Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1926, Page 33

ARMY. oposals have been mace 1. Kenzie W. Walker, chief which would so change the pay act that it would ndplace ance for Three 1 with ulat ngth pay pe. vank. in pay-§ depend- problem the finance of- in the field solve, as th heen no d disbursing office; S to payments on _that made it s to the controller gene all for advance decision. Walker out that many » hachelor officers supported de ers Maj. Gen. Walker. inition of dependents have been in that might ade which rtion to who did not come within the | ms of the law, including rela es other than the mother, and based necessity and justice to individuals, ntitled to the allowance end no less than the cases involved the mother three proposals elieves will remedy the situn (1) To au orize the e v to decide finally as to de- his was not favored by und that he did to take authority general 2) dependent mother \ke her automatically inde as in the case of the wife. 1y and allowances on the s of dependents. tavored by ntly fair which Gen hink the o wise sHer o elim imcerned timated by Col. F. W, Cole ant chief of finance, that \ctual addition to expense for es ablishing _uniformity of Z military e hment would vear. which takes into gisallowances that have . He was very confident present expense of adminis- fer the law would offset, ap. im the additional draft on public funds, and he pointed out the advance decisions, veferred to 5 a cost of at (irman Wadsworth of the Senate committee, who took a promi ent part in framing the joint pay act frankly stated this week that f the opinion that the provi a mistake and ima- ¢t he favored a h statement there w part of the other members of ymmittee. In requesting Gen. 10 take up the subject with ary of War and obtain the mental recommendation on the accompanied by a_statement ditional cost, Senator Wadsworth there must be a change in this law sooner or later, either to do away with the distinctions in the allowances or define ‘dependent ituation long ago became in- ,, and it has now reached the stage, where something drast have to be done. Col. Coleman, who has made a detailed study of the entire Gependent allowance question, without verifying the estimate, pointed out that he thought the total additional | expense of establishing uniformity in throughout all the services H 1ld be within $1,000,000. e made - suggestion that officers should be paid for the service they render ot make the milita naval 1 .1 an fsolated example of | allowances for dependents, ohserved in no ot direction in g !‘I'nnl’_nl:l‘ compensation. The majority of ficers of all the services have had ne time or another, adverse decisions om the controller general on the payment of dependent allowances, and £ tin st has been aroused in the opening up of the question which nts to either the elimination of the distinctions in the allowances or a definition of ‘dependent mother’. Army officers were de: ated War Department this week to ite the Army team in the ) Elimination Balloon Races le Rock. Ark., to be P eam No. 1 Lieut. James Secc Lieut Eight by the at Philips Field ¥. Powell, James ¥ Langley am 1 Team First Lieut nd Second Li t Rowland de. Team No. 3 cott apt. Hawthorne C. Gray. Lieut. Dot s Johnston, No. 4—McCook Field .aurence F. Stone, pilot, R. Oatman, Air Serv- erve, aide. and ide through- tire 4 in the draft of the new line personnel bill ich has just been made public. The 1 of offic s who framed this new composed of Rear Admiral Campbell, judge advocate gen- the Navy, president of the Capt. Roy C. Smith, retired, as - and recorder, apd Cordr. J. v in the Bureau of as member. 1\ all indications, it is very ap- that no n will be taken on | hefore the adjournment which is apt to oceur by d 1t is quite certain oposition will go over to the sion of Congress meeting in Taking all these facts into on, it is safe to forecast sixty-ninth Congress will not to law this new line personnel and thdt the probabilities are will be_presented to the sev- neress which meets in De- this p < one of the most interesting s of the new line personnel pro- that relating to the selection which fixes the principal meet- of these allimportant boards in »f each r. and others as the ary of ay direct as es may It is without 1t June s the logical month the hoards, being not only the last the fiscal year and also the which the new class gradu- the naval academy, but the which the eligibility of of- selection at the end of the v service periods terminate: procedure of the boards is in accordince with existing law, except that the number of recommendations for promotion to fill prospective va- neies is fived at an average mini- tum number for each grade for each year. is minimum number to be selected for promotion is arrived at as Tollo With 7-year periods of serv- ice in the grades, and disregarding attrition. one-seventh the number in the grade would pasgs in and out of each grade each yea which is about 14 per o By reason of attrition about 16 per cent actually pass into the grade at the bottom, and about 12 per cent actually pass out of the grade at the top. By projecting the working of the law about 20 years into the future, it is found that with the existing Navy list 10 per cent of the grade is a safe minimum annual average for selection for entry to each grade. of the yvear that the 10 per cent se- lected are not enough to fill the va- wsal i nt mo ates from n feature | lowances | eld April 29. held Apri | “hould it be found at the end | cent selected should be more than sufficient to fill vacancies, the excess would accumulate, but would even- tually disappear, To prevent too great an accumulation of such excess of officers seleated for promotion, it is provided that if on June 30, after the | vacancies’are filled, the excess should be 10 per cent or more in any grade, then the number to be selected for promotion for the next year would be |only 8 per cent of the next higher grade. Another provision of the new draft which is of absorbing interest to the naval service is that pertaining to the distribution of officers in the vari- ous grades. This section increases commanders from 7 to 8 per cent, | heutenant commanders from 14 to 15 per cent, and lieutenants (junior and ensigns combined from cent to 42 per cent. The pro- lieutenants from per cent. The increase in the 2 pe ed draft dec 1, per cent to 30 reason for the slight anks of commander and lieutenant commander, it is pointed out. is t the distribution of duties is now quite different from that of 10 years ago, when the present law was enacted | The largely increased numbers of de | stroyers, submarines and auxiliaries, | it is explained, require a relative in | crease in these rank ! Promotion by selection has been ex- tended downward two grades, which |makes it possible for a better check to be made on the continuous efforts |and efficiency of these officers. This also results in greater economy than |if the same officers should be re | tained through one or two more ades only to be eliminated later at |a higher compensation rate. At the same time, however, the interests these officers have been duly | guarded, and an adequate comp | tion provided for those eliminated. | A most interesting question this week answered by the Navy De- | partment authorities who interpreted how graduates of the Naval Academy shall take rank. The case which came before the department was that of a Supply Corps officer who graduated {from the Naval Academy on March 20, 1917, and commissioned an ensign in’ the Supply Corps Ma 1917, on which date other members of his class were commissioned ensigns of | the line. The Supply Corps ensign, it seems, was assigned precedence next after the junior member commissioned | ensign in ‘the line. It is provided in section 1483, R. 8., aduates of the Naval Academy rank according to their v as shown by their order ¢ merit at the date of graduation.” An examination of this statute re- veals the fact that no distinction is Naval Academy who are commissioned in the line and those who are com- ! missioned in the Supply Corps, and | all graduates take precedence accord- | ing to their profictency on the date of | graduation. ~ The Navy Department | {held that it accordingly follows that the officer in question should have been assigned precedence with other | graduates” commissioned ensigns of the line on that date as shown by the order of merit established by the Aca- demic Board. A number of important changes tn the assignments of maval officers will shortly be ordered by the Navy De- partment. Capt. Edward C. Kalbfus, now on duty in command of the U. S. S. Trenton, will be relieved by Capt. Joseph K. Taussig, who is a member of the staff at the Naval War College The former officer will attend the next ass at that college. Orders have been to Capt. Edward S. Jackson, hing_him from command of the S. Langley, and assigning him to duty as commandant of the Lake- hurst, . naval air station. Upon the completion of their course of in- struction at the Naval War College, pt. John W. Gleenslade and Comdrs. Alexander H. Van Keuren and New- ton L. Nichols, all of the Construc- tion Corps, will be assigned to duty on the staff of this institution. Capt. Moarlyn G. Cook, on duty in the opera- tions office, Navy Department, will be assigned to duty as chief of staff to the commander of the fleet base force, relieving Capt. Alfred G. Howe, who has been assigned to the American | naval mission in Peru. Orders will also be shortly issued by the Navy Department detaching Capt. Clarence S. Kempff from command of the U. S. Seattle and assigning him to command the U. S. 8. Nevada. The officer who will relleve Capt. Jackson in command of the Langley has not | een designated by the department. | Upon the completion of his course at | the War College, Capt. Richard D, ! White will