Evening star., 1920-01-18
Army and Navy News

I'm connection with the organiza-
ton and perfection of the Regular
Army" said Gen. March, chief OF
staff, yesterday, 1.-The War Depart
ment plans to make that Army
live and vital part of the nation and
not a thing apart from it. cam
paign has been mapped out. nation
wide in scope, and of nature ap-
pIicable to all classes Of citizens and
representative bodies. In general
the plan is based on the belief that
the Army may be brought into a
closer and more intimate touch with
of the Army will be borught into
closer touch with some local section
of the country. The War Department
is urging the united and harmonious
efforts of every officer and man in
the service to make a cafeIul STUDY
of personnel.
This, of course, applies mainly to
the selecting of suitable men in re.
cruiting, as well as the selection OF
officers qualified to meet and ADDRESS
Iected in their community. their OBJ
ject to be the explanation OF the
earnestness and honesty of purpose
Of the Army in it's future duties to
the United States. Officers who, due
either to their natural ability or to
will be assigned to the work OF re,
cruiting, and officers duly qualified
by experience will be assigned to
such publicity work as would seem
The general campaign will begin at
a date to be announced shortly, out
upon the announcement Of this date
department and commanding officers
will be called upon to furnish com
missioned and enlisted personnel 70
participate in this plan of getting
the Army and the civilian population
of the United States together. The
War Department believes that this
campaign, carried to a successful
the Army's lasting benefit, but for
the welfare of the nation as a whole.
Dummy Observer ON AirPlanes.
A dummy observer" has been
added to the equipment Of the flight
test branch of the Army air serv-
ice. 1t was designed by that branch
and built at the bureau of standards
in this city. 1t consists of board
carrying the usual instruments re-
quired for performance testing, with
an automatic camera so arranged
that photographs can be taken at pre-
determined intervals of time. The de-
vice makes more frequent and more
accurate readings of the instruments
during performance test than would
be possible by an ordinary observer.
AS the dummy observer" is equipped
with indicating instruments, the pos
sibility of error from the friction of
recording pens against paper charts
is eliminated. Absolute synchroniza-
ton of the readings of the different
instruments is obtained and the exact
interval between readings is de-
termined by including a clock on the
instrument board.
War ON Flies and MOSQUITOES.
Marked success has attended the ac-
tivities of the Army medical department
during the past year in combating the
ny and mosquito pests. The net re-
suits of control of flies as regards the
carrying of disease, the SURGEON gen.
eral says, is difficult to estimate, but he
adds there was a conspicuous absence of
any suggestion of fy-borne disease epi-
demic during the world war, whereas
during the Spanish war the prevalence
of typhoid fever was largely attributed
to flies.
Referring to the partial eradication of
mosquitoes, he says that in some Army
camps where those insects swarmed be-
fore the control work was undertaken, it
Is now difficult matter to even collect
mosquitoes for museum specimens, and
the records show that very few cases
of malaria were contracted by soldiers
in camps.