Evening star., 1924-09-21

Brig. Gen. Charles H. Mar tin, as
sistant chief of staff, grade i, who was
relieved from his duties in the gen.
eral staff September Is, will be sue
ceeded by Brig Gen. Fox Conner, VINO
now commands the Goth Infantry Bri-
gade, Panama Canal Zone. This
change in assignments is due to the
operation of the foreign service ros-
ter.
Gen. Martin has been granted a
three-month leave, and he Is sched-
uled to sail from New York for the
Canal Zone next January, while Gen.
Conner will be relieved of his duties
in the Canal Zone in December. In
addition to there being a number of
retirements among officers holding
he grade of major general, it Is
stated that Maj. Gen. Samuel d. Stur-
gis will shortly be due to be relieved
as commander of the Panama Canal
department.
Tentative plans have been com
pleted by the remount service, Quar-
termaster Corps, for the establish
ment of 10 concentration remount
depots, each having a 1900 animal
capacity, which could be placed in
operation at once in the event of an
emergency. Great care has been
exercised in the selection of these
being in the vicinity of the principal
purchasing points. as follows: ST
Louis. Mo; Oklahoma City, Okla.
frederick. Md: Denver, Colo; La
throp' MO; San Antonio, Tex; Boise
Ida.; Lexington, Ky; Sacramento
Callf.. and Fort Worth. Tex.
Under the operation of the old camp
remount depot system. when animals
were shipped from the purchasing
points. chit
their forage. Under the new system,
which has been inaugurated when
an animal is purchased he will be
shipped to the nearest remouut depot
IN his vicinity. and the question of
the transportation of large shipments
of forage will be eliminated. as will
also the necessity of shipping the
purchased animals over long dis
tances to their final destination. These
two factors alone, it is stated, will
save the Government thousands of
dollars every year.
These 10 concentration depots. plans
of which are now in course of prepa-
ration. will be of the portable unit
type, and when not required at one
point, can be easily dismantled and
set up at another designated site.
The shortage of riding horses has
been felt by the Army for some time,
ana the 1NeIllOunl service, tnTOuB II
their breeding operat .Ons throughout
the country, is making extensive ef-
forts to solve this problem so that in
the event of an emergency suitable
riding animals would be available.
According to study made OF the
tables of organization by the Remount
Service one animal to every four men
modified is needed. From this ratio
it can be seen that the Remount
Service would be confronted with a
serious problem if called upon to fur
nish the service with large number
of animals in the event of a sudden
emergency.
Under the direction of Brig. Gen.
Preston Brown. former chief of stan
of the Second Division. Regular
Army. a compilation Of the World
War records of this famous division
is being made, preparatory to the
publication of this divisions World
War history. According to an an
nouncement made by Capt. c. 0.
Mattfeldt, former assistant division
adjutant of the division, a large num-
ber Of photographs, records and val :
liable documents are being received
daily which will add much to the
value of the finished work.
The Order of Indian Wars Will
hold their annual meeting and dinner
at the Army and Navy Club Novem-
ber 2s. Those members desiring fur
ther information relative to the an
nual meeting should communicate
with Capt. Peter +. Meade, Q. NJ. c.,
Room 2020 Munitions Building, who
is the recorder of this society.
Promotions affecting 1873 non-com-
miSsioned officers of the air service
were announced this week by the
War Department pursuant to Army
regulations 615-5 and modification Of
tables of organization. 1920-1921 (air
service). OF this number the war
rants Of IA became effective as of
August 30 1924. while the remaining
80 were effective as of September 10,
1924. out of the 1873 promotions
which were made, AZ received pro-
motions to master sergeant while S6
sergeant.
Five officers have been authorized
by War Department orders to proceed
TO Washington for duty in the Mi
litia Bureau. three of whom have al
ready reported for duty. Those who
have arrived in Washington are
Majors Joseph E. Bastion, Marine
Corps, who comes from Camp Gus
ter, Mich; William c. Williams, In
fantry, who has been an instructor
of the Ohio National Guard, Colum-
bus, Ohio, and Robert s. Thomas,
Civil Engineer, who has been on duty