Evening star., 1925-06-21
Army and Navy News
BIZ NJ. II. Mcintyre.

the Fleet Naval RESERVE snail STATE
whether the candidate is or Is not
found physically qualified to. perform
all the duties of his rank at sea.
Since the Naval Reserve act does not
require a Naval Reserve officer to
be found physically qualified for duty
on board a combatant vessel in time
of war, findings in this respect should
not be entered. Physical defects will
not be waived for appointment in or
transfer to the Fleet Naval Reserve
and waivers for physical defects for
promotion will not be granted where
physical defects are present. Under
the new regulations Glasses 1, 2 and
will go into the Fleet Naval Reserve;
Class 8 will be enrolled in the Mer-
chant Marine Naval Reserve; while
Glasses 4 and will be enrolled in
the Volunteer Naval Reserve.
ARMY.
The favorable decision of the Court
of Claims in the Capt. Daniel Noce
c. E., u. S. A, case, pertaining to
credit for service at the Military
Academy. was unexpectedly reversed
in the Supreme Court of the United
States. 1t was insisted by Chief Jus
tice Taft, who delivered the opinion OF
the court, that the act of 1920 was
for the purpose of equaliZing the pay
between six of the services and that
1t was not concerned with equaliZine
the pay of the others. This decision
affects hundreds of officers in the
service and terminates a controversy
of many years standing.
The quotation of the laws elnbrac
ing the subject upon which the ca sc
was decided reads as follows:
That hereafter longevity pay for
officers in the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health
Service and Coast Geodetic Surveys
shall be based on the total of all serv'
ice in any and all of said services.
That the designations of units com
prising the fortifications of the
United States may be more truly de
scriptive, and that they may more
nearly conform to the terms used in
other branches of the service. the fol
lowing changes, which will appear un
der War Department general orders
No. 13, current series. will be directed
by the department. They are:
l. The principal harbor defense tao
tical and administrative unit, hereto
fore designated the Coast Defense
Command" will hereafter be known
as the "Harbor Defense" The com.
manding officer of such unit will be
called the 'Harbor Defense Comman.
der" and his staff, the "Harbor De
tense Staff"
2. The unit heretofore designated
the Fort Command" will hereafter be
known as the Fort"
3. Units heretofore designated the
Fire Command" and the Mine Com
mand" will be known as the Group
Two important steps have been
taken By the Ordnance Department
in the past two weeks with a view
or improving the stability of the 3-inch
anti-aircraft sun. model of 1918, trail
mount. The first step taken was that
or providing mount with longer side
outriggers and four additional front
rlggers, which did not give the de-
sired results. The other step, that OF
providing an emergency concrete plat.
form from which the guns were to be
hred, appears to be the real solution
TO the problem. In this connection 1t
is interesting to note that the cement
used for these gun platforms, which
IS called quick-setting cement, sets
hard enough in "a hours to permit
firing. The old cement used in the
construction of these gun platforms
required at least 80 days before gun
tiringS were permitted.
That the eligibility of physicians for
appointment as first heutenants in
the Medical Corps of the regular
establishment may be determined, the
War Department announced this week
that an examination would be held al
the various POSTS and stations
throughout the country from Septem
Der IA to IS, 1925. simultaneously
with this War Department pronounce
ment, it was also announced that ar
examination will also be held fol
applicants for appointment as second
lieutenants in the Medical Admins
trative Corps, Regular Army, from
September Il to 20, 1925, at the vari
Gus stations. At the present time
there are So vacancies in the Medica
Corps of the regular establishment
and between this time and July l two
more will be added to the list. making
a total of 60 vacancies in this corps
or approximately per cent. There
is one vacancy in the Medical Admin
istrative Corps and four in the Veteri
nary Corps.
Medical Corps applicants for ap
pointment to the Regular Army must
not only be graduates of an accepted
medical institution, but they must be
between the ages Of % and 32 years
at the time they are commissioned
and have completed since their gradu
alton one year Of clinical training ir
an accredited hospital. In the event
that candidates who have not com
pleted their clinical year Of training
but qualify otherwise, they will be
authorized to undergo the examina
tinn JlH haircr qualified
fessionally, will be rendered their ap
pointments when they complete theil
clinical training. Following the ap
pointment of the successful candi
dates, they will take a one years
course Of instruction at the Army
Medical School, Washington, D. c.
and the Medical Field Service Schoo.
at Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
Medical students who meet with
the above requirements and who are
desirous of entering the military
service can secure permission tC
take the examination by communi
eating with the adjutant general OF
the Army, Washington, D. c., OF
with the military station nearest their
homes.
In the presence of the ordnance ex
perts of the Regular Army and
representatives of the other arms OF
the service, bullet-proof vest, com
posed Of three thin sheets of metal
conclusively demonstrated it's in
vulnerability even when an Army
.45-caliber' automatic was fired point
blank within or 3 feet of the target
Among the Army officers who wit
messed the demonstration were: Mai
Herbert O'Leary, o. D., in charge OF
the test. and Capt. Carl C. Terry
o. D., from the office of the chief OF
ordnance; Col. John H. Hughes
infantry, executive officer of the
office, chief of infantry; Col, Harry
e. Knight, infantry, on duty in the
Office of the chief of infantry; Lieut.
Col. F. G. Kellond, infantry, chief OF
the equipment section, office of the