Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1927, Page 68

ARMY. With the announcement by the War Department that the various promo- tion board reports would be available for inspection, great interest was evinced in_the report of the board | convened by en. Mason M. | Patrick, chie Air Corps. It must | be remembered that the promotion | situation in that corps, where the ma- ority of the officers are of the junior | grades and where it was but natural | that dissatisfaction would e such conditions, was really the pri-| m reason for this comprehensive | study of the promotion problem. In | pointing out that the Air Corps is| urgently in need of promotion lesi Jation which would provide a corps of active flying personnel and a proper ibution ugh the various grades of its officers which would in sure efficient control and administra- | tion of the corps, the Air Corps hoard | recommended that in 1932 the proper | distribution of officers in that corps | should be 48 colonel lieutenant colonels, 234 majors, 508 captains, 534 first lieutenants second lien tenants. The distribution of officers in 1932 under the Wadsworth pro- | posal would be about 15 colone lieutenant colonels, 91 major captains and 889 first and second | lieutenants, Probably the most outstanding fea ture of the Air Corps conclusion reached hy the creation of a separ list for the Air Corps and n ry. with all officers ar-| ranged thereon, according to their present position on the promotion list | of the Army, and that they be pro-| moted to first lieutenant 3 years service, to captain after 4 ice, to major after 12 yea to lieutenant colonel after service and to colonel after service. A system of retirement for Corps officers to the effect that completion of 30 ye; serv they | shall be retired with 75 per cent of | their active duty pay and allowances and all the time they were on duty of active flying by competent author ity shall be counted as double time, was recommended, as was also the | establi n_eligible list of 10 | Air O colonels of outstandir ability, from which the detail of gen- eral offi in t orps would he made, with the proviso that any offi cer of the Air Corps attaining the age of 54 whose name is not included in this list or who is not serving in the grade of general officer shall be re. tired from active duty. The board further recommended that the retir ment age of officers on the list shali be 58 yvears, and the board also went on record that no Air Corps officer serving in the grade of general offi- ‘cer by detail shall be permitted to succeed himself, Air | upon | With the special significance being attached in certain quarters to the inclusion of three posts in particular in the itinerary of Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff, who will inspect a number of Army posts in the West and Northwest during the month of October, it would occasion little surprise that this trip would not result in another redistribution of troops of the Regular Army. The three posts in question, all of which are modern in their construction, are Fort Lincoln, N. Dak.; Fort Robin- son, Nebr., and Fort Rosecrans, Calif. Not =o long ago, it will be recalled, the War Department authorized a change in the home stations of troops of the regular establishment from temporary war structures to those stations where permanent barracks and officer quarters were obtainable, and it is anticipated thatghe chief of staff will no doubt have this in mind when he departs from Washington for the West. Fort Robinson is a Caval post, it has excellent officers’ quar- ters and barracks for the enlisted per- sonnel and before the war it was the station of an entire regiment of Cav- alry. It is now used as a remount de- pot, and it has a minimum number of caretaking troops stationed there, Without. exception, it-is said, Fo Rosecrans, Cali is the most ideal Coast Artillery post in the United States, yet there are just a few care- takers at this post. With the desire of the War Depart- ment to remove as many troops as possible from temporary war-built structures or tents to permanent hous- ing facilities, wonderment is expressed at the great generosity displayed by the War Department in turning over to the Veterans' Bureau shortly after the termination of hostilities of Fort Bayard, N. Mex.; the camp at Mac- Kenzie, W and Fort William Henry Harrison, Mont., and Prescott, Ariz. All three of these establishments are the last word in modern construc- tion. These posts, it is contended, would do much to relieve the housing shortage, or at least