proceed to Paris, where upon arrival he will relieve Capt Thomas L. Johnson as naval attache. The latter, who will be assigned to duty afloat, will in all probability be blaced in command of a light cruiser. ‘apt. Henry G. S. Wallace, in com- | mand of the U. . Neches, will he assigned to command the U s. Procyon. He will be relieved of his Neches command by Capt. Albert. S, | Rees. Comdr. Leo Sahm, who is now en route from Asfatic station, will un dergo instruction .at the next War College class, while Comdr, Daniel T. Ghent, who is now at the War Col lege, will be assigned to the naval re iiting station at Los Angeles, Cali Comdr. Paul P, Blackbur, until r cently in command of the U. S. y has reported to the opera- ce in the Navy Department} v. Six midshipmen, upon their »wn requests, and upon their gradua- tion from ‘the Naval Academy in June, paymaster with the rank of e the Supply Corps, They are: k. T. Eskilson, Blon B. Blerer, jr.; L. W. |Cease, W. W, Honaker, O. T. Rippey and F. L. Haerlin. Why Chicks Can Walk. Tt takes a baby months to learn to walk. But watch a chicken! The minute it pops out of its shell it struts about, managing its legs with- out the least effort. This does not mean, says the Popular Science Mag- azine, that newborn chickens are more intelligent than newborn bables. It merely indicates that balancing and standing are automatic in the chicken and not in the baby. The latter has to use its brain to control 1 1ts legs. Recent experiments at the Univer- | sity of Chicago show that the chick- | en’s balancing is governed by reflex action, needing no brain at all. Grafts New Eyes on A;imnls. After several years' experiments, Guyenot of the University of has sugceeded 'in creating sight in animals, according to tPe Popular Science Magazine, He hopes soon to extend his work to human beings. In his experiments | Guyenot chose tritons as his subjects, { He cut their optic nerves and ex- tracted their eyes, Then, after:a certain period, he grafted new eyes in the orbits of the original ones. In 84 cases he has worked on during the past 11 months, only three have been complete successes, but these three prove conclusively, he claims, that he is on the right track. a0 Mexico Oldest City. The oldest city in the New World is Mexico City, which antedates St. ugustine by more than two cen- | turies. Mexico City dates from about 1326 A.D., when the Aztecs, looking Col. E. J. Willlams, Infantry, execu- tive officer, office of the chlef of the Militia Bureau, who has been serving in this capacity for near four years, will be relieved from these duties tomorrow by Col. John ¥ Gulick, A. €., whose igument to the Militia Bureau was announced in this column twe weeks ago. Col. Willlams has beey detailed as instruo tor of the National Guard and has {been assigned 1o the 30th Division with headquaraers at Atlanta, G Col. Williams has {been one of the ms. [t popular ex- ecutive officers which the Militia Bureau has had, having served under Maj. Gen. George C. Rickards, the first National Guard officer to become chief of the bureau, now in civil life, and Maj. Gen. Creed C. Hammond, the present chief of the bureau, both of whom have lauded his tireless energy and devotion to duty. As an evidence of his popularity in National Guard circles, the governors of Ten- nessee, North Carolina, South Caro- {lina a Georgla have recommended Col. Williams to be commanding gen- eral with the rank of major general. He will be the first active Regular Army officer who has ever been com- missioned as u major general com- manding a National Guard division. ° was awarded the distinguished ce medal, Is on the initial gen- 1 staff corps eligible list and served tWo terms on the general staff. Col. Williams is a graduate of the Army War College, classes of 1912 and 1920, the 1910 class of the Army Staff Col- lege and a distinguished graduate of the Army School of the Line. His Al service was chief of staff of the 36th Division during the war. Col. E Orders were issued this week to the officers of the 320th Infantry, Col. G. B. Young, commanding, a_lo- cal reserve regiment, which affect their assignment within the regiment. Lieut. Col. John Scott, Infantry, senlor executive officer of the Organized Re serves in Washington, i3 executive of- ficer of the regiment. They are as fol- lows: First Lieuts. Charles (. Mc- Pherson, assigned to howitzer com- pany, reporting to Capt. Ralph W. Al- derman for instructions; George J. Hill. assigned to headquarters, 1st Battalion, reporting to Maj. James B, Jones; Robert L. Clear, transferred from Company F to Company G, re- porting to Capt. Waldo Burnside; James Greene, assigned to Com: pany F, reporting to Capt. Nelson Bennett: Edward J. Euker, transferred from headquarters, 2d Battallon, to Company H, reporting to Capt. George L. Rooney; Frank H. Holland, assign- ed to headquarters, 2d talion, re- | porting to Maj. Albert L. Barrow Lawrenc Gross, assigned