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Active Duty Of Reserve omcers.

Reserve OmcerS Will not lack the
opportunity for training. either in a
gress. nor on active duty for training
or instruction In time of peace. Ofi-
GERS called for the maximum annual
fifteen-day period Of training In time
of peace. will be given as much notice
as practical, and any officer upon
whom such a call to duty would work
a hardship may be excused from that
call. Specially selected officers may,
with their consent. be called to active
duty from time to time for the follow.
ing temporary duties: As additional
members Of the War Department gen.
eral staff; to attend various service
schools: for duty with Organisations
serves; as instructors at training
camps or schools: for consultation
duty on courts-martial or boards, or
other duties for which specially quail
fed.
Selection of ofiicers for these duties
will be based upon special fitness and
recommendations, and upon securing
trained officers throughout the Army.
AS such active duty Is dependent upon
appropriations made. facilities avail
able and other factors. 1t must be con.
trolled by policies formulated and an
nounced from time to time. -s.
Would RetarA West Peint Activity.
That the. reported clamor for admis-
sion to the U: 8. Military Academy
or accommodation available ut that
Institution IL not borne out by the
facts. The record year for gradua-
tions at West Point was 1915, whom
165 cadets were commissioned In the
Army. Fer many years the average
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The Army

Secretary Weeks is having prepared
a report showing the results of rental
savings made by the War Department
throughout the country since that red
letter day of March 4. 1921. Only
partial figures are available at pre-,
sent, which show the results Of the
Secretary's thrifty order to vacate
privately owned buildings in favor Of
government quarters.
Judging from the results effected in
the District Of Columbia during the
past few months, the total rental
savings throughout the country may
reach the sum of hundreds Of
thousands of dollars a month. For
example, by using vacant space In the
munitions building and other govern
ment-owned property in the District
the sum Of $3.50 per month has been
represents the vacating OF nine
privately owned buildings. including
warehouse space.
1t is said that Secretary Weeks is
also making a careful study OF the
inventory of Army acreage. held in
small and large parcels scattered over
the country. 1t Is estimated that the
Army's total holdings may reach q
million acres, and that one half Of
that amount may be recommended to
Congress for disposal. Many Of these
acquired In the early days of the
republic for defensive purpose. A
number Of these sites, it Is said, are
as useless today as the obsolete guns
which were to have been mounted in
those fortihcations.
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Air Service.
The semi-rigid airship Roma,
purchased by the United States from
the italian government, recently ar
rived at Norfolk. on board the u. s. 8.
Mars Maj. Fisher, commanding Of
ficer of the lighter than air division
at Langley Field, is making the nee
fer Of the ship to its home base,
langley Field. It 10 said that some
time will be required in the work Of
assembling and setting up the NAM
moth dirigible.
One Of Langley Fields big blimps, the
ca, under the command Of Maj.
Pagelow, sailed into Camp Dix re-
Gently for the purpose of giving the
practical instruction in this branch
Of the service. Seventy cadets were
taken up on flights.
Successful results with radiophones
were recently obtained in q series OF
problems for the observation OF fire
for the coast defense Of Panama. Ex-
maintained throughout the majority
Of problems. AS . preliminary to the
fring Of these problems, an officer
from each Of the defenses firing was
detailed at France Field. Cristobal.
for q short period OF instruction.
Many dificuities were encountered BY
artillery and practical demonstrations
were given as to just how communities
lions should be handled
Direct aerial Communication be-
tween Egypt and Mesopotamia IL now
established. three airplanes havi1k
1Aft IA 9dad Mt A:10 ON Tune 20. with
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SOVIET RUSSIA-Inspection parties have
been sent into Russia by the American relief
administration and by the alliance of European
charitable organizations which is headed by
DR.. Nansen. These scouts will study the fam
inc situation. especially in the Volga area;
they will also study the transport situation.
which is quite important. Part of the
lief supplies will 60 by rail from the Baltic
ports and through Poland. ETC.. and part will
be forwarded from Black sea ports Barges
taFed by tugs the Volga should figure large
ly in the distribution There are probably
plenty Of bArges; but. according to one report,
not a single tug on the Volga has working ma
chinery. and If they had sufficient crews would
and cholera Litvinov could not furnish Mr.
lief Administrator the required information as
to transport. A fact in the highest degree dis
creditable to the soviet administration.
II the decree signed on August by Leuin,
president Of the supreme economic council of
soviet Russia. Is really going to be put into
full effect. why. then. that elegant little
pertinent Of Lenn is dead as NebuchaAnez-
anybody anything supposed to be
specially defunct- Lenn seems to be pretend
ing that he Is hating at an intermediate stage;
which is nonsense, II he is honestly resolved on
the measures outlined in the decree. The other
sections for the most part give emphasis and
new sanction to policies already promulgated,
but sections 10 and II contain new and highly
significant matter.
Section 10 reads: Owing to the crop fail
ure 1t Is evident that the natural taxes will be
insufficient to cover state requirements Short
ages must be made good by the encouragement
Of liberty Of commerce. To resuscitate the ma
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Change in Infermatio. Once.

