Evening star., 1924-11-23
Army and Navy News
By NJ. H. Mcintyre.

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Wei..re. The battle of Ayacucho,
'vhci was the final engagement Of
lie war of independence with Spain
~ her South American colonies, was
ought on December ., 1924. -
C7on the return of Mai. Gen. John
7 Hines, chief of staff, to Washing
'"a after Thanksgiving. the success
'ors OF Maj. Gems. Robert l.. Bullard,
,"nmanding the I'd Corps Area,
Pad Charles G. Morton. commanding
thc 2 h Corps Area, who will be
~ erred to the retired list Of the
rmy on January Is, 1925. will be
q. IN up by the Secretary of War.
1,ough Maj. Gen. Charles p. Sum-
e.'all has only recently been assign
=" TO the Sth Corps Area. 1t is
the general assumption throughout
the Army that, due to the fact that
Army on the retirement Of Gems. Bull
Id and Morton, he will be given his
hoice of corps areas. 1t is stated
hat Gen. Summerall will elect to
come East and take command Of the
I'd Corps Area. in which event
vacancy would be created in the
Sth Corps Area. In all probabili-
ty the Secretary of War will an
nounce the changes in corps area
commands before January l. 1925.
All members of the board, together
with representatives from Govern
ment arsenals and commercial am
munition companies. which was ap-
pointed for the purpose of determin-
ing the type of arms and ammuni-
ton to be used in the national and
International matches for the year
1925. recently met in Washington.
The same general specifications as
We're used for the 1924 national and
international match ammunition
We're recommended by the board to
be adopted for the 1925 matches.
Springfield Armory was instructed to
investigate certain defects which ex-
listed in the 1924 national match
rifles, which, it was believed, would
be an Improvement over the rifles
used in the 1924 matches. The board
also decided that special match am
munition would he purchased by the
Ordnance Department for issue upon
requisition to service teams to the
limit Of it's available funds, and that
the type should be the ammunition
which wins the international and
Palma test
The War Department is now en-
gagged in the preparation of a series
of monographs covering the partici-
patton of the American forces in the
various operations of the World War.
and in the compilation Of this work
it is the desire of the authorities in
the department to do full justice TO
every unit OF the American forces
and to record accurately the events
as they transpired.
The department is handicapped,
however. by the absence of certain
records. principally from divisions
and lower units, and it is believed
that the originals or the authenti-
Gated copies of these papers are in
the possession of individuals who
served as officers. field clerks or en-
listed men during the war. Many of
these papers, it is pointed out by
officers on duty in the War Depart
ment. may be the only documents of
the kind in existence, and which
should be on file with the records of
the proper units in the adjutant
generals office. 1t is urgently re-
quested by the War Department that
n members or former members Of the
Army who have important papers of
the World War forward same to the
adjutant general of the Army,
Washington, d. c.
A study is being made in the War
Department to consider Cd the
needs Of the various branches of the
Army; CD the advisability of en-
ploying women as civilians under
military control: go of organizing
women's Service Corps similar to
Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary
Corps, and (D to form the basis of
a plan for the War Department gen.
eral mobilization plan. During the
World War 100000 women were in
service with the British
q army. while the lowest estimate of
women serving with the American
forces was 10000.
The value of the utilization of
women to release men for military
and Industrial service for which
women We're physically unfit was
soon recognized by the British. and
it was proven to them by experience
early in 1915 that the efficiency OF
the army was increased by the sub
stitution of trained woman cooks for
regimental cooks in
sergeants' and cadet messes.
Corps was organized by the British
war office, which substituted women
for men in certain positions at home,
at the bases and on the line of COM
overseas. This corps
was a part of the British Army and
functioned under army orders with
the greatest efficiency and success.
The Commission on Training Camp