Evening star., 1921-12-04

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| his contention that the rate Of pay
| which the services are now drawing
| should be made permanent. Dealing
with the comparative purchasing
| power Of the dollar between the pres
ent and 1908, when the services re-
ceived their last real increase in pay.
| Col. Munson produced statistics to
prove that the purchasing power OF
dollar had decreased from 100 cents in
1908 to sos cents in 1921, contending,
| in effect, that the pay Of the serv-
| ices had been cut in two since the
! real increase in 1908.
Changes In Uniform Regulations.
! New uniform regulations recently
| approved and soon to be published
| will show few changes of interest to
| commissioned officers. Bedford cord
breeches may be worn. provided their
| color corresponds with that OF the
blouse. A slit at bottom of the coat
skirt and a hook to hold the Sam
Browne belt in place will overcome
that wrinkled effect in the cloth and
! keep the belt in proper position. The
| slit will extend three-quarters OF the
distance from the bottom of the skirt
| to the belt. AS to the length Of the
1 blouse, it may extend to crotch. but
for mounted service shorter blouses
| may be worn. Raincoats OF various
designs and color, as often seen on
the streets, evidently are to remain in
vogue this winter More than a year
ago a standard design was adopted
| for a raincoat. but as no conclusion
! was reached as to the material, moth
| ing further has been accomplished.
Why the insignia of rank is not per-
| mitted to be WORN on this type OF
| outer covering Is question hereto
| fore unanswered. Clothed in a rain
coat. officers other than those in the
| Marine Corps cannot be distinguished
as to their rank, SO that in saluting
| a passing officer while garbed in
| waterproof coat one can only sur
mise whether he is saluting a major
general or warrant officer.
Outlines Policy Of Bureau.
According to Col. Charles r. Forbes,
| director Of the Veterans Bureau. his
| who suffered injuries or contracted
diseases while serving in the mill
| tary or naval forces during the world
| war that may have rendered him 10
per cent or more physically disabled.
| The program as outlined by the col
onel is to provide the best talent for
| all men needing medical or surgical
care; to see that every man In need
| of disqualification because OF injuries
! contracted in line of duty is placed
\ in hospital under government
supervision as soon as it is physically
possible. and to maintain an enectiVe
| follow-up system among conVales-
cents and those who have been dis
charged from the hospitals as reach
| ing the maximum improvement. or are
| cured, in order that their best inter-
ests may be closely safeguarded. An
other important feature OF the policy
| tation Of men with vocational handi-
caps of 10 per cent or more. In gov
| ernment training centers and to give
prompt service in the handling OF all
claims for compensation, vocational
| training and hospitalization through
! the district and sub-district offices
| that have been established through
out the country. Since the recent
| cleanup campaign in August over
$4,000 disabled veterans have been IN,
| terviewed and over $4,000 claims dled
| by the cleanup squad.
Passing Notes.
Members Of the organized reserve
in Detroit, Mich. have started series
Of weekly luncheons. to be known as
| the organized reserve mess. The or
| bers informed as to actions OF the
War Department affecting the reserve
corps.
The Georgetown University unit
Of the r. o. T. c. has made more
y
in the two preceding terms, in the
| opinion Of the officers who acted as
| judges In the recent company COM
| petition held on the campus.
| A resolution passed at recent
meeting Of the Reserve Officers Asso-
citation Of Nebraska condemned the
utterances of Senator Watson of
| Georgia in his Senate speech attack
ing the morals Of nurses on duty with
tn
the actions Of the, officers in charge
OF the men at the front.
Members Of the clerical profession
| who have had neither previous mill
| tary training nor service are now
| eligible for the first time for commits
sions in the officers reserve corps.
The army transport Cantigny. which
| sailed from Antwerp November 26'
has aboard officers, 602 enlisted men
and 103 members of their Immediate
/ fs miles This is the first movement
| of troops in the reduction of the
American forces in Germany. In or
der to accomplish their return with
out additional expense, troops are be-
utilizing only the normal transport
| service.
| For the purpose Of aiding aerial
navigation. the meteorological section
Of the Signal Corps now maintains
/ stations in the District Of Columbia,
Georgia, Kentucky. Washington, New
| Jersey, Florida. Texas. Nebraska, Ok
lahoma, Virginia, California, Ohio and
New York. Regular upper-air OBJ
servations are made at these stations.
Reports are telegraphed daily to
washington, where bulletins are is
sued relative to the wind velocity and
direction prevailing at various alti-
tudes over the United States.