The Washington herald., 1916-08-17

\ tentative scheme for organizing the
,a'latlon section Of the signal corps mas
been Worked out by the army aviation al-
ithoritws For the training of the aYla-
ltiOn IrTsonneI there viii be three army
aviation schools one in the Atlantic coast
'scCton. one in the central section of rhc
country. and one on the Pacific coast, all
Ito be similar t" III" present aviation
school at san Diego. Cal. In coop
Grafton with the army aviation authorl-
tics. manufacturers of acToplaneS VIII
maintain civilian AVIATION schools Tor
preliminary training. Th" government will
prescribe the type Cf fl\ing machines 10
be used in thr ,lEilian training schools
Nine army l'utoHaCts who finished the
courS' OF iTst- !ction ~ the san DECO
school, have r,on ASSIGNED to the aero
Squadron at ro'.mb,a. y. Mex. Captain
Eeng~0in d FoaInIs. Of the aviation SEC
uon. r5ohahly VII command tho no"
.seri4. squadron. md Captain Townsend +.
Dodd now assiCuod To tn" first squadron,
.prboal1y Will su coed to III" command Of
lat II "Aptain Fou,"is Is transferred As
ma, hr4.s Become aNal.ahI" other squad
:oms VIII b. o:-4Hizci. one Al Manila one
at Fo:t Sill. Okla. onc ~ Hawaii and
one tt the 'aual Zone.
Under tn. new legis, avon effrcting the
toltll4s<l ll q ' SUNNI J. VI ~ lNiN' 49,
ment of infantry. capt. q. /. Townsend
IS made Il lieutenant colonel OF the reSi-
I1cnt and Carts John NJ. Fed. E J
Grif7th and NJ X. Tau,nrr are raised to
tho rank Of major nG'r the old law
CAPTAINS Transferred to Ihr hneal list
Of officers Of that Command were not
to be promoted to hl-hcr grades until
after nay.ug been PASSED ny all officers
OF tho arm ~ longer s~!v!c,. consequent
F.,.
the ottcC> named M. remain in those
grades, adyau."m'u' arrrSt'd Il. until pass
Cd by Officers Longer in the service.
Delay hv n" War Department in the
long-expecIcd annouucemenJ Of promo
tions under tn" national defense act. as
signmcnis Of new od!-ors t" regiments
and transfers anOHE old regiments, IS
due to th- S"ua'" having u, fore it a
U~t of %" nomu4,.ou, to b acted upon.
and about l.-rt commissions still await
ing the siFu4JIl" Of the President Press
of affairs has kept the President from
taking up tbs task. Some Of these com
missions have been a; the White House
since July a. il is stated which has re-
suited in rc.5Nal Of III" proposition to
vest some official of the War Depart
ment with authority to aftiX the sigma
ture of the chief ENec"tiy" to the com
missions
It has been held that a'retired sergeant
Of the regular army. having enlisted
in a troo), Of ,uvaIrv of the Nat3Onai
Guard of Washinlion. Is not entitled TO
receive retired list pay during the
period Of scrri in III" Guard. a
Quarter-maStcr sergeant Of the resular
army took commission in the Ohio Ma
tional Guard. and il has been held n
l. - .-.r r-r
nor principle of Federal government
prohibiting a retired enlisted man OF
the regular army. who may also he a
commissioned officer Of the NaIiona.
Guard from receiving Try for his ser
vices as such commissioned of, '~. as
we'll as pay as a retired enlisted man
nf the regulars.
A recent rulnG by the Navy Depart
ment holds that the finding OF ua' al
examining board must express tn" !u-
dividual opinions of the members Of the
board. after the examination Of aN
evidence before Il in any given case.
The ruling followed the finding hl n,
board that no matter what its Personal
morally qualified for promotion be RUS,
he had been acquitted by a ,o.r'-
martial of grave CHARGES. and the b0arC
was without "power to question The
fndings Of the court" This nndlnz did
not meet with the approval of the War
Department and il was rejected As il