Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1925, Page 30

Civilian Army News The Army correspondence courses for the year 1925-1926 will begin Oc: tober 1. The courses will be different from 1924-1925 and everything will be materially improved. Reserve of- ficers actively enrolled as students on June 30 who did not complete the subcourse upon which they were working will continue the same sub- courses with the 1924-1925 lesson sheets upon the opening of the 1925- 1926 school v The reserve officers who enroll as students subsequent (o the opening of the school year will not be re- quired to do the full annual minimum of 39 hours to maintain their enroll ment. They will be able to keep up | their standing in the courses by doing | the prescribed annual minimum of one hour tor each week of their en- rollment Students who list on June 1, were on the active 1925, will not have to make a new application for enroll- ment, as they will be continued as fctive students on October 1 and will continue the subcourses they were orking ou. : O i sihiools in the. 30 Corpa Area will conduct courses as follows: adquarters 624 _Cavalry Division. York road and Allegheny avenue, Towson, Md. This school I3 for all oficers and enlisied men of the 624 Cavalry Division and al Cavalry reserve officers living in the 3d Corps Area Field Artille Artillery groul Building, Har Artillery reserve officers the 3d Corps Area can courses conducted by thi o t Artillery—Headquarters 3d, Artillery district, Fort Monroe, | Va. 'This school is for all Coast Artil- lery reserve officers and enlisted re servists in the 3d Corps Area, litary _ Intelligence — Assista e Y aff, headquarters 3d Corps Area, Standard Oil Building, Baltl m Md., The course conducted by this school is for any reserve officers enroiled in military intelligenc Infantry —The branch schools em brace three divisions, the 79th Divi sion, headquarters, Schuykill Arsenal, )0 Grays Ferry road, Philadelph \.: S0th Division, headquarters, sec P o Tost Ofice. Building, Rich | mond, Vé.. and 99th Division, head-| quarters, room 310, Westinghouse Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Infantry re-| serve officers living in Washington, D. ., and vicinity who are mot at-| tached or assigned to units in these Qdivisions can take the courses offered | from the division designated by 3d “orps Ares dquarter e e A he divided nto subbranches corresponding to the serv ices under the direction of the com manding general, 3d Coast Artillery | Qstrict, the chief of staff on duty| With each division and the chief of “taff of the Field Artillery group. The members of the Corps Area staff will handle referred to them by 3d Corps Area headquarters. e ‘funds were available for the purchase of text books and maps re Quired for the 19251926 course to make possible a further reduction over last year in the number of texts the student is required to purchase. A nur of texts for the coming courses been purchased by using the the establishment of reserve libraries and the| fund allowed for Army correspond ence course texts. As a result of the use of the reserve unit libraries fund one-half of the supply of texts will be placed in the libraries for loan to reserve officers, whether they the course or not The remainder will be loaned| through the proper agencies to re- | serve officers, enlisted reservists and | clvilian candidates enrolled for the| CORX course in aviation medicine will | be conducted by the Aviation School | of Medicine, Mitchel Field, Long! Island Y. and the joint approval of the surgeon general of the Army and of the chief of Air Service is| required for acceptance In this| course Cavalry—Hi ers Field Dauphin All Field residing _in take the chool. y—Headquart room 207 sbus Pa. Coast em have fund for unit are enrolied for A board of Medical Corps officers has heen appointed by corps area headquarters to conduct a practical | test of Washington reserve officers and determine their fitness for a certificate of capacity. The board will meet in Washington, D. C., at| the call of its president, and is con posed of the following officers of the| Army Medical Corps: Col. Harry C.| Fisher, Lieut. Cols. George M.| Ekwurzel, Arthur M. Whaley, Ma, Lloyd A. Kafauver and Robert Lowry H.| Engineers (general serv- | L local reserve or- unique tour The 343d ice), XIII Corps, zanization, completed a | 5¢ active duty on August 30 This | regiment was selected to try out in| the 3d Corps Area a functioning in the field of a regiment composed of reserve officers and enlisted men. The manner in which the 343d Engi- neers, Lieut. Col. H. Brand, jr., Engi- neer reserves, commanding, carried out the plans drew praise from Lieut. | Col. John Scott, Infantry, U. 8. 