Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1929, Page 63

NAVY. Directions have been issued by Rear Admiral Richard L. Leigh, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, that in all cases of separations under honorable condi- tions from the ac- tive list of the Navy, except for failure on exami- nation, Navy offi- cers will be grant- ed accrued leave up to, but not in excess of two months pending fi- nal determination as to the granting of all accrued leave. In the case of retirement for physical disability, this leave will be granted without request by the offi- cer. In all other cases, such as res- Rear Admiral Leish. ignatien, retirement on reaching the statutory age of retirement (64 years), service-in-grade retirement and volun- tary retirgment after 30 or 40 years' service, the leave will be granted only on request of the officer concerned. Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, jr., re- cently detached from command of the Yangtze patrol, has been assigned to duty as commandant of the 9th Naval District and Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill. Capt. Thomas R. XKurtz will relinquish his duties as as- sistant to the chief of the Bureau of Navigation on June 10 and will pro- ceed to Camden, N. J. in_connection with the fitting out of the U. 8. & Salt Lake City. He will be placed in com- mand of that cruiser when commis. sioned. Capt. Frank B. Freyer, on duty at the Navy Department as assistant to the judge advocate general of the Navy, has been assigned to command the U. S. S. Trenton as the relief of Capt. Stafford H. R. Doyle, who goes to duty as captain of the yard at Portsmouth, N. H. Comdr. George M. Courts, who has been on duty in the naval intel- ligence office at the Navy Department, has been assigned to duty at New York in connection with the fitting out of the U. 8. S. Pensacola and to duty as executive officer of that cruiser when placed in commission. Lieut. Comdr. John H. Magruder, jr, on duty at the Navy Department in the naval Inulh-" gence office, will relinquish these dutie! on July 1 for duty as navigator of the U. S. S. New York. Lieut. Comdr. Al- ston R. Simpson, on duty at the Navy Department as a member of the board of inspection and survey, will command VO squadron 5B of the aircraft squad- rons of the battle fleet, while Lieut. Comdr. Donald B. Duncan, in command of VO squadron 4B, #board the U. 8. 8. New Mexico, will come to duty in the Bureau of Aeronautics, -Navy De- partment, about June 1. Orders have been issued detaching Lieut. Comdrs. Lyman K. Swenson and Richard E. Webb from duty in the naval intelli- gence office about June 1, and Lieut. Comdr. Simon P. Fullinwider from the Bureau of Ordnance about July 15. No officer of the Navy will be as- signed to duty at the Naval Air Sta- tion, Pensacola, Fla., for training until he has successfully completed the pre- scribed examination as to his physical fitness for such duty. This examination must be completed during the six months immediately preceding the as- sembling of the class to which the of- ficer is assigned. The classes to be as- sembled i the immediate future are as follows: May 23, limited to 50 of- ficers; July 18, 26 officers; September 12, 26 officers, and November 7, 50 officers. Officers of the Marine Corps have been selected for the next courses of instruction at the War College as fol- lows: Naval War College—Col. John C. Beaumont and Lieut. Cols. Gerald M. Kincade and Walter N. Hill; Army War College—Col. James McE. Huey and Lieut. Cols, Jesse F. Dyer and Emile P. Moses, ‘The Summer practice cruise of the midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy will be made on three battleships of Battleship Division 2 of the Scouting Fleet, namely, the U. S. S. Arkansas, U. S. 8. Utah and the U. S. S. Florida, under the command of Rear Admiral Harris Laning, United States Navy. More than 900 midship- men will make the cruise this Sum- mer, all being members of the first and third classes at the Academy. The practice squadron will sail from An- napolis on June 8 for Barcelona, Spain, arriving June 25 and remaining at that port until July 3. The squad- ron will arrive at the foreign ports as follows: Naples, Italy, July 5; Gibral- ter, July 15; Weymouth, England, July 22; Hampton Roads, Va. August 15, end arrives at Annapolis August 28. Army. The following officers of the Regular Army will arrive in Washington within the next several months and will be assigned to duty in the various War rtment bure: as 2;2; are: Capts. D. Burdick and Charles Swick, both Engineer offi- cers, to the office’ of the Chief of En- gineers, effective August 19. Maj. Fran- cis M. Fitts, M. C., now on duty at Richmond, Va., will report for duty at the Army General Dispensary, this city, on June 10. Effective July 1, 1929, Lieut. Col. Claude E. Brigham, C. W. 8., | executive officer, office of the chiet of | Chemical Warfare Service, will assume the duties of commandant at the Chem- | jeal Warfare School, Edgewood Arsenal, | Md., as the relief of Lieut. Col. Walter C. Baker. Ma). Jullan S. Hatcher, O.D,, now on duty at 3d Corps Area head- quarters, at Baltimore, Md., will come to duty in the office of the chief of ordnance, effective July 15. First Lieut. John M. Connor, F. D., on duty at Fitz- simons General Hospital, Denver, Colo., will assume duty in the office of the chief of finance, effective August 5. Seven officers of the Quartermaster Corps have been ordered to wmnn.-| ton for the purpose of undergoing the next course of instruction at the Army Industrial College: They are Capts. George A. Bentley, Harry R. Springer, Charles O. Thrasher, John A. Nelson, Lee W. Card, Stephen B. Massey, Lewis B. Douglas and First Lieut. Francis V. Col. George E. Kumpe, S. C., who has been on duty as com- mandant of the Signal School, Monmouth, N. J., will be assigned to duty in the office of the chief signal officer, effective September 1, 1929. As 8 result of the deliberations of the interdepartmental board that has been assigned the task of preparing & preliminary and tentative draft of & new joint service pay law and sched- ule, formal agreement has been made of & draft of such program in the fol- lowing terms. The most important provisions of the program agreed to are: Rental and subsistence allowances should be consolidated with pay into & single item designated as “pay. (b) No officer should receive more pay than any other senior to him. (c) Pay should be adequate, based on the cur- rent purchasing value of the dollar, to enable an officer at all times to give his best thought to the service rather than to problems of existence. (d) The pay of officers of higher grndes_;nould be commensurate with the dignity and responsibility of their position, and ghould be comparable to the remunera- tigm of a successful career in civil life. (€ etired personnel on active duty sholfi Teceive the pay they would re- ceive if on the active list. ~ (f) Pay of nurses should be based on the remu- neration for similar service in civil life, with retirement provided for physical disabllity incurred in line of duty, as well as for length of service. The entire proceeding, marked by the preliminaries conducted by the inter- departmental board, constitutes a con- scientious and sagacious effort toward an end that is greatly desired, as it is greatly needed, for an adequate and balanced schedule of service compensa- ol That which has already been accomplished has required industry and research, reflecting the greatest credit upon those engaged in this occupation by such officers as Rear Admiral Luke McNamee, chairman of the board; Brig. Gen. George S. Simonds, U. 8. A Brig. Gen, George Richards, U. S. M. C.; Col. F. W. Coleman, assistant to the chief of finance, Regular Army: Capt. E. R. Wilson, U. S. N.; Lieut. Col. Wil- liam Bryden, U. S. A.; Assistant Surg. Gen. C. C. Pierce and Surg. L. H. Thompson of the Public Health Serv- ice, Comdr. R. S. Patton and Lieut. Comdr. H. A. Searam of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and Lieut. C. W. Kiehlhorn of the Coast Guard, who compose the interdepartmental board. Comdr. T. S. Wilkinson, U. S. N, on duty in the bureau of navigation, has been assigned to duty with the board as the assistant of Rear Admiral McNamee ef indicated. a All Reserve officers residing in Wash- ington and vicinity are cordially invited to be present at the dance given by the 320th Infantry at the National Press Club on the evening of April 24. Tick- obtained from Staff Sergt. Agro at local Reserve adq) Telephone Main 2520, branch 1212, . ik £ ’ Capt. Rossweil E. Hardy, who has been on duty at Washington Reserve headquarters with the non-divisional Ordnance Department Reserve units, has been relieved of this duty and as- signed to duty in the office of the chief of ordnance. His duties with the Ord- nance Reserve officers in the District of Columbia will be taken over by Majs. Roger Taylor and Charles A, Walker, jr. Seven Signal Reserve officers are now undergoing two weeks' active duty in the office of the chief signal officer, as follows: Lieut. Cols. Frank H. Fay and Ira D. Hough, Majs. Oscar C. Brill, Charles K. Flanders, Leon E. &wdd, George