Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1926, Page 41

‘. given A to17. shment after the war. He reported for his mew dutles last week, and now is swaiting Federal recognition Militla Bureau of the War report . dent of the Officers’ Examining Board, for_examination. 3 ' Capt. Lane is one of the most plar officers of the guard, and ded the largest organizat ngineer regiment, which he built up to It is known that his loss will be keenly felt by the Engineer. regiment, #ocording to his fellow officers. He is engineer and has been deeply interested in these line duties. He also 15 a lawyer by profession. The officlals have been looking over the fleld for some months, when it was Tealized that a judge advocate was umeeded at the headquarters to handle the many legal problems which are onstantly coming up. \ " This transfer of Capt. Lane from e Enigineer regiment, made a total of two vacancies in the command. When these are filled there will be two more vacancies in the grade of second) RNeutenants. The other vacancy was com- made by the resignation from the |2 regiment of Capt. Roy W. Keesee, gommanding Company A. g o Lieut George W. Johns is second in pommand of Compeny F, and while he bas assumed command of the unit, it is expected that he will be promoted to captain and left in command of m\.hig unit, where he also is very pop- The two vacancies which will be reated in the grade of second lieuten- ant are expected to go to First Sergt. Samuel W. Marsh, Company A, 121st Engineers, and Staff Sergt. Joseph ¥. Fitzgerald, Headquarters and Ser- vice Company, 121st Engineers, who jow stand at the top of the eligibility st recently created by preliminary #xaminations. Capt. Clarence S. Shields, command- Ing Company E, 121st Engineers, has yeturned to duty after a 30-day leave ot absence. . The guard has been notified by the Militia Bureau of an allotment of $1,350 for expenses in connection with the four-day school of instruction, to be held this month at Fort Hu hreys Va., preliminary to the train- of the main body of troops there. Corp. Guy T. Bolton, 29th Military Police Company, has been honorably discharged from the guard on account ©of. business interference. _Cempany A, 372d Infantry, the col- ored contingent, has submitted to headquarters ‘a design for its distin- guishing shield. It is a red hand on a white circular field. The field is < rounded by a blue circle, the whole outlined in a circle of gol. Capt. New: ding this unit, has been informed by headquarters that before forwarding the shield to the ‘War Department there should be pre- a complete history of all units rated in the 1st Separate Bat. tali he old designation of this unit, which is to include specific references to all orders, for verification purposes. He will be co-operated with in the paration of this data by officers at g:bde headquarters. The War Department has been in- formed that the active _enrolled strength of the local guard as of June 30 last was 57 commissioned officers, 1 warrant officer and 696 enlisted men. The administrative ~staff of the Jocal guard has been ordered to par- ticipatd with the Engineers in -the four-day school of Instruction to be at. Fort Humphreys, Va., July Capt. Raymond Peak, command- ing the 29th Military Police Company, announced the following assignments of corporals to squads: Corpl. Ashton Thomas P. Hudson, squad, and Acting Corpl. Lewis A. Dent, jr., to the fifth squad. The 29th Military 'Eoneo (}omke :‘fmr’ will hold a get-together smol o1 the new members of the unit at the new . armory, North Capitol and D streets, Wednesday evening. There be an entertainment, to be fol- with refreshments. Capt. Peak inced that the company is now to full strength, with 2 officers and enlisted men, 75 per cent of whom expects to take to camp at Vir- nia Beach, Va. Sergt. John' W. has been detailed as mess ser- nt for the annual encampment at irginia’ Beach. He will have assist- him Privates Paul Di Marzo and A. Nelligan, - Private Charles. B. Hughes, Com- y C, 121st Engineers, has been ered honorably discharged from e organization because of his re- oval from the District of Columbia. The Militia Bureau has advised the jef of infantry of the War Depart- ent that there will be sufficient nds available to send approximate- the following number of National en to the Infantry School during e school year 1926-27; 20 officers fleld grade to the six weeks' field jcers’ course, 100 officers of com- pany grade to the three month dompany, officers’ course and 60 non- mmissioned . officers to the four onths’ communication