Among the recent changes in the
general staff, the Information section
has been placed in charge of the mill
tary intelligence department.. Maj.
Ralph A. Jones. who 80 ably handled
that section. has been relieved and
detailed as recorder of the board of
general officers selected for the clas-
sification of all Army officers. 1t is
understood that an officer has been
designated for the Cd Division to sue
ceed Mai. Jones as head of the in
formation section.
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GERMANY.-A treaty between the United
States and Germany was signed on Thursday
by Commissioner Dressed for the United States
and DR.. Rosen, the German foreign minister.
for Germany To become effective 1t must be
ratified by the United States Senate and the
German reichstag. The Senate is on recess to-.
September FL and the reichstag to September
20. Presumably diplomatic relations between
the two countries will be resumed after ex-
change Of ratifcations.
The preamble Of the treaty recites those
sections Of the recent peace resolution which
relate to Germany. Under Article 1 Of the
treaty Germany undertakes to accord the Unit
ed States all the rights etc. claimed In the
peace resolution. including the rights and ad-
vantages stipulated for the benefit of the United
States in the treaty Of Versailles. Article II
Of the treaty defines more particularly the obli-
cation of Germany with respect to certain pro-
visions in the treaty Of Versailles. 1t specifies
those, provisions Of the treaty Of Versailles
which shall apply In connection with this new
treaty and those which shall not It is par
tcular to stipuate that the United States shall
not be bound by any provisions of the treaty
Of Versailles which relate to the covenant of
the league Of nations.
A treaty with Austria of much the same
complexion (the treaty of Stgermain occupying
much the same relation to 1t as the treaty of
Versailles to the new German treaty. has also
been signed. 1t Is expected that a treaty with
Hungary will be signed in the near future u
Matthias Erzberger was assassinated on FRI
day while walking in the Black forest. There
seems no doubt that the murder had a political
motive. Erzberger has been considered Chiefly
responsible for acceptance by the center party
of the London program. He was believed to
be the brains behind the Wirth government and
to have assisted in framing the terrific Wirth
program Of taxation. Not long ago he was
tried on formidable list of charges but was
acquitted His enemies foiled in their efforts
to ruin him: he was about to come out in the
open again politically. He was undoubtedly
one Of the brainiest men in Germany. but,
wholly apart from political hatreds, opinion
greatly differs to his character. Several at
tempts on his life had previously been made
Are the Germans going in for political assassi-
nation?
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EUROPE THINKS ARMIES
ALSO SHOULD BE CUT

fcontinued from First Faee.l
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Direct aerial communication be-
tween Egypt and Mesopotamia IL now
estAblished. three airplanes hav1ne
left 'Bagdad At $50 ON June 80, with
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NJ YILL the German republic last?
M Will the Germans reseat the
Hohenzollerns In Prussia and
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interest and hope OF South
America is centered in the
coming conference on the
= Limitation NJ armaments.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

