Evening star., 1923-09-09


| strength. is approximately 13 per
cent Though the majority Of the Of
ticers are engaged in training the two
minor "omponentS of the Army of the
United States. and 1t is recognized
that this is an important feature in
the nftional defense scheme, il is
pointed out that q considerable reduc-
ton could be made in training the de-
| tail of officers which would greatly
alleviate the situation.
. Plans are under way in the office OF
, the chief of finance for the opening
Of course for enlisted men in the
! finance school which will probably be-
sin their instruction on O"tober |.
! iue to the shortage In transportation
! FUNDS. II has not yet been determined d
! just how many men Will be included
! in the coming class. only $500 is
available for this purpose. and when
/ II is figured that il requires on an
J average Of $15 to send man to the
; school and return him to his proper
station. ii can he seen that Il serious
problem contronts the finance depart
ment authorities.
! The insufficient appropriation of
funds Tor Transportation has made il
necessary To send only those men on
uuty III the corps areas nearest to the
, school. Thus men on the west coast
have been deprived Of the opportunity
| OF attending the finance school be-
. cause FUNDS We're rot aNailable to
transport them TO and from the school.
The scheduled sailing of Il transport
fiom Il Pacific port in January may
result in orders to be issued for a
contingent of finance men to attend
the class beS SHINING One time during
The hrst of the YER.
] \ number OF reserve officers and
National Guard officers have indicated
u that they are .deSirouS of attending
o an intensified finance course To he
given at the finance. school. W ShinS-
: ton. ID. c, some time durin2 the first
part Of The year. III a sufficient mum
Der OF these officers indicate their
, Willingness to attend such Il course.
the finance school will III All proba-
bility make arrang.ments for the
4 holding Of this class.
7 In the event that the transportation
dInculties cannot be adjusted to in
clude Il number o. enlisted men on
duty in The distant corps areas. the
. October course may he restricted to
include only those men stationed in
the third corps area.
; The quartcrmaster general OF the
; Army has been directed to ship to the
! different combatant branches. to the
: field artillery, infantry and cavalry
boards. and to the Panama. Hawaiian
, and Philippine departments, several
! thousand Of newly prepared reserve
{ rationS which will be given an eN-
tended field test. Three thousand of
! these rations will he sent to the
: tisHtH corps HTsd one thousand tdcn
: To the Panama, Hawaiian and Phil
j ippine deps4rtnlAnts. one thou and each
; TO the infantry. fed artillery and
C tNalry schools five hundred IL the
/ air service and nve hundred to the
/ Washington general Intermediate de-
pot
! Four different meat components are
! in 'iuded III the new ration, viz. corned
! beef and veal ioaf, ,rorIied beef and put-
: ted meat. coined beef and dried beef
and corned beef aud, pork and beans
. Besides two OF the above meat COM
! ponents there are l. ounces of hard
/ bread. 3 ounces of swectened choco-
! late, "a ounces of sugar and 6.lU
| ounces of soluble coffee. The ration
contains two large sasproof contain
! ers and two small ones which. when
! placed together. measure about ten
inches square. Each ration is sutii-
! Gent for two meals. In conducting
! the field tests. the boards will con-
slider weight quantity production in
/ time of emergency. gaSproof" contain
/ ers and the practicability of carry
! ing the rations to frOnt-line troops
! under heavy shell fire. The tests will
! be Of very thorough nature and are
, expected to extend over a period of
several months.
! On account of the annual conven-
! tion of the American Legion during
| the week of October Is at San Fran
! cisco. the date of the Reserve Officers
! Association annual NEE ting which
will be held in Detroit. has been
! postponed from October 20 and 81 to
October - and IS. This will enable
delegates at both gatherings to be
| present at. the two annual meetings.
Maj. Sawyer and Lieut.. Edwards
, both Signal Corps officers have been
! holding conferences with the infantry
board to Formulate a suitable pro-
Il L. Il
view to adoption Of Il single stand
ard set for infantry use. The two
officers brought with them two new
/ radio sets from the SInsnal Corps
research laboratories at Camp Vail
SCR-1i3 and SCR-136. which are now
being tested in tanks and planes.
Saturday. October %. has been des-
ignated by the Navy league as Navy
day for this year. which also is the
birthday of former President Roose-
welt. who did 50 much fur the Navy
while he was in the White House.
! The accom- piishments of the .fcrmrr
President are being admirably car
ricd on by his distinguished son. the
assistant secretary of the Navy.
Last year the officials of tha Navy
| League announced that IL VAS pro-
posed to make Navy day" an annual
! occasion. In 1922 it toon on the as
poets of a general patriotic rally,
which was led by the advocates of an
adequate Navy. Inland cities as we'll
as seaport towns held celebrations,
and it is stated that some Of the in
land rallies We're more cnthusia 81 iC
, than the coast cities.
So many localities held Gel .bra tuna
last year that the league was hard
pressed to secure speakers for all If
the meet tings. The eel. bra tons this
year are expected to even surpass
hall in -
partInent. is cooperating in every
way possible with the May League
to make the people realise that the
/: treaty Navy should be adequately and
properly maintained
Plans which incorporate several
new features for Il portable nlooring
mast for dirigibles have Just been
completed by the bureau of yards and
docks. 1t is Of a steel type held up
right by guys which are SO arranged
that it makes a very secure landing
for these types of air cruisers The
same mechanism is emploved on the
i TOP as that at LakehurSr, and the
masts will be between 100 and IGO
feet in height Selection of the sites
for the new mooring masts has not
as yet been made
Orders have been issued relieving
Commander D. W. Rose from his pres.
ent duty at financial advisor to the
| military governor of Santo Domingo
and he has been assigned to duty in
the bureau of supplies and accounts,
Washington, D. c. Lieut.. Morton L.
, Ring. assistant to Commander Rose,
F, in Santo Domingo. has been detailed
! by the Navy Department to take over
the duties hitherto performed by
| Commander Rose.
! II will be of interest to supply corps
[ officers to note that at the nresent