Evening star., 1924-03-16
Army andNavyNews

/ chief of chemical warfare service, Il
is stated, will be relieved from theil
respective duties between now ant
July L. They are Maj. Rufus F. Mad.
'2u+ e. list Lieut.. Lewis NJ. Mcbride
3wir has ~ eady gone to Edgewoot
! rr" nal. md although it has not bee
definite y announced, 1t Is understood
hat l1er:. Col. Harry L. Gilchrist
! .in"'ne Cops. who is on duty in thi:
~ NAVY.
ordPrs have, been issued bv the
May Depa rtment placing the Medusa
n commission. April 90. It is expect
au nal tne Trenton. will go into com
Rear Acm.rdl Il. J. Cowie last Mon.
lay Presented TO Secretary DENLY 9
H;n tos re- ph of u pen sketch made by
sr,IS.l o.H.er at an audience given
hina. .at Peking on Chinese New
Fe%r. February Il, 1895. at which
t.nie, Charles DENLY. father 7of Sec.
retarr Denny. was dean Of the diplo.
mare "nr"' This was %: tho n,,.-
,d eaS st;o OF the Japanese-Chinese war
the embassy Maj. Gen. omen ,su,.J
; aeorge +. Elliott Of the Marine corps
ana Rear Admiral (then Parma ster)
fhomas j. cowie of the Navy.
The U. S. s. Californi, has hsar
awarded the Sons of the Revolution
cup for 1923, which trophy is award.
60 each calendar year to the mos,
enicient marine detachment on boarJ
cruising ship. Last year the chr
wa, was won by the u. S. S. North Da.
kota; Formal presentation of ths
trophy to the marine guard on fh.
SdIlIOTn1a m 10 ~
lay In New York. This award is
governed by the following factors
battie efficiency. military efficiency
, small arms firing, inspection reports
! ana general state of efficiency.
Rear Admiral Josiah Mexican com.
mandant of the Mare Island nav,
yard, and Rear Admiral c. J. Peo
pres chief inspector. west coast ]ef
asnlngton this week for their re
thy nney nave been in Washington 70.
sne past three weeks appearing be.
iCre the House committee on naya
analrs as witnesses in the Alameda
mare Island controversy.
Capt. Haynes Ellis. aide to forme,
secretary DENLY, has been reIievef
from his duties in the department anf
ordered to the Rochester, which is th,
nagshlp OF the special service squad
Commander George E.. Stewart
united states Navy. assistant detail
1incer. bureau of navigation. NAVY
department. has been relieved by
commander John b. Earle. United
states Navy. Commando Stewart
VIII proceed to Asiatic station for
duty. IVA
Lieut.; Ralph L. Dawson. United
states Navy. member of Capt. Roal6
am nunos2ns polar flight expedition. in
representative in this country of Capt
Amundsen, just recently left New
york for London. Lieut.. Dawson
who was chosen from among thirty.
f1ve volunteers for, this expedition
VIII pilot one of the two seaplanes
to be used are known as .'Dornier-
whales and are seaplanes fitted for
landing on. snow and ice as well as
on the water. They are being con-
Structed at factory of the German
Dornier Mettalbauten Company. at
flsa. Italy From there they will be
sent on board ship to Spitzbergsn. ar
riving at that point during the first
part of May Plans for the expedi-
tlon call for flights from Spitzbergen
northward into the arctic and across
the pole toward Alaska.
The bureau of naviga ton. Navy De-
partment. has selected an insignia
for the new "aerologist' rating in
the Navy. This consists of a circle,
shaded on one side, designating a
partly clouded sky. pierced by an ar
row.. denoting wind force and direc-
tion. The design chosen was selected
from four submitted by the aerolog-
ical section of the bureau of aero
nautics.
Plans for an air circus to be held
May 80 are being made at the naval
air station at Iakehurst, N J. The
plans include flights of the rigid air