Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1925, Page 70

Army and Navy News By M. H. What promises to be one of the most important meetings of the legis- lative counclil of the War Department was opened Monday for probably a 10- v or two-week sesslon_with Maj. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan, G. 8. C, deputy chief of staff, presiding. Never since the national defense Act was enacted into law have the legislative coun- cil, the General Staff and the chiefs of the War Departmentf branches been faced with more diversified prob- lems. The out- lined economy program of the Director of the Bud- get threatens to still further reduce the Army of the United States, which includes the Regular Army, the Na- tional Guard and the Organized Re- serves. In addition to Gen. Nolan, the other members of the legislative council participating in the conference are: Brig. Gen. Campbell King, assist- ant chief of staff, G-1; Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, assistant chief of staff, G-3; Brig. Gen. Fox Conner, assistant chief of staff, G-4; Col. James H Reeves, assistant chief of staff, G-2 Col. Edward R. Stone, acting assist ant chief of staff, War Plans Division; Lieut. Col. Kyle Rucker, J. A. G. D., and Lieut. Col. James H. Bryson, sec. retary of the councik. the council members the Adjutant General of the Army and chiefs of the varfous War Department branches, were called in to discuss the recom- mendations. Maj. Gen. Kenzie W. Walker, chief of finance, also attended the meetings. From influential sources insidious Buggestions are being made, not only to the Regular Army, but to the Na- tonal Guard and the Organized Re- serves, that there are not sufficlent funds in the administration's budget for carrying out the War Depart- ment’s original program for the two junior components. The department is being told that if it continues to recommend adequate appropriations for the National Guard and the Or- ganized Reserves this will neces- sitate a reduction in the regular estab. lishment, which is already operating at a reduced strength. As was ve- cently stated in these columns, if‘ the regular establishment is t® be main- tained at its present strength and the two junior components of the Army of the United States are to recelve Federal Government support, an in- crease of $16,000,000 will be required for the military activities of the War Department. A study of the reports submitted to the legislative council by the various chiefs of the War Depart- ment branches and bureaus indicates that this is a conservative statement, vet there is before the board a letter from the President requesting the War Department to prepare plans which during the next three years would reduce the department’s budget $35,000,000. A crisis in the affairs of the Army of the United States will be reached in the next Congress, it is pointed out, if the recommendations of the budget director in still further reduc- ing the military establishment pre- vall. There is an indication that the supporters of the amended national defense act will demand from the general staff a report under the na- tional defense act, and a resolution from either House of Congress will force such a report from the depart- ment. History records the fact that since the creation of the general staff every important measure which has been enacted into lawRAS§ Beefi recommend- ed by the general staff. For instance, the original national defense act, which was introduced In the Senate by former Senator Chamberlain. Again, in the reorganization of the Army after the World War Congress passed the bill which created the Army of the United States as worked out by the General Staff. There are stanch. supporters in the council who advocate sending to the Director of the Budget recom- mendations in support of Gen. Persh- ing's program for 13,000 officers, with corresponding increases for the two junior components of the Army of the United States. This group insisted that the General Staff should recom- mend a program for a progressive development of the Army of the United States which would include the Bacon bill, providing for 1,000 ad- ditional regular officers in five incre- ments. Members of the council also contended that responsibility should not be taken by the General Staff for any compromise, which would amount to an abandonment of the new Army policy, but let the President or Con- gress assume this responsibility. The council is also considering a plan for developing the Air Service which em- braces a program for the development of fliers at the Military Academy simi- lar to thoss lines laid down for the Naval Academy. The new construc- tion program for the Regular Army is being discussed, and it is believed that this will be approved by the council, the only question being the amount of money which will be pro- vided for the next fiscal year. Announcement has been made by the War Department that authority has been granted the Army Air Serv- ice to enter a pistol team in the na- tional matches for 