would serve the purpose, until funds were available with which to build permanent hous- ing facilities at posts where the de- partment desires to keep troops sta- tioned at all times. Preseott, Ariz., formerly named Whipple Barracks, is built of stone construction and has other modern conveniences. Fort Bay- ard was formerly the tubercular ho pital for the Army, while the camp at MacKenzie, Wyo., is constructed of brick, has a gravity water system and has better quarters than those obtain- able at Fort Myer, Va. Whether or not the chief of staff will have this| mind when he makes his Western in- spections is not known, but it is evi- dent that the War Department wishes to zet more men out of temporary places, and in order to accomplish this it is but natural that the more modern posts would be selected for occupancy if a redistribution is effected. Maj. D. K. Mitchell, Q. M. €., who for the past four years has heen on duty as executive officer, office of the quartermaster general, has departed for a tour of duty in ma. Lieut. Col. R. H. Jordan, Q. M. C., has been assigned as_exccutive officer. Maj. R. F. Walsh, Q. M. C., has reported for | i duty and will by assigned to duty in the transp: fon service, the guartermaster Col. Jordan. office of | general, relieving | Navy. | Rear Admiral Newton A. MecCully ! arrived at New York last week from | Rio de Janeiro, where, as head of the ! American naval mission to Brazil, he was received by Rear Admiral Noble | F. Irwin. Admiral McCully reported for | temporary duty in the Depart- ment and he has be ned to} duty at Charleston, dant of the navy and of the 6th ] predicted recently in this column, Capt. Freder P’yne, on duty in the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, will assume duty as ass t to the chief of that bureau on September 14, relievi Capt. Trey W. Leutz ho goes to duty in charge of the vy purchasing office at New York. 1 Admiral Thomas 1. Hicks, who h been on duty in charge of the naval! supply depot at New York, will shortly | arrive in Washington for special duty in the Bureau of Supplies and Ac-! counts, | Twelve flight surzeons in the Navv | have been issued orders involving | flying, and more will be placed on flying s as the needs of the serv. This is the firs that medical officers have been assign ed to duty involving flying, and the assignment of these medical officers to a flving status is in acordance with a_policy recently established by the Navy Department. These 12 flight surgeons are. Comdrs, 1 H. Vane Adams, Trowbri Iverson, J. J. G. C. Wilson and C. and Lieuts. G. Fish, T. . D. Benjamin, €, G. De Foney, Ammerman and E. J. Etelter. The commissioning of the mew aireraft carriers Saratoga and Lexington will necessitate the assign- White, D. S, fae | lieutenant, which was established thi { with, ! Wo:’t_You Follow | | motive Engineers recently inter- | | seven out of ten condemned the | continued use of greases, and com- Comdr. . Ceres; Lieut. | ment of additional medical officers to flying duty, and other stations and pnautical activities are under con- | sideration, i mond | f those naval officers | desiring post-graduate instruction at | the Naval Academy should reach the | au of gation not later than | December 1 for consideration by | boards that will be convened later in that month to make up lists of those elected for the instruction. Th: courses to be given are radio, elec- | mechanical, aeronauti om- | munication and internal-combustion | engineering, gunnery, aviation, civil engineering and naval construction. Included in the of courses is the | 1 course for line officers, of the f lieutenant commander and Applications vear for the first time, commencing on August 1, with a class of 15 officers, and which will commence next year on July 1 with a class of 30 officers. On completion of the first year of the school of the Line course at the Naval Academy, they will then un dergo the second vear of the junior course at the Naval War Colleg Afte king into consideration the dela attending the construc of the aireraft carriers Saratoga and Lexington, indications are that these two new modern additions to the fleet will be in service early next year. 