The Washington times., 1924-12-31

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j. Franklin Bell, the engineer COM
missioner now, was then one Of
the instructors at the academy.
Mrs. A. N. Kilmartin, who has
charge OF the mail and record
branch, of the office of the Quarter
master General, Is to be temporarily
loaned to the U. s. Veterans Bur
eau, according to MAJOR General
William Hart, the Quartermaster
General of the Army. Brigadier
General Frank r. Hines. the direc.
tor of the bureau, requested the
temporary services of Mrs. Kill
martin through the Secretary Of
War. Mrs. Kilmartin will lend her
technical assistance In connection
with certain changes which the
Veterans Bureau WIN make in the
filing system Of it's central office.
An auction sale OF surplus pro-
perty is scheduled for January IA,
at the New York General Interme-
diate Depot. Approximately 100, 900
yards of duck; 2,0O0,0 pairs Of
wooden stockings; $4,000 tent flies
and other surplus material will be
offered for sale.
The sale of surplus property to
date amounts to .$545 ,4S6,415.66.
Major Douglas c.. Gardiner q and
Captain Edward j. Glynn, two
officers OF the Quartermaster Corps
on duty in the office Of the Quarter.
master General, have been recon-
mended as student officers at the
Army Industrial College for the
new term which begins in February.
The War Department has pub.
lished army regulations No. .6OO-35.
the subject of which ~ 1.-THE Pre-
scribed Uniform" These are the
new regulations that supersede the
publications of October IA, 1921,
and October Is, 1923.
Colonel T.. G. Peylon, infantry.
has submitted to the War Depart.
ment some models Of hand grenades
winch have the size, shape and ap.
proxinIate weight Of a baseball
The chief Of infantry has requested
OF the ordnance department that
one hundred OF these be lnanufac.
tured With a view to test oy he
infantry board
Lieutenant Albert e. Higgins, Of
the fled Srtillery, has been pro.
NOTED TO the grade If captain.
Lieutenant Colonel James Nj. Little,
infantry. is the senior officer oil
that grade Other senior officers
are: Major John c.. Pvgram, of the
cavalry; Captain Edward q, Sher.
burne, Ut the infantry; First Lieu.
tenant Ethel Robbins, @. M. G.,
and Second Lieutenant Housan w.
Duncan, field artillery. There are
two vacancies as captain to which
I4icutenants Ethel A. Robbins and
James G. Anthony are entitled
First Lieutenant Walter Fl. SLther-
land, finance department, will then
be the senior first lieutenant. Sec.
ond Lieutenants HOusan w. Dun
can and Park Holland are entitled
to the two existing vacancies as
First lieutenant. When these two
promotions are made Second Lieu.
tenant JOHN Cross, field artillery,
will be the senior second lieutenant.
There are one hundred. and forty
vacancies in the grade of second
lieutenant.
Twelve local men were enlisted in
the army during the last week, ac-
cordiug to Colonel Earl w. Tanner,
officer IT. charge Of recruiting for
the District of Columbia. Five OF
these men enlisted for immediate
foreign service. Three for duty in
the District Of Columbia.
James d. Oliver and Harry D.
Fisher, enlisted in the field artillery
for Hawaii; Joseph White, service
detachment, District of Washing.
ton: Logan Fields, engineers, Fort
Humphreys, and Paul c. Jones,
signal corps, Seventeenth Service
Company, Washington. Robert
w. Carpenter and Joseph G.. Sher-
land, infantry. Panama; Sam
Scholovitch. infantry, Philippine
Islands; william G. Nicholson,
Thirteenth Infantry, Fort Strong,
Mass; Clint L. Lipscomb. Quarter.
master Corps, Fort Riley, Kansas:
Henry F. Miles. Quartermaster
Corps, Eighth Corps Area, and
Roy p. Pittman, Quartermaster
Corps, Fort Sill. Oklahoma.
Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs.
William p. Hill, 1853 Monroe street
northwest, will receive New Year
day from 2 to 4 O'Clock. With
them will be their house guest,
Mrs. Coleman Nockolds, wife Of
Lieutenant Colonel Nockolds, of
Miami, Florida.
The chief of staff of the army,
Major General and Mrs. John l..
Hines, will receive on New Year
day from 4:30 to o'clock at their
quarters, Fort Myer, Va.
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A.
Romeyn, are the guests of Mrs.
Henry Romeyn, 1885 New IIamp
shire avenue. Colonel Romeyn win
return to Boston tomorrow, Mrs.
Rcmeyn staying here until later In
the month. Lieutenant Colonel
and Mrs. e. B. Miller, of Shanghai,
China, are In Washington for a
short stay. While here they are
stopping at the New Willard Hotel.
The Army and Navy Juniors
next dances will be held January
"a, February IA and April IS, at
the New Willard Hotel. The com.
mittee on arrangements includes:
Lieutenant Ralph s. Riggs, U. s.
NJ. president: Miss Eugenia LIE.
ieune, vice president; Miss Ataln
kimmell, secretary; Captain r. S.
J. Irvine, U. S, A., treasurer:
Misses Helen Griffith, Mary Stitt,
Carolyn Chamberlain and Beatrice
Mclean and Captain Charles r
Brooks, Lieutenants r.. Dewitt
Carr, Thomas Ryan, George Pence