The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
Army and Navy News
ID. C. NE. Cs..isss>~~<-


Ralph B. Perry. Pennsylvania ave.
nue. and Seventeenth street. n.,o,
United States army.
Herbert Maynard, 3r, 1901
street captain. United States army
Donald c. McCreery, HarrtnStop
hoteL captain. Judge Advocate Gen
erals Corps.
wallace Streater, confres, Kan
hotel FIRST Lieutenant Judge Advo-
cate Generals Corps.
nomss A DeBoSt no address
corna' syen' first iieutensHS Army servics
Ralph H. Doane. no sA,ress; Ken
meth e. Hesld. geoIorfcsf,, survey
ana Harper J. Meclurs, ssh Keo-
neer Corps.
Ssrl Becker. Ordnance pep.rA
ment and Martin LowenberR s7oA
norrison street, first Iieutenants
ordsnce Corps. n's'
Thomas NJ Lynch. 1914 Ixn,.
street major. QusrternaEter Cor.
Robert F. Bowe. 1882 Biitn,or.
Corps '
william NJ Conrad. ,osa Pal.
road. and Roy NJ. Peterson. Depsrt-
ment Of Agriculture, nrst IIe1t.n-
ants, Quartermsster Corps.
solbert L Greenberger, I7.s La
, ier place second lieutenant, Quar-
termaster Corps.
James H. Cadien. 1910 Rirr,
I Charles c. Campbell 1915
Tenth street: Harry NJ Fork.r ms
irving street northeast; Bernsrd \
roy. Chevy Chase; Thomas
Scully. 2l24 street. and Richard 7
~. zlz Tenth street northeast. nrst
heutenants, Motor Transport Corns
John 5. Bergman. 1919 Eleventh
1SIC ana Douglas r Hobart. s1sI
Ilorloa avenue, second lieutsn.,t.
Motor Transport Corps
AIoert X Losh. 1910 r street c,,-
Idin' Chemical Warfare Service
Harold NJ Schwietert. 42s sev,
Seenth street Chemical warfsT.
angelo Liberti Walter Reed Hos
p'IsL' Iirst lieutenant. Medical Corn,
oio I. Msuft. 1919 Perry
Snrs. ,a second Lieutenant sienaI
Two hundred thousand -.,-,,,,.
requested for the navy neyf -,
rrahIy 10 man the merchant sbio,
nus was asked by Admiral PsIr,cr
OF The Bureau Of NsvtgstjoD b.fo-,
I the House Naval Committse ~,
week. Besides the monthly ouo,. -
I7Vv men allotted the navy 49,,
o'vo men a month will probs bin, bs
ts tsken IN from those in deferred class
lncations by individual induction a,
1le monthly quota OF l5.Ooo practically
~ ursIIs nave been received, nor will
De received for another Doptb e.,
I cepting those individually ip51.,,s
{ Secretary Daniels has renewed ~ o.
junction not to accept bows under IS
ana those over Is. but who have mi
. had an opportunity 20 register rnsv
not be inducted. Similarly those n,en
( OF draft age who have not been class
! ihed can not be accepted for the pres-
ent
. The navy oficiaIs connected with
/ the recent Liberty Loan drive a..
I highly elated at the generous re-
sponse made by the naval service.
over SAS'5OO,OOO were sUbsCrih bed by
Ihe naval establishment with the
I returns not yet all in over ss 600 =
/ 600 were subscribed by the bureau.
! ana ofhces at the department. Or
/ more than the total subscriptIor for
the navy in the first Liberty Bond
sale. Much credit is due Rear Ad-
mIral Cowie. the navy Liberty Loan
! director. for the enthusiasm, he
aroused in behalf Of the loan. His
chaNenge to the country that IL
/ match the navy had much to do
with the boosting subscriptions in
sections whore interest was Iarrfpr
. and the praise bestowed upon tine
navy by Secretary McAdoo. as well
as his action in designating navy
DAY. were factors in the success OF
the drive
A statement has been prepared by
me surgeon general OF the navy which
includes 4 brief reference 10 the many
enterprises. connected with war serv-
ice engaged in by the Medical CornS
The forthcoming annual req br. OF
Rear Admiral Braisted will deal move
IN detail with these matte The
subject OF gas warfare. the use OF
masks. the neUtrs lizaIio uf DO. -rr.0lls
gases and the treatment Of the LasSeu
/ has been fully mastered. The yr1t,la-
uon OF submarines. tho food appro-
! PIRATE to men serving IN them has
I been investigated and improved Anti
flash clothing has been devised 10
minimize the dangers from liquid Grr.
burning gunpowdcr and explosives
nv 'aiil- n tffHl n ANI lf-~ |Ia nfHE
/ Eanlzcd At the medical school. and t.H
, telegraphic request their units. fully
( equipped. can proceed 10 the ren-. ~
an epidemic where personnel T.. oscf-
! worked or facilities for hauirr.oluZ5rar
( work are needed
After some delay. during which
some changes were made. a device
I has been adopted for the 1ar~onr, Al
/ OF the newly organized Motor Trans
! port Corps. The device consists ~ \
motor wheel surmounted by a metal
! army hat. from the sides nf winch
| protrudes pair OF wings. For on
( GERS the device is Of bronze. Cx,onL
| the tire Of the wheel which is o. ssi-
/ yer. and the spaces betwyrl the
| spokes OF the wheel are ouen. For
| enlisted men the device is sinuar
worn in the shape nf bu:fon. made
I entirely Of bronze. including The tire.
and the background between the
spokes is filled in. Many Officers o. the
! Motor Transport Ups have already
donned the new lIsign 2. and Il ~
| expected that the buttons for the en-
listed men will be available very
shortly. The corps has also been su-
thorized to use a purple hat cord.