The Washington herald., 1918-09-27

The promotion Of Lieut.. Col. Ray
mond P. Sullivan to be colonel in
the Medical Department OF the army
was the forerunner of his appoint
ment to succeed Col. william II.
Moncrief as the chief OF the surgl-
cal division of the Surgeon Gener-
ais office. All the offices now in this
division are from the Medical ON
GERS Reserve Corps. being selected
on account of their administrative
capacity. Col. Sullivan, after sew
eral years experience as a surgeon
in the Mayo clinics in Rochester.
Mimi, was in active practice in the
city of New York at the outbreak
OF hostilities. Another recent pro-
motion is that Of Lieut.. Col. Frank
lin Martin. director of the medical
section Of the Council of National
Defense. to be colonel in the Medi-
cal Corps.
Brig. Gen. r. E. Wood. acting
quartermaster general and director
I Of Purchase and Storage. has or
/ ganized a Leather Subdivision in the
clothing and equipage division OF
the Quartermaster Corps. This new
subdivision Is in charge of Maj. ].
| C. Byron and includes the shoe
I branch of which George r. Harsh is
| in charge; the leather and fur cloth
| ing branch. Capt. W. w. Wheeler
in charge, and the harness branch,
Capt. A. F. Cochran in charge. The
hide and leather control branch or
the clothing equipage division has
been abolished and its personnel.
records and equipment have been
transferred to the new subdivision.
! The personnel. records and equip
ment of the harness branch of the
vehicle and harness division have
/ also been transferred to the leather
subdivision
The War Department has amended
| G. o. IS and in a new order which
has not yet been printed will appear
practically revocation of the section
( regarding the furnishing of cloth for
uniforms. Under the new plan 1t is
proposed to supply certain manufac-
turers Of uniforms with material at
| cost and these uniforms will be sold
to officers at a fair price under the
approval of the War Department.
! Other manufacturers of clothing will
be supplied with sufficient quantities
for them to manufacture ready made
uniforms for officers and a list of the
firms thus authorized to deal with
officers will be published from time
to time by the department. This. it
is believed. will end the complaints
which have been made by military
tailors and at the same time insure
that officers will receive their uni
forms at fair prices. Under this pol
icy officers are not compelled to buy
material or have garments made by
any particular tailor IL they desire
to take advantage of the prices made
| available under the agreement with
the War Department. The original
plan outlined in old order No. IS has
been abandoned.
Residents of this city and vicinity
have been commissioned in the army
as follows:
Frederick W. Browne, Garrett Park,
Md, major. engineers.
| Charles NJ. Hayes. East Falls
Church, Va, captain, engineers.
John ". Buchler, 1116 East Capitol
street. second lieutenant, engineers.
William S. Nelms, Chevy Chase,
D. C.. first lieutenant, Ordnance
| Corps.
Arthur J. Dalton, 30 B street north
east; Daniel p. Martin, NJ street and
New Hampshire avenue. and Olin r.
Barnes. Camp Alexander, Va, first
heutenants. Quartermaster Corps.
| william L Arnold. Alexandria, Va,