4. charze of Washington reserve adquarters. The personnel of the regiment left | Washington, D. C., on August 16 and proceed to Fort Humphreys, Va., where necessary preliminary ar- rangements were made. - g supplies, preparing to make cas i reements en route and individual | reports. The regiment exercises on August 17, to For Humphreys on During the intervening period the regiment W quartered camps being established i ericksburg, Va., from August 17-21, at | Chancellorville from ugust 21-24, at | Culpeper August 24-25, at Warrenton August gust Be visiting Fredericksburg, the its field and returned | August 28, started | 28. | ides studying the battles the Civil War battlefields of Chancellorville, Wil- | derness, Spotsylvania and first and pecond Buil Run, various terrain exer- cises were carried out and daily infan- | try and calisthenics drills were held. | The exercises involved the duties of | R combat engineer regiment as part of a division engaged in active war- | fare. Among the exercises were open- Ing up a line of communications for an advance, preparation of a road eir- culation scheme prior to an attack, stream crossing under fire, engineer troops acting as infa ¢ in an attack organization of a position, covering a withdrawal by demolitions and the de- fense of a position Each problem was lved by the vegiment as a unit and, in addition each field officer attached for individ- ual instruction solved that phase of | the problem appropriate to his rank. Critiques were held immediately after each problem in order that mistakes could be corrected while still fresh in mind Much valuable data was gathered by the Washington reservists concern- ing military features cf the area cov- ered, and it is now being_collected for the information of the War Depart- ment. The best available m dated 1887 and were conside: of date. The regiment was under instruction of Capt. E. S. J. Irvine, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., its executive offi-| cer, and the Washington reserve officers were unanimous in the feel-| ing that under his guidance they re- ceived valuable training. The officers who attended were: Regimental _Headquanters — Lieut. Col. Harrison Brand, jr., commanding: Capts. Peak Vincil, adjutant; W. T. Ballard, technical staff officer; E. T. ¥. Wohlenberg, plans and _training officer; First Lieut. W. T. Wilkinson, assistant adjutant; Ma} R. D. Brown, |8 | E. Textor, U. s. | ment for { port duty; knowledge of animal man- | ing medical officer, and Maj. George M. Diffenderfer, chaplain. Headquarters and Service Company —First Lieuts. J. W. Davis, command- ing; L. D. O'Brien and Second Lieut. R. G. Hensley. z First Battallon—Maj. Roy sey, commanding, and Capt. W. H. Dunlop, adjutant. Company A: Capt. Joseph V. McNary, commanding; First Lieut. F. B. Stuart and Second Lieut. J. H. Simmons. Company B: Capt. J. N. Todd, commanding; First Lieut. F. B. Lewis and Second Lieut. John Locke. Company C: Capt. W. S Jones, commanding; First Lieut. W R. Haar and Second Lieut. L. O. Crymes. Service Battalion—Maj. M. Beebe, commanding, and Capt. C. V. Johnson. Company D: Capt. C. L. Miller, commanding; First Lieut. J. R. Arnold and Second Lieut. F. B, Martin. Company E: Capt. R. H. Collins, F. Bes- H. | commanding: First Lieuts. E. C. Burt and Frucht. Company F: Capt. C. Shoemaker, commanding; First Lieuts. V. V. Martin, W. J. Simpson and Second Lieut. W. D. Chase. The following field officers were at tached for individual instruction Lieut. Cols. J. B. McCord, W. D. Young, J. 8. Doyle, J. L. Temple, all Engineer Reserve, and C. R. Stark, military intelligence. Alsa Majs. E. A. Keys, J. T. Costello, Engineer Re. serve, and R. F. J. Quigley, Quarter- master Reserves, A detall \of enlisted men of the Regular Army from Fort Humphrey: under command of Second Lieut. C A, 20th Engineers, accompanied the reservists and gave valuable assistance with the drills, Plans are now being made to’ hold a dinner dance in the near future. The committee on arrangements is composed of Maj. Roy F. Bessey, chairman; Capt. Peake Vincil and First Lieut. J. R. Arnold _This week are given the qualifica- tions governing the appointment and promotion of ~Quartermaster Corps Reserve officers, which are promul. gated under Army Regulations 140-37 An applicant for appointment to sec ond lieutenant of this branch of the service Must posse: high school education or its equiv military experience as result of com Dletion of basic course in an R. O. T. C. unit in one of the combatant arms or a full course in a junior R. O. T. C. unit, or completion of the White course C. M. T. C., and he must