Evening star., 1920-02-22

recent 0eciStOu oi tho
the Treasury has the effect OF IN
creasing the pay of private soldier
ON foreign service to $3S month.
The ,benef1ciaries under that decision
are soldiers In their f1rst enilstinen.' -
serving in Europe. the Pnlnppihe
lands and Alaska on and after July
The war Department bulletin says
that the Increase does not Apply "
service In the Panama Canal Zone
Porto Rico and Hawaii .oo
II is expected that 250.0O0 or ooo,-
0o0 soldiers will file claims Tor IN
creased nay under the controllers oe-
c4sion The director of hnance says
these claims will be adjusted IN the
osder of their receipt and that ms
ol1ice is prepared to act on them at
once. He adds that because OF their
sseat number. manifestly it will take
. some time to make all payments
Applications should be mace 70 , tIe
director OF finance. munitions build
ing, this city.
- Athletic Training for Soldiers.
Extensive athletic activities at every
POST are comprehended in the education
and recreation program OF the army
eonducted by the War Department
Competitive games and mass athletics
form an important feature OF the SOL
diers recreation.
= 1t is with a view to coordinate ath-
letic activity and to give every soidler
Of the Army the benefit of this program,
that there have been established special
schools for the training of athletic IN
structora At FortIJay, New York, for
instance, there is a school for the tram
ing Of boxing instructors Tor the East
ern Department. Taking the course
there are twenty-five men who have had
previous experience as boxers or IN
structors and who were detailed to the
school from ten different Army posts.
On the completion of the course they
will return to their respective posts to
act as instructors for the soldiers there.
A boxing course OF similar character
wzs conducted at Fort Macarthur, Calf
Fifty men Of the Sd Division recently
completed a course of instruction at the
general physical training school at
Camp Pike, Ark. That course embraced
ali phases of athletic work and covered
D period of six weeks. 1t was in the
charge Of an Army physical training
expert, who directed the instruction
protecti0n Of U. 9. Property.
In aid of the work to prevent fires
and accidents~on War Department
property valued at many million dol
lars, Maj. c. H Thompson. formerly
attached to the Army. Is visiting the
various camps. depots. hospitals and
frated lectures on fire and accident
prevention.
The necessity for cleanliness, good
Housekeeping and constant vigilance
is impressed on each audience. Each
individual Is urged to become, in a
and to cooperate with the authorities
in minimizing the IRE hazard. The
necessity for strict adherence. to fire
regulations 10 emphasized: Each per-
SON il made to realize that q potential
IRE turks In every rubbish Heap.
Common fre hazards. such as poor
housekeeping. careless smoking, nom
6<xRdaFd electrical installation. i'm
&roPer storage OF gasoline. oils and
various inflammable liquids and i'm
proper disposal of oily waste. are
Enumerated
After stressing the matter of fire
Prevention the Importance is shown
Hf turning In the fire alarm imme-
4}ztely when fire is first discovered.
Eather than attempting to extinguish
<he dre alone and then turning in the
alarm after 1t has gained headway.
Demonstrations are given in the use
ef hand extinguishers. Organization
Qf rescue and salvage squads and va
Nous other details are covered.
Among the motion pictures shown
one. prepared under the direction
az Maj Thompson at Walter Reed
&enerai Hospital. illustrating FIRE pre-
xention at an important War Depart.
Hent property where there are build
mgs of temporary construction. As
IN incident to the lecture Maj. Thomp-
erfy visited and discusses conditions
e be finds them.
Not to Cempefe This Year.
: The question of sending a team of
american Army officers to England
4exf summer to compete at the in.
5srHational horse show in London
S sfiIi before the war Department
There seems to be a growing belief
xnaonz soldiers and civilians that it
Houid perhaps be better to wait an
other year before attempting the ex-
! peditIon in quest of ribbons. Suita-
te lorses are very hard to find
H this country. according to all
xho have tried TO buy such ami
mas, and great many Army men
Eho have been looking for them
fei that. even If they had the money
kcther q sufiicient number of good
aRrs In time to properly school them
Hefore the London show. which is to
Be held In June.
To get together q team in hurry
!. and not suitably mounted might do
bore harm than good: hence the be-
4ef that the best policy viii be to
ave all the competitions possible for
Army officers at American shows this
<ear. and from the winning horses
and riders select team that can
5 20 over. in 1891 and do credit to the
country
Camps for Reserve Oaicers.
: Reports received at the War De-
rartment show that colleges and uni
xersities are taking pronounced in
Erest in the camps to be conducted by
( 1he department this summer for the
3raining of student members of regu-
Early organized units of the Reserve
officers Training Corps. The success
Of similar camps last year was SO
marked and the mental and physical
Benefits to the attending students so
manifest that it is predicted that
there viii be an attendance of at least
1e.oe0 at the camps, which open June
a. next.
Most of these camps will be located
81 the great service training centers
developed during the world war.
& Reserve Officers Corps camps for
Die training of infantry will be To-
eated at Camps Devens. Mass: Custer,
Ntch.: Benning, Ga, and at the Pre-
9idio of San Francisco. Ordnance
units will be trained at-the Aberdeen
Proving grounds; engineer units at
camp. Humphreys. Va; field artillery
3nits at Camp Knox, KY; coast arr
1illery units at Fort Monroe. Va;
Signal Corps units at Camp Vail, n
D.: cavalry units at Fort Ethan Allen
St. and at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. and
Motor Transport Corps units at Camu
Hoiabird. Md.
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