Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1925, Page 48

Army and Navy News By M. H. Mclntyre. | to active training duty that will is. in be given the ARMY. Fox Connor, 1 G-4. will become a| Tuesday, filling the| the retirement of Brig. Gen assistant chief of staff, Major General vacancy created by Maj. Gen. William H. Johnston, who will retire tomo row upon reachin the statutor of 64 eneral Johnston is in command of the Third division at Camp Lewis Washington, and as this is be written the War Department has not_designated 2is successor at the Camp Lewis post. or iderahle tnterest to the Service, is the 4D- GEN. FOX CONNOR. pomtment of ( Tucius R. Hilbrook, F. A., to be briga-| dier g ral, to become effective upon the promotion of Gen. Con ber of non-combatant called to |a low percentage of total trained. NAVY. Capt J. King, commander the | was designa | ment yesterday to take the combined forces afloat and naval yard in raising the S-51 pontoons. Lieut. Comdr. E. Ellsberg, (C. C) U. S. N. Lemler (C. C. charge of the be responsible siderations in E 1ge work will for o on with ships Vestal and Falcon and the S-50 will be detached from thwlr present duties and ordered to the third naval distriet await orders. Four pon- toons will he sent to the scene of the alvage operations by the Norfolk navy vard, while six additional | toens and other necessary equipment | which may be required will be pro- vided by th York navy yard. Capt. W Tomb, U. S. N.,” will be in command of the Ve: which vessel will proceed to the avy yard to take aboard such equip: d. The Vesf hip at the 1 r cent of the riding and s authorized for purchase | the present fiscal year have been purchased by the Re-|V ed of which 819 are rid |act a3 the base i s, S speration are draft animals, - Stud | PG G nner Tibbals, U have technical supervision of the diving operations, and Navy divers from ghe torpedo station, the fleet and other stations, as required, will handle the diving operations. rmas.| It was pointed out by Rear Admiral {ddvess| C. P. Plunkett. the third naval dis- Inaster | trict commander, that the advancing be held| Winter season makes it imperati e|that the salvaging operations be ex. | pedited for the success of the opera- tion. ard Y during already mount Corps. A been purch: ing and 1 e N, will etding plar £40.000 as compi ending Ju Maj. Gen. W. H ter general of the the first of the mor Corps luncheons, Thursday at the at 1 p.m. -t 6 vear quart will 1y Quarte which will Hotel Lafayet Arm given by the coat-of-arms | School, which is | 2nnoun The shield is been for a Approval has Secretary of Wa for the Chaplains’ described as_follows black, the color of the facings of the | aplains’ Corps, and displays | Gjacion's “Tegrig, September 26; Lieut. o S )5 |muer chminredesianairion fatoy which 1s a_gold cross, the symbol of | Grage) Philip The hew falth, The shield and motto | Srade) BRIy are displayed on a pointed oval, the | Gope “jr., and John A. McDonnell, Oc- early shape of the church seals, “Dpro- | toner “1; Comdr. Frank C. Martin, duced by the intersection of (WO |jeut. Comdr. James C. Van De Carr, equal circles each of which passes|Tijeut. Edward E. Hazlett, jr., and through ’”-" Canteron other pro-| Tieut. (Junior Grade) James A. Crock- ducing that which e &pace in the ov a ribbon scroll Around fegend, Chaplai the United States Ar The War Department week the training directi 1926 calendar vear, w exception of a similar to that fo dates indicated 14 i 1e - motto. oval is the | School of | Harold Coldwell, October 9. Col. J. T. Myer: . 5. M. be detached from the Marine ba effective some time in He will relieve Brig. Gen. E U. S. M. C., whose a: in Haiti, vember. H. Fuller, issued this | for the been decided upon. The United § ations is eonomztni ates Navy Band, un- training will be accomplished t der the direction of W. L. Radcliffe, further decentralization. and the |, 1y Fiayt. Charles Benter, leader, lett movement of regulir roobs to estab. | \wychington last Sunday on an eight lish or conduct camps will be reduced | ooy tour which will take this mu: fo .8 minl normally | o1 organization will be sent mps Hantic Coast and Southern Coai = and o first concert was given by transportation, The 1 manders will be designated by ea commanders prior to . and the corps area It of training camps with copie training plans and training prog will be forwarded not later April 1, 1326 i ‘According to the present plans of | the War Department, corps area pre- | retary Wilbur will approve the Brit Iminary plans for the conduct of |ten bill which extends selection down nees States. the Tan. port