Evening star., 1923-04-29
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
BY Nj. III. MCINTYRE

vacancy overseas (on recommends
tion of the chief of infantry" as
head Of the foreign service roster OF
their respective branches and grades
Neither will colonels on duty during
school year at general or special
service school, or as student, etc,
be assigned to regiments prior TO
the date of expiration Of their
courses.
"As a rule" the order says. "a
colonel will not be assigned to duty
in command of regiment (when
volyed), effective prior to the date
he completes one years duty at his
present station. Exception to the
foregoing are authorized In case the
officer completes a specific duty, de-
tail or assignment prior to the ex-
pira ton of the one-year period"
The names of colonels commits
stoned In other combatant branches
and on duty with the infantry Will
be included on the roster in the same
manner as though commissioned in
the infantry.
The order further directs that all
requests from colonels to have their
normal foreign service tours extended
viii be dfsapproved, except in special
cases where approval of d request
would result in the officer remaining
in command of Il regiment for 4 pc
riod not longer than two years dur
ing any tour in the Philippine de-
partment, or in China, and for
period not longer than three years
in any other foreign garrison.
Army officers assigned to duty as
instructors at the citizens military
training camps to be opened this
summer have been instructed by Sec
retary Weeks to begin athletic work
on Il wholesale basis. None but
a
be admitted to the camps and each
of the 5000 civilians who are ad-
mitted to the camps must success
fully meet physical tests prescribed
by the National Amateur Athletic
Federation.
The admission tests will include the
10O-yard dash. the broad jump, the
high jump and the bar vault.
The tests will be classified by
camps and states" Secretary Weeks
interest to show the comparative
physical standards of different parts
of the country. These events have
been adopted because they can be
quickly given to individuals In groups
and are / test of athletic ability. in
yolving agility. endurance, good
breathing and determination to ex-
cell"
With the athletic program fused
with that of the military training,
| Secretary Weeks believes the candi-
dates will find the camps this sum
mer more beneficial than ever before
| and will return them to civil life "a
: finer citizen and better man by
, physical development
! The daily schedule of training to
be followed at each of the camps
requires one hour for physical de-
Ivelopment, fifteen minutes for citizen
| ship and fifteen for elementary hy-
giene. disease prevention, sanitation
and first aid Drills are cut to one
hour and fifteen minutes day and
two hours will be allowed for rifle
marks manship.
Mai. Gen. c. S. F'arnsworth, chief
of infantry. has returned to WASH
ington from temporary duty in the
Canal Zone.
Army personnel left in Germany to
liquidate accounts and property of
the American occupational forces on
the Rhine is being gradually returned
to the United States. Dispatches
from Col. W. II. Harts at Coblenz,
former headquarters of Maj. Gen.
Aliens command. report that q fur
ther detail has been relieved Of duty
and ordered to sail OH the steamship
President Fillmore from Bremen for
the United States.
Brig. Cen W. d. Connor, former
dSSlSldlll CIitl VI SldIl mas aSS
command OF the American forces in
China. Radio reports to the War De-
partment from Tientsin, just received
by the sdjutant generals office. said
Gen. Connor took over his new duty
April II.
Gen. Connor's command recently
was separated from the Philippine de-
partment and designated as ii sepa-
rate unity. His assignment also pro-
vided, for the first time since the
resentation of the United States to
that of the British and other occu-
pational forces in China.
While only two battalions Of troops