Evening star., 1918-04-07

health, or to have charge OF men IL ne
10 not ready to share their every hard
ship.
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AirpIanes Of the Navy are daily at
work In practice at Norfolk. Va. and
their behavior gives
Nevv 4 A;,r1n~.. no cause for COM
plant Of the liberty
Are at Work. motor. with which
thew ara driven. Two Of them have
made round trips-4oo miles or more
without q. malfunction Of the engine
and others have met all tests to wnicn
they can be submitted. The numoef
of machines is not told. but 1t Is SUI
ficiently large to insure thorough test
of. motors and the design OF the ar
planes, and tho result appears IN all re-
spects to be satisfactory.
The Navy will not discuss the pro-
duction Of alrplanes or nydroplanes'
but there is nothing about the depart
ment to indicate that It the nssd omcefs u
It has been announced that all at
planes for the Army and the Navy VIII
bear q red. white and blue Dull s-eye
OF three concentric circles, Similar to
the insignia Of the ained p.Ihn phits .ud nd
blue stripes on the rudders. NO rea-
son has appeared for abandoning lne
former insignia Of the star Inc suSss
has been hazarded that 1t 10 TO make
IL more difncult for the Teutons to dis
Tin e1,ieh the American planes from
those Of the allies. except at close
ranges
As a result of their conviction by
80 no Of Violating
the articles of war three officers OF the
Army have been dismissed by order OF
tho President. They are: First Lieut.
Edward ]. Cox. 128th Field Artfllery' 81
Kelly. sosth Field Artillery. at Camp
Dix, N. J., and First Lieut.. Amos v
Cooper, Medical Corps, National Guard
at Deming, N. NJ.
Brig. Gen. Charles L. Phillips. Ma
tfonal Army, also has been honorably
discharged. He will revert to his former
rank of colonel in the Coast Artillery
Corps and assume command OF the coast
defenses Of Puget sound, Washington.
Lieut.. Col. Samuel Hof, ordnance. U
s. A., has been relieved from further
duty in this city and will proceed to
Philadelphia. He will take command OF
tho Frankford arsenal, relieving Col
George Montgomery, who will await
further orders.
Maj. Lewis A. Conner, Medical Re-
serve Corps. has been appointed a men,
ber of the special board appointed by
the War Department to examine such
officers as are ordered before it for
fitness. Maj. Conner will only
meet with the board in the absence of
Col. Howard H. johnson, Medical Corps.
N. A.
Eight officers Of the National Guard
in the service Of the United States have
been honorably discharged by order of
the President because Of physical dis
as follows:
fantry. Capt. Frank u. Adams of 1921
Infantry. Capt. Fred w. Porter of the
1920 Infantry, Capt. Robert H. Smith
Of the 131st Infantry. Capt. Samuel
Brown of 111th Machine Gun Battalion.
Capt. Lewis e. jackson of the 10th In
fantry. First Lieut.. George W. Steely.
Medical Reserve Corps. and Second
Lieut.. Lawrence N. Watson Of the 109th
Supply Train.
Because of reported physical disability.
Col. George M. Apple. field artillery Of
the National Army. has been honorably
from that rank and that Off
Ger reverts to his former status of major
In the. field artillery Of the Regular Army.
Maj. Apple will proceed to the Panama
Canal Zone and report to the commander
Of the 18th Field Artillery for duty with
that regiment
NAL Arthur H. Lloyd. Engineer Reserve
Corps. has been appointed constructing
at Camp Abraham Eustis
at Mulberry Island. Va Mai Theron NJ
Ripley, Engineer Reserve Corps. has been
appointed Maj. Lloyd's assistant
Lieut. Col. J. F. Reynolds Landis,
U. IS. A., retired, now in this city, has
been appointed q colonel in the National
Army.
Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn, command
Ing the troops at Camp Sherman. Chilli
cothe. Ohio, who has been studying war
on the French front. is in this city on
his way to his post. Like all general off,
al examination to determine his physical
illness for active field service,
Though. he viii not talk for publica-
don about his observations on the bat
@ express his confldsnce that the % allies
will hold and eventually repulse the Ger
man forces in the titanic struggle now in
He said that when he left
shape than any body Of American troops
he had ever seen. and. with the British
Ind French troops. were equal to any
emergency that may arise.
Lieut.. SOi. hoWA10 n. johnson, Med1-
al Corps. has been relieved from duty
Ia the once Of the surgeon general in
his city and ordered to Camp Meade,
Annapolis Junction, Nd, to organize,
squip and command Base Hospital
No. IL.
President Wilson has exercised Glenn
ency In the case Of First Lieut.. James
". Sparks, 347th Infantry, National
Army. That oflcer was convicted by
at Camp Pike, Ark, Of the
.hargs Of being drunk and disorderly,
In uniform, In a public hotel at Little
Rock, 'to the disgrace Of the service"
"a was sentenced to be dismissed. The
President has ordered that the sentence
be- suspended subject to Lieut. Sparks
conduct hencefofth."
Announcement was made at the War
that Second Lieut. Harry
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