this year. It's merriness was only partly
due 70 pre-Yolstead influences and its
disrespect was levelled only at righteous
gentlemen who are supposed to sing
through their noses. The police were
there In plain clothes. but they only
looked and looked and looked. No hand
was raised in the gesture OF traffic
officer.
From 10 o'clock Friday night until
sun up yesterday morning an orchestra
In two sections relayed It's jazz without
ceasing. Pierrots by the score, Belize
bulbs, Spanish caballeros. Mexican ban
ditu, South American vaqueros. favor
ties Of the harem. Carmencitas. Sitting
Bulls Pocahontases. ukulele girls and
boudoir girls, a new species who danced
In pantalettes. a strap Or two. rolled
down stockings and slIppers-all these
and host or others milled about under
the shifting lights.
The committee on decorations had
splashed the wall hangings with fire.
works display. Lights OF various colors
played from all sides and corners Of the
room. In the centre rose a pyramidal
bier. fianked on four sides by huge can
and surmounted by huge volume upon
which rested a Plymouth Rock hat and
a great pair OF spectacles.
Through the hat at midnight sharp
climbed a figure in the long cloak OF the
Puritan. 1t stood frowning until the
music stopped and then flung off the
cloak. revealing a Pierrot. who did
something bacchanalian with his arms
and signified to the dancers that IL was
all right with him. Wen, it needed
somebody's approval.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
FAKIRS MERRILY
MOCK AT PURITANS
Dazzling Costumes and Brill
ant Decora tions Mark An
nual Ball.

slim. bearded man. with Jet black
hair OF Mephistophelian wave, standing
on the floor OF the grand ballroom OF the
Hotel Commodore yesterday morning,
and letting the world know that he had
seen a thing or two along the Boule
Niche in his day. suddenly ended his
tale and feebly cried for air. He had
just glimpsed three new Fakir costumes.
''P-P-Paris?" he muttered. 1T just
doesn't exist Paris was never like this. /"
The FalSirs, be it remembered. or TO
give them fun title. the American So
ciety OF Fakirs, are. alumni OF the Art
Students League, artists arrived or ar
irving. They were the nucleus OF the
1000 who flooded the Commodore with
a bewildering variety OF costume. and
peopled the vicinity OF Pershing square
with strange figures when the first sub
way crowds were on their way TO work
yesterday morning, and the annual
Fakir ball was over.
Just a few nights ago the Art Stu
dents League tried 10 give a costume
ball in the Hotel Pennsylvania They
tried all day, but the eyes OF some po-
lice authorities. to whom the heshpots
were an abomination. had chanced to
light upon a picture of one OF the cos
tunes. 1t covered only seven eigh tbs
of the girl who wore II, and that would
never do, the students were told.
But their grave and reverend seniors,
the Fakirs, did get a permit and there
with held the merriest and most disre-
spectful big party New York has seen
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Consulting Horticulturist

practical Fruit Grower. with n thorough
knowledge VI oil branches of the Industry
and practical experience gained In various
countries. VIII tnvestig0tc. report and advise
on anything connected with the Industry.
Terms moderate. oLLSON. 3I3 Sth av. city
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
shifts I'm Bcparfme n t..

The general proposal would extend
& e authority OF the Department Of Com
merce. taking into 1t certain agencies
at present under other departments
which seem TO At into the commercial
activities OF the country. The Weat ther
Bureau. for instance. would be trans
ferred from the Department OF Agricul-
ture. the Patent Office from the De-
partment of the Interior the United
States Coast Guard. which protects mer-
chant shipping along the coast from the
Treasury Department: the Lakes Survey
Office and the Inland and Coastwise
Waterways Service. from the War De
partment: the photographic Office and
the Naval Observatory from the Navy
Department and the Commission for the
Standardization OF Screw Threads. at
present an independent organization,
which officials believe might as well be
abolished and its work taken over by
the Bureau OF Standards.
1t seems obvious to those studying the
situation that 1t might be we'll TO estao-
lish Bureau of Insular and Territorial
Administration. under the State Depart
ment. to take the place OF the Bureau OF
Insular Affairs of the War Department.
Such an administration would have
charge OF the relations between the
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