Winchester and Capt. Charles J. McBrearty. This active training will terminate on April 27. Col. Frederick E. Wright, Ordnance Reserve, of this city, will, effective April 28, undergo two weeks of active duty in the office of the chief of ordnance. Four Military Intelligence Reserve officers have been ordered to undergo 14 days' active duty, effective May 6, and he has been designated by the board as its recorder. Maj. Gen. Harry L. Gilchrist, chief of chemical warfare service, delivered the principal address before the twelfth line and staff officers’ class graduation exercises April at the Chemical Warfare School at Edgewood Arsenal, Md. The officers completing the course were Majs. Cary I. Crockett, Infantry (tanks); Eacott B. Miller, P. S. In- fantry; Oscar C. Warner, C. A. C; Leon Cole, F. A.: Allen Fletche Infants Fred H. Coleman, A. C.; Benjamin W. Mills, Infantry; Daniel A. Connor, F. A.; Capts. William E. Lucas, Infantry; Harvey, C. Kearney, Infantry; Henry Linsert, C. A. C.: Luis F. Cianchini, Infantry; Harry Foster, Cavalry; Ralph C. Thomas, Cavalry; Abraham M. Lawrence, C. A. C.; Red- ding F. Perry. Cavalry. Pirst Lieuts. Cornman_L. Hahn, C. E.; Leo T. Mc- Mahon, F. A.: Horace M. Woodward, Cavalry, C. W. S.; Robert Robinson, 8. C.; Thomas J. Ford, Infantry, C. W. S.; Allen A. Goodwyn, Infantry; Ed- ward C. Johnson, Infantry (tanks); Charles F. Ivins, Infantry; Joe R. Sherr, S. C.; Elbert Kelly, Infantry: Elwyn D. Post, Infantry, and Second Lieuts. Alfred H. Johnson, A. C. and Fay R. Upthegrove, Infantry, A. C. Organized Reserves New instructions governing the sus- pension_of appointments and transfers in the Officers’ Reserve Corps were an- nounced last week by Maj. Gen. C. H. Bridges, the adju- tant general of the Army, Examina- tions may be held and recommenda- tions may be sub- mitted for appoint- ment in grades for which applicants are qualified and eligible under para- graph 8b, Army Regulations 140 to fill vacanci under the pro- curement_objective of the War De- | partment, ~where such vacancies can- not be filled by the Maj, Gen. Bridges. promotion of eli- gible and qualified Reserve officers. With the exception of applicants eligible and qualified for appointment under Army Regulations 140-10, Army Regulations 145-10 or Army Regulations 350-2,200, appointments in all grades in the sec- tions indicated below are suspended and no applications for appointment in those sections will be forwarded to the War Department. These sections are: Adjutant General's Department Reserve, inciuding appointments for postal duty; Judge Advocate General's Department Reserve Military Police Corps Reserve Quartermaster Corps Reserve and Signal Corps Reserve. A new policy relative to the physical examination of Reserve officers going up for reappointment in the Officers’ Re- serve Corps was announced last week by Gen. Bridges. It is the desire of the ‘War Department that in the case of majors and higher grades, where report of physical examination is required, that this report be forwarded by the corps area commander to the War Depart- ment as inclosure to the report of credits. If deemed advisable the physi- cal examination may be made at any time within a year prior to effective date of reappointment and the report | Are: thereof held at corps area headquarters until'the report of credits is forwarded. In view of the large number of reap- intments constantly occurring in the istrict of Columbia, local Reserve offi- ‘cers coming under this category should undergo their physical examination in plenty ;‘)‘t utl:me prior to the date of their Teappointment. A new policy governthg the method of handling applications for appoint- ment in the Military Intelligence Re= serve was also announced last week , the adjutant general of the Army. m (g ':fl‘mu appointment in 0 reference to boards of oficers, should be forwarded to the War Department with recommendation and with state- ment of special qualifications which warrant consideration for appointment in the Military Intelligence Reserve. Officers of the 313th Field Artillery, Col. Leroy W. Herron, commanding, wi= be given instruction in eguitation today at 9:30 am. at Fort Myer, Va., under the direction of Maj. W. R. Woodward. ‘The officers who will participate in this exercise will meet at the Fort Myer Riding Hall. Ordnance Reserve officers of the District of Columbia will hold their conference tomorrow evening in the eighth wing, third floor of the Muni- tions Building, where they will view educational moving pictures on the sub- ject of explosives and their manufac- ture. The showing of this