have had not less than four vears' experi ence In a business in civil life similar | to rail, water, animal or motor trans vortation, supply, construction, re- mount ¢ dmin Quartermaster Corps. A second lieutenant going up for promotion to a first lieutenant will, in addition to the subjects prescribed for second lieutenants, be required to qual- ify in the following combat and non combat duties: Knowledge of military organization of the Army in general and the Quartermaster Corps; admin- Istration, discipline and courtesies; mil itary hygiene and first aid: military law, such as preparation and investi gation of charges and procedure of courts-martial; nomenclature, care and use of weapons of personnel of Quar- termaster Corps; ability to read a map rapidly and make a rough road or position sketch: use of personal equip- ment: interfor guard duty and ability o command appropriate unit at all kinds of ceremonies. First lleutenants going up for pro- motion to the grade of captain should possess the following additional knowl- edge q ifications: A working knowl a {edge of the organization of the theater of operations and zone of interior for supply, quartermaster organizations and relations with units they serve: care of animals and stable manage ment; working knowledge of finance department vouchers and forms pres pared by quartermasters; dutles of agent officer regulations in regard to property accounts and records, and stock reports and records; procure- ment, disiribution and issue, salvage qualificatfons the individual will be required to have been in a vocation akin to quartermaster duties for nine For promotion to major a captain must possess the following qualifica- | tions, in addition to those prescribed for his own grade: A working knowl- edge of relations of Quartermaster Corps and its organization in armies, corps and divisions; employment of labor troops, staff duties, with partic- ular reference to relations of quarter- master sections of the system of staff control; familiarity with company ad ministration; warehousing method care and preservation of supplies; or- | ganization and operation of rail trans- portation and regulations of troop movements; a knowledge of the funda mental prineiples of commercial law and 14 years in a vocation akin to the duties required in the Quartermaster Corps. In addition, the following spe- cial qualificationis are required for of- ficers on duty with the branch indi. cated: A working knowledge of organi- zation and operation of Army trans port service and movements of troops by water for those on water transport duty; a working knowledge of all phases of motor transport for those on motor transport duty; care of ani- mal-drawn transportation and equip- remount and animal trans- agement, especially inspection, condi- tioning, care and management of as- semblages of animals for those on re- mount duty and a knowledge of real | estate transactions, such as sale, pro- curement and leasing of land and fa- miliarity with the methods of new construgtion projects by officers in the motion to lieutenant colonels, addition to the knowledge for their grade, qualify additional subjects: A working knowledge of the form, preparation, transmission and distribution of mes- ages, orders and reports; a thorough must, in required in the follow- and at Centerville Au- Mknowledge of tactics as related te sup- ply of a division, corps or army; a and | knowledge of the methods of training, | W28 Nothing he could say schedule of instruction, preparations and methods of conducting field exer- ises and 19 years in a business simi lar to one of the functions of the Quar- termaster Corps. For promotion to the rank of colo- nel, individuals must possess a more | thorough knowledge of the duties re- quired of them as lieutenant colonels, and, in addition, must qualify by hav- ing a working knowledge of the meth- ods of procurement, distribution and issue of supplies, down to and includ- ing the company; all warehousing methods and practices and knowledge of routine work. The individual must be in a business akin to a function of the Quartermaster Corps for 22 ASK LIEN ON BUILDING. Ownership of Columbian Camou- flaged, Creditors’ Suit Charges. Claiming that John W. Staggers-is the real owner of the Columbian Building, at 418 Fifth street, subject to a trust for $150,000, the West Pub- lishing Co. of St. Paul has filed suit in the District Supreme Court to sub- ject the interest of Staggers in the property to a lien of a judgment of $1,339.25 held by the publishing com- pany against him. The court is asked to decree a sale of the property. Through Attorneys R. M. Hudson and H. B. Skillman the court is