The Washington herald., 1916-08-30
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Best Service Column in City.

field cooking outfit has been invented
by Capt. Charles o. Thomas, IT., supply
officer Of the First Cavalry. 1t has been
demonstrated to the satisfaction OF the
commanding officers. 1t is stated, and &C.
cording TO army men, will revolutionize
the culinary department Of the army in
the field. II adopted.
The entire outfit, capable of preparing
food and hot water for company OF
l5O men, folds into a package IL by 20, and
weighs l25 pounds, making a load for
one side of pack saddle. the other side
Of the pack TO be filled with food.
Capt Thomas was to have left Doug
las. Ariz.. last week for San Antonio
to show Gen. Funston the outfit. but ill
health has caused him to be ordered to
the Letterman General Hospital.
Mai. Edward NJ. Markham. Corps Of
Engineers. who has been on duty in
Memphis. has been detailed as professor
OF practical engineering at West Point.
Capt Arthur n. Tasker, Medical Cosps.
has also been ordered to West Point
for temporary duty as an instructor in
military hygiene.
Maj. Charles S. Farnsworth, sixteenth
Infantry. at Columbus n. M, has been
assigned as an instructor in the Army
War College.
The provision in the naval approprla-
ton bill that officers of the Marine Corps
with the rank OF colonel having forty
five years service to their credit, shall.
when retired have the rank Of brigadier
general, will not affect Immediately any
Of the officers of that branch OF the
military forces OF the United States. No
officer on the active list counting service
in the navy and Marine Corps. has had
a service for forty-five years
Lieut.. Col Henry G. Haines, assistant
adjutant and inspector, who will shortly
be made a colonel has had a longer
service than any other officer In the Ma
rine Corps, including his eight years in
the navy. He was appointed a cadet
midshipman by President Grant on June
2s, 1875, was graduated In 1881, and was
transferred to the Marine Corps as sec
ond lieutenant on July /, 1883.
Col. Charles J Doyen follows Lieut..
Col Haines, having entered the Naval
Academy on june 26. 1876 Then follow
Col. James f .Mahoney, Col. Charles II.
LsuChheimer. Col Lincoln Karmany. and
Col. Joseph II. Pendlcton Col. Mahoney
was admitted TO the Naval Academy
September %, 1876. Col Lauchheimer, Sep
tember II, 1877; col. Karmany. Septem-
Der 70. 1877. and col Pendleton, October
/, 1878
Under the terms Of the provision, Ma
rine Corps officers hereafter retired al 81
Years, before having served foTty-five
Years, but who shall have served faith
fully on the active list until retired. shall,
IN completion OF forty years from entry
IN the naval service, have the rank OF
brigadier general.
This will insure a rigadier-EeneralCy
on the retired list for Col. Littleton W.
T. Waller. who entered the Marine Corps
on June l6. 1850. He will retire for age
on September 2f, 1870, after a service of
forty years and three months. But all
the above officers may receive the rank
OF brigadier general before retirement, as
the personnel increase in the naval ap-
propriaton bill provides for the appoint
ment or four line Colorel, to that rank.
including the three heads OF the stan
departments
Medical Inspector Edward kershner.
retired. who was on the Cumberland
when the Merrimac sank her during the
civn war. died At Hagerstown. Nd. re-
Gently. He was born at that place March
%. 1899 He became a surgeon in ~
and a medical inspector in 1891.