The Stat iven are North Carolina, lina, Georgia, Alabama, ©°f | and Louisiana. AMmS | {5 Washington than | December. Mis: the early part tralning during 1926 will be prepared | to the grade lieutenant (junior grade) | and substitute service in grade instead for approximately the same number of trainees as in 1925. At least 75/ of in per cent of the erve officers callea | Very age and grade for retirement. unit regiment, ttalion or company, while the num- reserve officers ctive duty will be held to of submarine base at New London, ted by the Navy Depart: charge of f the by assisted by Lieut. P. |1, be in nd will technical con- this The United States pon- ‘w York 1 will cene of e The following named officers, it was ced this week by the Navy De- partment, became due for promotion |to the next higher grades from the Lieut. (Junior Grade) Kinney, September (Junior Grade) Orville C. In the |q;. QOctober 4, and Lieut. (Junior Grade) | San Diego to command the 1st Brigade No- ‘h with the | ment, up to the present time has not through six of the = the mP €O | hand on October 12 at Petersburg, Va. in which concerts will be outh Caro- sippl The band will return ot There are no assurances that Sec- little progress has been made HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 18, 1925—PAR/ the bill has been referred for report. Meetings that were planned were abardoned because a number of offl- cers from the bureau were called to the Capitol to testify in the air in- vestigation. By the present progress the bill will not be in the hands of the Secretary much before Novem- ber 1. In the meantime the Secretary has been making some inquiries as to the sentiment of the officers generally on the bill and he is receiving some very disquieting _reports from the junior officers. Even the considera- tion of the bill with such drastic pro- visions, it is said, has had a very de- pressing effect upon officers in the lower grades. A great many of them are sald to be looking around for places in civil life in the event that the bill becomes a law. They plan to tender their resignations rather than to stay in the service under the con- »| ditions that will be created if the bill ses. This, however, will not prevent Rep- resentative Britten from reintroduc- ing the bill in some form and bring- ing it up in the naval affairs com- mittee of the House when Congress convenes. Of course there will be hearings on this bill and amendments 4vill be proposed by different mem! of the committee. Under the that it will reduce the pay of Navy a million dollars, Mr. Britten thinks that he can get a favorable report and secure the passage of the ill. The first Christmas announcement to come from the Navy Department is that the Henderson will make a -| trip to San Francisco from the East coast and return by Christmas. The movements of the transports and the fleet at large are now being arranged so that officers and men will be able to spend Christmas at home or near home this year as in former year: All of the scouting fleet in the At lantic will be at its home ports dur- ing the holida It will be imnos- sible to do as well for the battle fleet, as it will be in the San Diego and San Pedro waters during the hoii- days. At the same time shore leaves in the vicinity of Hollywood will not be such a doleful affair. No doubt the people in that vicinity will have some Christmas entertainment for the officers and men when they come ashore. People who intend to remember their friends in the service in far-off Philippines, Guam and Hawaii will shortly be advised to begin packing their presents. The Chaumont will sail from San Francisco on November 24 and is due to arrive in the Philip- pines on December 22, only three day before Santa Claus arrives. She will stop at Honolulu and will not neglect Guam. The Kittery is the last trans. port that will leave the West Indies before Christmas. She is due to sail from Hampton Roads on December 17, and the folks that have friends at’ Guantanamo will have more time to_prepare their gifts. There is no present arrangements by which gifts can be sent to the Eu- ropean fleet in a Government trans- port. People who wish to remember officers and men in the European fleet "|in the usual way by commercial lines. Unexpectedly the home yard of the Seattle, the flag ship of the States fleet, has bee the Bremerton yard on | coast to the New York Navy Yard. She is expected to arrive on the Bast coast by November § and will spend most of the time in the Atlantic. A number of developments, it is said, led to the transfer of the com- mander-in-chief of the fleet from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The striking of a million dollars from the budget estimates for fuel has resulted in the | abandonment of the proposed trip to | the west coast of South America as scheduled in the program of the fleet by the general board. In the next fiscal year the only maneuvers that are planned will be a joint affair at n transferred from will be required to send thelr presents | | Admiral Robison by the change will United | the West | Veterans of Great War Military Order of the World War. At a recent meeting of the District of Columbia Chapter of the Military Order of the World War definite plans were formulated for the observance of Navy day, October 27. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, the local commander, has asked Admiral Thomas J. Cowie to be chair- man of the general committee. It is expected that the exercises will include a gathering in front of the Navy Building somewhere between 12:30 and 12:45 p.m., October 27. The formation will then proceed, headed hy the Secretary of the Navy and other dignitaries, to the statue of John Paul Jones, where short exercises will be held and a wreath will be placed. The various veterans' organizations are asked to send representatives to these exercises. Wreaths will also be placed on the tomb of Admiral Dewey at the Cathedral. A resolution was adopted setting forth that the organization indorses Navy day, that a celebration be held, and’ that the people of the United States must insist that the personnel and materiel of our Navy be increased until our naval strength is equal to that of Great Britain and two-thirds more than that of Japan. Disabled Atfierican Veterans. The forget-me-not drive of the Dis- abled American Veterans is getting under way in all sections of the coun- try and will continue in various sec- tions on various dates until about De- cember 1. The annual forget-me-not appeal will be conducted in New York City, October 23 and 24; Philadelphia, November 7 and 8 Indiana, October 10 to 17; Cambridge, Mass., October 16 and 17; District of Columbia, No- vember 11 to 16; Bridgeport, Conn. November 4 to 11; Kansas City, Mo, October 17. President Coolidge has indorsed the drive in a letter to National Comdr. John W. Mahon, as follows: “The annual forget-me-not observ- ance of the Disabled American Vet- erans s particularly deserving of the most sympathetic attitude on the part of the public. The Government is en- deavoring in every possible way to alleviate the sufferings of those for whom the war still endures. Yet, there are certain phases of this great prob- lem in which outside agencies may be of vital assistance. The Disabled American Veterans has proved one of the efficaclous auxiliaries in this case. Its co-operation with the Veterans' Bureau on administrative problems and with_Congress on legislative mat- ters has been impressively helpful, as has the organization’s direct contact with individual veterans in bringing about the prompt adjudication af claims.” Through the efforts of the Disabled American Veterans' liaison officer in this city, 152 disabled former soldiers of Washington have had their claims with the Veterans' Bureau ajudicated during the past year, according to a detalled report filed last week with the general committee having in | charge arrangements for the annual Forget-Me-Not observance, Monday, November 16. In each major section of the Vet erans’ Bureau throughout the coun try the Disabled American Veterans maintains @ full-time laison officer to give free aspistance to the wounded men, their $ives and their mothers. W. §. Clark is the liaison officer for | the office in Washington, and at the | meeting last week his report showeg | that more than $19,000 in compensd® | -tion was obtained by his office for men who had been experiencing difficulty with thelr cases. In additfon to compensation th son officer also handles emergenc relief, employment, vocatlonal train-| ing and insurance matters, while last | Christmas he suprevised the food that | was sent to needy dependents and the | gifts that were distributed at the hospitals, all of which were paid for by part of the fund raised in the annual Forget-Me-Not drive. There are now more than 1,600 vet- erans in the four Government hos- pltals here, and the work of the Di abled American Veterans' representa tive here has been considerably en- larged, due to the change of Mount Alto, on Wisconsin avenue, from a general hospital to a dlagnostic clinfe. | To this hospital come problem cases from all parts of the East to be diagnosed by specialists who are on the staff there, the Disabled American