1925. About Au- zust 15 all officers and enlisted men of the Air Service who desire to com- pete and who are able to attend will fire the regular course at their home stations. In selecting the team the number of highest scores necessary to make the team will be chosen, with a sufficient number of alternates. If the chosen competitors can be spared from their regular duties, they will be ordered on cross-country flights so as to arrive at Camp Perry in suffi- cient time to elect a team captain and perfect their organization for the matches. MAJ. GEN. NOLAN. The 1925 Colorado endurance ride, which is an annual event for the pur- pose of encouraging horsemanship in long-distance rides, will be held from September 21 to 25, the starting point being from Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colo. Each horse shall carry a minimum of 200 pounds, made up of the stripped weight of the rider (live weight) and everything else that he carries (deadweight), except the bridle and the halter, if the latter is worn on the horse’s head. In addi- tion to the first four prizes which will be offered, the rider who shows the best horsemanship during the ride, regardless of his position at the finish, will be given $100. In addi- tion to the individual silver cup awarded each year to the winner of the ride, the name of the winning horse, the names of his rider and his owner, together with- his time and condition scores, will be engraved upon the Broadmoor cup. A bronze medal, contributed by the Horse As- soclation of America, will be awarded to each. rider who successfully com- pletes the 300-mile endurance ride. Brig. Gen. Henry L. Abbot, who will celebrate his ninety-fourth birth- day anniversary in August, heads the list of 25 officers of the Regular Army on the retired list who have passed thelr elghty-fiftth milestone. Coming next on the list is Brig. Gen. David S. Gordon, who celebrated his nine third year last month. The others on the list, together with the year in which they were born, are as follows: Maj. John V. Laudervale, 1832 In addition to | Mcl ntyre. John W. Bean, 1833; Capt. Patrick Hasson, 1834: Capt. Michael J. Ho- garty, 1835; Lieut. Col. Charles Ho- bart, 1836; Maj. Charles D. A. Loef- fler, 1837; Briv. Gen. Michael Coone: 1837; Capt. William H. Nelson, 1837; Brig. Gen. Aaron S. Dagget, 183 Capt. William B. Beck, 1837; Capt. Charles T. Witherell, 1837; Col. David B. Wilson, 1838; Maj. Gen. John R. Brooke, 1838; Brig. Gen. J. B. Bur- bank, 1838; Maj. Bernard Kelly (chaplain), 1838; Brig. Gen. Thomas Ward, 1839; Brig. Gen. J. 1. Rogers, 1839; Maj. Moses Harris, 1839: Brig. Gen. Samuel M. Mansfleld, 1839; Maj. George F. Foster, 1839; Brig. Gen. John A. Kress, 1839; Col. Edward Hunter. 1839, and Brig. Gen. Theodore A. Baldwin, 1839. Thirty-five officers and men will compete next week at Fort Logan in the final tryouts for the 1925 Infantry rifle team, out of which competition 24 will be selected as the rifle squad. Out of this number there will be chosen 10Qfiring members and 2 al- ternates to'represent the Infantry in the national team match at Camp Perry, Ohio, in September. Upon the conclusion of the rifle team tryouts, the pistol team tryouts will be held. : NAVY. That he had not become convinced of the practicablity of submitting the Britten bill and the equalization bill to Congress in the form they had been agreed upon at the various depart- ment conferences held with the chair- | man of the personnel subcommittee of the House committee on naval af- fairs was the admission made by Sec- retary of the Navy Wilbur last week. The " Secretary indicates, however, that 'he would carefully consider the Ibill. But, as Chairman Britten left | Washington last week for a European trip, the probabilities are that the two measures will time. Upon being requested for copies for distribution to the service, the Secre- tary pointed out that the bills not having the approval of the Navy De- partment, he believed that it would be unwise to publish them in their present form. He made it known that before Navy Department ap- proval is given to the measures some missionary work would have to be done by the supporters of the bills before they would be submitted to Congress. That provision providing for the re- tirement of officers after seven years' service in grade is the cause of con- siderable agitation among the junior officers of the service. ~Under the operation of this provision, it is point- ed out, it would be impossible for officers” graduating from the Naval Academy in 1916, 1917 and 1918 to attain the grade of lieutenant com- mander before they had served seven years as lieutenants. To offset this provision it has been proposed that this shall not affect those officers now in the service. Another proposal has been suggested which will not make these provisions effective until 1933. The situation is having a very discon- certing effect upon all the junior offi- cers of the Navy. There is an im- pression that a revision will have to be made of the Britten bill before this