highest number of points in the track and fleld events. ‘The cup is now resting in the Sacred Heart Rectory, having been won last year by Monsignor Gavan'’s Scouts. In- dividual prizes have already been promised by members of the execu- tive committee of the Catholic chari- ties, which will make the day more in- teresting. James E. 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