The Washington herald., 1918-08-08
/ Army and Nay Neyyys&:
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Best Service Column in the City

Appointments in the Reserve Dental
Corps Of the army have been discon-
tinued, except those candidates who
were examined prior TO last septem-
Der and who were found physically
according to the require
ments then In force. As the physical
standards have been modified some
what since then. It was considered
but fair that such candidates as were
rejected for physical causes which
would not now bar them be given
an opportunity. Twenty-four apph-
cants for the regular Dental Corps.
who qualified IN the examination
which was held March IL Of this
year, were commissioned on July lS.
The successful candidates are:
John Rudolph Wikeen, Alcester. s.
Oak.
Richard Carlton HobHtzeu. WILL
Jamestown. w. Va
Carl Eaton saffcrd, Brookline. Mass.
Charles Jefferson Denholm. Mill
vale, Pa.
Harry Holmes. soperton. Ga.
Elmer Henry Nicklies. Maxwell.
Iowa
Harold Jensen, Junction City. Ore.
Edward William Blurock, Los An
geles, Cal.
Daniel Sumner Lockwood. streator.
Thomas winton Deyton. Green
Mountain, n. c.
James Barto Mann. colmesneil,
Texas.
Avery Scott Hills. Sacramento. Cal
George Mason Babbitt Wilmette,
Ill.
Judge William Fowler. Atlanta. Ga
Francis Stone Adams, Buffalo. n. Y.
Archie Thomas McGuinness San
Francisco. Cal
Carl Howard West, Gillette. wyo.
Edwin Moore Kennedy, Leaven-
worth, Kans.
Merle W. Catterlin. Heyworth, Ill.
Thomas Minyard Page, Atlanta. Ga
Clarence Pefferce jackson, Macomb'
Ill.
Chester Bumgardner Parkinson, De-
Herbert Edwin Guthrie. Huntington,
W. Va.
James Harold Keith. Bridgewater.
Mass.
Attempts have been made in the
past to change the law relative to the
detail Of retired officers TO active duty
with the rank not above that Of
major. Section "a Of the national de-
fense act contains a proviso to the
effect that hereafter any retired ofii-
Ger, who has been or shall be detail
ed on active duty, shall receive the
rank. pay and allowances OF the
grade. not above that OF major, that
he would have attained in due course
of promotion IL he had remained on
the active list beyond the date OF his
retirement equal to the total amount
Of time during which he has been de-
tailed on active duty since his retire
ment." The objection to = seeming
promotion of retired officers was
overcome by a section in the recent
army appropriation act to the effect
that "the last proviso of Section "a Of
said act be, and is hereby, amended
by substituting the word colonel for
the word major therein" II attract
ed no attention and consequently no
objection.
The War Department authorizes the
following statement:
The sum of 1855, 100 has been au-
thorized to cover the cost of enlarg-
ing Camp Humphreys. located at Ac-
cotink, Va, 10 accommodate S.9el
troops. The work is being done by
the construction division OF the army.
The expansion calls for zoo bar
racks, fifty-five mess halls, sixteen
officers quarters buildings. four ad-
ministration buildings, for post ex-
changes, thirty storehouses, thirty
stables and sheds. and two repair
shops.
The buildings will be similar in
type to those of the same nature in
other camps.
Camp Humphreys Is used as a
training camp for engineers.
The President has approved the
sentence OF dismissal imposed by
courtmartial at indianapolis. Ind. In
the case OF Capt. Sidney B. Colquitt,
Tenth United States Infantry. as a
result OF his conviction of the charge
OF violating the Ninety-fith Article
OF War. Capt Colquitt is from Texas
and was appointed to the army in
November, 1872, from civil life.
In March Of this year was published
a statement concerning a notable
success achieved by the Navy Depart
ment in the repair of ships seized
from Germany in substituting welding
by electricity for riveting. The great
saving In time and money in the use
Of this process in ship construction
was at once apparent, and arrange
ments were promptly considered for
the building OF ships by the welding
up Of steel hulls, thus doing away
with riveting. This saves so much
time and cost that the marvel of Il
Is that II has not been fully utilized
It Is possible to employ women on this
work, and there is opportunity to es-
cape dependence upon male tabor.
which may be turned TO other useful
directions. News comes from London
that the first steel vessel built with
out rivets has just been launched on
the south coast Of England. The pro-
duction OF this vessel was made pos
sible by the plates being fused to-
gether by electric welding In one
process. General adoption Of this
process. Il Is held. would speed ur
production. with an estimated saving
Of from 20 to Is per cent In both time,
r,.ferin1 and NANCY The surressful