measure will receive Secretary Wil- bur's approval. be held up for some Announcement has been made by Capt. F. B. Bassett, U. S. N., retired, chairman of the board of governors of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country Club, that a limitation of 1,000 has been placed upon the mem- bership of the club, this to consist of 425 Army officers, 240 Navy and Ma- rine Corps officers and 335 Reserve and former officers. When the membership of the club reaches the 1,000-member limit it will be the policy of the board of gov- ernors to return all applications re- ceived thereafter. It is the opinion of the board that sufficient publicity has been given the project throughout the Army, Navy and. Marine Corps, which has reached all officers on for- elgn service, and that no complaint can be lodged with the club if any applications are returned. The rea- son for limiting the membership of the club was that the conclusion was reached by experts who studied the project that this number was the ca- pacity of the plant as it could be developed. Decision has been reached by the board that by August 1, 1925, the membership campaign will have reached such a stage that it will be possible to purchase the title to the property and that the restoration of the clubhouse and preliminary work on the golf course and tennis courts will begin. As of June 9, Rear Admiral C. F. Hughes, director of fleet training, Navy Department, announced the standings and scores of the three highest free machine gunners. The three highest officers and_their scores are: First Lieut. A. R. Holderby, U. S. M. C, 512.15; Bosn. A. E. Baher, 486.47, and Lieut. G. E. Short, 484.96. The three highest enlisted men and their scores are: W. L. Carleton, AP, 607.24; W. H. Kendall, ARlc, 496.84, and W. H. Hotchkiss, RMlc, 445.94. The three high fixed machine gunners’ scores are: Lieut. Comdr. N. B. Chase, 55; Lieut. (j. g) C. C. Cham- pion, 53, and Lieut. (J. 8) W. G. Tomlinson, 43. Preparation is being made in the Navy Department of a circhlar deal- ing with the allowance for dependents’ question, the distribution of which will shortly be made to the service. The primary purpose of the circular is to acquaint officers in the service of the Navy Department’s opinion as to what constitutes dependents’ al- lowances under the law. Through the issuance of this circular, it is pointed out that many of the difficulties which in the past have been met by the controller general can be elimi- nated. One of the most important sections in the new circular, it is un- derstood, will be that containing in- structions to officers which will guide them in the preparation of their state- ments in claims for dependent allow- ances. The advance opinion rendered by the controller general of the United States this week and given to the Secretary of the Navy indicates that the construction to be placed upon the error in section 7 of the act of 1925 will be 2% per cent for each year of total active service and not 21, per cent of the pay of a colonel upon retirement, as has been the lit- smooth, durable top. See us now! REBUILT from you. L2227 THE SUNDAY, eral interpretation of this provision. As a result of this advance decision preparation is now being made by a board of Marine Corps general officers of an eligible list of colonels for ap- pointment to brigadier generals or staff department heads. Publication of this eligible list of colonels for promotion to brigadier general will not be made, according to the present plans of Marine Corps headquarters. Those officers who are not selected for promotion, under the act, will upon their attainment of cer- tain ages be retired, which in the case of colonels is 56 years. Many colonels, it is pointed out, have at least 10 years to serve before they will reach the age of retirement in grade and should they be placed on the list at any time during this 10-year period they will occupy a status which will not call for their retirement at the b6-year limit and they will continue in active service until they attain the, statutory retirement age limit. It is not contemplated to apply this provision to augment the number of retirements, but rather to establish a policy which will increase the effi- ciency of the corps. That the corps in- tends to give every officer concerned ample opportunity to comply with the promotion requirements of the Marine Corps is shown in that those colonels who find that they are not on the eligible list will be virtually noti- fied that they are not maintaining the required standard of efficiency of the corps. He will be given to under- stand, however, that he will be given an opportunity to improve his ef- clency in the next year to place his name on this Mst. In commenting upon this subject the controller said in part: “It is apparent that If construed literally some parts of this paragraph are meaningless and without applica- tion, and that the net results of its provision is to fix the measure of re- tired pay of the officers concerned un- reasonably out of proportion with the retired pay provided for officers simi- larly retired in the preceding part of section 7. A percentage equal to 2% per centum of the officer’s pay cannot exceed 75 per centum of his pay. It is apparent, therefore, that the pro- visions in this paragraph relative to method of computation and the limita- tion on percentage are meaningless and without effect if required to be construed literally as the text reads. 