Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1927, Page 11

AT § BRET PROVTON NOW N PROSPEY House Approves Porter Bill; Conference Report—6 Of- | ficers Will Benefit. ‘With the approval vesterday of the | confere rovidi in retired officers, the House of the ce report the Porter bil motion of on | g for the pro- | way has been cleared for the promo- | tion to the rank of brigudier of Col. Lloyd M. Brett. now as adjut: nt general the National Guard, and f o ve an officers. With Coi. Brett, Col. William J. icholson Col. W. William D. Beach. (o1 and Col. moted. This measure has been before the general B. Biown, ol | r Dugan | W. D. Wilder will be pro-| | last three Congresses. and the confer- | ence report approved Thursday by the | the House Senate and yesterday by reverts to the original Porter bill. Dur- ing the pendency of this legislation attempts were made both in the House military affairs committee and in the Senate” military load it down with other promotions. Col. Brett had previously served a fve-vear term as adjutant of the Dis- trict National Guard. He served as a brigadier general throughout the World War, commanding the 160th Brigade of the 80th Division. He also served during mo an 40 vears of military career against, the Indians and in the Spanish-American War and was decorated for bravery. He was promoted to the coloneley in August, 1814, and was retired February 22, 1920, but was called back into active He is now in his seventy-second upported by Officials. The bill carried the hearty support ©f all the high officials of the War De- partment. At a hearing five years ago the then Secretary of War, John W. Weeks, stated “both Col. Brett and Col. Nicholson have very creditable records as brigade commanders of combat troeps in action.” In testifying at hearings Gen. Per- shing stated “the services of Col. Brett, U. 8. A., retired, have been of very high order. His efficiency throughout has always been above the average. During the World War he served with great ability, and before his retirement I recommended that he be promoted to the grade of brigadier general, but the law made this impos- «ible. 1 hope to see him receive this well merited advance.” During 161; vears of service, in which he participated in many indian campaigns and skirmishes, Col. Brett recefved the Congressional Medal of Honor and specific commendation from the department commander, Gen. Nelson A. Miles. In Santiage Campaign. He participated in the Santi campaign and was made prev: mershal general of that Army and had the distinction of being selected by the commanderin-chief to com- mand the 100 picked men of the Amer- fcan Army to receive the surrender of Gen. Toral and his army and later the City of Santlago de Cuba. He was recommended for the brevet ©f major for gallantry in action in that campaign. He then went into the Philippine insurrection and partici- pated in skirmishes. It was following this that he gerved for five years with the District National Guard. He was also for six years superin- “m}:m of the Yellowstone National During the hearings testimony re. affalrs committee to | Upper, left to right: Col. Lioyd M. Brett and Col. W. E. Wilder. Lowe T. B. Dugan. i |garding Col. Brett's efficiency was | | put into the record from Gen. Hunter | Liggett, commanding the Ist Army:| |Gen. Willlam M. Wright, commanding | | the 1st Corps, and Gen E. Sturgis, | | commanding 'the 80th and | {from Maj. Gen. Ctonkhite, who had | previously commanded the §th Divi | sion. vision Gallantry in Action. i Brett was awarded the Congres- sional Medal of Honor, the citation. | reading, “for most distinguished gal- | |lantry in action against hostile Sioux | { Indians near O'Fallons Creek, Mont., pril 1, 1880, by fearless exposure and dashing bravery, cutting off the | Indian pony herd and greatly crippling ithe hostiles while second lieutenant of | the 2d Cavalry." | Among the foreign decorations he received are: Officer of the Legion of | { Honor, Croix de Guerre with palm, | from France, with a citation which recites that he “made his brigade a | choice unit through which he broke | the stubborn resistance of the enemy in October and November, 1918."” Col. Nicholson served from 1876, Col. Brett graduated in 1879 and Col. Dugan in 1881. All of the men covered by the legisiation passed vesterday iha‘;'» had unusually distinguished rec- | ords. | | col 305 OFFICERS DROP OUT. 6, 168 | | During the calendar vear 19 lofficers resigned from the Army, 56 were placed on the retired | list, 54 died, 14 