Evening star., 1923-10-21
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
BY M. III. MCINTYRE
abolishment of brass ornaments wal
fully justified during the war.


abolishment of brass ornaments was
fully justified during the war.
In the first meeting of the legisla-
tive council in the War Department,
Wlth Maj. Gen John L. Hines, deputy
ch1ef of staff. presiding, proposed leg
islation was divided into three classes,
as follows:
l. Measures which will be submit
TED TO Congress with the.War Depart
ments recommendation at this ses-
sion.
2. Measures which will receive the
approval of the council, but for vari-
Gus reasons will not be submitted at
the approaching session of Congress.
8. Those measures which are dis
approved by the council due to the
fact that they are not harmonious to
the policy of the department. or will
| not add to the efficiency of the Army.
On November / the War Depart-
ment viii close the returns on the
remarks and comments on special
regulations No. 43. for the Reserve
oI1lcers Corps and the general staff
VIII then begin their reviewing work.
Sufficient information will be CLEANED
from the reports. it is stated, which
VIII enable the board to have the pro-
| posed regulations in final form for the
Secretary of Wars approval by the
end of November.
III tit OF these reSuia-
tlons the department has been called
upon TO solve most difficult prob
lem, as there is great danger in max
ing the regulations too stringent and
reserve officers can only give a limit
ed amount of their time to the gov
ernment. In the revision of the reg
ulations suggestions from reserve Of
hcers have been welcomed by the
board.
iC hot ha Il fy,4 Il
Corps will hold examinations for ap-
pointment as first lieutenants at yari-
Gus stations throughout the country
on January II, 1924. At the present
time. the medical branch of the Army
is short about thirty-siX officers
Twenty eight enlisted men of the
finance department We're enrolled on
october 15 for a course of instruc-
ton at the Finance School, Washing
ton, ID. G., and which will terminate
a short time before the Christmas hol-
idays. The limited funds available
compelled the department to select
students from the first five corps
areas only. Capt. F. Z. Parker. f. D.,
is i'll charge of the school.
Distinctive insignia for eighteen
heid artillery regiments, three ammu-
Ritlon trains. six coast artillery regi-
hentS and eight coast defenses have
ment. II is stated that Il number of
regiments of the organized reserves
are considering submitting their
regimental design TO the department.
In such an event. the design submit
ted by the organized reserves will be
turned over to the historical section
of the War College for a historical
check of the particular regiment i'll
question.
The insignia for the following field
artillery regiments have been ap-
proved: 1st, ID. Sd. 9Th, 9th. eth.
Sth. 9Th, 10th. 11th, 18th. 18th, 18th, 18th.
10th. 18th. 18TH and 10th. The coast
artillery regiments are 5lst. SD,
10th, 61st, 62d and 64th. The coast de-
fenses are San Diego, Portland. Me: :
Narragansett Bay. Sandy Hook. Pen
sacola, Boston. Mass; Honolulu and
Pearl Harbor. The 63d Coast Artil-
lery and the coast defenses of Bal
boa. San Francisco and Cristobal
have their insignia pending before
the department.
Unclaimed Liberty bonds totalinE
Sl16,950, which were purchased by
soldiers during the war and never