course. - All rses can be conducted by the In- try School for the number of stu- nts desired. % The following dates for registering, dpening and closing have been an- unced: Field officers—Re; on e, January 3, 1927; opening date, uary 5, 1927, and closing date, ruary 12, 1927. Compary officers— ration date, February 26, 1927; date, February 28, 1927; clos- date, May, 28, 1927. Non-com- ed officers’ communication Registration date, February 1927; opening date, February 3, 27, and closing date, May 25, 1927, Delays have been met with by the Guard in li!lovln from its old arters, at 472 stre ding at North Capitol and D ts. It was expected that the would be settled before the EA of last week, but now, accordl of p %n.rd Infantry oficers and enlisted ng ffcers, it will be the middle of e mwfon the move is com. uoted‘;d headquarters ofltc:: 'alé = i will be the last to maf! bmm'.dm these mov ‘With the purchase of the land be- tween the Capitol grounds and the Union Station Plaza for park pur- , speculation already is growing Guard circles as to how I the will be ‘allowed to. in present buflding. It 1s believed w that it will not be many more * months before this property will be + gleared and the grounds improved for 'k purposes, when, of course, & site will have to’ be found for Guard armory. At any rate, it was only is entirely u for which Me- property would be a fine ) She suspe; ’ Ot Dourae 1o bunt: ke , but that it by turning tion of the| Was its present state of efficlency, and | der the jurisdiction of the .Agricul- ture Department. It is believed that Guard officlals would welcome such a project, if the building ‘were ‘turned over in its en- tirety, as it is centrally located and easy of access by var and bus- lines from all parts of the city. With'the proposed improvement south. of ‘the Avenue it would ‘become an ideal lo- cation and something the Guard could be proud of, and end'a long fight for a permapent armory, bringing . to end the constant moving which has . faced the = organiza- tion for years. Those interested in the general improvement scheme south of the Avenue say that they would be inclined to favor such a proj- ect; as they realize that it will be no place for a public market when. the boulevard right through it is com- pleted. B . ‘While the funds allowed the Na- tional Guard by Congress will not permit of - the organization of addi- tional units, it was pointed out that with a reasonable exerciso of care no difficulty is anticipated by the Militia Bureau in living within the appro- priations. While some dissatistac. tion has been manifested with the re- cently enunciated policy to. compute the pay of United States property and disbursing officers for the entire fiscal year on the basis of the aggre- gate strengths of the National Guards attained by their respective States on June $0 of the preceding fiscal year, regardless of the fluctuations in strength bsequent to that date, it is obvious, it was added, that this method offers the only feasible solu- tion of the problem. The bureau . points out that calls for funds to cover miscellaneous maintenance expenses falling under the subappropriation of general ex- penses have recently exceeded all ex- pectations. The ‘ bureau has been flooded with requests. for funds for the repair of uniform clothing and shoes, for the procurement of gaso- line, oil and grease for armory train- ing and for the purchase of spare parts for the repair of motor ve- hicles. This unprecedented demand for funds of this nature has made it necessary to curtail expenditures for gasoline, oil and grease and to divert: this money to the repair of clothing and shoes, to the procure- ment of spare parts for motor equip- ment and to the rental of -additional target ranges. It also was pointed out, by way of warning, that the 1927 budget is not as liberal with gen- eral expense as was that for the cur- rent year.. It also has been necessary to ma- terially restrict visits of instruction 4 Miss are spending by the Navy Department that a max- m:'lm o§ sofl ;:; enrolled in each insti- tution the year. Future enrofiments will be based from year to year on the strength of the classes remaining the year. oy The course of instruction' as plan- ned by the Bureau of Navigation, will be elective and limited to students who are American citizens, who are not (less than 14 years of age, and whose condition fndicates that they are mentally and physically qualified to perform future military duty. The naval subjects covered will be credited toward the university degree. Students enrolled will be