Evening star., 1923-12-17
lacing these men about to be dis

ebsrEsa DIsG,ns these men about to be dis
With the exception of one ten-day
there were 1895 men who were re-
fused consent or whose parents fail
ed to reply. to the requests of the
| War Department. In addition to
| this. there We're 2,019 who changed
| their minds while awaiting this con-
| sent and 3,002 who refused to make
! any effort to obtain this consent. All
OF these men were under twenty-one
years OF age.
OF the class over twenty-one, there
] were 2,4S5 who refused to make any
| EFFORTS to secure affidavits that they
We're of age; 1873 changed their
minds while being held awaiting
unable to secure affidavits from two
| disinterested parties, even though
their parents are now living.
! During September the War De-
i partment enlisted 5,2o9 men; in Oc-
| tober the department accepted 6,794
men for enlistment, and it is esti-
mated that the November recruiting
| strength will total about 1900 men.
! Between December i and June 80,
| 1924. there will be separated from
| ing enlistments. as follows: Decem-
| ber, 10,375; January. 1854; Febru-
| ary, 1858; March, ASIA; April, 2,6O7;
| May, 2,629; June. 2,679
| oHly lHTee- year enllStmentS are
now being accepted by the depart
ment. but Notwithstanding the alb
normally large number of expiring
enlistments during the current month
! and January. the authorities in the
department are expecting to hold
their own in securing recruits so
| that the military establishment will
be close TO it's authorized figure of
125,000 men by the time that the
summer training season opens.
Announcement was made this week
by the War Department that ten Ma
tional Guard officers have been Sc
lected to attend the G-1 course at the
War College, which instruction will
begin January 2. and conclude Febru-
airy 10. The officers who have been
selected are as follows: Col. Thomas
S. Hammond. F. A., Illinois; Col. Jere
NJ Leaman, A. G.. D., Pennsylvania,
Lieut. Col Henry Dickinson. cavalry,
Tennessee; Maj. Harry b. Van Solver,
c. a. c., Delaware; Maj. Harvey E.
Brig. Gen. Morris B. Payne, infantry.
Connecticut; Col. Herbert 7. John
son, y. c.. D., Vermont; Maj. Charles
f. Gjedsted, C. A c., Oregon; Lieut.
Col. Sheppard Crump. infantry, vir-
chester, A. G. D., Missouri.
On December 10 three first lieuten-
ants of the chemical warfare service
began a short course of instruction
in the office of the assistant secre-
tary of war, which will fit them to
organize their respective industrial
procurement districts to which they
will be assigned on the completion
of the course. The officers who are
taking this course are: Joseph F.
Battley, who will be assigned to the
second district at New York: Charles
s Shade. who will be sent to the
third district at Pittsburgh. and AL
den II. Waite. who will be ordered
to the first district at Boston. The
fifth district. San Francisco. is be-
ing organized by Capt. March II.
Houser. c. w. S. while the fourth
district Chicago. will be filled by
First Lieut.. Harry II. Lebkicher. who
is now taking a course in chemistry
at the University Of Pennsylvania
On the completion of this course, in
January, Lieut. Lebkicher will be
ordered to Washington, where he will
be given a ten-day intensified course
in the duties of organizing the fourth
chemical warfare procurement dis
trict.
But one item in the amount of
S3S5, 200 for the permanent construc-
ton of barracks for one battalion of
the 29th Infantry, Fort Benning, Ga,
is contained in the budget estimates
for the fiscal year of 1925. This
maanq that no other construction is