'The major general commandant, Marine Corps, in letter of April 24, 1925, requesting decision construing this paragraph, states that a bill con- taining the subject matter thereof as originally introduced in the House contained after the words ‘equal to 2% per centum' the words ‘for each vear of total active service,' that the provisions of that bill were incorpo- rated as a section in the omnibus bill in the Sixty-seventh Congress, fafled of passage, and when reintroduced in the Sixty-eighth Congress, these words Scs inadvertently omitted from the In reporting out H. R. 7864 to the Senate on January 26, 1923, the Sen- ate naval committee included among its amendments section 13, which em- braces the following subject matter of the paragraph in question: “That any officer of the grade or rank of ¢olonel whose name s not borne on one of the current eligible lists for appointment as brigadier gen- eral or head of a staff department shall, if more than 56 years of age, be retired with a percentage of the pay recelved by him at the dgte of retire- ment equal to 21, per centum for each year of total active service not to exceed 75 per centum. In conclusion, the controller said that “the intent of section 7 isito pro- vide eligible lists for promotion of offi- cers and the retirement of officers in- eligible for promotion with a reduced retired pay based upon their service prior to retirement. The rate of_ re- tired pay is uniformly fixed at 21 per centum for each year of service. The omission of the words ‘for each year of total active service’ in the para- graph relating to colonels may prop- erly be supplied to carry out the in- tent of the law. Payments of retired pay so calculated will be passed in the disbursing officer’s accounts if other- wise correct.” Civilian Army News The following officers of the 313th Field Arti]lery, Col. Leroy W. Herron, commanding, all residing in Washing- ton and vicinity, have applied for ac- tive training at Camp Meade, Md., for the period from June 23 to July 12: Capts. Charles Lad- son, H. P. Long and Stanley Webb; First Lieuts. V. O, Bernard, Herbert Vorchardt, Ed- ward V. Heiskell, Clyde B. Lanham and Theodore F. Watts. Second Lieuts. Max Bradshaw, Frederick S. Lee, James D. Power, Willlam E. Bark- man, George H. Chase, 3d, Edwin F. Fogarty, Walter K. Jones and Walter Mandery. The following officers have also in- dicated their desire to undergo this training in the event that they can arrange their vacations to harmonize with the regimental training period. They are: Lieut. Col. Edwin F. A. Morgan, Maj. Robert C. Merrick, Capt- dward C. Morse and First Lieuts. Thomas J. Nash, jr.. John F. Ha- maker, Raphael Walter and Second Lieut. Edward M. O'Brien. L. Col. Leroy Herron. Instructions have been issued by the ‘War Department prescribing the man- ner in which each officer and enlisted man of the Organized Reserves should report their presence or avallability July 4, which has been designated by the department as the day on which the mobilization plans of the Army of the United States will be tested. Officers and men of the territorial asslgnment group, if assigned or at- tached to an organization, will report to their organization commander, in person, if possible, and if this is not possible, then by letter or telegiam. Those unassigned reserve officers re. siding in Washington should report by letter or telegram to the command- ing general, 3d Corps Area, Balti- more, Md. Officers of the branch assignment group, if assigned or attached to an organization, will report to their or- ganization commander in person if possible; and if this is not possible to report by letter or telegram. If un- assigned, report by letter to your chief of branch. Officers of the general assignment group will report by letter to the adju- tant general of the Army, Washing- ton, D. C. Interest is being evinced by Wash- ington reserve officers in the defense day plans, and from all indications reaching reserve headquarters they will turn out in large numbers for the demonstratfon. A number of officers have already reported their availabil- ity for duty July 4 by mail, and Col. Scott desires to impress upon all re- servists in Washington that they should read carefully the corps area headquarters’ circular letter on the subject, which prescribes that all offi- cers and men of the Organized Re- serves should either report in person on the morning of July 4, or else by letter which will reach reserve head- quarters on that date. Under no cir- cumstances should the reports be sent in at this time. Reserve officers are going to report in uniform. A spirited