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single promotion
list was done un- -"
der the supervi- Maj Gen. +. W. CoE'
. sion of Maj Gen:
Frank w. Coe, chief OF coast a' VI
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commissioned staff officers OF the
Coast ARTILLERY Corps are divided are
as follows: ,,.s.ar
Electricians and engineers-Maste
technical and staff sergeants teieetii
CALI na staff
sergeants (ciericaD. -, .,
Master gunners-Master and stan
sergeants {artillery): ,n;o.,
Radio sergeantS-MaSter. techhiSau r y
and staff sergeants (radiol nc, im 'n oi
these classes has BEEN maintained
and. as vacancies occur in each class
non-commissioned staff ohcsrs VI y,
that class are promoted accoruiiE ~
their standing on the lineai list. rms
has created An unequal flow in pro-
motion among the different classes
and has caused much dlSSatlslaclioia, H.
Hinder the single list system an
commissioned staff officers OF tht
Coast ARTILLERY Corps are ,i., p,aeed p,o. %,
Vision has been made for the .ap.
pointments of sergeants major and
master runners to the grade or Teen
nical sergeant. Master sergeahts
have been omitted from the iist; a. a.
they have already been promoted to
the highest non commissioned grade
The standing Of electricians, ser
seants major and the other classes
among themselves was not disturb
ed, as their rank was established
prescribed in a memoranoum or,e.
chief of Coast Artillery. dated August
26. 1921 No actual reductions Will
be made in the establishment of the
single list.
. Two conditions are fulfilled in the
operation of the single list, as FOL
lows: First, the number of non-com
missioned staff officers in each grade
must not exceed War Department
allotments. and, second. the total
number of electricians, sergeants
major, etc, must not exceed the
present authorized number: There
are at present authorized IN an
grades 225 electricians, seventy
seven sergeants major. forty radio
sergeants and thirty-one master
eunners. which distributions will be
maintained.
In his recomm endations to the
War Department Gen. Coe asked for
geants, thirty-four technical ser
geants and fifty staff sergeants
(sixty-three electricians, fifteen SER
geants major, eight master gunners
and ten radio sergeants). 1t is point
ed out by Gen. Coe that only in the
operation of the single promotion
list system can the existing Unequal
tiles in promotion be adjudicated with
substantial justice 10 all concerned.
1t has been decided by the War
Department to hold the examination
of candidates for appointment to the
first non-commissionedg grades, Quar-
termaster Corps, during the first week
in October instead of May. The chief
reason given by the military authori-
ties in changing the date for holding
the examination is that the exami-
nation questions. scope of the eXami-
nation, etc, would not have reached
the Philippines in time if the exami-
nations had been held in May. The
regulations are now in course of
preparation, the revised scope of
which will be published shortly. After
the October examinations are held a
new eligible list for promotion will be
compiled. Those non-commisSioned
officers who have not been appointed
to one of the higher grades prior to
the holding of the examinations will
be required to take such examinations
for promotion.
Recent press notices announcing
the contemplated retirement in the
near future of Maj. Gen. Charles S.
founded. Gen. Farnsworth recently
returned from Hot Springs in excel
lent health and he is actively engaged
IN carrying on his duties.
The. general will leave Washington
next wednesday for the purpose of in
nj sx-.x.
the middle west, which will include
regular Army infantry regiments. r.
-. L. Z. units, Fort Leavenworth and
ROCK Island arsenal. He is expected
pack IN Washington about April %.
MAJ. Gen. Charles Mex. Saltzman.
chief signal officer of the Army. has
been appointed War Department rem
resentative on the United States ma
flonal committee of the International
eiectrotechnical commission. Mai.
zen. William J. Snow, chief of field
artillery, returned to Washington this
week from an inspection of Fort Sill
and Fort Leavenworth.
Plans have been approved by the
Secretary of War for the construction
of an infantry memorial at Fort BEN
ming. Ga, which will be in the ma
ture OF stadium. The construction
will be undertaken by the United
uon TO this construction project, it
1s planned to make Fort Benning a
complete recreation center.
Between now and July l five officers
now assigned to duty in the office of
the chief signal officer of the Army will
be relieved and ordered elsewhere to
duty. They are Col. George s. Gibbs.
Signal Corps: Lieut. Col Frank J..
Griffin, Signal Corps, chief of the
fiscal division; Capt. E. F. French,
Signal Corps, war plans division:
oations, and Second Lieut.. A. j. Lubbe.
Signal Corps, Photographic division.
Col. Gibbs is now in London in con-
nection with the Washington-Alaska
cable and will accompany the cable
ship Dellwood on her cable-laying
ard, Alaska. Lieut.. Anthony will
go to Panama. Orders for the re-
naming three officers have not been
issued by the War Department, nor
has selection been made for the
five incoming officers.
The War Depa rtment has issued
orders directing the organization of
coast artillery companies into regi-
ments and authorizing a change to
be made in the designation of COM
panies to batteries: Certain former
regiments of artillery have been
reconstructed into complete reg ents
and a number Of changes in station
have been made both in this country
and at foreign garrisons. Complete
instructions are given i'm this order
which. will become effective as of
midnight June 80, 1924. The forma-
tion Of the coast artillery of the
organized reserves into regiments Is
also authorized.
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