Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1925, Page 52

2 Army egxilflavaews By M. H. Army. One of the most unusual inspec- tion trips ever made by an offic the Quartermaster Corns was_com pleted this week by Brig. Gen. John B. Bell sistant master Iy two iandings made by ¢ linger and pilot, Capt ring their ! air journey to the % ings Pacific coast, the two forced land being made on ‘the return i trip. Gen. Bel i Eaker toc ger and ( 5 Mal. Gen. Bellinger. from Bolling Fiel D. C. on N ber 3. 19 Itinerdry inclu . Yleld at Belle £ ney the two £ ice fields not under the f corps area commands Gen. Bel- | worth, Kans. Paso, Tex = Diego, Calif.; Calif and San ¥ lif., at which point they November 15. On the ret rmen chan route by going acrosscountry from 131 Paso to Fo i1, and the e to 1o Le: worth Fleld, Mc Cook Field and Wiibur ht Field. This inspection tour was made pri in order that it would be pos. s fo representative Quartermas off gather first-hand srmation quartermaster activities at Air isdiction Jinger is a keen fver, this being hi: second transcontinental trip. The next ex tion for master and technical ants, Air Service, will be held N Applications will T submitted by eligible candl between January 15 and February 15, D10 the chief of Alr Service, Wash' ington, D. C. The names of the suc- cessful candldates will be added to » the eligible list, office chief of Alr| Service. Ma). G bert C. Davis, adju . lant general, has recommended that dmmediate steps be taken to secure the passage of legislation which wil provide for the £ Army field clerks n. Davis also tion be enacted into law ? provide for the retirement of Army ¢ Long TIsland : be expected from anti ¢ increased * ‘experimental fleld clerks of the old permanent force as warrant officers. By age, disability, or length of servic there are at least 34" Army field clerks on actlve duty at the present time who should be placed upon the re tired list immediately. Adoption has n made by the W Department of the .50-caliber gun as the standard machine sun for antl-aircraft defense. The ap- proval of this weapon, to be issued as standard equipment to Coast Ar- tillery troops, is it of haustive antl-aireraft ice training which has been c ted during the past several months by the 62nd Coast Artillery (AA) at Fort Tilden, N. Y., in conjunction with the Air Se personnel stationed at Mitchel : with a view to determin- ing the degree of efficiency which n reraft gun an machine gun fire against air targets Chere has recently been developed for this gun a new tripod, which gives i stabllity in firing. Excel dent results are also expected from an sight which has been { manufactured and which will shortly + ment. ‘‘are available the {'guns will be e glven a thorough service test. The 30-caliber machine guns and auto. matic rifles are still being used by the Coast Artillery antl-aircraft regl but as soon as sufficlent funds 50-caliber machine supplied’ to all Coast Artillery un for anttalrcraft de fense. The annua! golf champlonship of the Quartermaster Corps Athletic As. ; goclation was decided this week when Lol K. 1.1 {\favor of the ! while no reply was ived ! Hospital, P. Y., and Sergt ! lmotion to techn Maj. L. W. Redington defeated Lieut. mpton in the finals by the close score of 2 up. The tourna. ment, which is open to commissioned 1 civillan personnel of the corps stationed in the District of Columbia, has been in progress for the past ree weeks “omplete repor of the roll col poll conducted by Maj. Gen. Creed C. Hammond, chief of the Militia Bu- veau, am the commissioned per- sonnel ¢ b iomn Guard show 1 office: are overwhelm- v in vor of the roll collar, §2.7 ent of the ol collar, while 17 per cent favor the present (hizh) col- Of the total of 11,641 officers in rd 91145 expressed | tely on the subject. te results of the poll s: For the roll collar, 7 the present (high) coll 1582, hundred and sixty-three of the rd officers expressed no cholce, v from £.133. Two Medical Administration Corps men, as the resuit of the September 14 to 19 examination, have been ap- pointed first ire of the Medic are Pvt. Wade H. Johnso been on duty at Sternberg General Douglas Hall, who has been assigned to du at Letterman General Hospital Francisco, Calif. Both will signed by the War Department Iort Benning, Ga., for station. Tol. Hanford MacNider. ant Se v of regular monthly luncheon of Regu- iar, rd and Reserve Quartermaster officers, which il be held Thursday the Ilotel Lafayette As a result of the recent promo- | tlons to the three highest non commissioned grades of the Quarter master Corps, Tech. § Tohnny hankes is No. 1 on the list for master sergeant (Motors); . John P. Germaux is No. 1 on the list for promotion to master sergeant Staff Sergt. Emil Stanley the list for pro 1 sergeant (Supply), iSergt. Oliver the list for sergeant Sergt. en i 1 on the list for promo- Jiion to