furnished with an initial uniform equipment, pattetned aftér those issued to mid- shipmen at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolls. Equipment for the course will be supplied by the Navy Department to institutions students without cost. The . four years' course in mnaval science and tactics will be divided into two parts, the basic and the ad- vanced. The basic course will con- sist of the first two years' instruc- tion in seamanship, navigation and ordnance, and will be available only to members of the freshman and sophomore classes. A minimum of three hours' instruction and training ner week in these subjects will be re- quired. The advanced course, with a minimum of five hours per week, will of Regular Army personnel on duty |pe with the National Guard to a mini- mum consistent with proper instruc- tional supervision because the limited funds available for reimburse- ment of traveling expenses during the current fiscal year, and such™ travel must be further restricted during the fiscal year 1927 to stay within the amount carried in that budget. ‘There are sufficient funds on hand to cover the transportation of equipment and supplies and expenses of sergeant in- structors during the - current ensuing fiscal years. ‘The gradual depletion of war stocks has been responsible for a continued rise in the cost of providing the Na- tional Guard with necessary arms, equipment and ammunition. Due principally to the number of items of this category now requiring reim- bursement that have heretofore been issued without charge to the Militia Bureau, to the ever-approaching ne- cessity of procuring - replacement airplanes for existing Air Service squadrons at an approximate cost.of. $3,900 per plane, exclusive of. en- gines, it has been determined that the cost ,of providing supplies and the ::eeomry Nphcem;n!s {or unu‘:;{l- iceable clothing and equipment have almost doubled by the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Reserve. Preparations are being made by the local Naval Reserve for the ‘second cruise of the ‘year aboard the U, 8. Destroyer Allen, assigned here as training ship. The vessel now is out on its first cruise operating with the scouting fleet off Newport, R. I. It now has the first division of the local unit, and the second division will be the next to go out. The Allen will lay gver here a week when it returns, be- fore starting on the second voyage. Establishment | of ' naval training. units at Harvard, Yale, Georgila Insti- tute of Technology, Northwestern Uni- versity, University jof California and the University of Washington has rized by the Navy ‘been autho: ment as a means of increasing the greatly depleted officer personnel of | o+ the Naval Reserve. A four-year course in naval science and tactics will be- come effective at the opening of these colleges in the Fall, it was announced. Graduates from thesé units wil be comy ensigns in the Volun- teer Naval Reserve. The six .units installed hy the Navy folléws the author- ization of a naval R.O.T.C. by Con- gress, March 4, 1925, and appropri- ations made avaflabl to naval courses in the reg- ular elective courses of leges. i 5 The act under which the Naval R. O. T. C. was established limited the total student enrollment to 1,200, or a zumo{m students to each of X colleges which have applied for the installation of a department of naval scignce and tactics. . The - lations for- the R. O. T. C. an initial im enrollment of 5 male students. It is desired, o for July 1, 1926, | Xoen college course,, Students elected to the advanced course will be pald commutation '0f MRS. WILLIAM DOUGLE LEETCH, e aatho of the Diggler o Mre of . flusumlncievyauu.ud. f and|C. Huhn, late Gov. Nelson we July education secretary, will 12 to represent the Washington as- comlunlxls - X . Mrs, Leetch and little | Miss Jane A meeting of Richard J. Harden Camp, No. 2, was held July 1 at Pythian Temple. Applications for membership were received from Fran- tls A: Torrens, United States Marine Corps, and Harry Newton, United States Navy. Harry Newton and Charles W. Davis, elected at a pre- ‘vious meeting, were mustered in. ‘The following delegates to represent the camp at the national convention, to be held in Des Moines, Iowa, Au- st 16 to 18, were elected: John A. alhcher, Thomas A. Hudlow, Jacob ‘Orken, Dr. Albert W. Evans, Daniel Foley, Willlam E. O'Neill and Charles Platz. Bernard R. Lee, John J. John Hamburg and J. T. ooney. Semi-annual reports were given by Adjutant Leslie and Quartermaster Hudlow. : ’ Richard J. Harden Camp will hold an excursion to