Veterans’ officer maintaining a reg- ular _schedule of visits in order to handle the claims of the men who are unfamilitar with Washington. For the past three years the drive here has been successful, and much of the credit is given by the officials | of the District of Columbia depart ment of the Disabled American Vet | erans to the District Federation of Women's Clubs, which has done much | of the work in handling the girls who | sell the flowers in public places. the Panama Canal. Some new prob- lems will be worked out by the Army and Navy bearing on the defenses of the canal. It {s understood that the battle fleet will not come to the East coast during the next year. In fact, the entire operations of the fleet will be of a restricted character and in line with the policy of economy. Another reason for transferring the Seattle to the New York Navy Yard is to give that vard more work in overhauling ships. The Bremerton vard is overtaxed with repair work, while the New York Navy Yard is idle most of the time. Another consideration, 1t is satd, is the desire of the Secretary of the Navy to be in closer touch with the commander-in-chief of the fleet dur- ing the development of the new policy of the department relating to per- sonnel for the air forces of the fleet. Mrs. John Lorentz Steele and Mrs. John E. Fowler are again chairmen | of the two committees of the federa tion co-operating with the disabled, and last week they started the group: | ing of girls in order that all places | of vantage throughout the city would be properly covered on November 16. Offices for the campaign have been | opened at the Munsey Building, and | George R. Martin, commander of the | District of Columbia department of | the soldier organization, expects dur-| ing the next week to complete his citizens' commttee. President Cool- idge and Direftor Hines of the Vet-| erans’ Bureau have each indorsed the | drive, and just prior to November 16 | the District Commissioners will iss a proclamation setting forth the as- sistance the Disabled Amerlcan Vet- erans here has been in solving the problems of the disabled and calling upon all citizens for a liberal response. Joseph O'Connor, staff represent tive from national headquarters at| be able to come to Washington fre- quently when the Seattle i® at her home yard. The Navy Department announced this week the standing ‘of vessels of the gunboat class making the highest scores in engineering performances for the months of July and August, 19 For the month of July the standing of this class of naval vessels was as follows: Asheville, Sacramento, Isabel, Gen. Alava, Tulsa, -Scorplon, May- flower, Elcano, Helena and Eagle No. 58. Following is the August standing: Sacramento, Isabel, Gen. Alava, Tulsa, Asheville, Scorpion, Mayflower, El- cano. Eagle No. 47 and Helena. THE STYLE DISPLAY OF THE YEAR The Fall Salon now in progtess at our showroom presents the season’s greatest style advances. Assembling the sen- sationally successful New Franklin Designs, it depicts the style trend for years ahead. The special color schemes on view foreshadow the finest custom practice of 1926. Alto- gether this exhibit offers for your inspection the most advanced fine car ideas for personal, family, sports and town service. It also gives opportunity to examine air- cooling and the exclusive comfort and safety features which make the Franklin espially desirable at this season. At the new lower prices Franklin Series 11 includes complete equipment, even spare tire, tubeand cover. Only tax and freight ace extra. THE NEW SEDAN week to give the committees here | the benefit of his advice. American Legion. The Past Post Commanders, meet- ing of the Sergeant Jasper Post, No. 13, The American Legion, held at the City Club Thursday evening was one of the most enthusiastic gatherings conducted since the founding of the unit September 10, 1919. The follow- ing past post commanders made ad- dresses: Joseph Y. Reeves, first com- | mander of the post; Horace L. B.| Atchinson, Norman B. Martindale and | Thomas J. Frailey, the present senior | vice commander of the District of ! Columbia Department The American Legion. Second Vice Commander | Danfel W. Washburn presented past | commander badges to the four past | post_commanders. Willlam_B. Van_Riper, who served with the Yankee Division in ance, and subsequently organized the Legion | unit in Melrose, Mass.. an honored guest of the evenin addressed the post. The following candidates admitted to membership: Herm Voelk Paul G. Brock, Paul J. Or-!