The Washington herald., 1918-09-10
Army and Navy News

Col. Edward r. Schreiner. Medical
Corps, U. 6. A. has been relieved
from duty in The Office OF the surgeon
general OF the army and placed in
the command OF the Walter Reed
General Hospital He will relieve Col
Willard F. TRULY. Medical Corps.
who has been assigned 10 duty in
the Office OF the surgeon general
An order has been issued specificai-
ly authorizing non-commissioned off,
GERS to apply for appointment as CON-
missioned officers in the United
States guards. Circular letter A. G.
o.. December S. 1917. quotes: Re
| quested all commanding officers %
submit the names Of any temporary
! second lieutenants whom they may
recommend for appointment in this
special force"
Circular letter from the adjutant
; generals office TO all department
] commanders dated May 9. 1915.
bracket b. paragraph 2. quotes as fol-
J lows: Promotions open 10 enlisted
men and officers TO include the rank
Of major"
| Under general regulations Of the
United States army a noncornuis-
stoned officer may properly request
/ permission through the proper mill.
i tary channels 10 take the examina.
tion for a commission I'm the United
/ states Guards These applications
should be made 10 the chief Mill
tary Bureau.
Instructions have been issued nv
( the War Department to increase the
facilities at the base hospital To-
/ Gated at Fort Sam Houson The
/ estimated cost Is S237. 30. The addi-
tions are nine two-story ward bar-
! racks OF the general hospital can
+ tonmcnt type. one nurses inhrmary.
! one mess hall and kitchen. one NOR
/ tuary. and one central heating plant
All the buildings authorized are 10
be fully equipped for summer and
/ winter use.
| The Construction division OF the
/ army has undertaken 323 operations
since April. 1917. and has in pros
pect 153 more. To the end Of Au-
gust ninety-three operations had
| been completed, including the camps
and cantonments. The total cost OF
the finished operations was S277.-
| 745.847.
There are now under construction
! 265 Jobs which will represent a cost
approNimating !636.s52.35L Practic-
/ ally all the work now under con-
struction will be finished by Janu-
airy l. 1919. Included in the present
. construction are the development CT
eight port terminals at a cost Of ap-
{ prOXimately $I5O.OOO. 900. One OF
these, the Brooklyn army supply
/ base, estimated TO cost $40, 600 600,
{ will have the largest warehouses in
I tho world
course OF construction are South
Boston. Mass. which is estimated TO
cost $2S.O00. 900: New Orleans La,
S1O.O0O.0Oo; Newport News. Va.
about $4,000. 600.
Projects now under way include a
large number OF ammunition depots.
Z QuarteTmasters' wa arehouses and stor-
age depotS in inland cities, hospitals
ordnance plants. new training camps
and the enlarcing OF other camps TO
| provide accommodations for the in
/ CreasinE army and the newer methods
| OF training. The major portion OF this
class will be finished by January !.
1919.
/ Rank IS sought for women in the
! Army Nurses Corps. The army reg
lations prescribe that the members
! Of the women's nurse corps tape rank
next after cadets.
There is some talk OF providing an
I intermediate grade for the nurses be-
tween that OF the lowest commission
ed rank and the highest noncommis-
| stoned rank. similar to the warrant Of
/ fCers' grade in the navy. II l. he
, lieved, however. that the nurses pre-
fer relative rank of commissioned Of
! ficers, to rank with but after the Of
ficers OF their respective grades. This
plan IL based upon the policy under
stood to have been adopted in the
Canadian and Australian forces 4
bill to that effect has been introduced
in Congress.
Nine residents Of this vicinity have
been commissioned in the army. as
follows:
Samuel II. Browne. Io2 B street
northeast. captain. engineers.
p. Edward Larkin. Montana Apart
ment, captain. medical CCr0s
Townsend Cocks. first lieutenant
engineer corps.