The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

Brig. Gen. William Crozier, U. S.
A., Chief of the Ordnance Bureau
and member Of the new War Coun-
ell. who was born February 10, 1855,
at Carrolton, Ohio, celebrated his
sixty-third birthday yesterday.
Gen. Crozier Is a graduate OF West
Point and Cor years has devoted his
time to questions relating to ord
nance supplies. He is the inventor
of extremely valuable improvements
in artillery weapons.
Last rites for Maj. Phillip H. Sher-
idan, whose death occurred at his
home in Washington Sunday, were
held Wednesday morning at st. Mat
thew's Church. Brig. Gen. John ].
O'Connell, U. s. A., Brig. Gen. George
Andrews. U. S. A; Mai William
Baird. U. s. A. and DR.. Thomas
N. Vincent were the representatives
Of the Loyal Legion at the services
Maj. Sheridan was the only son of
the celebrated Gen. phil Sheri-
dan. Of civil war fame.
The following named men have
been commissioned second lieutenants
in the Engineer Corps of the ma
tional army and are ordered to pro-
ceed to Camp Meade. Md. for duty
with the Sixty-fifth Engineers: Will
lam John Beekley. Edward Brown.
Wallis Orin Parker, Charles Robert
Shanks, Winfield Scott Robertson.
Frank Dupey Lusk. Roy McElroy
Lester, Henry A. Hobbs, Ralph H
Bunting and Robert L. Fletcher.
There were $40 enlistments in the
regular army on February IS, total
Of 375.729 since April /, according to
reports recently received at the ad-
tutant generals office.
Maj. Vernon w. Boiler. Quarter
master Corps. has been relieved from
duty and assigned to the Sixtieth In
fantry. He will go to Camp Greene,
Charlotte. N. c.. to Join the regiment
Because Of the congested condition
brought about by the extensive pur-
chases being made for ships and
yards. which necessitated larger quar-
ters. the purchasing division of the
Bureau OF Supplies and Accounts,
Navy Department. has been moved
from the Navy Building to the new
structures at Seventh and B streets
northwest. In the move are Included
the following divisions of the pur-
chase section: Contract, award. open
purchase. legal, correspondence, navy
order. schedule. mailing, printing and
stationery, mailing list. steel, chemi-
Gals and explosives, provisions, tex
tile, metal and lumber. Paymaster
General McGogan. requisition. dling
and other sections, as well as the pri-
ority and fuel sections, will remain in
the Navy Building. The $50 employees
of the purchase section will be housed
on the first floors Of two wings In the
new structure on the Seventh street
side, and will have a floor space of
10000 square feet, or Just double the
amount occupied in the old quarters.
The first contingents OF men called
under the second draft will, upon their
arrival at camp. be assigned to Ma
tonal Guard divisions to take the
places Of soldiers used in the forma-
tion Of special and technical units. II
Is planned to call 100000 men each
month until the required quota is OBJ
tained. In this way congestion of ar
rival will be obviated.
Maj Roy D. Adams, Medical Re-
serve Corps. who has been on duty at
the Walter Reed General Hospital
here. has been detailed to Camp
Greenleaf. at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga.
Mai. Adams will act as instructor in
lung diseases at his new post.
Lieut. Guy f. Manning. U. S. A.,
has been detailed 10 duty at the
Washington and Lee University, Lex
ington, Va.
Lieut.. Manning will be instructor
Of military science and tactics.
Bunker regulations are not appli-
cable to the 10000 tons of Swedish
shipping included in the proposed
agreement between that country and
the United States, according to ad-
vices received from Washington by
Ira Nelson Morris. American Am
bassador at Stockholm. 1t had been
reported that an attempt would be
made to apply the regulations to the
ships concerned in the negotiations,
and this resulted in 0 storm OF pro-
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