Evening star., 1924-05-25

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Earnest G. Cillum, @. NJ. c., took the
cup as well as first and second rib
bons in the polo class with his Cliff
ton and Chubtelly, beating out two
ponies owned by the 3rd Cavalry. as
well as many other primed mounts.
Sergt Currie, Q. NJ. c.. won the en-
listed mems race on a government
horse from Fort Myer.
Maj John NJ. Ritchie. Q. NJ 6, who
VIII return this summer from the
Hawaiian DepartmeSt will go to the
Quartermaster Corps School, phiIa
delDhia, Pa. On graduation from this
school, Maj. Henry A. Wingate, @. NJ
he will take over Mai. Ritchies
duties.
In August Capt. Robert j. Van Epps
Q. NJ. G., will go from Camp Hola
bird, Md, TO Honolulu.
During the week Mai Henry l..
Ward, @. NJ c.. reported for duty Al
the Washington quartermaster inter
mediate depot, after service at the
Philadelphia depot
Lieut. Col. Franklin F. Jackson,
Q. NJ. c., long on duty in the office
of the quartermaster general, goes to
New York, effective July /, for duty
with the organized reserves of the
I'd Corps Area.
On completion of his temporary
duty in the Office of the assistant
secretary of war Maj. Edmund B.
Gregory, @. NJ c.. will proceed to
New York for duty with the National
Guard.
All of the Quarterma ster Corps Off
GERS on duty in Washington and Vi
cinity, together with their wives,
have been invited by Maj. Gen. w. II.
Hart. quartermaster general, to din
ner next Tuesday at Meridian Man
sions. 2409 18th street northwest
About 1870 guests will attend.
Regulations pertaining TO the ap
pointment, promotion and duties OF
coast artillery commissioned
staff officers under Army Regulations
615-5 were published during the week
by the War Department. and they arr
now in course of being distributed
to the service. Under the national
defense act, as amended by the acf
Of Congress approved June 4, 1920
the Coast Artillery Corps is allotted
eighty-one master Sergeants, eighty
two technical sergeants and 2l0 staff
sergeants.
These are apportioned to classes as
follows: Sergeants major-master
technical and staff sergeants (cleri-
CALI, II; lectricians-master technl-
cal and staff sergeants electrically
225; master gunners-maSter, technl-
cal and staff sergeants (artillery), 81
radio sergeants-master, technical
and staff sergeants tradio). 40
The new regulations consist of four
sections, each of which is given in
detail. They are: Section |, Grades
and Classes: section ii. Qualifications
for Appointments section III, Scope
and Conduct of Examinations for Ap-
pointment; and section ", Duties of
the Non commissioned Staff Officers OF
the different classes.
An examination for master sergeant
and technical sergeant, medical, den
tai and veterinary service, VIII be
held from April ell and October 6-ll'
respectively. 1t is permissible for
staff sergeants, medical department.
to take the examination for master
sergeant, but it will be to the advan-
tage of staff sergeants who contem-
plate competing in the April exami-
nation for the first grade to qualify
in the examination for technical ser
geant. Dates have been arranged SO
that candidates for advancement may
take both examinations.
The Secretary of War has desfg
mated Maj. Lewis E. Bender, Signal
Corps, and Maj. Joseph o. Mau-
borgne, Signal Corps. as technical
advisors TO the American delegation
at the meeting of the Inter-American
Committee on Electrical Communica-
tions, which is scheduled to be held
in Mexico City next Tuesday.
During the week Brig. Gen. John j.
Carty. Signal o. r c., vice president of
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company. and Brig. Gen. Clin-
ton G. Edgar. Signal Q. r. G., or De
troit, Mich. were at the office of the
chief signal officer for a conference
man. chief signal officer of the Army.
Upon his graduation from the sig
nal school, Camp Vail. n. j.. Maj. Q,
X. Sadtler. Signal Corps, will report
signal officer. Washington.
Maj. Gen. willard A. Holbrook.
chief of cavalry, will return TO Wash
ngton today from an inspection OF
the northern cavalry garrisons and
the cavalry school at Fort Riley,
Kans.
An informal conference composed
of over fifty clergymen located in
the District of Columbia. Baltimore
and vicinity. holding commissions in
the Regular Army, officers Reserve
Corps and National Guard and rep
resenting all of the major divisions
of religious belief, will be held in
Washington tomorrow for the pur-
pose of considering those problems
the conference is Safeguarding
American Soldiers" on which three
principal addresses will be made.
geon general. will speak from the
physical standpoint; Brig. Gen. Hugh
A. Drum. assistant chief of staff. Ga
will treat the matter from the menta
and training angle, while Chaplain
Charles s. MacFarland. o. r. c., gen
eral secretary of the Federal Council
of Churches, will consider the spirit
ual side.
The three speakers before the con-
ference. together with Maj. Gen. Eli
A. Helmick. inspector general, and
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Martin, assist
ant chief of staff G-1. will be the
guests of honor at a luncheon at the
Cosmos Club, at which time Gen
Helmick will address the conference
on Leadership" Col. John T. Axton.
chief of chaplains. will preside at all
of the meetings of the conference be-
fore which orders. regulations and
policies relating to chaplains and
their work will be discussed.
Reports received this week by the
ouartermaster general from all the
field stations indicate that the reserve
quartermasters are devoting a large
matters. The Boston officers. report
that the entire plan for the procure
ment of service shoes, so far as the
Boston depot is concerned, Will be
completed by June 1. Two form let
ters have been sent out to reservists
assigned to the New York depot, and
a large number of replies have been
received expressing their Willingness
to cooperate with the 1ndustrial
survey now in progress. Reserve
officers are being reassigned to con-
form with the wartime chart and
table appearing in the basic plan for
Quartermaster Corps mobilization.
Philadelphia reserve officers, un-
der the direction of Lieut.. L. E. Han
son, Q. NJ. G.. have completed total
Isof 662 surveys of local facilities.
Various planning branches Of the
War Department in Philadelphia now
have formed an informal association.
They will meet at the Union League
Club in the Quaker city for luncheon
to discuss present-day problems