Evening star., 1924-08-31


1t. Col. n. N. Cootes. must be perfectly
trained. and sec
"hu' tneH must be thoroughbred ami
mails. Another lesson learned by the
members or the American team WAS
that the Two teams should be COM
posed OF thoroughbred horses as ac-
cidents which are bound to occur dur
ing the period Of training necessi-
tate the substitution of horses.
IN the Paris games. the program
lnciuded the individual schooling Of
me horses' the endurance test and
obstacle jumping. In the individual
schooling of the horse event. a splen
old demonstration was made by Mai.
'ohh "A. Barry, captain of the Army
ridlng team; Maj. Sloan Doak, Cav
airy; Capt. Vernon |. Padgett. Cav
airy. and Lieut.. Frank l.. Carr. Cav
airy. In the final scoring of this
event. Maj. Doak finished fifteenth.
MAJ Doak and Lieut. Carr composed
two of the four riders who made a
perfect score in this event
IN the gruelling endurance test,
winch consisted of a course IS kilo-
meters C221a miles) in length over
ROADS. cement pavement, steeplechase
grounds and pathways. Maj. Doak. on
l,athfnder, finished third while Lieut..
= IL. d l..
Doak also took third place in the OBJ
stacle jumping event. In the individ-
ual training competition which, ac-
cording TO the horse experts was the
nnest exhibition of schooled horse
manShlp ever seen, Gen. de Linder,
retired general of the Swedish army,
on Plccolomini. was awarded the first
prize. while another member of the
Swedish team. Capt. Sandstrom. on
Aobel. finished second. No American
horses participated in this event
After thorough study Of the re-
suits of the recent games. American
horse experts have arrived at the
conclusion that il America has any
hopes of winning her share of the
equestrian honors, two things must
be done. First. the clean blooded
horses possessed by America must be
distributed to number of Army Of
hcerS Tor training and, secondly, after
course of training. a competition
should he held as u result of which
the horses will be selected to COM
pose the American team. Other gov
ernments, il is pointed out, grant
monetary concessions to their Olym-
pic riding teams with which thor
oughbred horses are purchased
Through the efforts of the Ameri-
can Remount Association vas the
American team sent abroad and a
great deal of credit belongs to this
worthy organization for the showing
made by our team which entered the
Paris competition against terrific
odds. 1t is hoped that our Govern
ment will recognize the fact that
governmental assistance is necessary
for u team to emerge victorious from
the Olympic equestrian games, and
that America will be represented by
two teams of perfectly trained, thor
oughbred mounts in the 1928 games,
which Will be held at Amsterdam,
Holland.
The authorization of the appoint
ment of two candidates to West Point,
to be drawn from the citizens mill
tary training camps, has been pro-
posed as an Improvement of these
camps. A competition would be held
in each camp in each corps area for
the two appointments, and under the
proposed law creating the Is Nacan-
cies for the academy, conditions
would be specified under which the
competition for the appointment
would be conducted. No doubt author
ity would be given the corps area
commander TO appoint board TO
consider the qualifications of the
Of the War Department authorities
that this would not only bring a high
class of boys TO the training camps,
but in all probability many of the
boys who ranked high in the COM
petition but did not receive the ap-
pointment would be given a con-
gressional appointment. This. it is
pointed out, would give TO the Army
some splendid material for the
academy.
Considerable pride is taken by the
Quartermaster Corps in the fact that
Col. James A. Logan. who has had
such a prominent part in tho repara-
tions adjustments in Europe, while
in the Army, served practically the
entire time in the Quartermaster
Corps. He was first appointed in the
Army as a captain in the commissary
department, July IS, 1898; was pro-
NOTED to major Quartermaster
tenant colonel. Quarternaster Corps,
February % 1918, which was his
grade when he resigned from the
Army July Is, 1922.
Approval has been given by the
War Department for the organiza-
ton of medical squadron" which
will form a part Of the LIST Cavalry
Division, as of January 1, 1925. The
formation of this squadron Is the re-
suit of the efforts made by the chief
of cavalry and the surgeon general,
declare that the new organization
will make a great Improvement in
the medical service for a cavalry div
ision. 1t was hoped by the War De-
partment authorities that the med
ical squadron would be tried out
during the Fall maneuvers of the
1st Cavalry Division. but as these
have been disapproved by the de-
partment, nothing along this line
can be attempted until next year. The
squadron will have total war
strength Of IS officers and 207 enlisted
men, and will consist of one hospital
troop. one collecting troop. one vet
Urinary troop. one ambulance troop
and a headquarters.
In order to determine the COM
parative physical efficiency of the
young men of the country, certain
standards and tests have been es-
tablished by the War Department and
the National Amateur Athletic Fed
Grafton. 1t is pointed out by officers
on duty in the War Department that
the primary purpose of these tests is
to raise the physical standard of
young men and to inaugurate n sys-
tenn which will eradicate many OF the
defects which exist in the American
youth. The tests prescribed for this
year, which were the same as last,
include the 100-yard dash, the run
ming broad jump, the running high
jump and the bar vault.
According to the results obtained in
1928, as one travels West the physique
of the young men improves, the State
L. y, fCr hn-
record with a percentage or 81. In
grouping the State, the 1928 grand
average is as follows: New England
States, so: Eastern states and Porto
Rico. 49, Southern States. 81: East
Central States, 471a; West Central