discussion is going on in reserve circles in Washington as to the proper manner in which reserve officers shall take rank. The real eause of all this friendly controversy can be traced to the orders for active duty which have been issued to the officers. The orders all contain this sentence: “Each officer will rank from the date set opposite his name.” the date frequently being that on which he reports for such duty. There are a considerable number of reserve officers who are of the opinion that they take rank upon the day that they are commissioned. This is an erroneous belief, as section 127a of the amended national defense act pre- scribes that a_reserve officer or an officer of the National Guard called into the service of the United States shall precede that on which he is placed on active duty by a period equal to the total length of active service which he may have performed in the grade in which called or any higher grade. When dates of rank are the same, precedence shall be deter- mined by length of active commis- sioned service in the Army. When length of such service is the same, T P 2T, 22T E el T T2 2T 222270 Is Time Money to Y ou? It it is, drop in and talk top with us 1 to 3 Hours —instead of one to three weeks to fit your car with a new, WAIT for your car if you like; we have nothing to hide TOP CO. 3412 Ga. Ave.—Below Park Road Col. 10082. Open Evenings Put This Ad in Your Pocketbook! R 7 2 officers of the Regular Army shall take rank among themselves accord- ing to their places on the promotion list, preceding reserve and National Guard officers of the same date of rank and length of service, who shall take rank among themselves accord- ing to age. In other words, if an officer who has had a year of active duty in the Federal service is called to active duty on June 23, 1925, the date upon which a considerable number of Wash- Ington reserve officers go to Camp Meade for their Summer training, the officer in question would rank from June 23, 1924. In the event that the officer has had one month of activi | duty, he will rank from May 23, 1925, and if he has had noge. hé will take rank from June 23, 1925. Announcement was made last week at reserve headquarters of the fol- lowing assignments affecting reserve officers residing in Washington. They are as follows: Maj. Albert J. Myer, “avalry Reserve, attached to the 62d Cavalry Division for instruction and training: First Lieut. James F. O'Don- nell, Medical Reserve, assigned to Gen- eral Hospital, No. 51, zone of com- munication, as medical ward officer; Second Llieut. Frederick T. Johnson, Medical Administrative Reserve, as- signed detachment commander and registrar of General Hospital No. 51, zone of communication; Capt. Russell C. Engberg, Infantry Reserve, is as- signed to the 521st Infantry Battal- ion, zone of interior; Maj. Charles In- natius Grifith and Jdseph Patrick Madigan, both Medical Corps Reserve. Certainty of STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. are ordered to active duty for a period of 15 days, effective July 1, 1925, to Carligle Barracks, Pa.; MaJ. Joseph D. Stout, Medical Reserve, 1s assigned to General Hospital, No. 75, zone of in- terlor, in the capacity of assistant chief of medical service; Second Lieut. Del Ray W. Coleman, Infantry Re- serve, is assigned to the 520th Infan- try Battalion, zone of interior; First Lieut. George O. Smith, Infantry Re- serve, is assigned to the 521st Infan- try Battalion, zone of interior; First Lieut. Hugh H. Muir, Engineer Re- serve, having been transferred to the National Guard Reserve, is relieved from assignment to the National Guard of the District of Columbia; Capt. Carl Witcher, Infantry Reserve is assigned to the 521st Infantry Bat- talion, zone of the interior; First Lieut. Joseph J. Seldler and Seaond Lieut. Ralph L. Pfau, botn. Fiefa Artillery Reserve, are assigned to the Field Artillery Group. Of interest to both National Guard and Reserve Officers in the dual com- mission status. The commissioning of National Guard officers in the Officers’ Reserve Corps has to be Initiated by the officer by formal application and is not automatic. The Reserve Corps commission runs concurrently with the National Guard commission and expires with the commission in the National Guard. A National Guard officer also holding a commision in the Reserve Corps on account of his National Guard status automatically receives a commission in the higher grade when promoted in the National Guard. The question of relative rank, has for its primary basis, the date of call into Federal service and is irrespec- tive of the date of the commission held in the National Guard or Reserve Corps. In other words, the date of commission, either National Guard or Reserve Corps, has no bearing on rel ative rank if called into the Federal service. While the law calls, in case of draft, for the commissioning of all officers of the Natlonal Guard, up to and includ- ing the grade of colonel, in correspond ing grades in the Officers’ Reserve Corps, If they do not already hold