The Washington herald., 1918-05-15
Army and Navy News

Lieut.. Col. Hamilton Bowie, Thir-
teenth Cavalry, has been relieved
from his present duty at Fort Riley,
Kans., and will proceed to Join his
regiment.
The following appointments in the
Oficers' Reserve Corps have been
made in the ONCE OF the Adjutant
General. on recommendation Of the
Commanding General. American ex-
peditionary forces:
Henry G. Allen, William ]. Arm
strong. Thomas Ash, jr.. Henry Bad
ham. William L. Bradfeld. William
T. Clements, Rector c. Coffee, WILL
lam s. Cousins, Oliver r. Dawes.
Thomas L. Dawson. Harry o. Fishel
Lawrence w. clifford, Martin p. KeI-
ly, Robert A Kelly, James F. Lilies,
James +. Manning, tr., william Mat
thews. Wistar Norris. Carlisle F..
Nicol. Thomas L. Onotayia, Charles
L Osborne, Fred PhiIbrick, Walter
J. Smith and Ralph z. spake, first
lieutenants. Aviation Section, s. r.
c.; Charles A. Amsden, second lieu
tenant, Aviation Section, S. r. c.;
Raymond H. Mathews, first lieuten-
ant, Medical Reserve Corps.
Maj. Howard E Atterbury, OrdI.
nance Reserve Corps. has been as.
signed TO active duty and will take
station at Washington. D. c.. and
report in person to the Chief OF Ord.
nance for duty.
The appointment has been an.
nounced of Charles d. Trexler a,
chaplain, National Army, with ranl
OF hrst lieutenant from April a7
1918. He will proceed 20 Camp Uu.
ton, Long Island. n. Y, and report
to the commanding general. SGD Di.
vision. for assignment to duty under
his command.
The following-named first lieuten-
ants OF the Medical Reserve Corp,
have been relieved from their pres.
ent duties at the medical oflcers
training camp. Fort Riley, Kans.
and will report in person to tht
commandant, that camp, for duty
with Convalescent Camp No. 5
William E. Clark. Lawrence ]. Leon.
ard. Paul S. Mabry, Edward A
Marrs. Fred T. Rucker. Edward NJ
Theirs, Ross E. Weaver, Robert E
Wells, Robert S. williams.
In those branches OF the service
including the Signal Corps, fol
which the statutory grade Of mess
sergeant has not been provided, q
| sergeant. first class, or an enlisted
man OF any grade. can properly bt
detailed as mess sergeant. A. r
13446. which regulates this matter
aside from a qualification of tn,
right to appoint a sergeant, firsi
| class, in the Medical Department
makes no specification of the grade.
from which men may be detailed
as mess sergeants. Soldiers SO de.
tailed are entitled. under the act O,
May IL. 1908 (35 Stat. 1O9), to re,
| Ceive S6 per month in addition q
the pay of their regular grade.
A soldier who was a patient in 9
base hospital under observation
and detention on account Of hi.
mental condition. which was dag.
nosed as dementia precox, attempt.
ed to escape. The sentinel OF
guard. after calling to him several
times to halt. fired one shot which
killed him. The post surgeon, a:
well as a board OF officers conven.
ed to investigate and report upoi
the matter, found that the death OF
the soldier was in line of duty, anS
was not due to his own misconduct
because Of his insanity and IRE.
sponsibility. Held, that such finding,
should be approved, since ii is clear
that the deceased was mentally ir.
responsible at the time he met hi.
death in attempting to escape.
An enlisted man was sent to the
base hospital, his disease being
contracted apparently in line OF
duty. Upon his release from the
hospital he was granted a Is days
furlough, and while on such fur.
Tough he died at his home. Held
that since a soldiers death may be
in line Of duty. even though he was
4S Ct. Cls., 110), and since there is
no evidence that this soldiers death
resulted from his misconduct Csee
35 Stat. los and 1850, such death
should be regarded as having occur
red in line of duty ana not as a
result of his own misconduct.
The abstract of opinion published
on page 3 of Bulletin 72, w. u,
December "a, 1917, should be amend
ed by striking out the words was
absent on furlough or in the second
and third lines from the bottom OF
page 2.