| losky, Nathaniel E. Whiting, Stanley E. Cark and Herbert K. Hyde { John M. Beauchesne Post, No. 28, The American Legion (formerly Car- | ry-On Post, No. 28), held its regular monthly meeting October 13, at 920 Phillips building. Commander Barl Jennings Brown called the mecting to | order. Senior Vice-Commander Wil llam P. Wright took the chair while Commander Brown, chairman of the by-laws committee, read the re- port of that body and moved their adoption. The by-laws were adopted without ny opposition. Mr. Wright presented a resolution which was adopted wherehy the post changéd its name to John M. Beau- | chesne Post, No. 28, who died from the effect of wounds at Walter Reed Hos pital this Spring. A resolution wz ilso adopted whereby the post direct- ed its commander to present the post Colors to Adophus McKenzie in ca it should ever dissolve Albert F. Westfall, former head of the Carry-On ciub made a motion that a committee of five be appointed to make tentative arrangements for a Halloween darce to be held at 1416 20th street. The following committees were named: Committee for detail work in volved in change of post’s name, Wil- liam P. Wright, J. Robert Conroy. John B. Everts; Committee for mak ing tentative dance arrangements: Al bert F. Westfall, James L. Brown, John Milton Kerr, Allen H. Ayres, J. Robert Conroy, Henry G. Gorman. Veterans of Foreign Wars. i The council of administration of the | Veterans of Foreign Wars, District of | Columbia, held its regular monthly meeting at the National Guard Ar- | mory October 14. Department Comdr. | Francis C. Huhn and Senior Vice Comdr. J. T. Beatty presided. The commander submitted a verbal report of the recent national encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans A resolution was adopted under which the Department of the District of Columbia Veterans of Foreign Wars | will participate in the exercises Navy | day, October 27. It is the expressed wish of the department commander that veterans of the District of Colum- | bia reserve this day and take part in the exercises prepared by the Navy | Department | Word having been received from Na- | tional Commander-in-Chief Fred E. Stover that he would pay an official visit to the District of Columbia Octo- ber 20, the council of administration | approved plans to hold a banquet at | Harvey's restaurant at 8 p.m. October | 20 in honor of the national command- | er-in-chief, and a committee cons ing of Senjor Vice Comdr. Beatty, Ju- nior Vice Comdr. Riley and Chief-of | Staff Tate was appointed with au- thority to arrange for the banquet. All Veterans of Foreign Wars in the District of Columbia are invited to at- tend. Invitations have been extended to the national commander-in-chief of | communicate | teaching of Irish is not dropped the department commanders of the American _Legion and the Disabled American Veterans of the Worid War. Department Historian Hale was ap. pointed a representative of the depar ment to confer with representatives of other veterans’ organizations in the District of Columbia with a view to perfecting a united welfare committee. At the meeting of Columbia Post, No. 833, Veterans of Foreign War: held in the National G October 14, the chairman of the a nual poppy committee submitted his final report, showing a net credit to the post’s welfare fund i mately $800. This money wi pended for relief work under the pervision of the post welfare co tee. The post decided to extend to the women who assisted in the sale of buddy poppies, an_Invitation annual department ball, to be held on Arm night at the Willard Hotel A resolution was adopted to dissemi I veterans in the mbia concerning their rights and privileges to hosp| tion for other than service disabili under the Johnson act. The act pro- vides that any honorably discharged veteran in need of hospit: on for any disability not the result of wiliful misconduct s entitled to hospitaliza tion in a Government hospital, pro- vided there are vac s not re quired by veterans In need of hospi- talization for a service disability. Veterans who require hospitaliza- tion should communicate with the Dis- trict medical officer of the Washing- ton rezional office, in the Arlington Building, or if an emergency arises fter offictal hours the veteran should with the chief of the watch force at the Veterans' Bureau and request the address and phone number of a Veterans' B au doctor available for such emergenc FUND FOR TEACHING IRISH LANGUAGE MUCH REDUCED Dublin Announces Cut From 670 to 400 Pounds, With Further Diminution Probable. cspondence of the Associated Press. DUBLIN, September 25—The tech- nical committee of County Mayo has reduced from £670 to £400 the money provided for the teaching