to Com- pany M, reporting to Capt. Grover E. Moore, and Paul D. Doherty, assigned to headquarters, 3d Battalion, report- ing to Col. William H. England. Sec- ond Lieuts. Thomas D, Riordan, as- signed to Company A, reporting to Capt. Claude Burlingame, and John R. Brosnan, transferred from howitzer company to headquarters, 320th Infan- try, reporting to Col. Glendle B. Young. The following chang ments of reserve officers residing in Washington were announced this week at Organized Reserve headquar- ters: Second Lieut. Willlam J, Tur- ner, jr., Cavalry Reserve, is attached to the 306th Cavalry for instruction and training; Lieut. Col. Raymond Benedict, Engineer Reserve, having moved to the 4th Corps Area, is re. Heved from attachment to the 343d Engineer General Service Regiment, 13th Corps; Second Lieut. Constanf Scuthworth, Coast Artillery Reserve, is relieved from assignment to the 3d Coast Artillery district; Second Lieut. Foster V. Tompkins, Air Service Re. serve, 'is assigned to 409th Attack Squadron, 4th Army; Second Lieut. Walter H. E. Jaeger, Coast Artillery Reserve, is attached to the 3d Coast Artlllery district; Capt. Angus I. Ward, Engineer Reserve, is relieved from assignment to the 3434 Engi- neer General Service Regiment, 13th Corps; First Lieut. -George W. Cres- well, Medical Reserve, assigned to the 80th Division, and Capt. Peake Vineil, Engineer Reserve, is assigned to 343d Engineer General Service Regiment, 13th Corps. S in the assign- e | The following men, residing in | Washington and vicinls filed at re- serve headquarters this week their applications to attend the 1 izens’ military training camps: Kenneth A. (Red infantry), 1812 Ingleside Watson H. Monroe (White rtillery), 1819 G street: Sanford . Ross (White infantry), 1323 Colum- bia road; Henry G. een (Blue fleld artillery), 2022 Columbia road; Douglas . Brinkle; 100 C street southeast; C. Cheseldine, 2818 Thirteenth Simon Elchberg, 1474 Colum- James E. Gorrie, 610 Ellfott street northeast: Roy C. Hall, 1817 Kenyon street; Frank B, Haskell, Blue Plains, Washington, D. C.; Vincent A. Howard, 912 Shepherd street; Walter C. Myers, 5602 Thirty-ninth street; Thomas G. Ryan, jr., 805 L_street: Henry K. Sweeney, 1007 Monroe street; Charles M. Whelan, 302 Seaton place northeast. Three boards of officers have been the grade of lieutenant colonel and 1 colonel only. It is estimated th & men residing will attend of ordnance, is detailed as an nddi- tional member of the board for the ex- amination of candidates for appoint- ment and of reserve officers for cer- tificate of capacity for promotion to Summer. the service which camps will be held the six cit training camps which will he held this The camps, the br will thereat and the dates on which the are Fort Monmouth, N. J., advanced Phillip Levy & Co. 735 Seventh Street N.W. Phillip Levy & Co. If Youre Looking Jor VALY 1T'S HER Corps, August Camp Meade,. Md., basic advanced Field Artiller: August 6; Fort Eustls, July 8-August 6; about the 3d Va. 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The Quartegmaster Corps board will meet for the examination of such persons as may be authorized to appear be- fore the board not only to determine their fitness for appointment in the Officers’ Reserve Corps, but for the practical test of such ‘reserve officers as may be authorized'to appear before the board to determine their fitness for a certificate of capacity. The Regular Army personnel of this board, all of whom are on duty in the office of the quartermaster general, are as follows: Col. William Elliott, Lieut. Col. Charles L. Willard and Majs. Douglas C. Cordiner and Laurence W, Reding- ton. The local Quartermaster Reserve officers who have been appointed to serve on this board are Cols. Edgar E. Davis, Donald H. Sawyer, Eugene H. Abadie; Lieuts Cols. George Wi, Henry T. Stancliff, Malbon G. Richard. l son, Robert E. Longstreet, Ray B. Rol- linson and Joe S, Platt. . The third board pertains to the ordnance reservists and Is appointed to meet for the examination of such persons as may appear before it to de- termine their fitness for appointment in the Officers’ Reserve Corps, and also for the practical test of the local. ordnance reservists for ‘g certificate of capacity. Lieut. Col. Isaac Well, Ordnance Reserve, is president of this board, the remaining three officers composing the board being regular ordnance officers, all three of whom neies in any grade, the deficiency | for a favorable site, saw perched on a |are on duty in the War Department. is made up by the selection of ad- cactus an eagle devouring a snake. They are Majs. Burton O. Lewis, Wal- ditional officers for promotion before The omen was interpreted to mean |lace L. Clay and Herbert O'Leary. the next 10 per vent are added. gome exceptional years the 10 per ’ citys If in that this was 1o be the site of their | Brig. Gen. John W. 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