staff sergeant (Supply); Sergt. “'ruman 1. Clevenger is No. 1 on the list for promotion ‘to staff sergeant <ok (Instructor); while Willlam Math is No. 1 on the list for promotion to technical sergeant (B [&) At a meeting this week of Wash gton Chapter, 1 3 Club, the following offlcers were elec ed: Rearg\dmiral Luther E. Gregory, 10 .. chief of Bureau of Yards and president; the six vice presi- dents elected were Maj. Gen. Merritte 1V, Ireland, surgeon general of the \rmy; Rear Admiral T. J. Cowie, N. (retired); Maj. Gen. John A. . commandant, U. S. . Hodgson, Coast and Geodetic : Capt. R. A. Dickson, M. C. ". S. 4., secretary; Capt. Carl Halla, D., U. S. A., treasurer; Maj. A. H. iondero, R sentinel; Col. J. E. Yates, Ch. chaplain. The honorary board of governors include the foilowing: Maj. Gen. Amos \. Fries, . J. Cowie, tear Adm avey ] son, Ma, Gen, Mase g ien. John J reason of | 1ardsmen voting in | Walker is No. 1 on | motion to technical { Charles J. | aff Sergt. ' Sojourners | THE SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTON, D. Mcl ntyre. Pershing, Brig. Gen. S. D. Rocken- bach, Maj. Gen. Kenzie W. Walker, Maj. Gen. Creed C. Hammond, Rear Admiral Franklin J. Drake, Capt. Harry S. New, O. R. C. the Post- ster General; Col. B. J. Lloyd, Lieut. Col. B. W. Black., Ma Charles McK. Saltzman, Col. J | hew Wainwright and Charles Roberts. NAVY. Approval has been given by Maj. . John A. Lejeune, commandant, S. Marine Corps, for increasing the cers to 4,000, etters wer out this week by larine Cory iquarters to all offi- ers on the active, retived and re- serve lists requesting them to recom. mend desirable men for appointments | as Marine reserve officers. The great | majority of these appointments, It was | pointed out at headquarters, will be | | made in the Volunteer Marine Corps | Reserve. i Appointment and promotion in the Marine Corps Reserve can now be | made up to include the grade of brig- | adier general. This is a new feature | of the recent laws providing for the | reorganization of the res | board which has been in s | Marine Corps headquarters, reviewing | the records of officers, is about ad; to submit its report. The recommend: s _for promo it is reported. of service in ence, record of se the 'in in for ar With | rine 1 of this worl tion of the Ma- e regiments and the brunt ling_on the reserve rea commanders, they will be en- couraged to recommend the appoint- ment of reserve officers, and it is very certain that full consideration will be given to their recommendation. Rear Admiral M. M. Taylor, U. § N., director of fleet training, Navy De- partment, announced this week the standing of the highest vessels of the battleship class in the United States Navy In engineering performances for the month of October, 1925. It is as S Okla- “aliforina, Virgini Mexico, Mary- land and the New York. The U. S. S. Melville was the high- est vessel of the tender class in the in engineering performances the month of October. The stand of the fi ten ve: s of this class in this competition is as follows: Melville, Shawmut, Vestal, Canopus, annah, Bushpell, Beaver, Jason, mden and the Medusa. | A board of officers will be convened at the Navy Department next Tues- day for the purpose of examining Rev. Charles P. Burke of the St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church of Livingston { | Manor for appolntment to the Corps, U. S. Mavy. The | amining board will consist of the fol- | lowing officers: Capt. Evan W. Scott and Lieut. Comdrs. Ernest L. Askins { and Reuben W. Shrum, all Chaplain “orps officers. | ral changes affecting assign- | ments of Chaplain Corps officers were |announced. the first of which was that of Capt. Edward A. Duff, who on Jan. v 1 will_be detached from the ! at the Marine Barracks at this station. No reltef will be effected at this sta- tion, there are no Roman Catholic chaplains stationed at Parris Island. | Duff will be relieved of his | on the New York by Lieut. Alfred de G. Vogler, who is now on | the U. S. S. Tex Comdr. T. P. Riddle, who is now en route to thi: country from Asiatic station v rope, will upon his arrival in the United States be assigned ta,the New- r‘\ort‘ R. I., naval training station for duty. The Navy Department announced last week the standing of naval ves- sels of the light cruiser class and the cruiser class in engineering perform ances for the month of October, 19 The standing of the light crulser class is as follows: Milwaukee, Con- cord, _Richmond, Cincinnati, Tren- ton, Raleigh, Marblehead, Memphis, Omaha and the Detroit. The cruiser | class “standing is as follows: Pitts- burgh, Denver, Galveston, Rochester, Cleveland, Huron and the Seattle. Massachusetts Tnstitute of Tech nology is to erect a tablet in honor of Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, its first woman student. 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