Evening star., 1924-04-27

| Davis. cavalry. president; Lieut.. Col.
Wait c. Johnson, general staff (infan-
| try); Maj. Karl Truesdell, Signal
Corps: Maj Burton X. Yount, air
Edward A. Stockton, jr.. Coast Artil-
lery Corps: Capt. John w. Leonard,
infantry: Capt. Daniel Noce, c. e.;
First Lieut.. Harrison w. Johnson,
Signal Corps, and DR.. A. ]. Klein.
A complete change of officer per
sonnel will shortly take place in the
water transportation division, office
of The quartermaster general. Lieut.
Col. Richard H. Jordan, Quartermaster
| Corps, chief of this division, Will
leave Washington next week for duty
in China. while Capt. Harley A. Dres-
| back, Quartermaster Corps, his assist
ant, will proceed to Louisville, KY, in
June, as National Guard instructor.
Their successors have not yet been
announced.
Lieut.. Col. John r. Wagner, Quar-
termaster Corps, now en- route from
service in the Philippines. las been
ordered to Washington. VIII . on ar
rival he will report to the chef, mill
tia bureau, for duty. Capt. James &.
Longino, Quartermaster Corps. WHO
| has been on duty at Camp Holabird,
Md, will proceed to Columbia, S. c.,
for station as instructor Of the 3oth
Division.
Among the new Quartermaster
Corps officers coming to Washington
are Capt Turner r. Sharp, who has
First Lieut.. Leslie S. Williams. who
has been stationed at Miller Field,
Staten Island. n. Y.
Unless the troop duty law is
| changed, all five of the Quartermaster
| Corps officers who compose the
American Graves Registration Serv-
| ice in France will be compelled 70
return to the United States within
| the next few weeks. The officers af-
| fected are Lieut.. Col. Robert Sterrett,
chief; Maj. Henry l. Green, construct
| ing quartermaster: Capt. stuart B.
| Campbell, assistant in the Paris otfice
Capt Edward P. Doyle and First
Lieut.. Charles A. Morrow. oroers
| have already been issued authorizing
Capt Doyle to proceed to the United
States disciplinary barracks, Fort
Jay, n. Y, for duty. and Lieut.. Nor
row to Fort Humphreys, Va, as as
| sistant to the quartermaster. Gen.
Pershng, when in Franco recently,
cabled to the quartermaster general
| expressing a desire that Maj Green
| be retained in France until his Work
| of laying out and beautifying the
| eight overseas cemeteries was COM
pleted ,do howeyer' unless essen S0Ri wiil bs
returned to the United States for
troop duty. In the event that Nal.
| Green returns to this country, Lieut.
Col. William o. Smith, now on duty
with the surplus property DIVISION,
office of the quartermaster genera,
| will in all probability succeed MAJ
| Green. Col. Smith has recently been
| relieved from duty at Fort Bennlns,
Ga.
/ Nine medical. dental, veterinary
| and medical administrative corps ON
| GERS will compose the centra! meolcai
| examining board, which VIII De con-
| yened in Washington in the late fall
| for the purpose of reviewing the eS-
| animation papers for the medical ad-
! miniStrative corps examination Nnlch
| will be held at the various stations
| from October to 10. There is only
| one vacancy in this corps at the pres
| ent time, but it is expected that TINS
| will be augmented by one or two
| more by the time the October exam
! nations begin. The corps has an au-
! thorized strength of Seventy-two ofn-
GERS. The board will be composed OF
! the following officers: Col. weston
| p. Chamberlain, Medical corps, pres,
! ident; Col. Robert T. oliver, Dental
! Corps, chief of the dental service;
Lieut. Col. Raymond f. ingalls,. Den
tai Corps; Lieut.. Col. John A Nc
Kinnon. chief of the veterinary serv-
| ice; Maj. Henry c. Pillsbury. Medical
| Corps: Maj Daniel w. Harmon, Med
| ical Corps: Maj. George F. Lull.
| Medical Corps; Capt. Raymond A.
| Kelser, Veterinary Corps and Capt.
! Robert A Dickson, Medical Admins
| trative Corps. With the exception OF
Col. Oliver and Lieut. Col. Mckinnon,