The Washington herald., 1916-11-03
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS

The War Department Board of Review
hereafter win follow a procedure re
sembhng hearings rather than the usua
procedure OF boards of army officers
That Is, the Chief Of Staff will present
subjects for discussion to the members
of the board and will call for the ful
views OF the members with respect to the
questions. Announcement to this effect
mas neen made at the War Department
! The Chief of STAFF will make personal
recommendations to the Secretary of Wal
or SUCH conclusions as he may arrive al
as result of the discussions engaged In
by the board members, in accordance
with his own views as to what will best
serve The interests OF the country. The
recorder of the board will keep a synop.
sis OF the discussions of the board.
Rules have been issued by the Chief OF
Stan OF the army concerning the national
defense act section which permits officers
Of the general stan corps or Of army
stan corps or department who are pro-
NOTED to the next higher grade while SC
serving to serve out the periods of theil
detail
NO ofhcer. according to the rules will
De detailed to staff corps or department
inciuding the general stan corps, who
mas less than one year to serve in his
grace pe1ore promotion.
NO 'oficer Of any stan corps or depart.
nent promoted to the next higher grade
while SO serving will be retained who has
less than one year to serve before the
i expiration Of his detail.
"hen vacancy occurs in a stan corp
or department among the officers regu
iarly detailed in a grade of that staf
! corps, as distinguished from the surplu.
omcers In that grade created by the
application of the last proviso of section
of the National Defense Act, the vac.
ancy will he filled by the assignment
| thereto of a surplus officer of that grad,
Tor that sta1 corps, IL such there be, o
the arm from which the regular detail
| was made.
The vacancy in the next lower grad.
caused by the disposition Of a surplus
ofhcer as provided in the rule Just stated
or by the expiration of the detail of
surplus officer in a higher grade. will bt
similarly filed, should there be surplui
officers in that grade.
Where no surplus officer of the arm
| concerned exists in a grade available tC
NIL a vacancy, then the vacancy wiIr bt
filled in any stan corps or department
except the General Stan Corps, in &C
cordance with instructions formerly
issued by the War Department
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, accord
ing to dispatches from New. York, favori
the training of enough aviators in aero
plane and hydroplane service to establish
continuous picket line 100 miles at sea
in times of dangeR all along the Atlantic
Gulf and Pacific coasts. Thus no enemy
! could approach with Washington beinG
Observed
Admiral Peary advocates eight battle
cruisers on the Atlantic coast and eight
on the Pacific coast, each with a guar.
anteed speed of thirty-hve knots
Admiral Peary also favors a govern.
ment Department of Aaeronautics sep.
arate from the army and navy. with a
new member Of the Cabinet at its head
Word has reached Washington of the
death OF Maj. r. Livingston Luckey. q
member OF the Old Guard of New York
and of the New York National Guard
He was Is years old. entered the service
of the National Guard as paymaster OF
the Hawkins Zouaves, later became ad.
. jutant, resigned to become lieutenant
colonel of the First Regiment. New Yorl
National Guard: was appointed adjutant
OF the Ninth Regiment, because brigade
. inspector of the Seventh Brigade, with
the rank Of major, and, finally, was
breveted lieutenant colonel.