'he Saratoga, which is being ‘com- under a fixed- after having been commenced uhder a cost-plus one, 1s | scheduled for delivery to the Navy on October 31. After being delivered 1o | the Government, the fitting out y will have to be gone through which “may take from one to According to the pres- | ent plans, the oga Will go to sea short period of service with the | 't 50 that it can be definitely de cided just what equipment will be in- stalled, as it is pointed out that du that service with the fleet some of the quipment may be found not to be re- quired. The Lexington, now building at Fore River, Mass, under a c plus cont! is expected to be com- | pleted by January and it is | anticipated that more work will be required in the way of fitting out and installation of various deferred items than in the case of the & oga. For that reason, there is more uncertainty in the case of the Lexington than | with the toga With respect to the time she will be r to join the fleet. There appears to be a slight delay in starting reconstruction. of the siy light cruisers, Nos. 26 to 31, inclusive. The facilities offered by the central drafting office, an agency established for prep: lon of identical detail drawings for the ships, will facilitate materially the acquirement of mate. rial and its assembly in the ships on the stocks. Following is given the contract dates of completion of these ships: Pensacola and Salt Lake City, July 9, 1929; Nos. 26, 27 and 30, June 13, 1930, and Nos. 28, 29 and 31, Mare 13, 1931. contract three month: Comdr. Robert L. Ghormley, who has been on duty on the Oklahoma has been assigned to duty as secrei of the General Board in the Nav. partment. Lieut. (J. G. John Smith (M. C.), who has been on dut; on the Whitney, has been assigned to temporary duty at the Naval Medical School, Washington. - Lieut. Comdr. James A, Bass (M. C.), who has been | on the Oklahoma, will go to duty to the naval dispensary, this city. The following named officers of the Marine Corps have heen promoted to the grade of first lieutenant: R. L. Skidmore, L. G. Miller and G. A. Wil- liams. CHINESE ADOPTING U. S. MEDICAL IDEAS | Woman Leader of Race in Cali- fornia Says Countryman Becoming Americanized. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10.—The Chinese people gradually are becom- ing Americanized in medicine and sur- gery, declares Dr. Margaret Jessie Chung. Chinese surgeon, of San Fran- cisco. “Herbs still are used widely for me- dicinal purposes by the Chinese,” she explains. “But the younger genera- tion, because of its assimilation of American thought, has also accepted American standards of health. They are carrying the gospel of American sanitation and medicine to their homes and parents. Now even the older inese are beginning to lose their fear of the surgeon and the doctor.” Dr. Chung was born in Santa Bar. bara and was educated in California. [— INDIANS WORE JEWELRY. Ancient Chiefs Took to Imitations, Survey Shows. COLUMBLUS, Ohio, Sept. 10 (#).— The ancient Indian chiefs whose bones lie buried in Ohio mounds were not above making and wearing jewelry when the natural materials were not readily available. Investigation of the relics of the so-called “Hopewell cul- ture” by Dr. H. C. Shetrone of the Ohio State Archeological and Histor- ical Society has disclosed a number of bone ornaments accurately and ar- tistically carved in imitagion of bear teeth, Bear tooth necklaces were highly prized hy this long-bpried people. They accompany many of the more im- portant burials. ‘Only the long, tus like eyeteeth were used, and the larger ones were frequently inset with river mussel pearls as big as peas | Most of the teeth are of the common | black bear, which ranged throughout | Nort America, but frequently speci- mens are found of undoubted grizzly | bear origin, which must have come | by primitive trade routes from as far | away as the Rocky Mountains. . Bombay’s new railway station will cost $3,000,000. The Automotive Engineer's Advice? 8 Out of Ten Advise The U of EBONITE You will find Ebonite the correct gear lubrication, for the Transmis- sion and “rear axles” gears. | This is why such a large propor- tion of Automotive Enginecers ad- vise its use. Among several hundreds of Auto- viewed on this important question, | pounds, because they channel, and do not lubricate these important gears. EBONITE (Combination of Pure Oil) 20 Cents a Shot At Filling Stations and Garages. BAYERSON OIL WORKS Columbia 5228 |of its new It { tent, Tyrol 1 Refinishing ~ Upholstering THE SUNDAY AUSTRIAN TYROL REGAINS PRESTIGE Recovers From War’s Rav- ages and Once More Is Pop- | ular Pleasure Resort. } | Austrian Tyrol, shrunken in size by the fortunes of war, but with courage undaunted and scenic beauty u . has once more established its ¢ ax a pleasure resort, hav ported the most successful tourist season in yvears. “Tyrol, the mountainous arm of Austria thrust in bhetween the Swiss, Ge