The Washington herald., 1918-08-04

An elaborate government exhibit
IL being pI epared and assembled 70
tour the state fairs Of the country.
beginning August 10. The DEPART
ments participating are the Aericui-
ture, Labor. Interior. War. Navy.
and possibly others, The military
features win consist of ordnance,
shells. models Of ships. German
rifles. trophies. etc. The navy ana
Marine Corps viii conduct recruit
ing booths. and the Committee on
Public Information viii furnish four
minute speakers. The country has
been divided into six Circuits, and
the cities selected for exhibition are
sedalia, Mo-: Des Moines. Iowa:
Harnlin. Mimi: Milwaukee. Okla
homa City. wichita. Dallas. Waco.
Erie. Rochester, Syracuse. Trenton.
Richmond Springfield. Ill: Detroit.
Nashville. Memphis. Knoxville. At
lanta. Macon. Jacksonville. Colum-
bus. Ohio: indianapolis. Topeka.
Hutchinson. Kans.; Muskogee. Kan
sas City. Shreveport. Douglas. wyo.
Phoenix. Ariz.: Huron and others In
the Central West
In accordance with those clauses
m the new naval appropriation act
that provide for promotion of re-
tired officers on ac0ve duty. not
above the rank Of major. the follow
ing retired officers of the Marine
Corps have been recommended for
promotion on the retired list: To
be majors CpermanenO from July /.
l9lS-First Lieut.. Samuel J. Logan:
Cspts. Frederick NJ Eslick, Samuel
A. W. Paterson, Leof NJ. Harding.
Charles J. z. Guggenheim, Lovick p.
Pinkston. and First Lieut.. John w.
McCIaskey. To be captains Cperma-
nenp from July ]. 1e1s-First Lieuts.
Fred A. UdelI. William A. Howard.
Renato Tittoni. Harold c. Daniels.
Frederic Kensel. Frank L Martin.
Daniel N. Gardiner. jr., Cleyburn
McCauley. Harold Colvocoresses, and
Alexander B. Nikell. To be majors
Temporary from July 1, 1s1s-Capts.
Arthur Stokes, Arthur p. Crist, First
Lieut.. Fred A. UdeIl. Capt. Thomas
F. Lyons, Edward S. aYtes, Sidney
w. Brewster. Frederick c. Mcconnell
Thomas A. Mott. Harrison 7. Swain,
John G. Muir. First Lieut.. William
A. Howard and Capt. Renato Tfttoni.
These promotions are. made in &C
cordance with the length Of active
service the officers have had. In
order TO determine the rank to which
they are entitled they were assigned
running mates on the active list.
The nomination Of Gen. Fl. L
Rogers TO be Quartermaster General
Of the army has not been acted upon
by the Senate Military Affairs Com,
mittee. Owing to the fact that Cor
gress is practically in recess until
August 81 and that Senator Cham
berlain. chairman of the committee,
is out of the city. there is little like
lihood of a meeting of the COMMITTEES
before the reconvening of Congress
for regular daily sessions. The Sec
retsry OF War has stated that in
sending the nomination Of q rerma-
nent Quartermaster General to the
Senate by the President. Gen. Eogers
was named. and this incidentally
raised the question as to why Gen
r. f. Woods name was not sent
Under the law Gen. Wood Is not ell
gible. The nominee has to be one
of the ranking officers in that corps
and he must have served q certain
length of time in the corps. Gen
Wood has neither OF these Qualifica-
tions. Gen. Wood is not going to
leave at once; Gen. Rogers will NOT
come from France for awhile. When
the change is made Gen. Wood will
go to France for very important
work there. Gen. Woods work as
acting Quartermaster General has
met with the unqualified approval
of the War Department" The delay
in confirmation will perhaps satisfy
Senatorial curiosity. as the men,
bers of the committee will md that
Gen. Rogers is the senior OF his