sion on reclassihcation OF salaries in the
civil service which was submitted TO
Congress ON March 10, 1920. This COM
mission, composed of members of the
Senate and the House. guided by stan
Of efficiency engineers, said in refer
ence 10 the arrangement OF the depart
ments
Tremendous Increase I'm Costs.
I'm the course Of the preparation OF
776 charts, showing In detail the pres
ent organization OF the departments
making up the Washington service, the
commission has become convinced that
there are many opportunities for In
creased economy and efficiency that
would be brought TO light by sys-
temauc measuring UP OF the existing or
ganizations and existing methods OF
doing departmental business with stand
ards that have developed in the busi-
ness world through the incentive OF COM
petition. 1t has noted complex. indefi-
mite. poorly designed organization: in
adequate provisions for administrative
control and supervision, apparent dupli-
cation between departments and within
departments. conflict OF authority and
overlapping OF functions overmanning.
under standardized procedure, unneces-
methods"
Very recently a group of engineers
made an unofficial survey OF the Govern
ment activities as related to engineering,
architectural and public works, finding
Aat construction work or one kind or
ynother Is in the hands OF nine separate
departments, operating through thirty
four bureaus or services. together with
four agencies not attached TO the depart
ments. This makes thirty y-eight In all,
and the annual expenditure for construc-
ton Of all sores for the Government
amounts to more than half billion dol
lars a year.
Government buildings are constructed
under seven executive departments and
four unattached agencies, the engineers
discovered.
There was a time when the expenses
OF the Government amounted 10 only
twelve cents per capita per year said
Representative C. f. Reavis (Neb.), the
ranking House member of the joint Con-
gressional committee to investigate the
departments with view Of putting into
effect a system OF economy and efficiency
To-day the annual cost per capita ex-
ceeds $40
This tremendous expense has made II
necessary to resort to direct taxation
and the people have suddenly become
painfully aware OF who pays the ex-
penses of the Government. Every tax
payer within the nation when he looks
at his tax receipt wonders what We are
going TO do with the money. and the
burdens imposed upon him incite a de-
mand for-economy."
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
May Abolish Comptroller.

The Office of the Alien Property Gus
todian, created during the war as an IN
dependent agency. might be transferred
to the Department Of Justice or perhaps
to the Treasury Department, for the sake
OF more economical administration. The
organization. however, is winding UP its
work and 1t is merely a matter of time
before It will cease to exist.
Considerable favor attaches TO the
suggestion that the Office of Comptroller
OF the Currency, supervising the ma
tional banks of the United States, be
abolished and the work taken over by
the Federal Reserve Board. These two
fiscal agencies Of the Treasury Depart
mert go hand in hand In their dealings
with the banks OF the country. and econ
omists believe that tie Federal Reserve
Board would be able without difficulty
TO supervise the work now performed
by tho Comptroller. This would mean a
revision of the banking laws: perhaps
only slight. At present the Comptroller
OF the Currency, along with the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, Is an ex-officio
member OF the Federal Reserve Board.
OF slight Importance, but indicative
OF the general lack Or system for tho
conduct of the Government, is the fact
that the Botanic Gardens in Wash
ington are under Congressional super
vision. It seems to those familiar with
the situation that this branch of the
Government might properly be trans
ferTed to the Department of Agriculture.
The Board Of Mediation and Concilia-
ton exists as an Independent Govern
| ment commission. but essentially its
work pertains to the settlement of labor
disputes. The belief is that it might as
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
United States with territorial and insu-

United States with territorial and insu-
lar Governments.
The consideration brings up, of course.
the long discussed subject of trans
ferring the Prohibition Enforcement Ser
vice from the Treasury Department to
the Department OF Justice. Back of this
idea there is much sentiment, since there
IS little Justification for law enforce
ment organization as a part OF what evi-
IDENTIFY was intended as q purely fiscal
department. The Department Of Justice
Is charged with law enforcement gem
orally, the collection of evidence ana the
prosecution OF those who violate the
laws.
The fact that the Prohibition Enforce
ment Service Is part OF the Treasury
Department came through a sentiment
In Congress that the service would have
70 collect certain internal revenue taxes,
always in the hands OF the Commissioner
or Internal Revenue. IL has been said
that such a transfer OF the enforcement
service would mean saving OF not less
than 100000 year The actual trans
fer has been delayed TO large extent by
the realization that the reorganization
OF the Government departments Is COM
ing and that ID might be better 10 wait
for the present.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