Italian now comp: more t ley of the River Inn, with t ghboring ranges and de: | files,” bulletin_from the Geographic Society. Tyrol' of pre-war but has become the n master: Ancient Seat of Hapsb Although small in geographi large in European history and art,” continues the bul letin. “Innsbruck, the capital, was an ancient seat of a hranch of the Hous of Hapsburg, and under Imperor Maximilian 1 flourished as a_center of government and learning. The son Maximilian married a daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, p: trons of Columbus. The great Km- peror lies buried in the t church it Innshruck statues | of his two wives and his most prom- | inent kinsmen. Stories of their live combined would form the European | hist of the day. In the same church is the tomb of the innkeepe patriot and defender of Tyrolese free- dem, Andreas Hofe The Empress Maria Theresa ther of the ill-fated French Queen, Marie Antoinette, xpent mueh time in this part of her dominions. The prin- cipal street of Innsbruck bears he name, and there is a triumphal arch | Luilt in her honor. i This quaint little city of about ..+,000 people is a delight to the lovers of ancient architecture. In the older sections narrow streets are hordere by tall houses with dormer windows and gabled roofs. At one corner there is a rather plain house with an elab- orately carved and painted two-storied Gothic balcony, topped by a gilded tile roof, dating back to a count of Tyrol, nicknamed ‘Empty Pockets' he- cause of overindulgence in his hobb; of architecture. This is the famous House of the Golden Roof. Streets Lead to Mountains, “The streets of Innsbruck seem to end in the very mountains them- selves, which rise on all sides in jagged gray peaks high above the town, many showing snowy summits even in Summer. Ranges on the south side are.a bit more friendly and less forbidding. Austrians are fond of mountain climbing, and there are many Alpine clubs organized to promote the sport. On holidays dur- ing the Summer season contingents from local erganizations overflow railway stations en route to favorite Their costumes consists of and flapping short leather breeches, rolled stockings that leave much of the leg bare and on the shoulders a knapsack. This ensembie is surmounted by a felt hat, into which is stuck the inevitable chamois tail, which valued ornament is like § nothing so much as a shaving brush. 'he Alpine clubs have erected rest huts far up remote valleys and fur- nish their members with charts of difficult passages. Younger members are systematically trained on . easier peaks, progressing with an increase of skill to almost perpendicular heights. Thus, high mountain ranges have become -a great national play- ground and a source of health and strength to the nation. Peasantry a Hardy Race. “Tyrolese peasantry are notably a hardy race. Unremitting toil is re- cuired to wring a living from the narrow valleys and hillside farms, but struggle with nature has not marred the peaceful aspect of the countryside, Wide-eaved farmhouses dot a land: scape musical with the tinkle of cow bells “Great crucifixes at the crossroads indicate the religious nature of the peasantry. Above every village rises the spire of the parish church. Until late years each valley had its own de- tails of custom and costume, still clung to in the more remote regions. “For over a century Tyrolese vodelers have been heard on the con- cert and vaudeville stage of Europe and America. The first Tyrolese to popularize the yvodel in the theater made a fortune in England by so do- ing and, returring to his native land, purchased a castle and retired in wealth, “This form of vocalization was per- fected at family concerts organized to while away the long Winter evenings in the country. It thus became the custom for groups of brothers and sis- ters who were especially noted in their own valley to go together upon the concert stage in family groups. To seé rural music and folk dancing at home the traveler now must go to remote country districts. “However, markets and streets in the towns and villages are full of local color beloved by tourists; mountain- eers with their staffs, women in quaint bonnets, whose two long black stream- ers reach to the ground; urchins with flowers for sale. Keudal castles of the old toll-taking barons frown from their rocky heights. Comfortable inns and Juxurious hotels invite the tourist to rest. The, mountain climber, the motorist, the health seeker each finds delights of his own. Tyrol has pre- eminently that combination of climate and