Evening star., 1923-10-28
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS:
BY nj. II. MCINTYRE

officers who, will be named. for at
sufncient number OF officers can be
ee to take !. his course +
the beginning Of the new calendar
year. The course will have q capAc-
ity for fifteen officers and will be 'of
twelve weeks duration. a. .;r'
Previous items. made by
the infantry board would reduce. the
average weight of az the full equip
nent carried by ,the sjnfaRtryysctdaer
from approximately sepentS.sAeen'
pounds to about sixty-five pounds. A
that II Is possible to reduce this figure
to a little below fifty pounds without,
excessive increase in transportation.
Between 500 and roo people were
present on the occasion of the fffth
annual meeting>of the Army Ordnaaca'
Association. which met at Aberdeen
proving ground, Maryland, OctoberS 26.
In his address before the convention
Assistant Secretary, of War Davis
ISOLATION and its efforts in formu-
lattng an Industrial mobilization
program in case of war. Besides the
speech by the assistant. secretary.
there were number of other
speeches on the program byspTQm-.
Many letters are being received
by the Aoffice Of the chief of finance
from enlisted men on the Hyatt F.
Newell case. which decision was
handed down by the. controller
general ongSeptember 27, 1928, and
few OF. them contain full information
TOR the, praper Inysstigation OF their
f.ssPectiye .s E! gases. This case pertains
grade and 500 per month while they
were in training for officers Of the
Army. lfhe date Of June 30. 1913. Is
the term!natins date on which claims
Of this % Glass win an, be paid, d. +
of these claims the Following data
should be included i'm the filing of
these cases with the generaLaccount-.
ing Office, Washington, d. c.
Army serial number. date and place
Of enlistment, date and place 9f, dis
ing camp as near as can be furnished.
grades held at time OF detail to
attend training camp. date. Of corn ::
mission as an officer in the Army and
name of organization with which
commissioned. These claims must
be made over the applicants own
signature. .-.~.,... . :. =
Bodies Of twenty-three American.
bluejackets who died in BRAZILIAN
waters during the flu epidemic in
1913 will be buried with impressive
ceremonies this week, probably No
The bodies arrived at Norfolk
Thursday aboard the cruiser .tRich..
mond and were taken to the ;Navaf
Hospital, where they. Were removed
they were shipped. and. plated In
caskets. They will be brought. to
washington on the Norfolk boat to-
night and will be met with an es-
lington to await the ceremonies.
Secretary DENLY and the ranking Of
ficers of the .department..:will take
part and fun honors win be paid
Notification has been sent TO the
nearest relatives of all the dead and
the ceremonies. at; Arlington have
been postponed for a sufficient length
of time to allow them to reach Wash
ington.
Final disposition OF the bodies was
necessary at this time, as the five
year burial period required by Bra
lillian health regulations expires this
fall. as we'll as the temporary leases
of burial places. Under the Brazil
ian law II" would be necessary to
disinter and cremate the bodies at
the end of the five-year period TO
make available the grave spack. The.
bodies of seventeen other sailors are to
be sent to their hesnes..s &'tsf-s'sE
An interesting tabaration,- indina.-:
ing the higher educational qualifica-
tfons of the men being enlisted now
has just been' compiled by the bu-
reau of navigation. The following
statistics show the educational train
ing of a thousand recently enlisted
men taken in block-from the new
recruits: Less than seventh grade,
snsn s1anmmaT Grads seh9a an sehSei aasser
school. sos; finishedt first. year. high.
school, 146; finished second Year.
high school ass 5aishss thion rGm TbaiaIbs bisb
school. IA; graduated and taken
:. Naval officials are greatly pleased
over the outcome of the special con-
yention of the Naval Off1cers' Asso-
citation held here this week Tor. the
purpose of discussing the bill pre-
the Reorganization of the naval re-
serve force and for presenting 5he
views of the association to. the de,
partment in regard to suggested
Changes to the bill: ~ .azeiit eiat,o.
had Sop1es been OF widely. G etreaiareds amsnEl
the reserve officers and had been
carefully studied by them. ,ens1atne Attea ine
sentea the views Of the conference to
Of the Judge advo.
cate general of the Navy, once or
of of navigation. In general the bin
received the entire support ana aP-
provai of the Reserve Ohcers As
sociatton and md the nnsscomm5ends ma5eT,ss wsrs
fsw msro,y ehansss in sssrsiase and tsasea !9
c9srify % the Bill. The only uestfohs-
where disagreements exist Which are
of any particular tmportancenre
officers which shall be allowed the
laval reserve force and the ranks
which may be attained by them.
Certain nr radlea inaiy,duais Mene vo5ed
down by the convention and were not
presented to the Navy Department
as oes,ra number of the delegates to the
convention were In absolute agree.
ment with the Navy Department In
every respect. -.,,-..>=~ =. var: =
Trials with the Navy's new type
submarine planes are ,now,Sinnaer In
ton roads: The submarine ST. which
has been fitted UP to carry one OF
these planes, is there and the trials
started last week. They will continue
for some time, the purpose being to
demonstrate the practicanihty OF ar
The-pianes being. used are. the XS.l
and the MS-1. the smallest service
seaplanes in the world. - 1900 10
Findings of the court Of inquiry on ]
the west coast destroyer disaster n
holding eleven officers for. general
court martial, sas announced by Sec
retary. DENLY caused little. surprise
among officers in the departnient.'
Throughout the service there has
been q. feeling, almost a conviction,
that there would be no "whitewash"
applied, but that the investigation
would go to the bottom Of the mat
ter. probably the worst peace-time
disaster I'm the Navy's history. - ..-.--,
It il distinctly understood, of course.
that this action did not imply that