The Washington herald., 1918-10-04
Army and Navy News

II is interesting to know that in
March. 1916 our army had only 100
trucks. in March. 1917 1000 trucks.
in March. 1918 10000 trucks, and #
is predicted that by March. 1919
there will be 100000 trucks in the
service with a personnel Of 7J0.0 900
officers and enlisted men.
Schools for the training Of men
in the driving. maintenance, etc. Of
motor vehicles already have been
established at Jacksonville. Fla. and
at Fort Sheridan. III. and numerous
other schools will be tablished in
the near future in other parts OF
the country. A station for spare
parts and repairs is located at Camp
Hol3biTd. near Baltimore. and many
motor vehicle bases have been es-
tablished in France.
The men sent to the schools in
this country will receive a three
weeks course OF instruction and the
best men will be selected as drivers
with the rank of corporal A sec
ond driver VIII he assigned TO each
truck. 2 necessary procaUtion since
these men are frequently on duty
for forty-cirht hours and even sew
enty-twO hours at a time with no
rest except brief periods for unload
ing.
The following officers have been
selected for temporary and permanent
promotion in the Medical Corps:
For temporary promotion to the
rank Of rear admiral. Pay Director
Charles s. Williams
For permanent promotion 70 the
rank Of captain. J. J. Cheatham.
For temporary promotion to the
rank Of captain. Pay Inspectors J II.
Merrfman- George Brown. David Pot
ter Charles Couard. G. c. Schsfer.
G. r. Venab1e, T W. Leutze. D. Y.
Chadwick, Z. c. Tobey and Ray
Spear.
For temHorary promotion 10 the
rank Of commander: Paw Inspectors
z. c. Tobey and Y. : Jackson and
Paymasters Ray Spear. J. NJ Han
cock and J. G Hilton.
| For temporary promotion 10 the
rank Of commander: Paymasters J. F.
! Hatch. +. c. Pyne. c. :. Baker. D.
/ W. Nesbit, J. s. Higgins. / T.
Hagner. c. P. Auld. J. :. Beecher.
( H. de F. Mel. T. c. GudCer. 5. z.
Barber. II. D. Lamar. W. c. Fite.
ID. c. CroweIl. c. G Mayo. J r.
/ Hornhereor. z. H. Cope. B. NJ Dob
, son, w. y. Hughes. J y. Jordan,
VI. W. Browning, /. " Jennings,
! II. /. Collins. c. z. Parsons, T. II.
( Van Pat'.u, 7. F. O'Nara. ". Il
/ Karker, +. Z. Corcoran and +. A.
Cohey.
Promotiors Of the following mem
hers Of the pay corps were made as
| follows:
CaDts. Albert NJ. D. Mccormick and
Robert NJ. Kennedy were selected 10
temporary promotion to the rank Of
rear admiral
/ The following were selected for
| permanent promotion to the rank OF
4 captain: Medical Directors Charle-
! L. Rigs and Ammen FaranhoIt. and
/ Medical Inspectors Middleton :. FL
| Holt, Frank l. PIeadwell, Dudley y.
! Carpenter. James c. Pryor and
/ Washington B. Grove.
The following were select ed for
temporary promotion to the rank Of
captain Medical Inspectors RAY
mond Spear, John B. Dennis. Eugene
/ J. Grow, Frank (. Mccullough,
{ Granville L. AnEeny. William II
Bell. Holton c. CuII. Edward G. Par
( ker, Henry F. Odell. James s. Taylor,
| Joseph A. Murphy. Charles y. Fiske.
/ George =. Freeman. Charles St. J
Butler and Joseph NJ Brister.
The following were selected for
/ permanent promotion 20 the rank OF
/ commander: Medical Inspectors John
! 7. Kennedy. Archibald NJ Fauntle,
! roy. Joseph p. Traynor. John L. Mel
! son. Charles c. Grieve. John D. Man
chester and James :. Woodward. and
/ Surgeons James A Randall, Allen D.
/ Mclean. Robert G. Heiner. Benjamin
! II. Dorsey. Harry T. Hull. Lewis h.
/ Wheeler. owen J. Mink. and Harold
/ w. Smith.
The following were selected for
! temporary promotion to the rank OF
/ comma nder. surgeons =. 4. Aheken,
| W. S Pugh. Jr. James Z. Gill l.
! 5. X. Reeves. r. E. Stoops, W. ]. "a
! lesSy. H. A May, W. A. AuEwin, f.
| E. Porter. P. T. Dessez, n. T. Mclean
! W. G. Farwell. n. c. Gather. A. B.
, Clifford. R. A Warner. P. P. Stall
| maker. c. 3. Munger. J. B. Mesrs. @,
:. Hathaway. F. L. Sellers, Z. H. II,
. Old. +. c. White. T. W ReCd, Z. l..
/ Woods. r c. RansdelL T. L. Jones,
g. X. Winu.f J. B. kaufman. ]. 2
! Haynes. T. w. Raison. J. NJ. MiHteT
r. ]. StraetoN. Reynolds Hayden, F
V. Valz. NJ. A. Stuart, F. Y. Koltes,
H. L. Kelley. ]. T. Miller. G. B. TRIBE
and H. A. Garrison.