scenic picturesqueness makes it a perennial playground. ‘South mor ‘Altg Masters in the Art of Seats Covers Tops Metal Work Body Building Blacksmithing - WEST 2222 21st and Va. Ave. N.W. S {ing { hov f torily TAR. WASHINGTON, Civilian Army News Washington Reserve officers, espe- clally those who have been unable to complete a correspondence course or attend a training camp during the past five years, arc evincing great interest.in the pro- cedure to he fol- owed jm obtaining a rea ppointment upon the expira- tion of their five- vear period of ap- pointment. The re vised policies gov. erning the Office Reserve Corps, recently promul gated by Maj. Gen. Lutz Wahl, the adjutant general | of the Army, pre- seribes that when | ¥ the five-year peri- od of appointment of a Reserve officer in the grade of aptain or lieutenant expives he will not be eligible ‘for assignment or ne- tive duty training in peace time dur- the five-vear period of appoint- ment immediately following unless h record during the five-year period im mediately preceding such reappoint ment indicates that (1) he has obtained during his current appointment a cer tificate of capacity for promotion to (he mext higher grade: (2) he has dur- ing his current appointment obtained a certificate of capacity for his pres- ent grade: (3) he has demonstrated during his current appointment his | interest in military affairs by having a_written record of at least 200 hou of correspondence school work, at- tendance at classes, administrative du- MAJ. GEN. WAHL, | may, upon his | the recommendation of a Foard of |area or | rea | tion 1 | Officer | pose of recommending the sepita {except that the instruction: ties in connection’ with his unit or active participation with troops on ihactive Auty training. In computing the 200 hours, each 15-day period of ictive duty will be considered as 100 | s for credit; or (4) he has satisfac- completed during his current | appointment the prescribed corre- spondence course of instruction for Reserve officers at the special service hool of his branch or the special| course for Reserve officers at the | Command and General Staff School or the Army War College or a full course at one of the aboye mentioned schools; or (5) the chief of branch certifies that D. C., SEPTEMBER 11, 1927—PART 3. — tary du However, In case of a|inc minor injury where the Reserve officer | is undergoing the necessary treatment and does actually continue to perform | me active military duty he is, of course, entitled to full-time credit toward long. | wil evity until termination of the tour of | tee active duty cified in his orders, | to he has performed work equivalent tn‘ when, unless h# tour be extended by | cl (3) above. | proper authority, he reverts to half-| H. Any Reserve officer in the grade of | time credit even though ft|B captain or lieutenant who upon the|should be nec to tinue his | pre termination of a five-vear period of | treatment, lowances during | offi appointment _has not during that pe-| a further period. | h riod been eligible for assignment or|" dctive duty training, or who has not| Washington Reserve Headquarte fulfilled the requirements of (2) above, | announced last week the followir nd upon | changes in the assignments of loc: Reserve officers: Second Lieut. Ru. | dolph M. Bush, Ordnance Reserve, is signed - to 30th Ordnance Company Wy maintenance): Second Lieut. | |¢ Medical Adminis- | gjt, 1 to 75th| ne serve officers appointed by the cory department commander and approved by the War Departinent, be spointed without physical “Xamint the grade and section of the | ' Reserve Corps in which he | was previously commission ise he will be honorably lisch from that corps. Reserve officers wh. upon heing physically examined prior to reappointment are found to le cally incapacitated for active e, or who have reached the age ars, may apply for transfer to the auxiliary section. For the pur ons from the service of office onger in a position to be effective, and to advise the corps area commande cerning the administration of Reserve policies, a_corps dvisory hoard of Reserve : ated in each corps This 1 will 1 permanent in character, hut will have a continuing change in personnel, ts members will serve on an inac atus. This policy will gove ppointments which will he January 1, ser b (h > followin offic are orvdered to 14 * active duty effective on the dates and piaces indi cated: Maj. Edward M termaster Reserve, to F A A effective September 4; Second | clu, Lieut. Henry Toney, Quartermas. el ter Reserve, to Camp Holabird, Md..