Evening star., 1923-10-28
ARMY.

to the enlisted personnel, Which 70
stated to be the most important
change since the Regular Army
adopted the olive drab. The amend
ments to the regulations will not
become, affective until the Quarter
master Corps has prepared &the new
-patterns. The blouse will remain
practically the same, with Ave but
tons. the skirt is to be full with
slit extending up the back three
fourths the distance to the waist
line and. of course, the standing
collar will be retained. : -
Commanding officers will be held
responsible for the At of the en-
listed men in their commands and
e. the new regulations will prescribe
that every man who has six months
service to his credit in the United
States, Alaska or China will be is
sued one special measurement uni
form, which Is to be cut out of the
same piece of cloth, without expense
to the enlisted personnel. The meas
urements will be sent through chan
nels to the Philadelphia quarter
master depot. where they will be
manufactured, with the exception of
those for the men in China. Com
manding officers stationed in the
latter named place will secure the
tailor-made uniforms from local
sources.
Two sizes of buttons will be used.
inch. and twenty-five lines or. Ave.
eightks inch. Bronze buttons, of
which the department has a supply
ene te s1n s'sl ahisa ass & be b
eaed with vertical stripes of red.
white and blue and the star thereon
will be silver. Insignia for aides
will be shield of red and white
stripes and the stars will be golden.
insignia will be silver. while the
coast artillery will be red enamel
with gilt or gildine projectors. The
felloe Of the wheel on the Quarter
master Corps insignia Will be blue
enamel
With respect to officers the amend
ed regulations prescribe that the two
lower pockets Of the blouse will
Breeches made from Bedford cord or
similar cloth will be required to be
worn and cream -co!ored breeches"
VIII not be regulation. AS to the
leather leggins, they must At closely
at the top and bottom.
A new type of cap for cadets at
the Military, Academy. is now being
proaches a close resemblance to the
new Army cap. Extensive efforts
are being made to equip the entire
cadet corps with the new model head
gear SO that they may be worn at
the Army-Navy game, which will be
played in New York on November "a.
The traditional color and material
or the new cap will remain the same,
viz. the cadet gray, but the. visor
will be longer and strap. will be
attached around the front Of the
cap just above the top of the visor,
which will be identically the same
as those worn by commissioned off,
GERS of the Army. with the exception
that the latter equipment is olive
drab in g ar. The new design, 1t
is stated. is much smarter in appear
ance than the cap which is now be-
ing worn by the future officers of the
Army. -.
An elaborate report of tests on
tables of basic allowances of equip
ment has been received by the War
Department from. the I'd Division.
The tests were primarily conducted
for the purpose of ascertaining the
deficiencies in the present equipment
and particularly whether the present
allowances of transportation are suf-
Hcfent to transport this equipment
in emergency cases.
This report. will be utilized by the
chief of infantry, in connection with
similar tests which have been made
Ct the Infantry School and Tank
School. 1t is expected that the War
Department will publish a revision
of these tables about January 1. 1924. |
and 1t is stated that a majority of the
recommendations will be embodied. in ;
the revision.
A tentative table Of basic allow
anee @ OF equipment required by
didates has been submitted by
the chief of infantry to the War
Department. Heretofore these camps /,
have been supplied from the surplus !,
ctr no1ye h,xt
being exhausted and it is estimated 70
that there are sufficient stocks on
hand to take care of camps for the :
next two years only.
The commanding general of the !
Panama Canal department has been !
directed by the : War Department to
submit desirable changes to the
present tables OF basic allowancea' Of
equipment which have been found
necessary for service in this section !
The department has recognized for
some little time that the tables in
their present form do not quite meet
the. requirements for service In !
Panama.
Camp Meade, Nd. is under consid-l
Grafton by the War Department as
permanent Army post, and a board
Harold B. Fiske, U. S. A: Col. Alex
ander N. Stark, Medical Corps and
Col. William G. Gambrill, Quarter
master corps, has been appointed to
take up the construction plans Of this
station.
The board will consider reinforced I
brigade, which will be composed of |
approximately two infantry regi- |
ments and one regiment of field ar |
tillery. Plans will be devised as to |
the amount Of territory which will be |
required for the construction, which !
Will include railroad spurs. general |
storehouses and other utilities. The |
nj N VIZ q inn liA tr,.n tok,
must be left free for military exer-
ctses. infantry and artillery target |
practice and space for housing the |
personnel on duty at the post That
part of the reservation which Is now
occupied by the Tank School Wilt
not be available for the proposed /
construction.
A careful reading Of the Noce de- !
cision which was last week handed |
down by the Court Of Claims involv- /,
ing credit for longevity for cadet !
service. will reveal the fact that it
will apply to all classes graduating !
from the academy: beginning with
the class of 1917 and up to and in;
cluding the class of 1922. There Is |
a provision in the pay act which
prescribes longevity credit only for
commissioned service, which will ex-
ciude classes beginning with 1923.
The Department of Justice has not |
yet indicated whether or not II
will appeal to the Supreme Court. |
War Department authorities will not
take any action" on the pay of officers
under this decision until the ninety
days. which is allowed for the filing
ofan appeal has expired. Up to the |
present writing no: similar action
has been taken by any graduate Of .
the Naval Academy. and surprise has
been expressed that at least a few
of the Annapolis graduates have not