told that Staggers conveyed the property to Mary H. Warner without considera- tion, and she in turn transferred it to a corporation formed by Staggers, the stock of which, it is asserted, was ls- sued in the name of the wife of Stag- gers, lent, must ha\'9| ative duty of the ! THE S One of the Best Mystery Stories Ever Written. e (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) Y Al Grant strolled on and threw himself Into a chair clofe to the rail. “Method and reticence!” He thought for a moment of Cleo’s whispered words. If they were true, and he had never doubted them, the whole -gecret of the poisonous domestic - conspiracy, any avalanche of foreign aggression, was contained in two small volumes -neat, they would be; precise, they would be; venomous, they would surely be—and never so nearly within his grasp as now. He fell to studying the ethics of the much debated prob- lem of justification by result. Corne- lus Blunn, at the present moment, would ever be found again. Was it worth the risk of failure, the plan that was slowly forming itself in his mind? . . . Von Diss, very neat and dapper in white flannel trousers and blue serge coat of nautical cut, came up and touched Grant on the arm. He al- ways made a show of being very friendly with the rival whom he hated. “I saw you talking to our friend, Cornelius Blunn,” he said. *His con. dition puzzles me. It is a terrible thing to suffer so from such a sim- ple cause. Incomprehensible, too! He sailing as much as any man, vet directly he gets on a big steamer, he collapses altogether."” He was very ill coming over,” Grant remarked. “Yet he was him- self again the night after landing. His speech at the Whitehall Rooms was an admirable production.” Von Diss nodded. “He is not he went on, half to himself. is a strong man. His mentality is amazing. Yet this simple illness seems to have thrown him into a strange disorder. I made a harmless request to him this morn. ing. and he ordered me away. | “A harmless request!” Grant felt a sudden inspiration. “A harmless request!” Bearing in mind Cornelius Blunn's unprotected state, von Diss had probably asked for the care of the casket or that it be deposited in the ship’s safe. It was a perfectly rea- sonable suggestion “I expect you will find him better tomorrow,” Grant observed. “The princess is, I trust, not suffering?" “She is a little tired, but she has no mal de mer,” her husband replied. “1 ge now to fetch her. Presently I shall talk with our friend, 1 Blunn, again." He wandered off and Gra his. way to where the deck tennis was proceeding. He sat down and watched the players for a_time. Pres ently, without noticing who her neigh- bor ‘was, Susan came and shared his seat. She gave a little start as he spoke and made an involuntary move. ment. Grant rose at once to his feet “Pray let me go away,” he begged | “T am sofry that you find my pres. | ence so utterly distasteful.” | He was angry with himself directly { he had spoken. She only laughed at him and settled herself down more comfortably. Don’t be absurd,” she said lightly only T didn’t happen to notice who it wa Don’t you play any of these games?" “Sometim, “We're having a_competition,” she confided. “So far Charlie Suffolk and | T have beaten everybody. Oh, I must {80, she added, slipping off. “I see there is another couple ready for us.” He watched her for a moment or | two and turned away. He tried other | parts of the ship, but some fasc tion seemed to draw him always back to that little inclosed space where Cornelfus Blunn lay with half-closed ‘? ves. He had lost a great deal of his natural color and seemed somehow to have shrunken. Grant hesitated at the round glass door for a moment lor two, wondering whether or not to enter. Then he realized that Blunn was asleep. He stooped down, with- drew the key from the lock of the door, and placed it in his pocket. Afterward he walked away CHAPTER XX. After resisting the impulse at least {half a dozen times, Grant finally found :hh' w fter dinner that evening, to | the dancing deck aft. It was a very | beautifully arranged space, given over |In the daytime to various games, and | at night covered with a specially pre | pared floor for dancing. The window opened all the way round, and in hot { weather the roof rolled back. From {one of the window seats he watched i for some little time. Susan was, as | usual, surrounded by admirers, but she was unlucky in her. partners. Three or four times he saw her finish a dance a little abruptly and stroll with her. companion on the open por. tion of the deck. After watching a particularly unsuccessful effort, he made his way toward her. Although he concealed his condition admirably, no