Marshall Hall July 17, being Santiago day, to which all camps and auxilaries of the Depart- ment of the District of Columbia are invited. Sports, to which girls up to 16 years are el be held, for which awarded to the winners. J. E. Wilson is chairman of the excursion commit- tee. i Past Department Commander Ar- thur M. League, accompanied by sev- eral officers went rations at the same rate as:the Army | R. 0. T. C, but not to. exceed ap- proximately $15 per month during their junior and senior years. Physi- | gng cal trainingwill be required of all students, except during the. periods and | when they are_ actually engaged in an officlally recognized branch of organized athletics. . - Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps camps or cruises will be held during the Summer, annually, and students - enrolled in any of the courses in naval sclence and -tactics may apply for admisgion to them, Attendance at one advanced camp or cruise is compulsory for all students in. the .advanced course. It is an- ticlpated by the Navy Department that annual cruises will besof 15 days’ duration. . Naval officers selected by the Navy Department to instruct units are as follows: t. A, H. Rice, U, 8. N., recently in command . of Des e Division 30, Battle Fleet; Lieut. Comdr. L. 8. Stewart, attached to U, 8. 8. na, Yale—Capt. F. D. Berrien, who has just compléted .a course of instrue: has necessitated his rémaining. in the hospital. ; The lawn fete given Col. James 8. Pettit Auxiliary, Nos 6, July 2 was R e counct o A o - istration of the De of the District of Columbia, A. U. 8. W. V., was held July 9 at'the soldiers and sadl temporary home, 921: Penn- avenue southeast. This is first meeting held since the elec- it President, Edna R. —_— Capt. David L. Hooper, Chemical ‘Warfare has been transferred to the Corps of E: leers and as- to duty at Humphreys, tion-at the Army War Col ; Lieut. | Vi ‘Comdr. Lud . 8. N., who has the Naval War College. Georgia Institute of Technology— Comdr. John J. London, U. 8. N., commanding Destroyer Division 40, Scouting Fleet; Lieut, Comdr. Ham~ ilton Harlow, U. 8. N., under instruc- tion at the Naval War College. University of = C. W. Nimitz, aide on staff of com- mander-in-chief, United States Fleet; Lieut. Comdr, Ertiest .- Gunther, com! 1 University of fl%’ ington—~Comadr. James P. Omn. . N., command- ing USS B Comdr. L, ‘Barr, U. 8. N, attached to| U, 8."8: Oklahoma. Northwestern Universi Stephen B. McKinney, U. 8. N. ecutive officer, U. 8. S. Huron; Lieut. Comdr. Mark L. Hersey, jr, com- manding U. 8. 8. Coghlan. Firem¢n Build Own: Truck. ,At Wakefield, Mass.,” when fires were few and far between, the fire. busied ‘themselves. : SEND 10c FOR TRIAL BOTTLE % To Jook old is to feel old. ' Streaky, mot- - EREt s ‘Women have a keener sense .of smell than men, according to some logists. / = DONT GROW Em?_ 1 | Nellie S. Miss . Gist of the. business office is spending a month in New York city at Asbury Park. H Alternates elected are Francis|and -direct her sister in Kalamazoo, Mich., leav- 4ng the middle of the month. A meeting of the executive com- mittee will be held Monday, July 12, :::80 a.m., :.’t 614 B street north which time the president, Mrs. Thomas Edwin Brown will preside. PAINLEVE FAILS TO STAND | cam AND NEARLY GETS STRUCK Oblivious to Playing of “Marseil- 1nise,” Former Premier Is Object of Indignant Attack. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 10.—Former Premier Painleve, minister of Briand in | phases of work and Reductions GIRL SCOUTS Camp * Bradley, the Girl Scout camp at Magnolia, Md., opened July 10 with an enrollment of 61 girls from Washington and an equal num- ber from Baltimore. The camp is located on the Gunpowder River. ‘The Scouts sleep in tents and work and play in the open. The ¢amp is conducted by the Baitimore and Dis- trict of Columbia councils. ~ Miss W. G. Day is director of the camp and she is assisted by a staff of counse! lors. The counsellors from Wash- ingtop are Katherine Lacy, Eliza- beth 'Grifiith, Grace Muirhead, Bar- bara Staples, Elizabeth Fries, Hes- ter Baden, Miss Dorothy Greene is chairman of the Washington camp committee and has been instrumental west, | in obtaining . the Washington per- sonnel of the camp, as well as Miss Day, the director. The camp-is run on the .patrol system, the Scouts managing the p through the court of honor. It is divided into two groups, known as the senlor and junior encamp- ments.