Evening star., 1921-11-27
THE ARMY

A novel and revolutionary move
ment about to be introduced by the
Army is that of testing, first in San
Francisco, the plan of consolidating
the Army recruiting offices with those
of the Navy and Marine Corps. This
step, If successful. may effect saw
ing in governmental expense beyond
present calculations. Heretofore much
of this cost has been based on dis
tance, travel and location of popula.
tion. Figuring the annual cost OF
securing recruits has been simple
matter in compa rison with ascertain
ing the expense of individual cases
Should the present test prove feasible
the reduction in cost of office hlre,
advertising personnel and otner
necessary expense pertaining to the
recruiting service will undoubtedly
react favorably for the Army by
demonstrating to the taxpayer that
one system of national defense can'
In time of peace. be carried on at
minimum expense.
legislative Action Necessary.
Until congressional laws are .ef-
fected no action it is stated, can be
taken by the War Department in the
sale of abandoned forts or other gov
ernment-owned real estate. compriS-
various. which Secretary Weeks has
reported as not necessary for present
or future military purposes When
ever legislation authorizes the. dis
posal of such property the locality or
community concerned i'll in each
case. when practica BILE, be afforded an
opportunity to secure the site. Spe-
cial consideration will be given to the
desires of the community where such
property is of historical interest:
Perfect Portable Piledriver.
Experience of the Corps of En-
gineers during the war demonstrated
the fact that new. type of portable
piledriyer was needed to facilitate the
construction of heavy bridges re-
quired by the increasing size of guns
and tanks. In most cases the pile
driver used on such construction had
to be abandoned on the job. because
the time required to dismantle it for
transportation to the next bridge
was so long that it was quicker to
construct the new one. Obviously
much extra labor and loss of time
resulted from the lack of really
pOrta BILE pile-driving equipment. The
board of engineer equipment has,
therefore. designed and had con-
Structed a new type of portable ma
chine. Tests recently carried out at
Camp Humphreys indicate that, with
tie ne" pilc-
driver will show great saving in
time and labor.
Officers study Other Branches.
In line with the present policy OF
detailing eligible general staff officers
to a branch of the service other than
their own in order to familiarize them
by actual experience with the c2pa-
bifties. limitations and special prob
lens which may arise, Lieut. Col. E.
S. Hartshorn. infantry, and Lieut.. Col
J. r. McAndrews, cavalry, have been
detailed to the field artillery for a
period of four years.
Tech school for Artillery Officers.
With the object of teaching senior
officers of field artillery and selected
officers from other branches of the
service the tactics of the employ
ment of field artillery and staff du-
ties incident thereto, courses of In
struction will be given, about January
10. 1922, at the Field Artillery Field
Officers School. Camp Bragg. N. c.
1t is contemplated that the course OF
instruction will cover about six
months. -
Camp Knox to Lose Sth Brigade. =
The Sth Field Artillery Brigade.
now at Camp Knox kw.s1Wi1i- pfo=
ceed by motor trucksto Camp Bragg.
y. c., about the LIST of December.
Upon arrival of this brigade at Camp
Bragg it will be absorbed by the
18th Field Artillery Brigade.
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