Evening star., 1924-09-14
Army and Navy News
By NJ. H. Mcintyre.

medal that is given for acts of hero
ism in the United States. The medal
was forwarded to Lieut.. Meeden
through the War Department.
Close to a score Of Army, Navy and
Marine Corps officers will attend the
line and stan officers course at the
chemical warfare school. Edgewood
Arsenal, which instruction will begin
tomorrow and conclude November 70.
The instruction will include gen.
eral course in chemical warfare. The
Army officers who have been desig-
mated to attend are: Majs. l.. F. j.
Zerbee. c. w. S.; /. Z. Titus. c. w. s.;
p. X. English, c. w. s.: M. ]. Willett,
c. A. c., and A. NJ. Heritage, c. w.
s.; First Lieuts. Norman B. Gillett, c.
w. s.; F. B. Lindley, Infantry. and
L. U. Laline, Infantry; Second Lieut..
Robert ID. Mcleod, jr., c. w. S., and
Capt. Holly P. Harris, c. w. S., o. r.
c., who is from Chicago. One Field
Artillery officer, three marines and
designated to take this course of In
struction.
NAVY.
The offer of st. Johns College, An
napolis. to establish a course for
tuition has been accepted by the Navy
Department. The Navy now has two
reserve officers training schools, the
first one being authorized for George
Washington University, Washington,
ID. c., announcement of which recently
appeared in these columns.
The Navy Department has already
met with serious problem in secur
ing instructors for these schools.
N, who is on duty in the Bureau of
Navigation. Navy Department, has
been detailed as instructor at George
Washington University in addition to
his other duties, while Rear Admiral
Henry IS. Wilson. superintendent of
the Naval Academy. has been re-
QueSted to furnish instructors for St.
Johns College. This arrangement,
however, is only temporary. and 1t
the system of making the colleges a
source of supply for Naval Reserve
officers is developed, additional in
structors will have to be provided by
the Navy. The Army now has about
$4,000 reserve officers, but it is not
believed that the Reserve Corps of
officers for the Navy will ever grow
to such proportions. In order to de-
yelop a reserve corps, the Navy must
have additional officers, and now that
George Washington University and
st. Johns College, it is believed by
the authorities that it will be shortly
extended to some of the larger edu-
cational institutions.
Nineteen Naval Reserve officers are
at the present time undergoing avia-
tion training. the primary instruction
being given at Great Lakes training
station and Fort Hamilton, N. Y,
while the advanced training is given
at San Diego. Calf; Pensacola, Fla,
and Hampton Roads. Va. The course
is most thorough one, and includes
ground work in the Winter months and
dual flying. Authorities in the Navy
Department contemplated the estab-
lshment of a primary training school
West Coast. but it is not believed this
will be authorized far some time.
Announcement was made by. the
Navy Department this week that the
L. S. $. Tennessee, Capt. Luke MeNa-
NEE commanding, made the highest
score in gunnery for the year 1923
1924. winning the battle efficiency
pennant, which is awarded annually
to the battleship having the highest
combined scores in gunnery and in
the engineering competition. The |
L. s. s. Pennsylvania, commanded by |
Capt. John F. Hines, L. 8. N, was |
second in sunnery and battle eff |
cheney. The other senior officers of |
the Tennessee during the year were |
Comdr. Harry A. Baldridg, L. S. N, |
ward, L. $. N, engineering officer; |
Lieut. Comdr. F. W. Rockwell. L. S. |
~. gunnery officer. and Lieut.. Comdr. |
H. H. J. Benson, U. s.. N, navigator. |
The L. S. S. Selfridge, commanded
during the year by Comdr John
". Ferguson. U. 8. NJ, and Grafton A.
Beall, jr., U. S. N, was awarded che
gunnery trophy. destroyer .class, in
the awarding of which the torpedo,
gun and depth charge practices were
taken into consideration. Lieut.. By
officer for this vessel. In this compe-
tition the U. S. S. Hubert, Lieut..
Comdr. Frank A. Braisted. L. S.
~, commanding, was awarded second
honors; the U. S. s. Doyen. COM
manded by Lieut.. Comdr. Walter X.
L. S. NJ, stood next, while
the U. s. S. Zeilin, Lieut.. Comdr. John
II. Everson, L. S. N, took fourth place.
In the national Individual match at
the annual Seagirt tournament, Sea-
girt, N. j., Marine Corps marksmen
took the first two prizes, viz: Lieut..
p. c. Conrad winning first place, with
q score of 2S6 out Of A possible 800,
while Capt. Joseph Jackson won sec
ond honors, with q score Of 2S4. Third
place was won by Lieut.. L. ". Jones,
Infantry, U. S. A., with a score of
2S3. The Marines won the first three
places in the Nevada event. as folr
lows: MAJ. L. P. Carsier, first; Lieut..
r. T. Presnell.. second, and Sergt. E.
]. Blade, third.
Lieut. Comdr. J. p. Gray is as
signed to temporary duty at Coast
Guard headquarters in connection
with the compilation of data and
of the international ice
patrol report for the season of 1924,
and assisting with work having to
do with installation Of improved ra-
dio apparatus on. the ice patrol ves-
sells Tampa and Modoc, and of the
sonic rangefinder on one Of the ice pa
troll cutters for detecting the location of
icebergs.
That the authorities in the Navy
Department are of the opinion that
the radio communication On the Pa
cific Coast is inadequate is evidenced
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS