Evening star., 1924-04-20


fetary OF War in keeping Gen. Per-
shing on active duty. It is stated on
%ood authority that though Gen. Per-
ShlnS will probably remain on the
acaEe list, he will not be retained as
.hiet of staff, as the Secretary of War
>holds to the opinion that rotation in
DUTY brings the best results.
Brig. Gen. John B. Bellinger. Q. NJ.
t.. has been ordered on an eight day
inspection trip for the purpose of
inspecting depots at Charleston, s. C.;
atlanta, Ga; st. Louis, Mo, and JEFF
TerSonVille, Ind.
Capt Edward M George. Q. NJ c.
Iust relieved from duty at Fort
The Construction Service, Office of the
quartermaSter general, for duty.
Capt. Robert Z. Shannon, .. NJ. c.,
who has for several years been as
Division, Office % the Quartermaster
general has been ordered to proceed
10 San Francisco, from where he will
.ail for the Philippine Islands on the
august ! transport, for duty.
Authorization has been given by
the War Department for the estab
lIShment of three new schools for
bakers and cooks at Fort Strong, Bos-
ton, Mass, 1st Corps Area; Camp
Meade, Md, Sd Corps Area, and Fort
Eenjamin Harrison. Ind, 5th Corps
Area. The schools will be conducted
master general of the Army, it being
planned to have one of these schools
IN every corps area and department.
Lieut.. Col. Augustus Mcintyre, F. A,
on duty in the office of the chief Of
Held artillery, will leave Washington
today for an inspection of field artii-
lery activities of the Reserve and Ma
tional Guard units He will be gone
approximately two months and will
return to Washington about June 20.
His itinerary includes the following
1 points: Louisville, Indianapolis, Ko-
= komo. Columbus, Canton, Detroit,
Lansing, Chicago, Madison, La Cross,
#Niinneapolis. Pierre and Rapid City.
= D.; Fort D. A. Russell.
D 1enver. Pueblo, Hutchinson. Topeka
ulSa, Chickasha, Anadarko. Fort Sill,
S Wichita Falls, Dallas, Corsicana and
M an Antonio, Tex. From here Col.
tcIntyre will return to Fort Sill to
attend the graduation exercises of
a rom which point he will proceed to
Washington.
Army officers as individuals are
Making voluntary contributions so
ri hat the prosecution of the case of
'haj. Clifford Jones, &. A. g., for suit
Fin the Court of Claims may be made
1t will be recalled that the internal
revenue department requires the COM
1nutcd value OF quarters in kind. or
the rental allowance in lieu thereof.
to be reported by each officer on his
Individual income tax return as gross
ksme for taxation purposes. The
8 z& gs which will accrue to each
Sidual during the remainder OF
active service in the event that
case is won will be no inconsid-
aole amount In contending that
10 items are not taxable the claim is
fE Eflade that they are part of the over
5N cad expense of the government in
Operating its plant; secondly. that
#officerS must accept and live In the
yquarterS assigned them for the con-
venience of the government; thirdly.
that the rental allowance is only paid
them for the purpose of providing
themselves with quarters at places
where the government cannot pro-
vide them and where they are re-
quired to live and function for the
sole benefit of the government in the
operation Of its activities; and.
fourthly, it is stoutly maintained
which strongly fortify these conten-
tons.
Capt Fred p. Andrews. s. G.. Engi-
ueor Division. office of the chief sig
nal officer of the Army, addressed the
officers on duty in this Office April / 6
on the installation of radio equip
'nent in the War Department
Coast -to-coast service is made possi
ble through this equipment
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Provision has been made for the
Sclding of camps of instruction, which
will he for a period of two weeks,
beginning about July Z, for training
medical department reserve officers,
assigned to the branch assignment
group. These camps of instruction,
which will be under the direction OF
the surgeon general Of the Army, will
he conducted at Carlisle Barracks,
Pa, for the 1st, I'd, Sd. 4th and 5th
Corps areas; at Fort Smelling, Mimi,
Tor the 9Th and 7th Corps areas, and at
a camp not yet selected in the 8th and
9Th Corps areas, respectively, for the
Sth and 9Th Corps areas. 1t is plan
ned at these camps to give the
officers of the Medical Department
reserve Corps who can accept train
ing during the period the advantage
Of instruction in tactics and technique
OF operation of divisional medical
units. Medical Reserve officers inter
csted should submit their application
20 the surgeon general of the Army,
Washington. D. c.. in which they
.SlouId state that they have not been
on active duty for training during
the present fiscal year.
Orders were issued this week by
the War Department designating six
feen medical, three veterinary and
rhe Army Medical School for the 1924
1925 course which will begin Sep
tember 1, 1924. at the Army Medical
school, Army Medical Center. Wash
ington d. c.. The Medical Corps oni-
GERS are as follows: Majs. Paul r. e.
Sheppard. Darius c. Absher, John
wallace; Capts. Frederick A. Blesse,
Thomas 81; Reagan. Leroy y; Soper'
Martin p Hamrick, James G. Hail
S;ichard r. Arrest, William S. Mar
tens. Harvey r. Livesay, John M.
Melch, Jaime J. Figueras and sam
Vel W Reeves. Those of the NeteTl-
nary Corps who will attend the flrst
course are First Lieuts. Irby r Pol
Iard louis I. shook and Earl +. Long.
The dental officers are Capts. Edward
q Alley, Glover Johns, Avery G.
UoImes. Daniel Bratton. Edwin ST
clair Wren, Charles ]. Denholm and
Walter d. Love
Announcement has just been made
by the War Department relative to
the participation OF members OF the
Army in swimming tryouts Tor the
OLYMPIC games for 1924. For com
pefitors from the 4th, 5th. 9Th, 7th and
Sth Corps areas, the tryouts will be
held in the 5th Corps Area, while
those from the 1st, End, 3rd and 9Th
Corps areas and the Panama Canal
and Hawaiian departments, Will be
held in the I'd Corps area. The nnai
tryouts for places on the Olympic
swimming team for winners in the
swimming uyouts held In the "a
and 5th Corps areas, togetner WIN
other contestants will be held at In
dianapolis, Ind, June 5, and Z.
Announcement has been made by
the Secretary of War that Col. Lutz
wahl, adjutant general department,