film will be under the supervision of the Hercules Powder Co. Judge Advocate General Reserve officers of Washington will hold their conference at local Reserve head- quarters on this same evening under the direction of Maj. W. A. Turnbull, Judge Advocate General's Department, at which will be taken up habeas corpus pro- ceedings and review cases, The ref- erence text of these subjects is pages 192 to 201, Manual for Courts-Martial. The conference will be conducted by officers of Washington, to be held at headquarlers Tuesday evening, will con- sist of a review of the February and March meetings, with a new problem consisting of the installation of signal communication for the 13th Corps, oc- cupying & position, two divisions in line. All local Signal Reserve officers should be present &t this meeting if they con- template attending camp this Summer, &s it will afford them an opportunity to become familiar with the subjects dis- cussed at the last two conferences. The new ‘Eroblem is also very important, as it will be used at camp this Summer. ‘The conferences will be conducted by Maj. J. M. Hutchins Signal Reserve, assisted by other Reserve officers, under the supervision of Maj. C. W. Sawyer, Signal Corps, who. is in charge of Sig- nal Reserve instruction for the 3d Corps a, Reserve quartermasters of Washing- ton will hold their conference Wednes- day evening, at which will be discussed “The Army Transport Service—Its Functions in Peace and War and Or- ganization and Functions of the Ports of Embarkation and . Debarkation.” ‘This conference will be conducted by Maj. R. F. Walsh, Quartermaster Corps, on duty in the office of the quarter- master general. No meeting is scheduled for next ‘Thursday evening, but_ the following Reserve officers evening local :flmmm‘finr ald Arm. mnmhm%um&_ o PRODUVCT in the office of the assistant chief of staff. They are’ Maj, Herbert O. Yard- ley, Capt. Aloysius J. MeGrall, First jeut. Walter H. Kilbourne and Second Lieut. Frank L. Jackson. VAST AREA FOR GRAZING DISCOVERED IN BRAZIL RIO DE JANEIRO (#).—Gen. Can- dido Mariano Rondon, famous Brazil- ian explorer and companion of Roose- velt, has returned to Rio de Janeiro after six months’ exploration and boundary-marking in Northern Brazil. He reports the discovery of a vast plain 40,000 square miles in area with an average temperature of 50 degress Fahrenheit, along the boundary of Dutch Guiana, “This is & most wonderful country,” Gen. Rondon said. “It is perfect graz- ing land in a perfect climate. Indians there differ wholly from those farther south. Although they are born and live nearer the Equator than most Indians \in Brazil, they have wonderful phy- siques.” Several explorers have stepped into the Campos Geraes before, but no one has ever gone to the Guiana border except Gen. Rondon. The “campos” were discovered in 1876 by Padre Nicolino de Souza. - or GENERAL CAMERA TO RECORD INVISIBLE LIGHT Professor at Princeton Is Building Vacuum to House Spectroscope. By the Assoclated Press, PRINCETON, N. J,, April §.—A cam- era weighing nearly a ton and made largely of brass is under construction in the department of physics at Princeton University. It will house as complete a vacuum as possible, in which will be an entire automatic spectroscopic laboratory. Instead of taking ordinary pictures, the camera is designed to advance an- other step into the unknown by reveal- ing more about the light that is invisi- ble to the eye. It will measure the wave lengths of light at the ultra-violet end of the spectrum, from the last one that is visible down to zero. Near this zero is the point at which the vibrations called light merge into M OTORS The new Viking—just announced—is one of the prin- cipal attractions of the General Motors Spring Showing. 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The more obscure rays, farther in the ultra- violet, will not pass through air, which accounts for the vacuum in the camera. Scientists do not know whether prop- erties now unre izéd may exist In other invisible light rays. Before these possibilities can be studied the rays themselves need to be identified. A method for recording and measur- ing these rays has been developed suc- cessfully at Princeton, for perhaps the first_time, under direction of Dr. Karl T. Compton, head of the department of hysics. Recently he found the wave length of an invisible ray, and the cam- era is intended to extend this work. The instrument records the spectrum of light on a photographic plate which is sensitive to lines invisible to the eye. 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