Evening star., 1924-11-02
Army and Navy News
By NJ. H. Mcintyre.
ARMY.

| ARMY.
| OF the is horses facing the starter
in the 1924 Eastern endurance ride,
| which was held at Warrenton, Va.
last week, horses cmpleted the ride
and five were awarded prizes. The
horses were placed as follows: First,
Peggy. q thoroughbred, by Ganadore,
belonging to Troop F. 3rd Cavalry.
Fort Myer Va, and ridden by Pvt.
Matthewson: second. Donwell. Grade
Morgan, owned by Mr.. c. c. Stillman
and ridden by Jack Fretz; third. Lii
liam Russell, grade thoroughbred.
purchased in England and owned by
Capt. M. S. Daniels, ridden by Maj.
Kenna G. Eastman. office chief of
Cavalry; fourth. Pathfinder. thorough
bred, owned by Remount Service and
ridden by Maj. c. l.. Scott, Q. NJ. c.;
! fifth, Maj. S., grade Morgan. owned
by Maj. G. L. Scott. ridden by Pvt.
Mendinghall and Sergt. Curry, Q. NJ.
c.
Maj. Gen. George c. Richards. chief
of the militia bureau. left w Washington
for his home in Oil City, Pa, Wednes-
day for a two weeks leave OF absence.
during which time he is scheduled to
make a number of addresses on pre-
paredness and general military subjects.
Thursday he addressed the Venango
| Lodge Of Perfection, while November .
| he will speak before the Rotary Club,
both addresses being made at Oil
! City. On the general celebration
of Armistice day, November IL, he
will speak in the morning at his home
| town, while in the afternoon he
will deliver a speech at Franklin. Pa.
| On his return to Washington, No
vember IA, he will address the Army
War College. His subject on this oc-
casion will be the general relation be-
| tween the National Guard and the
regular establishment.
The United States team which has
| been practicinG at Quantico in prepa-
! ration for it's particiuation in the
Pan American Rifle Matches, which
will be held at Lima, Peru, from No
vember IA to 80. sailed thursday
from New York on the Santa Lufsa.
| The National Board for the promo
tion of Rifle Practice and the National
Rifle Association of America mas been
assigned the task Of organizing,
! equipping, and providing ION the
| United States team.
The team is composed Of the fol-
lowing: Capt. John II. knuebel, team
! captain; Capt r. c. C-ossman, Cali
! fornia, team coach and adJutant;
Capt Joseph Jackson. L. 5. N. c.
| team coach and quartermaster; Frst
Lieut.. Raymond T.. Nermette, lnfan- :
try; Ensign Armand N. Morgan, L. >.
! ~; Second Lieuts. Signcy Il. Hines,
Infantry: George 4. Rehn; Cavairy
/ Marine Gunner g. A. Lloyd, U. >. NJ.
c.; Sergts. Morris Fisher, T. 5. NJ. c,
/ C.: Raymond .. Coulter. L. ;. NJ. G;
and Stephen Monahan, Illinois.
| The Bureau Of Standards has just
! completed the homologation of the
records made by Lieut.. John A. Ma
| cready, A. s., in the Barling bomber.
! October ., on which date he carried
| load of 1900 Kilograms. at an alti-
| tude of 1920 feet. This is new
record for altitude with this particu-
lar air2lane, and with this weight.
The flight was made while the inter
/ national air races were in progress
and was Witnessed by many thou
sands of people.
| A longer barrel for the Browning
| tank machine gun model of 1918,
with greater sustained fire power, has
| been designed and model is under
! construction With this barrel IL is
! hoped to get trajectory comparable
| to the water-cooled gun, and sus-
! tanned fire more nearly that or the
| water-cooled gun.
! Fifteen of the calibre so machine
guns, water-cooled, with anti-alrcratt
mount, manufacture of which was
recently completed, have been ordered
distributed to various Coast ArtilierE
units for extended service test.
| Due to the present strength or the
Army, a recommendation has oeeh
| submitted to the War Department
| that authorization be granted Tor
sending a considerable increase OF
| men to the school from Air Service
organizations to augment the student
personnel At the Air Service Tech
| nical School the students are taught
| the various trades connected with
| this branch.
| NAVY.
Special efforts are being made by
/ the Navy Department to develop a
! naval aviators' reserve corps. anu
! since July l - reservists OF the sec
ond class have been undergoing IN
! struction at Hampton Roads. 1nese
/ mon will be commissioned as enslgns
| in the Naval Reserve Corps, Class v
| and will be designated naval aViators
| OF the 13 naval reservists who have
lust completed their course OF in
struction, z were from the ninth
/ naval district, were from the first
and l from the third naval district
| 1t is the opinion of Navy Depart
ment authorities that those reserVists
| who satisfactorily complete TINS
| course in aviation will be able 10 Sc
| cure employment, If desired, with the
| Air Mail Service of the Post Office
! Department, where they Will nave
| daily flying. In the event of war, II
is pointed out, these men would DC
| invaluable in the expansion or the
! naval air force. This reserve policy
will also be helpful in building UP
| commercial aviation.
A report from the office of the
| chief, Bureau of Navigation, Navy
Depa rtment, show that there are now
| in the service Of the regular Navy
S.l4S commissioned and warrant ofl-
| GERS. These are distributed as roll
| lows: Line officers, 1858 ashore
| 30s9 afloat, with total on all out5
Of 4,732 In the staff there are l.ol.
| ashore, 437 afoat, or a total or 1,so"
Of the commissioned chief and war.
rant officers, 731 are ashore and 13s
afoat, or a total of Lass. Taking
the entire Navy, 3,s77> are on shore
duty, while 4,271 are ahoat
The conference on oceanography
called by the Secretary OF Navy some
! recommen dations, in part, of the tenn
| porary advisory committee to the
Secretary were as follows:
/. That Congress be requested to
authorize an expedition to make sci
entific researches in oceanography.
| g That one or more naval vesSels
| be designated for this purpose. -
3. That the first cruise be made in
the waters Of the Caribbean Sea OF
Gulf of Mexico.
T. That an oceanographer and a
scientific staff of eight or more out
| standing scientists be designated to