the present system TO one entirely new.
would, in the minds of those who have
made a careful study of the situation,
precipitate much confusion and work
TO the disadvantage reather than TO
the advantage OF the Government.
In a general way It appears that not
less than two new departments would
be necessary in such realignment or
bureaus and other agencies, to be offset
by the abolishment Of at least one de-
partment and the possible consolidation
of another. The two departments which
are in mind to form are:
The Department of Public Welfare.
as recommended by President Harding
in his recent message TO Congress. which
would take over various work such as
public health and education.
The Department OF Public Works,
which would have charge OF many bu-
reaus OF similar character that now
are scattered through other departments
without any apparent rhyme or reason.
The Department OF Public Works
would In a general way take the place
OF the Department of the Interior, at
present a hodgepodge of bureaus, sort
Of dumping place for agencies tina. do
not seem to At in any other depart
ment
War and Navy Departments, on the
theory that they are intended to serve
the same purpose. that Of public defence.
long has been considered as a possi-
bility. and the proposal has had the
ind orsement OF many who are familiar
with the workings OF the Government.
The suggestion is made that the De-
partment of Public Welfare should take
over at least these services:
From the Department OF the Interior
The Office of Indian Affairs. the
United States Indian Service. the Bureau
Of Education. the United States Hos
pital for the Insane. Howard University
Freedman's Hospital and the Board OF
Indian Commissioners.
From the Department OF the Treas
ury-The Office Of the SurgeonGeneral
OF the United States Public Health Ser
vice.
From the Department OF Labor-The
Children's Bureau.
From the other Government estab-
lishments. now independent - United
States Employees Compensation Com
mission, Federal Board for Vocationa
Education. United States Interdepart-
mental Hygiene Board and the Columbia
Institution for the Deaf.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

Special Despatch to THE NEW yonK HERALD
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
work Affecting Veterans.

There are other agencies which, TO
the minds of some. would seem to At
into this department. chiefly the Bureau
OF War Risk Insurance. now under the
Treasury Department, and the Bureau
OF Pensions, now under the Department
OF the Interior.
President Harding in his message
recommended, the consolidation of the
Bureau of War Risk Insurance, the
Pension Bureau. the Federal Board for
Vocational Education and other agencies
which have to deal with veterans OF
wars into one great service to be ad-
ministered by Director-General OF
Service to War Veterans. Steps al
ready have been taken TO accomplish
this. and it will not wait on the general
scheme for reorganization. Whether il
is to be placed in what might possibly
be a new department or maintained as
an independent agency is a matter
which will be determined when the
reorganization arrangement is more
clearly defined.
The proposed Department or Public
Works would in a general way. be or
ganized with the following services:
From the Department of the Interior
The General Land ONCE, the Geological
survey, the bureau OF Mines, Ine w ar
Minerals Relief Commission, the Reclaim
alton Service, the National Park Service.
the Division OF Capitol Buildings and
Grounds and the Alaskan Engineering
commission.
From the Department Of Agriculture
The Bureau OF Public Roads and the
Forest Service.
From the Treasury Department-The
office of the Supervising Architect.
From the War Department-All ma
tional military parks. monuments and
memorials, the Board of Engineers for
Rivers and Harbors. the Board of Engi-
peers of New York city, the Office OF
the Supervisor OF the Harbor OF New
York. the United States Engineer Offices,
the Mississippi River Commission. the
California Debris Commission, the Board
or Road Commissioners for Alaska and
the office of Public Buildings and
Grounds and Washington Monument.
From other Government establish
:nents. now independent-The office OF
the Superintendent of the State, War
and Navy Buildings. the Rock Creek
and Potomac Parkway Commission. the
Commission of Fine Arts and the Federal
Power Commission.