Evening star., 1922-04-09
THE ARMY

| According to a recent statement OF
| Mai. Gen. Harboard, deputy chiet OF
staff the House bill, which carries q
quarter of a million dollars for the
1923 fiscal years training OF reserve
officers, will, at that rate, take more
than sixty years to give the Ss,ose
reserve officers fifteen days training
each, or, in other words. each re-
serve officer would receive two weeks
training covering a period OF three-
! score of years. The amount asked toF
this purpose by the War Department
was about $4.ooo.ooo.
The amount set aside by the House
for the National Guard Is, however.
somewhat more liberal. fhe WaI
Department plans for .tnnroE,mateiy the Na,sti
$40, 900. 900. The House cut that sum
I to twenty-one million, leaving SIX
and half million for training pur-
poses. which. according to Gen. aas
board, will leave about one-third OF
the National Guard without field
training this year. 1t will permit no
national rife matches. no preliminary
camps and the attendance at service
schools Of but fraction OF the Ma
or more than 5000 animals, but 1000
are provided with forage by the
House bill. The twenty-one millions
will limit the National Guard to lO0.-
600 men, whereas $4,000 are now in
service. and 10000 more would nave
been in service by the end of June.
Gen, Harboard. in bringing to light
the necessity of adequate approprla /
j tions. directs attention OF those VINO
are interested in military matters to
radical activities in this country
] There are" he says. many active
8 radical groups in this country ano
4 a very strong movement for one
8 big union which would permit tne
q calling of a general strike. the enects
& of which can only be conjectured.
Whether or not the House In ts
present stand Of cutting appropria'
Itions of the guard and reserves te
amounts above stated are right OF
wrong remains to be seen. 1t Is sig
nificant, however, that Secretary Den
by is receiving reports which appar'
emily justify his sending out note
of warning to members of the Navy
to beware of undesirable entangle
ments.
Radio Service Cuts Expense.
Eight of the nine corps areas hays
established separate radio nets from
Washington. BY this distribution o.
orders and messages reduction OF u
per cent has been made in the number
of commercial telegraph messages
handled in the War Department tele
graph Office during the past two
months. By reorganizing the depart
added feature Of radio service it i.
estimated that an annual saving o
$4,000 a year will be effected. There
are now fifty radio stations maintain
ed by the War Department within the
continental limits of the United
States The service Is under super
tvision of the Signal Corps.
Aim to Lessen Sorrow.
Four Army ehaplains. representing
four OF the largest denominations
of War for detail on duty in France
at the permanent cemeteries to which
the bodies of American soldiers are
being transferred from the temporar,
monies will be conducted for each sol
dier upon reinterment. These exer.
cises will be an appropriate tribute
of religion and national honor to this
heroes who are to rest in the soil Of
France. Chaplains will aim to temper
the sorrow of the hundreds Of Amer
leans who are visiting the last resting
places Of their departed ones. Maj
jGen. Henry T. Allen, the commanding
general Of the American forces ir
Germany, will assign such chaplains
as are already on duty In Germany tc
this important service.
Air Service. It
1t has been found necessary tc
abandon air service plans for participa.
tion in the national rifle matches to be
held at Camp Perry this coming fall
Basing his request on the fact that the
board for the promotion Of rtfls practice
contemplates the participation In the ma.
. tional rife matches Of a team for each
of the combatant arms of the Army. the
chief Of the air service on February e.
1922. made application to the War De-
> partment for the participation OF the
air service in these matches. Dfsap.
proval of the application was made on
the fact that only about one-third OF the
entire personnel Of the air service il
armed with the rifle, and that tile units
are SO equipped merely for purposes OF
defense.
The academic board at Carlstrom
Field met on March for the purpose
OF passing and making recommendations
on the class Of student officers and
cadets who commenced the course last
September and who have now completed
officers and twenty-five cadets appeared
before the board and were recommend
ed for advance training, 10 per cent of
the class being assigned to pursuit
training. rs per cent to bombing and IS
per cent to observation. Orders have
been requested for the assignment Of
this class to advance training schools.
At q recent meeting at the city hall
in San Francisco an air service Sec
tor Of the Association Of the Army
was organized. Maj. H. H. Arnold,
air officer OF the 9Th Corps area, was
elected president, and First Lieut.
Robert e. Self, air service, of Crissy
field. was chosen vice president. The
object of this organization is to foster
| aeronautical development in gen
erai and to create and aid in every
| way possible among the various
branches, OF the Army interest in
masters aeronautical.
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