neophyte fresh from boarding school and attending his first dance could have been more nervou | “May I have a dance, Lady Susan?" | he asked. She | aiately nt made looked at him without imme. replving. For a moment she was more like the Susan of Monte Carlo, even though there was some- thing faintly resentful in her expres- xirnr(! It was at least feeling of a sort. “I'm so sorr: | { she sald, “but do you know I reaily can't get my feet to go tonight? I think I must have played too much tennis. Tell me, have you heard how Mr. Blunn is this eve-. ning?" “I haven't inquired since dinner,” Grant replied. “I will let you know it I hear later.” He turned away ion to the open deck. | There was nothing more to be done. | He was in a hopeless position. There to her, no no excuse He drew a wicker of the rail, threw . lit a pipe, and began to _.‘,.‘uummm{mllll||||Nm"" and walked out | complaint he could make, {he could offer. | chair to the side himself down | as much or more to be dreaded than | was probably more helpless than he ' Cornelius | THE WRATH TO COME By E. Phillips Oppenheim. (Copyright. by Little. Brown & Co.) smoke. Somehow or other the tobacco tasted wrong, even the beauty of the night seemed to increase his depres- sion. Presently he left off smoking, leaned. back in his chair and closed his eyes. They were playing a waltz he used to dance with Susan. He lay still and listened. Susan, crossing the deck in search of her father, discovered him in_con: versation with the Prince and Prin- cess von Diss. She stopped and was half inclined to retreat. Gertrude, :u\\'ever, had already turned toward er. “Lady Susan,” she said, “I was just sending my husband to look for you. Will you come and sit with me for a moment?" Susan glanced meaningly toward her father, who she had been told was looking for her. He mistook her appeal for help and smiled acqul- escence. “Do, Susan,” he enjoined. “I only sent for you to say that 1 was going to the smoke room. Von Diss and I will finish our little discussion there. jertrude led the way toward a distant corner where there were’two comfortable chairs. Susan walked by her side, apparently at her ease, but inwardly fuming. There was some- thing about this woman which alway made her feel young and unformed. “Of course, my dear Lady Susan, Gertrude began, “I know that you detest having to talk to me. But you see It really can't be helped. My hus- band is meeting-your father 6fficially and, so long as my husband has de- cided to make me so, I am a perfectly respectable woman.” “I have had very little experience in the ethics of such matters,” Susan replied. “I am content as a rule to follow my own judgment.” Gertrude settled herself quite com- rtably in her chair. h, well,” she sighed, “you're very young. It is just your youth which makes your judgment so .absurd. You're very angry with Mr. Grant Slattery, aren’t you?" “Whatever my feelings may be with regard to Mr. Slattery, or any other man,” Lady Susan rejoined quietly, “they concern—If you will forgive my saying so—myself alone.” Very foolish,” Gertrude murmured. “Listen to me, please. Poor Grant, he really is in a ridiculous position. If there weren't just a spice of trag edy attached to the ‘situation, I am e I should never accept the role of obvious idiot which seems thrust upon me.” “I hope you're not going to offer me any confidences,” Susan begged. “I do not desire them.” iy dear Lady Prig. you are going to hear what is good for you,” Ger- trude continued calmly. “You can't get up and leave me, because I am an older woman, and it would be very rude of you. You probably think that when Mr. Slattery sald good-by to you in Monte Carlo he knew that I Wwas going to America with 'him. Well, the poor man didn’t know anything of the sort.” “He didn’t know?" Susan repeated incredulously. “Why, it was the night before.” recisely,” Gertrude acquiesced You see, I was very fond of Grant Slattery, and I couldn’t quite believe that he had lost all feeling for me. Sheer vanity. of course—for which 1 suffered. I knew quite well that if I had asked him to take me away he would have refused point-blank—be- cause I had already asked him and he had refused—but T wanted to go away with him and I took a risk. I went on board his vacht as a stowaway. He hadn't the faintest idea I was there until the yacht was a day and a half out. He wouldn't have known, even then, if T hadn't nearly fainted from hunger." Susan sat quite still for a moment. She was struggling to emulate her companion’s composure. “It sounds incredible,” mured. “It is the truth, nevertheless,” Ger- trude assured her. “When I disclosed myself, he was aghast. He took no pains to hide from me the fact that my presence there was utterly undesired. For some time he considered landing me at Gibraltar. That, however, would have made the matter no bet- ter from any point of view, and I sup- pose that he realized that it would have been a particularly brutal act. S0 he let me stay. He had to.” There was a pause. Gertrude seemed to be listening to the music. Suddenly she recommenced. “Of course, the rest of the story absurd, as well as being humiliating Why T tell it to you I really don't know. T made an idiot of myself in the usual way, and T forced Grant into the usual hopeless position. 