The Washington herald., 1918-01-18
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column I'm the City

Best Service Column In the City L
Two District men have been COM
missioned as captains in branches OF
the army under recent orders pro-
mulgated by the War Department.
Two others have been given commits
sions as lieutenants.
Thomas S. Orr. Capitol Park Hotel.
has been appointed a captain in the
Ordnance Reserve Of the army and
Charles d. Frey. 1856 ! street north
west. a captain in the ouartermaster
Reserve. Daniel II. Rucker, OF Ross
lyn, Va, has been given q second
lieWenant's commission in the En-
gineer Reserve and James Holmes
Defsndorf, of Garrett Park, Nd, has
been commissioned a first lieutenant
in the Sanitary Corps. Lieut.: Defan-
dorf s a graduate OF Eastern High
school. class Of 1911, and OF Wesleyan
University, 1915.
He enlisted as a private in the Army
Medical Corps in July and went TO
France with Base Hospital Unit No.
s. He was called up for an examina-
stoned during the Christmas holidays
Two boards, consisting Of one officer
OF the Medical Corps and two officers
of the Dental Corps each, have been
appointed by the War Department to
hold examinations OF officers Of the
Dental Corps TO determine their fit
ness for promotion
The boards will sit first in this city
and may later travel wherever deem
ed necessary. Upon completion OF the
examinations. the boards will be dis
solved. Capt. Julian Bernheim and
Capt. John r. Ames. Dental Corps,
have been ordered here for eXamina-
ton by the examining board. headed
by Mai. Howard II. johnson, Medical
Corps, and Capt. Frank L. X. La
Flamme, and First Lieut. J. Craig
King. Dental Corps.
Upon completion of the examina-
tions the officers will return to their
former stations. Other boards have
been appointed TO hold examinations
in different cities.
A bill introduced in the Senate yes
| terday by Senator Chamberlain at
the request of Secretary Baker, OF the
War Department, proposes large eX-
| tension of military training in col
leges and universities OF the country.
Details OF officers and enlisted men.
| both active and retired, would be au-
| thoriZed as military instructors at
| educational institutions attended by
boys IL years old or over, in units OF
| 100 or more. Arms and equipment for
instruction also would be supplied by
the government under the provisions
of the bill. About 100 institutions
have applied for instructors and
equipment to the War Department so
far.
The Judge Advocate General OF the
Army. overruling the official board.
has recommended that relatives Of
Private Hughie Maloney. Forty
seventh Infantry. New York National
Guard. be paid an amount equal to
six months salary. permitted by law.
Maloney was shot and killed near
Covington. Va, by a sentry whom
he was about to relieve.
Testimony showing that Il was Gus
| tomary for relieving sentries to carry
| lighted lanterns. and Maloney's fail
ure TO do so when he was killed led
the investigating broad to decide that
he came to his death as a result OF
his own negligence"
Maj. Glenn I. Jones. Medical Corps.
has been made camp surgeon at
EdGewood, Nd, in addition to his
other duties.
Out of eighty-eight deaths in the
/ National Guard during the week end
| ing January II. according to figures
made public by the surgeon general OF
the army. fifty-three were due to
pneumonia.
The national army shows Ia deaths
/ during the week, of which ninety-six
were from pneumonia. These figures
compare with 1O9 deaths in the Ma
| tional Guard the previous week and
l6 deaths in the national army.
BriG. Gen. John d. Barrette, of the
national army. has been detailed by
the War Department for duty on the
Board of Ordnance and Fertilization.
/ He takes the place OF Mai Gen.
Erasmus NJ. Weaver, chief OF the
Coast Artillery.
The Field Officers Training School.
here. the first to be organized in the
United States. is ready for students.
Attendance is limited at present TO
| colonies. lieutenant colonies and ma
| jors. The course of instruction at the
school will last three months.
1t is similar in many respects 70 a
! school established in France by Gen.
Pershing for American officers there.
Brig. Gen. Thomas r. Dugan, OF the
regular army. will be first commander
Of the school.
James X Vardaman. jr.. has been
commissioned a second lieutenant in
the Field Artillery Reserve Corps
\ in the Ninety Division of
the national army. Lieut.. Vardaman
| is the son of Senator Vardaman. of
Mississippi. His commission. which
| is a promotion from the ranks, dates
from December 81 last. Scores of
officers in the same division OF the
national army were promoted under
orders made public by the War De-
partment yesterday.
Q Twelve captains were promoted to
ma jors as follows: James T. Dortch,
Infantry Reserve Corps; Robert A.
Doyle, Field Artillery Reserve
Corps; Walter Gregory. Infantry Re
serve Corps:Samuel z. Head, Infan-
] try National Army: Otto H. Lee,
1 Field Artillery Reserve Corps: WILL