| tabl effective September 4: S Lieut. | in ravk L. Waters, Qu er to Camp Holabird, effec September 4; Capt. Woodson W v, Cavalry rve, to active vining with a0 Cavalry, F effective October 16; angle: rst Lieut. and Second Lie d, all_Quartermaster to Camp Holabird, Md., effec tive September 18. The following Kes ordered to under g, ing in the variou War Department in fective on the dates indicated: Maj. Charles mart, Ordnance Reser to office Chief of Ordnance, October Majs. Bruce A. Low, Quartermast Reserve, and Thomas H. Dooling, Sis Al Reserve, both to office of the As E tary of War for trainin in connection with procurement ac tivities. | van and wit by wh ont of 1t dur ry < ve officers ve duty train nches of the shington, ef re | ser in ce g dut visy the fur re fective on or after on April 21, 1927, regarding ph: W examinations of fleld officers for r pointments, effective on or after July 1, 1927, remain in effect. Decision has been made b Department that a Reserve officer the case of injurles received while active duty, while continuing to ceive pay and allowances while u treatment, is entitled onl time eredit toward longevi perfods during which the; perform no active military in also held by the War Department that reservists who continue to receive pay and allowances while under treat ment, in accordance with paragraph 75a, Army Regulations, 140 in n re. 1ot - | for Notice has Andrew Moses, cfficer_of the Organ Washington, that Reserve ters, in the Graham Building teenth and E streets, that for the | several years has housed the activi-| ties of local Reserve officers, must be to half-time ecredit toward | vacated hy September 30, the reason | longevity pay for periods during which | for the move heing that the site on| they actually perform no active mili-| which the Graham Ruilding stands i Ay ol utive upon hensive building program in Washing- | cien ton. Graham Building site, and in additi . zone of the interior, | ° find Re-| this charact whing re | that time, | luded in the Government's compre- | Washington Reserve ‘officers for effl. and fitness in their various The new Department of Com acities is to be maintained. To ree building is to be erected on the | establish the new location of the Ri in a place not ched where street car | transportation is infrequent. would, in . Birgfeld, chief |ai probability, nullify all the construc- asury Department, and | tive work t has been done for the ary of the Public | past two ve: It is feared that this . both fully ap | would mean that the instructional as- 1l Reserve | semblies, which have all | I at- ly located | tended. would drop considerably and ble to the|in time most of the reservists would z the in-|resort to taking pondence evening, | courses. Regul contact with the 2,600 would . be liminated to a I extend from nth streets Ohio avenu < of the Colion, s ngs Commi ate the nee cers in ha adquarters Fourteenth to nd from E street sputh corre > nal i Yy _are bending flo b 1 a suitable location. ave n s felt by the great hody of F ve officers in the District of Colum . numbering than 2,600, in the | ion of a meeting place centrally iated and within of tr all it ——e Albanians Raise Sheep. f the Associated P Albania xt familiar thinzs in Al Mutton s fa- pskins the prin. pherds and mor hahit Correspondence VALLONA, keys the me bania sheey vorite meat and sh to don. made to - a suitable location Pennsyl are venue between 1 Fifteenth streets idered to be the | on the alkans cipal export. herds of the | other t the i preserved the old ¢ | traditional costumes. e where which be class of nd con the first ) de the latt may d. The applicatory system of & le and map problems o instructing the local reservists, £ instruction has m h enthusiastic approval and interest | the. Washington o feel that the 1 military knowledge. question, the sand-table instruction, which was in the Graham Building headquarters ing the all of 1 under P. George, Field Artillery, who. was on duty at ve headquarters, has done vease (he interest of R s and improve their militar. © than any other method of inactive v _instruction which has been de- ed. This work must be kept up if Washington ! wction and know: Reserv the units are to putation of | about driving until E raine MY OWN car why I ean’ bo know the difl See me about on if DODGE BRAKES tined comptete. ... 9130 Auto Brake Service and Ford Band Co. 425 K St Fr. 8208 Brakes for all cars at Great Savings Qe Hoorn Downrown STaTioN 4 > STAR SERYICE STATION 12th and © A bloek helow Sts. 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