1 suppose because he was in ldve with you, he played the Sir Galahad for some time with almost ridiculous per- fection. Then one night we ran into a terrible storm. I was frightened, and Grant—he. is really very kind- hearted—began to realize that he had been hurting.me badly every moment of the time. I became emotional and finally desperate. I will spare you the rest of the story—but I gave Grant no chance. Afterwards I understood how hideous one-sided love can be. 1f T had wronged my husband I paid in the suffering of those three or four days before I could get Grant to land me at Newport. I only saw him for a few minutes at meal times and afterwards when he used to come and try to make polite conversation to me. but the whole affair was ghastly. I had done the most absurd thing a woman could possibly attempt. I had tried to secure for myself the man who was in love with another woman. There were those few hours I spoke of during the storm. After that— nothing. I did not see Grant again until we met by aceident on the steamer coming back to England. I (Continued in Tomorrow’s Star.) s During a Swansea-Port Talbot critk- et match a sparrow was struck by a ball and killed. fc she mur- hll‘u‘l‘fi”‘||l||‘f[“f TG ATTRACTIVE E are making a special offering at this time of fur coats in all styles and ata wide range of attrac- tive prices. We ad- visee you to make your selection before the best have been picked out. Courtesy and satisfaction our motto. “Furs that please” Model Fur Shop Reliable Furriers 923 G St.—1303 Conn. Ave. l Army By M. H. ARMY. Defense of the general staff system was the outstanding feature of address- es delivered by Maj. Gen. John L. | Hines, U. S. A., chlef of staff, and Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, U. 8. A. commandant, at the opening of the Army War Col- lege, September 1. Alluding to the educational sys- tem of the Army, Gen. Hines com. mended it and stressed the fact that the War College was a most valuable part of the system. He called attention to the fact that the Army War Col- lege was inter- changing officers with the Navy War College, with a view to solving problems of neces- sarily mutual interest in the defense of the country. He quoted Gen. Washington in his argument in favor of a War College, who sald: “To remark to a military man how all importanf the general staff of an army is to lts well being, and how essential, consequently. to the commander-in-chief, seems unnec- essary.” Gen. Hines compared the courses of instruction and research which large industrial institutions maintain for their development as very similar to the work of the War College. He referred to the enactment of the ériginal act of 1902 for the es- tablishment of the general staff, with the War College as a feeder, as the result of much thought on the part of the great body of Army officers. “The establishment of the General Staff Corps and a policy by which se- lected officers might be given addi tional Instruction and training, which, together with their accumulated ex perience in and knowledge of the mil- tary service, would equip them to per- form the functions of general staff officers, was a long step in the direc tion of wise and svétematic provision for intelligent and co-ordinated na tional defense,” said Gen. Hines. “It needed only the experience of World War to prove the profound wisdom underlying the enabling leg- islation which provided the long delh,\'gd organization of the eneral Staff Corps. We have finally devel- oped the virtpe of co-ordination to a degree where we can safely feel that the haphazard and inefficient control methods in effect during our earlier wars will never again obtain.” Gen. Ely, in replying to the critics of the War Department general staff, characterized that body as one of the most loyal and efficient in the service. Gen. John L. Hines. Dissatisfaction on prospects of slow promotions from the lower grades among the young officers is aggravated just now by the economy policy of the War Depart- ment every time a change of station is made. Moving allowances, which