Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
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| The new Array Register, which has
Just come off the press, is not only
being distributed at an unusually early
date, but Maj. Gen. Robert c. Davis,
the ad1utant general. has reduced its
cost between five and six thousand dol
lars. According to the public printers
estimates, . the segister In its ole form
year VIII be produced for $4,000, and
the one next year will cost approx
mately $4,000. For 1928 the register
Contained 1.4os pages, while the volume
T 1H,s year VIII be printed In Si4 pages.
str!klns from the register the relative
standing in branches and the promo
tl1n hst, which information will be
taken care of In the bi-monthly list
ana directory. In the Army Register
from now on there will be no index
ana officers will appear in alphabetical
oroer; individual records are more
complete than has been shown in any
previous register All nom federal sery-
| ice which may he counted for longevity
under the act Of June 10, 1922, is shown
IN addition to: all federal service not
| III tne permanent establishment and all
service In the permanent establishment
AS IL appears in the new register, an
| oHlcerS record is a condensed running
| story.
Several types of blank firing at
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chine gun. completed at SPRING
field armory. We're given a function
ing test recently at the tank school.
Camp Meade. Md. AS no conclusive
| evidence was obtained from this test
as to which type Of attachment
/ would be the most satisfactory.
| another program has been prepared
/ In the Office Of the chief of ordnance
fer a test at Aberdeen proving
The War Department has placed
| with a prominent manufacturer Of
| firearms an order for the manufac-
| ture Of $40 pistol barrels for the
automatic pistol, caliber AS. model
i or 1911 for use in repairing pistols
| now in the service.
A selection is being made from
| 10000 pistols, which are being manu-
factured for the ordnance depart
ment. OF 400 specially selected pis-
tolls for use in the 1924 national
made on this order. and the contract
will be completed in the near future.
Tests will soon be made at Aber-
deem proving ground. Md. on caliber
| 22. model of 1922 rifle. in order to
determine whether this arm. as
| be satisfactory for service issue. An
| order for $500 of these rifles Is being
held up pending the results of this
! test.
/ Efforts to increase the rate CT fire
Of the Lewis aircraft machine gun,
| caliber so. 1918 model. have been
abandoned. and the present indica-
tons are that caliber 80. Browning
aircraft machine gun, will be substitute
| ed for the Lewis.
Studies for the design of a 81 MN.
aircraft machine gun on the Brown
| ing principle have been abandoned
| 1t being concluded that such a
weapon would be impracticable for
| service use.
Thirteen officers who have recently
been detailed with the field artillery
for period of four years have
been ordered to attend a three
at the field artillery school Fort Sill,
Okla, beginning February 10. On
completing the course the student
officers will return to their proper
stations stations They are as follows:
Francis lie J. Parker. cavalry; Frank
D. Wickham, infantry; Carl A. Martin,
infantry; Frederick r. de Funiak. in
| fantry; Girard Sturtevant, infantry;
Williams. cavalry; lieutenant colonies.
Frederick NJ. Jones, cavalry: Edward r.
Coppock, cavalry; Reuben Smith, cav
airy; William *. Moore. Quartermaster
Corps. and Maj. George p. Halves, jr.,
Quartermaste+ Corps.
The Office Of the assistant secre-
tary of war has again been placed in
charge Of National Guard affairs
In all matters not pertaining to the
Regular Army assignments the
assistant secretary's channel Of
communication will be through the
militia bureau and the corps area
commanders instead of through the
adjutant general of the Army. Prior
to the war the assistant secretary of
war was charged with the National
Guard policy of the War Department,
but when the national defense act
was enacted into law the assistant
secretary Of war was assigned to in
dustrial preparedness. A provision
in the amended national defense act
specifically placed industrial pre-
paredness under the supervision OF
the assistant secretary Of war.
NAVY.
Sensational developments in the
naval oil reserve during the past
week have absorbed the attention of
practically every member of the Sen