were discharged, 11, | were dismissed and 2 were dropped, | | making the total loss of 305, which was more than offset, however, by the appointment of 333 new officers. Resignations numbered 49 in the Infantry, 23 in the Air Corps, 21 in the Fleld Artillery, 17 in the Medical Corps, 16 in the Coast Artillery, 12 in the Corps of Engineers, 11 in the Cavairy and the balance from other branches. There were no resignations in the Adjutant General's Department, the Chemical Warfare Service, the Veterinary Corps and the Chaplains’ Corps. | The commissioned strength of the Army December 31 was 11,814 officers, of which number 3,170 were graduated from the Military Academy, 906 were appointed from the ranks, 3,755 from civil life, 359 from volunteer organiza- tions, and 3,624 were former emer- gency officers. SCHICK REPEATING RAZORS “ALL YOU DO IS SHAVE” Works back the This new Regular | is THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. ORATORGIAL FIGHT FINE RECORDS WIN PROMOTIONS HARRIE 5 EWINC. PHOTOS | BRIAND SEES SAFETY IN PEACE-PACT POLICY Pictures Germany as No Longer Menace to France When Agreements Are Made. By the Associated Prese. PARIS, February 26.—Foreign Min- er Briand's idea of peace Hes n| only in the elimination of friction be- {ween the nations, but in the binding together of countries by political and economic accords, In a half-page interview with Le Petit Parisien, justifying his policy of conciliatory attifude toward th: rmans, he said that the treaty o! Versailles, which Germany had suf fered as an instrument of hate, h&s become a voluntary agreement under the Locarno pact. | right to cont ¥ 10 BE SPIRITED Boys’ Enroliment in Star: Area Lead Girls f8r Na-. tional Contest. | Boys are leading the girls at pres. ’ | ent in participation in the fourth na- tional oratorical contest, so far as the private and parochiui district in The Star’s area is concerned In_the number of schools enroiled the boys are but one ahead of the girls, with Sidwell's Friends School which is co-educational, balancing be tween the two types of institutfons, $20,000,000 Development By the Associated Preas February tric 26 BIG HYDROELECTRIC PLANE IS PLANNED will Have Largest Dam in U. S. and Rival Muscle Shoals. i g development . 10 miles west of Co. on win Distriet champlonship. Blanchard and Frederick Gutheim. Group of students at Devitt Preparatory School, who will participate in elimination contests and hope | Left td right: Harvey Edmonston, Kay Nettles, Harlan Johnson, Jack Healy, Jack | lake having twice the surf: < been undertaken by & Electric Corporation, n inl expenditure of $20.00, than 50,000 acres of land will be utilized in developing an an | nual output of more than 3 kilowatt hours. The profec | pany officials say, eventually will rival Muscle Shoals | A proposed dam fs expected to he | the largest in the country, creating a Lake George in New York State. — | “The corporation will control the But the enthusiastic and business-like | manner in which students in the boys' | «chools are enlisting in this year's | ‘ompetition and the increased num- r of enrollments from their ranks over previous years presage a‘ lively battle-in store for the fair opponents who will meet them early in April in the forensic competition which will determine the champfon of the pri-| vate and parochial schools district. | Valuable Prizes Offered. | The winner of that event will re-| celve a district prize of $100 and the |a K Star championship, S with it $200 in cash and an award of a three-month tour of Summer, with all expen well as' a place in the finals. Though -the gir riends, *ros: v, | maculate Concepti Notre Dame Mnl‘i Immaculata Semina re engaged at|? this time polishing up and ng orations on which they | placing high hopes of victo boys are adopting still more aggres- | sive tactics. In the Devitt Prepara. tory School, for instance, where par- |th lar attention is given to public |N speaking _instruction in the upper classes, the National Oratorical Con-|W | test is this year counted of major im | portance both in the matter of class training and as a test of inter schol astic strength. Likewlse the Y. M. . | School for Boys, the tute, Gonzaga High School, St il High School (which last year produced the District champion, Joseph Halti- n) and St. John's High School are priming for an oratorical struggle with {rivals whom they meet oftener in athletic combats than on public speak- ing platforms. Boys’ Schools Determined. 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