such commissions, this does not be- come effective until the officer con- cerned officially accepts the commis- slon, and there will, therefore, be an interim between the draft and the formal acceptance of the commission in the Remerve Corps, during which time the National Guard officer who does not hold a commission In the Officers’ Reserve Corps will, legally, be only in the position of a draftee and have no official status as an offi- cer in the Army of the United States. It is of great advantage for all offi- cers of the National Guard to hold commissions in the Reserve Corps and avold all unnecessary correspond- ence and paper work in connection therewith in case of a call or draft into the Federal service, which is en- tirely up to the declsion of the officer concerned. The chief of the Militia Bureau has expressed a desire, how- ever, that all officers of the National Guard hold commissions in the Re- serve Corps. In addition to the names which have been published from week to week in this column of The Sunday Star, the following young men resid- ing in Washington have filed their ap- plication up to June 8 for their at- tendance at the approaching citizens’ military training camps to be held in the Third Corps Area: C. P. Balder- son, Garret D. Walters, Charles A. May, Vincent H. Conner, Harry T. Gherardi, Douglas W. Hartman, Hor- ace V. Wester, Charles T. A. Troff, John F. Hickey, jr.. John B. Under- wood, James C. Cheseldine. Seventeen Infantry Reserve officers, all residing in Washington, D. C., have been ordered to active duty for a period of fifteen days, effective June 23, to Camp Meade, Md. On that date the officers affected by this or- der will proceed without delay froms| Satisfaction Scores of thousands of Cadillac V-Type eight-cylinder cars have been delivered to owners and no Cadillac engine has ever had to be replaced by the factory for any reason. Moreover—to the best of our knowledge—no eight.cylinder Cadillac has ever worn out. Facts such as these explain the unparalleled nation-wide preference for the Cadillac. CADI LL AC New Cadillacs may be p;m:lmud on the time payment plan. The Washington Cadillac Company RUDOLPH JOSE, President 1138-1140 Conn. Ave. Frank. 3900, 3901, 3902, Protection Every purchaser of a Buick automobile is assured that, no matter where he may motor to, there is always an authorized Buick service station, if he should need it, within easy reach. 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A perusal of the citizens' military. training camp recruiting report for the Third Corps Area, rendered as of June 5, shows that this corps area out of an authorized quota of 5,600 has received a total of 5,687, or a per- centage of 101.55 per cent. Of the six geographical locations in this corps area the District of Columbia, out of an authorized quota of 154, has ob. tained a total of 287, or 185.71 per cent, which is the highest enrollment percentage in the corps area. West- ern Pennsylvania, with a quota of 1,726, has secured 2,198 applications, or a percentage of 127.35. The State of Virginia (80th Division), with a quota of 816, has obtained %30, or 101.71 per cent.- The non-divisional group in central Pennsylvania, out of an authorized quota of 604, secdred 557, or 92.21 per cent. Eastern Penn sylvania (79th Division), with a_quota of 1,700, enrolled 1,370, or 80.58 per cent. The State of Maryland (62d Cavalry Division), with a quota of 600, had secured 445 applications, or a percentage of 74.16. Telegraphic instructions were sent this week to Lieut. Col. John Scott Infantry, executive officer for the Or- ganized Reserves in_Washington, by Maj. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, com manding general of the Third Corps Area, to discontinue at once further Citizens’ Military Training Camp pro- curement except for qualified appli- cants for Coast Artillery at Fort Mon roe, Va., and the Engineer Corps at Fort Humphreys, Va. The order dis- contfnuing the citizens’ military train- ing camp procurement activities in the District of Columbia was due to| the excess number of applications | which have been received at reserve headquarters. Those young men District of Columbia who have filed | their applications to attend the ap- proaching citizens' military training camps, and who have experienced a delay in the acknowledgement there- of from corps area headquarters in G residing in the Baltimore, should not become alarmed whether they have been accepted for this training. The delay is due to the very large number of applications which have been received. The lim ited personnel at corps area headquar- ters has not been able to cope with this excessive enrollment, and Col. Scott advises that all citizens’ mili tary training camps applicants be patient a little while longer and that in due time they will receive official notification from Baltimore. The closing of the meeting of the 313th Field Artillery for the 19245 season will be held at reserve head- quarters June 18. 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