Evening star., 1923-09-09
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
BY NJ. III. MCINTYRE

able discussion in the War Depart
ment Although there are a large
number of officers who favor the blue
uniform for dress occasions. sug-
gestion was made last week that the
white uniform inst ead of the blue be
adopted. II is stated that only the
fixed policy of economy will prevent
the War Department from authoriZ-
ing Il dress uniform tor the service.
Few organization commanders APP
pear to be cOSniZant Of the fact that
they possess the authority 10 return
to the quartermaSter's department
uniforms which do not come with
in Il reasonable variation from the
specification as to $. ade and quality
of outer material or which do not
match. The authority to return such
clothing is pres ribed in War Depart
ment circular No. 2JI. dated July :.
1920. but this circular has been re-
placed by circular No. 1853. June 20,
1921. which gives commanding ofh-
GERS tinal decision in all such mat
terS. Organization commanders can
do much to improve the appearance
"f their command. and il Is possible
that an order may be issued appriSinS
cummandin% officers Of circular l6S.
which. il followed. would overcome
the undesirable appearance of their
troops.
Under the new command roster poll
Icy. col. Alfred W. EjornS.ad. COM
mand NJ the 81 Infantry. Fort Sn-l-
ling, Mimi. has been assigned :.s as
sis'tant commandment 81 th Infantry
School. Fort Rennins. Ga. Inspector
gen. raj dep, rtiILe3t REPORTS Reveal
AN extremely hisi reeu d oI etficienc!
for this re&im,I 1T " Rich il argely
due to the - spirit" created by
Col BjornStad.
In, igin Nr,, =
which has been w,d".H discussed in
the service. col. Bjornstad has prob
ably met with l. ore success than any
utI rr re.itnentaI comma.tler '.'n,.
urSanl@atlon OF the "a inlahIrH
Veterans Association and the huId.nS
of reunions by the colonel have re-
suited in the aS$uc.atiun hecolnIns d
real live recruiting organization Tor
the regiment The entire country IN
the vicinity OF Fort Smelling has al
WAYS supported the regimen, when
ever a show MAS bed on tIe r:'Ser-
walton and practically all the o:fcers
and men tG!utd out Tor the reSinent-
Al teams in all branches Of athletics:
Service prop r. Nho have followed
closely the record established by Col.
BjornStad with the 81 nlantry. viii
eNlnce greater interest in Infantry
school activities and much is expected
OF him in his new aSSis snmeht.
Under the able leadership OF War
rant OFFICER w l.. StaEnard. band
leader. the Army Band is tsta bitsh- :
ing a national reputation - mus ca !
orsaniza':"n and II tak.nI ns n
IIac..' uJSidc Il Z United States Mar ne
corps and Caited 81: Navy Bands.
Ta. band oM consists % seventy
tive u.eI.1ncrS. Who haNr pe-n selected
from all oi the Army bands through
out the tou-.ttE.
The Reserve Office = association
thlouSh it's pres. .delit Br.G. Gen.
iicrry J. Reilly. has extended an m
Nitttion To the ArnT Ramd TO attend
tie approaching convention. when
viii pe held in Detroit on octooer
27-2S.
II has been recommended that a
special detail Of di"tingu shed marks
men. enlisted. be sent to Fort Ben
ming so that they may oe avail aoie
Tor tests of small a"'ns.
On being relieved as commandant
Of the .trmy Medical School on
St ptember /. Brig. Gen. Walter ID.
AirCaw, Medical Corps. has been as
signed 10 duty in the office or the
surgeon general. Col. Weston r.
Chamberlain, Medical Corps who pre-
ytously had been assigned as chief of
the sanitation division. office or the
surgeon general has been recalled
from this assignment and has been
selected as the rev commandment or
~
change in War Department assign
meuts, col. chamberlain will be the
first commandant of the school in
the Army Medical Schools new hos
pital building at Walter Reed Hos
pital.
Col John w. Heavey. infantry. re-
cent graduate of the field officers
course at the infantry school. Fort
Eenniug. ia. sailed for tn" Panama
Canal I"nc on the Srpttm - " trans
port. H." was former executive officer
for Maj. Cen. George Z. Richards
chief of the militia bureau. Although
the War DEPARTMENT has not inGicat-
81 what designation ii will he, Col
ItcaNcy will probably be placed in
command of a regiment upon his ar
rival at =" na',,a.
I'm reporting back To duty from his
leave. Col. T.. y. Fry. infantry. will
asSum" command of the 9th Infantry,
Fort Mckinley, Ne.
Effectiv" october !. Mai. T. !. Flynn.
Medical Corps has been assigned to
duty in the suppl" division, office of
the surgeon general. He recently
finished a course at the general scry-
ice school at Fort Lcavenworth and
is now ON temporary duty at Camp
Perry, Ohio.
Maj Glenn 7. Jones. Medical Corps,
until recently on duty with the r.. q.
T. {. unit at George Washington Uni
versity here. has been permanently
aSSlSiltu l'l Inc personnel DIVISION OF
the office Of the surgeon general.
capt. Paul NJ. Patterson. Medical
corps. has he"n relieved from duty in
the reserve section of the personnel
division. office of the surgeon gem
Cral. and has been ordered to duty
I" the Army and Navy Hospital. Hot
Springs. Ark.
On September 10 10l flying cadets
will begin their instruction at Brooks
and Scott fields. Seventy five civilians
and fifteen enlisted men have been
found qualified to take the heavier
tEan-air course of one years durati ion
Al Brooks Field. while the nine months
liEhterthan- instruction will be
given 20 nine civilians and two enlisted
men at Scott Field
Examinations for the spring class,
vhich will start March 10. will be hcld
1T practically ALI air service stations on
October 9. 1923, and January s, 1924
Application blanks and further insor-
nation concerning the spring course
may be obtained by addressing the
chief of air service. Washington, d. c.
This week saw the tentative organi-
zi,fion of Army officers through which il
i hoped TO bring about an adjustment
of their claims relative TO the rental
and subsistence allowance of ma jors
with less than fourteen years of service
Those who attended the conference held
this week were of the opinion that
suit should be brought in the Court OF
Claims to test the legality of the con-
troller generals rulings. Maj. A. T..
lockwood. c. w. s. was selected as
chairman of the temporary committee
until a permanent organization is eff
fected.
Usually test case is sufficient to
secure or deny the allowance under a
decision. but under the present policy Of
will ha