- * ; A trained dietitian plans all meals and sees that the food is properly cooked and served. A graduate nurse | nessy, is in attendance, ‘and medical ald :'snbeucundtmhtboponnuv ime. An examiner from the Red Cross life-saving corps is in charge of swimming and is assisted by adai- tional instructors. Among the many play in which ‘_,4 \ | | I Shop of Quality the girls will take part are folk dancing, nature lore, handicrafts, swimming, boating, athletics, sing- ing, ;;:oneor and woodcraft, first aid and home nursing, and Scout in- struction of all kinds. The followinig is the list of Wash- ington girls who are in camp for the first two weeks: Jane Allmond, Bar- bara Brown, Laura Brundage, Betty Cameron, Jean Cameron, Clark, Helen and Jane s bara Dasl , Joan Daskum, Laurel and Sylvia De Merritt, Shirley Den- ton, Frances Douglas, Virginia Enge land, Margaret Floyd, Mary Fergus, Marion Foster, Anna Beth Garrett, Susan D. Griesmer, Nell Griffith, Nancy Griswold, Virginia May Grove, Barbara Haywood, Annie Blair and Jane E. Hill, Kathryn Howard, Cla- rissa Howe, Elizabeth Kahler, Julia ‘pay strict attention to the motl sent out in regard to the physical Each has n, day to be examined, and go for examination un notified to do so. The Girl . Scout - organization for a private girls’ camp. % s Ruth Hunt, a member of Troop 26, of which Miss Margaret Tuckey is In. Ruth is one of the Scouts ‘whol were invested as a first-class Scout at the recent court of awards, having earned the necessary require. ments for that badge, as well as ow- ering a good part of her sleeve with - many other Ladges. Ruth is 16 years old, and has been @& Girl Scout for four years. The camp where Ruth . . The directors of the camp are Miss Ellen S. Stan and Miss Dor- othy Stead. S A rummage sale is being conducted by Troop 34, of which Miss Vers Lawrence is captain. The girls are making an effort to raise money to send seven of its members to camp. The following mothers have aided by : helping the girls with sales during the past week: Mrs. Leah Fugitt, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. George Torney and Mrs. Andrew Montgomery. The Scouts who are assisting are Gertrude. Roberts, Mary Brashears, Josephine Rankin, Ruth Lott, Gertrude Tew, Anna Fugitt, Evelyn Montgomery, Margaret Torney, Mabelle Hering, Blanche Woolridge, Jacqueline Kelly aud Anna Lee. QUEEN MARIE DRIVES NATION'S FIRST ENGINE Takes Throttle at Christening. Makes 50 Miles Per With King a Passenger. By the Associated Press. RESITA, Rumania, July 10.—~The versatile Queen Marie of Rumania has surprised her subjects with a display of mechanical skill by driv- ing a locomotive at 50 miles an hour. The engine, the first ever built in Rumania, was the product of ,the great metallurgical works at Resita, in the Banat region, formerly belong- ing to the Austrians. Queen Marle christened the loco- motive and then, garbed in a blue duster, leather gloves and high boots, ' climbed into the cab and seized the throttle. Her majesty drove the huge machine about three miles, with the chief engineer of the Resita plant at her side. The King and prime min- ister, Gen, Averescu, also were in the cab. Thousands of peasants flocked to the railroad tracks to watch the royal steam engine whiz by. Afterward the Queen declared that “driving & locomotive is far more ex- citing and harder work than merely steering an’automobile.” por s | ITALY AGREES TO ADHERE TO TREATY ON TANGIER By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 10.—In consequence of an exchange of views between the British and Itallan governments, it is stated in authoritative quarters, the Italian government has agreed to ad- here to the Tangier pact, provided Italy is granted certain concesslons with regard to the local administra- tion. 2 2 Before this can be definitely settled, h rsations Rodier, Margaret Rupli, Ruth Schreider, Ruth Shaugh- -Bertha Shure, Jane B. ner, Jane - Weightman, - Leora Barbara. - Wi , Arra Woods, Betty Rodier, Josephine Ross, Helena Herrera and Maria Gavivia. - The Girl Scout office, at 1750 New York avenue, juests that the girls w{r G CLQSED SATURDAYS DURING JULY AND’ AUGUST & [ Mayer Bros. & Co. 937-939 F St. NW. take place among .the British, and Spanish governments. Tangiet 18 governed as a_neutral Zone ' 'by " répreséntatives of Great Britaln, France and Spain, under an afi«ment signed December 18, 1923. convention, which forbids the con- struction of fortifications of any sort within the zone, came into force on December 1, 1924. 7=\ A WONDERFUL JULY CLEARANCE o $15 w $25 FROCKS = ‘when' you seash WITH CHOICE OF MANY MODELS AT sbmmfin TIME is here, and so is the greatest sale year. . frocks, - ONCE-A-YEAR SALE OF