were formerly made without question, now come under the eagle eye of Controller McCarl, and in many cases are not approved. Officers claim that the controller's policy quite fre- quently results in expenses which the officers pay out of their own pockets account of the the | UNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER 6, 1925—PART 2. ——— e and Navy News Mel ntyre. rather than engage with the controller. For instance, when officers are transferred from foreign stations to Washington by transport their fur- niture is shipped by the water routes up to the Potomac to Washington. Water transportation is cheaper, but it is also much slower than railroads, and as a result of the policy which insists that officers’ furniture be trans- ported by water, officers and their families are frequently obliged to in- |cur heavy hotel bills while they wait |for their goods to arrive. in controversy A comprehensive program showing he latest developments in ordnance will be presented at the seventh an- nual meeting of the Army Ordnance Association, which meets at the Aber- deen Proving Ground, Md. October 2. One of the most interesting features of this program will include a demon-’ stration of ordnance for aircraft and anti-aircraft forces. The 30th Ord- nance Company, a heavy maintenance company, will march to Aberdeen from Camp Meade and will place the mobjle ordnance shop vehicles in op- eration. The National Aeronautics Associa- tion, National Machine Tool Builders’ Association, Franklin Institute and representatives of the various War Department branches have been in vited to attend the session. Six warrant officers at the Army Musie School at Washington Barracks have been assigned to be leaders of bands at military posts as follows: Warrant Officer Kenneth Herbert will return to Fort Myer, Va., to lead the 3d Cavalry Band; John A. Dapp will lead the Tank School Band, at Camp Meade, Md.; Clarence W. Ferguson will lead the 6th Field Artillery Band at Fort Hoyvle, Md.; Edward A. Hallo- will lead the 6th Infantry Band, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; Paul E. Mel rose, to the 13th Coast Artillery Band, at Fort Barrancas, Fla., and George E. Zept, to lead the 20th Infantry Band, nt Fort Sam Houston, Tex. NAVY. The case of Rear Admiral John K. Robison, U. 8. N., engineer-in-chief of | the Navy, whose application for retire ment b been under consideration since April 1, continues to interest the Navy and those interested in naval affairs. It is understood that back of the delay of presidential action is the effect that it might have on the cases growing ouf of the investigation of the _naval reserves involving charge of fraud against former Secre tary of the Interior Fall. Two Fed- Admiral Robison, but have praised him in the highest terms for his con duct in the naval reserves case. In rase the judge found the former etary of the Interior and other offenders guilty and in another case the Government failed to win its case. In both cases Rear Admiral Robison was exonerated Although he has received exonera- tion by the courts, he is nevertheless being punished through the long de- lay in acting on his retirement. He was selected by a board for promotion to rear admiral of the line. In the event that the President fails to act and he is not retired by or before Oc tober 1. it is said that some powerful friends’in Congress will take steps to et what they believe to be an in to the admiral. announced that the battleship the | eral judges have not only exonerated | Arizona, now at the Puget Sound yerd, is due to leave there September 15. No date has as yet been set for the completion of the modernization of the battleship Florida, whiéh is at Boston, and the Texas, which is at Norfolk. g Four of the light cruisers are now at their home yards undergoing re- pairs, but the Cincinnati will leave the New York Navy Yard and the Con- cord will ledve the Philadelphia yard on the same date, September 12. The Cleveland is due to remain at the Bos- ton yard until October 5, while the Detroit will come from the same yard on September 15. The Lawrence, the Hopkins and Ruben Kanes will leave the Norfolk yard on September 17. The Borie and the J. D. Edwards will leave the Norfolk yard on September 15. The Sturtevant, destroyer, - is scheduled to come from the Boston yard on October 8 and the Overton from the same yard on September 15. The Billingsle comes from the Phila- delphia yard on September 17 and the Lavallette will come from Mare Island on Octobet 5. The Zeilin and the Hen- shaw are due to leave Puget Sound yard op September 21, while the Mar- cus antl Selfridge will come from the same yard on September 25. The