of the Irish language and forecasts a further re duction next year. Monsignor D'Alton, who introduced the motion, said that he knows mothers who threaten to withdraw their children from school if the He declared that the spoken language is losing ground even in districts where it was generally spoken until com- paratively recently. The government recognizes this, but thinks it regrettable and is taking steps in all directions to remedy it Irish s now made a compulsory sub- ject the country and the government has appointed a commission, which is tak- ing evidence as to th language in the I peaking dis- tricts and the reason for its decay. The chief reason is economic. Reno’s First Church Sold. When the 61d Reno (Nev.) Methodist Church was closed recently, after it had been sold, the last person to walk down its steps was Mrs. Carrie Har- ris. As a girl, 55 years ago, when the church was opened, she was one of the worshipers at the first service and | has missed but few services since The congregation has erected a larger church to replace this first church in Reno. A negro bank in Richmond, V: S 4 woman as president of the in THE NEW ENCLOSED-DRIVE LIMOUSINE THE NEW.TOURING FRANKLIN MOTOR CAR CO. Culpeper—Coons Bros. Motor Co. HARRY W. BURR Salesroom—1503 Connecticut Ave. N.-W, Service—1814 E St. N.W. Other Franklin Dealers in This Vicinity - Richmond—United Moters, Inc. ‘Culpeper—Coons ros. Motor Co. to the | in the primary schools ail over | condition of the | in the Bureau of Navigatio ere Cincinna; 11l visit Washington thls!thP United nish War Veterans and SPANISH WAR VETERANS The delegates and visitors to the national encampment at St. Peters. burg who have returned are all unani- mous in rerorting it as the most har monious and successful gathering in the history of the organization, in ad dition to being the largest in seated delegateg, 1,025 representatives being seated. | The distinguished guests included Gov. John W. Martin of Florida, Gov. W. W. Brandon of Alabama, Senators | Fletcher_and Trammell, Representa. I tive H. C. Drane, Mayor Blanc of St rPetersburg, the Commissioner of Pen | stons, Col. W. Scott, and Senator Bur sum | "Carmi A. Thompson, Ohlo, was | elected commander-in-chief. He an nounced that national headquarters | would be retained in Washington, D. | C.. with Ralph H. Carroll of Ohio as | adjutant general and Jam J. Mur | phy of the District of Col xnhla.v:w quartermaster general. Other appoint | ments to be nounced later. Past Commander-in-Chief C. W. Herrick | was detailed and represented the or | ganization at the American Legion | convention at ha. Des Moines | Towa, was sele s the next con- | vention city Henry W. Lawton Camp at its Jast meeting mustered D. Harper bett in the camp. George C. McDermott, | delegate to the national encampment | made a detail | cess. Junior Vice Commander F. W Wilson of Miles Camp addressed the meeting. | Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp. | with Commander Lynch presiding | mustered into active membership Wil- liam J. Stafford. The camp was ad dressed by Past Depar 1) Com: mander H. Finke of Missouri, Past De partment Commander Arthur League and Quartermaster General J. J Murph} Nelson A. Mil | active membership at its Iz four recruits and receivec of six othe: The camp dressed by Past Department mander H. Finke of Missour laid great stress upon concerted action during the next year. Past Depart ment Commander Arthur League | Commander homette, Senior Viece Commander Nelson all spoke on the success of the national encampment Meetings during the coming we are: Monday, Col. John Jacob Astor and Auxiliary; Wednesd: Gen| rell Camp and Urel : Thursday, Pettit Aux | iliary on A. Miles Camp. NEW ISLANDS ARE FOUND | BY JAPANESE EXPLORER Camp mustered into st meeting pplications was _ad- Con | Ten Coral Formations, Valued at | 200,000,000 Yen, Discovered in South Seas. Correspondenca of tha Associated Press. TOKIO, September 21.—The news- papers report that a group of more than ten coral islands, the total valus of which s estin d at about 200.- 000,000 ven, has been discovered in South S by a Japanese ex- M Japan arted a techni Tnouy sraphical Soclety rvey of tha | < \ey are situatea | iles off Mindanag { Island, Philir the actual | position wi nade public aft | the discovery is reported to the Inter- | »nal Geographic Association, states { Mr. Inouye. These coral led in the search ch | one is reported to miles in clrcumference. uninhabited. A new British embassy is to be | built in Tokio, Japan, at a cost of 1 §1,200,000 lands are not describ. arts, and the largest be some fifteen They are