Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1928, Page 80

Army. On account of the exhaustion of war- time stock, Maj. Gen. Charles P. Sum- merall, Chief of Staff. has indicated that in 1930 the War Department will compelled “to Tesort to an appro- will, ability, Tecomm the return of the Army blud dress uniform. In all our history up to th2 Jast war, Gen Summerall pointed out. the Army had a dress uniform and a full dress uniform, and for about 23 rears pre-M ceding the World Wa service uniform. Since the W the Regular Army has only a service uniform from war-time stocks. except the one made-to-measure uniform that has been issued during the past two years. The Chief of Staff is very de- sirous to restore to the Army the uni- form which it always had. and which the Marine Corps has. and which. as 1ar as 1s known, the armies of the world have. About & vear ago, a study of return- ing to the Army blue uniforin was made by the War Department. and the hope was expressed at that timie that the Seventieth Congress would provide ap- propriations to cover the issue of the blue uniforms for enlisted men. But the war-time stock of uniforms s exhausted. it is not likely that the blue dress will be authorizad to be worn. The regulation governing the wearing of the full dress uniform. the dress uni- form and the blue mess jacket w suspended during (he latter part of 19 and on July 3. 1919, under general orde: No. 86. were rescinded altcgether. K £n officer. it is estimated that a com- | piete outit of blue equipr would cost between $400 and $5300, which would consist of a dress uniform, full dress uniform. special dress uniform and the blue mess jacket Another problem to be solved in con- mection with the blue dr uniform 1s what mark of distinction shall be in- cluded in th: make-up of the blue uniform for warrant officers of the Regular Army. This group of officers, the status of which was created by the act of June 4. 1920, has never been officially preser.bed a color by the War Department. Their uniform at the pres- eni tume is the same as thst for sccond lieutenant of the Regular estab- lshment with the exception of the Sam_Brown beit and the gold bar. The War Department does not intend to ' Admiral William C. Cole, now com- * secure the blue uniform all in ore year, due to the excessive cost, but to | gradually equip the Army with this{ uniform. The proposal prescribing that Ma) James F. Coupal. who is assigned to duty as the personal physician to the President, and those medical officers hereafter occupying & similar status. have the rank. pay and allowances of a colonel in the Medical Corps of the Regular Army, has met with objection from several sources. There is no objec- tion, it appears. to bestowing on Ma) Ccupel, while acting in this capacity, the rank, pay and allowances of a colonel, as the Surgeon General of the Army has already made a similar Tecommendation with the qualificaticn that the present incumbent and his successors chall have that benefit only | “while so serving.” It is observed that | this proposa! applies to medical officers | of the Army only, and it has been | suggested that identical provision should ©: made also for the naval medical | officer who may happen to have the assignment. The premotion of Maj. Coupal in this fashion would advance him over the heads of 200 officers of his presen: rank and 60 licutenant colonels, or a total of 350 files. e proposal would eacounter considerable opposition. it is t, in view of the fact that promo- h but 11 yeans Maj. Coupal would become a el. which hiz associates in that have rcached alfter 26 years A number of changes in the assign- ments of general officers of the Regular Army will made between now and next Autumn. Maj. Gen. William Las- siter now in command zg!;hn Pl&xgh;:gn;e Department, will. upon being reliev y Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur. proceed will assume command of the Eighth Corps Area. At the present time Gen MacArthur is in command of the Third Corps Area, with headguarters in Bal- timore. Before assuming his new du- ties in the Philippine Department, Gen. MacArthur will attend the Olvmpic games, and zafter returning to the United States will sail from New York City to Manila. Gen. MacArthur's du- ties at Baltimore will be taken over by Maj. Gen. mklk:‘ ?hgen’. :fleclge upon the compl of the latter of eer's foreign service in the Philippines. Maj. Gen. Malin Craig. now in com- mand of the Panama Canal division, will relieve Maj. Gen. William 8. Graves of the Penama Canal Department. Gen. Craig's duties as commander of the Panama Cansl division will be taken over by Brig. Gen. George Le R. Irwin, now on duty 2t Fort 6ill, Okla.. who will sefl from New York on the April 6 transport for the Canal Zone. Navy. One of the chie! topics of conversa- tion in naval circles last week was what allocation would be made in place of wice admiral in the event that the Eu- Topean station is discontinued. In view ©of the very considerable augmentation of the battle fleet alr f , the sug- gestion has been made that with the recently announced plans for assign- ment of both the airplane carriers Bara- tga and Lexinglon Lo that fleet, the commander of the aircraft squadrons of the fleet t well be given the rank of viee al In connection with this discussh has been observed that Rear Admir Juteph M. Reeves, commander of the eircraft squadrons of tne battle fleet 204 Reay Admirsl James J. Raby, com mander of the airersft squadrons of the soouting fleet, will complete this year two years of sea service, thus being evallable for detachment. It s poi- sibje, however, that b may be teined un their present duties for an- it al GUARANTEED GLASSES hgg:ih)o The sbove price includes frame and a different lense for cach THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. FEBRUARY 19. 1928 -PART 6. ; i | other year. The only other flag officers of aviation rating, aside from Rear Ad- {miral William A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, are Rear Ad- miral Frank B. Upham, now in com- {mand of the naval air station, Pensa- | cola, Fla.. and Rear Admiral Henry V. Butler, chief of staff to Admiral Wil It is within the realm of possibilf | however, that one or two captains of | aviation rating may be selected by the next beard for promotion to rear ad- mirals Though the shifts among the high rankmg officers of the fleet will not be | made until Summer or Autumn, con- sideration is already being given by the Bureau of Navigation preparatory to submitting a slate of changes to the Secrctary of the Navy. In connection with these approaching changes, a great deal depends upon whether the policy of several years' standing, of changing the commander-in-chief of the United | States flect every vear, is to be contin- | % ued, the final authority in this matter, | of course, resting with Sccretary Wil bur. In the absence of official announce- ment. it appears to be the concensus of service opmnion that Admiral Louis P. deSteiguer. now in command of the bat- tle fleet, will be gned as comman- dant of the New York Navy Yard and the 3rd Naval District. This assump tion is predicated upon the announce- | ment by Secretary Wilbur that Capt. | Frank Lyon. now on duty as manager of that yvard, would become tempora: ommandant of that district and yard pon the retirement of Rear Ad- miral Charles P. Plunkett last Wed- | nesday. If Admiral Henry A. Wiley |remains for another year as com- | mander-in-chief of the United States | fleet, it is generally assumed in the service that Vice Admiral Wil- liam V. Pratt will be moved up from | the command of the battleship divisions | of the battle fleet to the command of | that fleet. Should this change be made it is further assumed that Rear Ad: miral Tows McC. 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