Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS

be made at the opening of tn" Sixty
sixth Congress by the committee on
committees Members of the last
House committee whose places are
/ to be filled will be Thomas :. kras O
of Pennsylvania. who WAS defeated tor
renomina ton Rnllin t. Sanford. New
York. who did not run: Alvin T. Fulltr
OF Massa chusetts. who will not return:
: Hubert Dent jr.. defeated for renoni-
! nation: Charles Pore Caldwell. New
York. and Richard OlnrN Of Massachu-
ScttS. also defeated.
Indications point to another record
in Army recruiting for the first hat
of November and rcSsihiN for tn
! month. Urgent t"lcgra phic ortl"f-
+, We're issued during tn" week to -
cruit 10 fun strength. ''nlniediatt'E.
the I'd Division. now stationed ~
Camp Travis. Ten 1t was pointed ont
by officials of the War department
that no significance should be placed
on the urgency OF the order. or That
recruiting for the I'd Division has any
thing 20 do with a Mexican h"rd'"
situation. hut that this division was
the one selected to be brought to
maximum strength. due to its all
year training facilities. prrnanencH
of station and the exceptional ~
agreeable surroundings for q military
garrison.
Technical Training in supply Work.
Schools for the training of commits
stoned and non-commi ssioned officers
in the various procurement activities
of the Quartermaster Corps are being
opened at the most important business
and industrial CenterS in the country
4 number of officers were assigned
for this training during the past week
The Chicago school teaches and per
fects quartermaSter officers in the
procurement and packing OF 1000
products. while the BOSTON and l'hIia-
delphia schools direct the instruction
in the purchase and inspection OF
shoes clothing and general Army
equipment. Plans are being consist
cred by the quartermaSter ScNtral l"
open schools for Army training III
electrical and sheet-metal WOrk, car
pentry- painting. blacksmithins. etc,
using present facilities without addi-
tional government cost. at the motor
transport depots in Jessup. Ca; Camp
Holabird Md and at Camp \ormoyle.
Tex.
DissatisfactiOn Among Officers.
There is an undercurrcnt of feeling
among number of the 1869 emer-
gency officers who failed 10 pass re-
cent examinations for permanent
com nj issions in the Regular Army. or
were rendered commissions OF lesser
rank than previously held. Cases are
cited of an emergency major who re-
fused a lieutenant'S COMMISSION ana
of applicants rejected claiming 10
have passed their EXAMINATIONS. COM
plant has been heard of chlet as
sorting that some OF MS most EN-
Off
been strongly recommended for per
manent commissions We're rejected.
and that other officers whom he con-
sidered incompetent received perma-
nent commissions.
The subject of complaints and dis
examinations of emergency officers is
receiving the attention of the veteran
officers Association of the World
Their secretary writes that the asso-
citation may compile definite data to-
ward an investigation of the matter
relative to the complaints of emer-
gency officers" And further he
charges that the War Department
failed to establish any degree of uni
formity as to the examinations made
by various boards. which resulted in
many determinations. one board. for
instance. passing candidates who had
nothing better than high school ed
ucation. while another board examin-
ing candidates for the same branch
of the service would refuse TO pass
another man who had a degree from
a we'll tablished college; that per-
sonal and political pulls have had
more to do with the appointments
made than the ability or the record
of the applicants. and that men whose
service record at the front was ex-
cellent were Disseminated against by
the boards whose officers did not see
service at the front. as was the case
rot infrequently."
Out of a total of 1880 emergency
officers who were scheduled for the
special examination of officers for the
Regular Army held October %. 539
did not appear. OF the remaining 391
candidates, including those for the
Medical Corps, the War Department
anticipates that upward of 700 will
pass. The examinations were com
pleted last week and final considera-
ton will be given by the board with
in the next few days.