Hull left Mare Island on September 4. In the submarine and submarine tender program the S-12 leaves Ports- mouth® yard on October 15, and the following submarines leave the same yard: S-21, November 30; S-11, October 31; T-1, November 7; T-3, October 19, and S-19, October 23. The Fulton comes from the Philadelphia yard. on October 17. The following are the dates of the submarines and subma- rine tenders for Mare Island: S-33, September 26; S-4, 86, 8.7, S8, S April 1, 1926; S-14, S-15, 8.16, 817, July 1,1926; Argonne, April 1, 1926, and §-26, indefinite. The other warships will leave the yards at which they are now located on the following dates: Falcon, from New York, September 25; Bobolink, from Charleston, September 30; Ni- agara and Mercy, from Philadelphia, August 31; Partridge, September 15; Procyon, September 15; Brant. Sep- tember 5, from Mare Island. Eagles 135, 47 and 58 are at Mare Island in- | definitely Admiral Henry H. Hough, U. S. N., now on his way to China, where he will assume command of the Yangtze, left this country before the announcement of his successor as dl- rector of naval intelligence was an- nounced. It is regarded as an indi- cation that the Secretary of the Navy is {mpressed with the importance of this assignment in the Navy Depart- ment. The names of Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long, now member of the | general board, and Rear Admiral Luke | McNamee, naval attache at London, are being mentioned in connection | with the post vacated by Rear Ad- | miral Hough. The budget permitting, it is under- stood that next Summer maneuvers | of the United States fleet will culmi- nate in a joint Army and Navy af- fair in the Narragansett or New Eng- land district. It is understood that informal conferences have been dis: | cussed by the joint Atmg and Navy board and that several® discussions ‘have taken place between members of the general staff and the Navy gen- eral board. The National Guard and the Organized Reserves will doubtless be included in the plan if appropria- tions to cover the cost are made. The defense of New England was under consideration by the Army War College class of last year. There was no publicity given to the affair, but the entire class spent a month in the survey of New England and New York With the mobilization of the entire | fleet in the Narragansett area an op- portunity will he afforded for jolnt maneuvers along new iines. Up to 1his_time the Panama Canal and the advdace base at Honolulu bave been the points to which the fleet has given most consideration. This Winter there will be another Jolnt Army and Navy maneuver at Panama, in which the defenses of the Panama Canal will be tested from a new angle. The proposed trip to the western coast of South America has been abandoned for economy reasons. The battle tleet will go to Seattle, as it has.in previous years. Rear Admiral- Thomas J. Senn, U. S. N., has been assigned to duty in the Navy Department us assistant chief of naval operations, relieving Rear Admiral R. H. Jackson, U. S. N. Announcement is made that Admiral Thomas Washington has accepted the assignment as commandant of the twelfth naval distriet upon his relief as cohmander of the Asiatic fleet Rear ‘Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor, U. S. N., will be ussigned to duty in the office of the chief of naval opera- tions, as chief of the fleet traininz section. The following Marine Corps reserve officers have been ordered to duty as indicated: Maj. L. W. T. Waller, Jr., to Camp Perry, Ohio, as assistant executive officer of the natlonal rifie matches; Maj. J. J. Dooley, to Marine Corps rifie range, Wakefield, Mass., and then to Camp Perry in connection with rifle matches. First Lieuts. H. G. Fortune, to training duty at Marine Barracks. Quantico, Va.; E. P. Simons, to Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, Pa; T. P. Jackson, Marine. Barracks, New Orleans, La., and Second Lieut. K. D. Spencer, Marine Barracks, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. It is planned to develop a moblle division 8t eagles for improving anti submarine tactics for the entire fleet With this object in view an eagle division, No. 1, has been organized, consisting of Eagles 35, 47 and 58. The division will be sent to Mare Island, where it will be equipped with mod ern sound plants. The Navy Depart- ment is giving much-attention to this branch of the service and the outcome of the new departure will be watched with great interest. Jean’s Hair Shoppe NESTLE LANOIL Permanent Waving For the week of Sept. 6 only, we are reducing our rate to Whole Head 108 1417 F Street N.W. Opposite Washington Hotel Phone Franklin 1146