The Washington herald., 1917-06-14
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column in City.

The following is a sketch of an
other army officer whose name con-
stantly is before the public:
BRIG. GEN ENOCH H. CRoWDER,
Judge advocate general and provost
marshal general.
Born in Missouri. April II. 1859 and
was appointed to the Military Academy
at West Point from the State Septem-
Der !. 1877. He first served in the cav
airy and later attended the University
of Missouri. where he received the
degree Of IL B.. in 1886; and In 1875
the offlcer of the Judge Advocate
General. February Is. 1911. he was
appointed Judge Advocate General
Of the United States army. Upon the
recent outbreak of hosulities with
Germany Gen. Crowder was appointed
Provost Marshal General
As provost marshal general. Gen.
Crowder was charged with the re-
sponSibility of registering all male
persons in the United States and its
territorial possessions between the
ages of u and 90 years inclusive who
are subject to military service under
the selective draft law.
The duty of supplying to the nation
the first increment Of 10000 men falls
upon him as will also each succeeding
similar increment until, according to
present pEdns, d OF o.
Z. 100000 men is raised.
Another important duty which the
provost marshal general will have to
perform is the selection of the men
to serve from the millions who regis
ter and the execution OF the eXemp-
dent. Each individual case to be ex-
empted from service will haye to be
dealt with separately.
The Judge Advocate Generals Of
fice is the Supreme Court of the army.
The proceedings OF every general court
martial have to be reviewed by this
office before being submitted to the
President for approval, and final find
ings of the Judge Advocate General,
with his recommendations are submit
ted to the President Of the United
States. who usually approves the rec
concentrations Of that once. II a pris-
oner wishes to appeal from the ind
ingS OF the court, his appeal has to
be made to the Judge Advocate Gen
eraL
General Orders 161, War Department.
1910, prescribed the issue by the
Quartermaster General of q canvass
bag for use of recruits in carrying
their effects from recruiting depots to
their first stations. To date there have
been received at the st. Louis depot
reQuisitions for approximately s., 900
recruit bags, mVolNlng cost OF ABOUT
$2S4, 900.
The money represented by this
article OF equipment seems unreason-
ably large for the benefit derived that
a cheaper bag would answer all pur-
poses The Secretary Of War has
therefore approved a recommendation
of the Quartermaster General that
the recruit clothing bag be discontin-
ued as soon as the supply now on hand
IS exhausted and the barrack bag,
which costs approximately 80 cents, be
issued instead.
The competitive tests Of machine
rifles have been completed at the
Springfield Armory, and the report of
the board conducting the tests now
is under consideration at the War De-
partment. The board consists of Brig.
Gen. Francis H. French. Col. Henry
p, Todd. ,jr;, Coast Artillery nIeyd SSoTpS; S
ry; Capt. Robert H. Willis. jr., jun
ior military aviator, Signal Corps, and
Capt. Richard H. Somers. Ordnance
Department. They have been ordered
to rejoin their proper stations.