Evening star., 1924-07-20
ARM Y.

ARMY.
The announcement made nv tho
war department of the appointrncut
OF BriS. Gen. Grote Hutchesou to bc
major general was immediately fol
lowed by Il later announcement thar
| Brig. Grn. Ulysses e. McAlexandcr
would be recommended by the Seer
targ OF War to b" Il major general
| on July II To fill The vacancy c.us.d
by the retirement of Gen. Hutrheson
on July 20 for disability. Col F;SyIn.,
r.. Booth, L :. A, has also been in
cluoea III the recommendations Of IN
| Secretary of War TO he q briradiaS
general on July u to fiji the vacsnr.s'
created by the promotion OF Gen. Nj,
Alexander Gen. Hutcheson had oDlt
Two more years to serve before r.
tirement.
of brigadier generals. il IS noint.,.
Out by war Department officers thu
there are quite d number Of offirer
or TINS rank who arc due for retire
ins ineht IN IN me heXt three years Head
Brig. Gen. ". II. Johnston. who IA
one more year to serve befnrf reacI-
ing the retirement age Next N lin.
comes Brig. Gen. John q Rarrettf
who has only two more wears of 49,.
| tive duty. Among the other hria-
adier generals who will be due for
retirement on account of age in Tho
neNt MsrI three years are William Wefgcl
5ot Rabh-+ l. lfersTE' Tsf' Robert Anderson,
Martin. The three brigadier gen.
erals who are grouped near the bo,
tom OF this, list and who still hays
an9ut aa,j three years 10 serve beforc
charles G. Simonds and Malvern Hill
considerable pressure will ha
brought to hear upon the Secretar,.
cf war IN making selections from
anai .nds I,St lot promotion to major gen
tfal "hen a vacancy occurs, any o..
or "hom Is fully qualified and capal,,
for any active command
"A large number of entries are ex
pected to face the starter in the 1aa4
SSoi4rado Endurance Ride which will
pc heid from August to over a
300-mile course from Rroadroor
toio. According to the rules of the
contest, the mounts must be al The
Broadmoor stables not later than
july 80. In addition to the silver cum
lneuals and ribbons which will be
AWARDED, the cash prizes which Will
oe oHered are: First prize, $500: 5000
second; $500. third: 5000. fourth. sI5n
atth. and sixth prize. 800. The Horse
ASSOCIATION of America will not
| only award suitable medals to eacb -
the six successful contestants b,,t
| also Il bronze medal to every rider
VINO completes the course.
oHlclal " ar Department figures pre
pared in the department this week
| snow that the total commissioned
strength Of the Regular Army al OF
June so. was l1,436. This is divIaed
among the various branches as fol-
lows: General. /; major generals, 90
nrlgadler generals, 4s; colonies. 507.
lieutenant colonies, 6S5; majors. 2206:
captains, i,09S; first lieutenants' 97aS:
second +1t
aggregate figure is exclusive of the
lz2 recently appointed second lien
tenants who took the April examina-
tions, and the department is also
VIII graduate in the West Point class
| IN June, 1925. According to branches,
the aggregate strength is apportion-
ed as follows: General officers. 6S:
..n,aiIniery' .r,iIiy' $'SSg; Cavalry,, 1:023; Field
Corps of Engineers. 472; Air Service.
se7; Signal Corps. 1872; Quartermaster
Corps. S33; Ordnance Department, 2S4.
Fanne9... rinaneT recruitment l2S; Adjutant
Generais Geaats department, s5; Judge Ad-
Chemical Warfare Service, II; Philip
pine Scouts. 101; Bureau of Insular
Anairs, |: Medical Corps, 9S7: Dental
HoTps. l'6; Veterinary Corps, 124
Chaplains, 124; Military Storekeeper
/, and Professors L. S. NJ. A, I.
In view OF the. prospective in
crease of sergeant majors in the
Coast Artillery Corps. the require
and 90. paragraph s. Army reguia-
tIons No. 6l9-o, as to time of sub
mittfng applications and for hold
ing examinations for appointments
as stan sergeants (clericaD have been
amended by the War Department
for the calendar year 1924 to nro-
vide that applications be submit
ted not later than September 1, 1924.
and examinations be held beginning
October 16. 1924
and the examinations conducted in
accordance with the provisions OF
section. II and III. respectively, Of
chief of Coast Artillery memorandum
dated May II, 1924.
The commandant of the Coast Ar
tillery School, has been instructed to
forward the necessary examination
papers upon receipt of information
from each command as to the num-
ber required.
Maj. Gen. William H. Hart, quar-
termaster general. arrived in wash
ington yesterday from his inspection
trip to the Pacific coast. During his
trip he visited practically all of the
large quartermaster installations.
Brig. Gen. John B. Bellinger. as
sistant to the guartermaster general.
flying pay if he continues to use afr
planes for official travel. He left
Thursday via plane for Camp Dix.
Col. William Elliott, Quartermaster
Corps, chief of the Personnel Service,
Office of the Quartermaster General,
has just returned from a trip to At
lanta, New Orleans. San Antonio. Ell
Paso, Chicago and Jeffersonyille. He
found conditions very satisfactory in
the Quartermaster Corps organiZa-
tions at those places in spite of the
fact that some reductions in civilian
personnel are in prospect. The mo-
rale is high and the reclassification
has been received in good spirit.
Lieut.. Coils. Charles l.. Willard and
James Regan. Quartermaster Corps.
the former. recently quartermaster of
the 9Th Corps Area and the latter of
the 4th Corps Area, have reported TO
the quarterma ster general, in whose
Office they will be on duty in the Sup
Lieut.. Col. William II. Noble, Quar-
termaster Corps. recently quarter
master OF the I'd Division, at Camp
Travis, has been detailed TO the gem
eraI staff and is now on duty in the
War Department.
Lieut.. Col. William E. Persons, In
fantry. a recent Leavenworth gradu-
ate, has been temporarily assigned TO
Camp Meade, Md. and attached to the
18th Infantry. Upon the completion
of this duty he will return to Wash
ington. where he viii be assigned 10
the training section, Office of the
Chief of Infantry, relieving Col. c. A.
Trott, Infantry, who goes to head
quarters of the I'd Corps Area.
Lieut.. Col. III. Clay NJ. Supplee, In
fantry, has been temporarily as
signed to duty In the classification
section. once of the Chief of Infan-
try. Previous to his new assignment,
Col. Supplee was on duty with the
War Depar tment general staff.