Evening star., 1925-04-26
ARMY.

| Oh MS once, to encourage ana anuu-
ence manufacturers of motor vehicles
to incorporate in their vehicles en-
| gineertng features which viii be OF
military as well as commercial value.
A company has advised the quarter
master general that the new model
| of their car, recently introduced, con-
tains certain changes which have been
| made as a result of Information OBJ
tained from tests conducted by this
| activity. In peace times improve
ments In a purely military motor ve-
hicle must necessarily remain more
| or less at standstill, by reason Of
the expense involved. On the other
hand, however. any military features
that are developed by the Army and
adopted by manufacturers for their
commercial output make a distinct
step forward in the national defense.
| Plans have been approved by the
War Department for the distribution
! of the new training regulations. The
| National Guard will receive the regu-
lations through the chief of the Militia
Bureau and the Reserves through the
| corps area commanders. Only those
Reserve officers who take the cor
| respondence course through the corps
area commanders will be entitled to
| training regulations. The following
is the plan for the distribution OF the
training regulations to the regular
| establishment. as set forth in the War
Departments circular:
| ID Copies of all training regulations
will be issued to general officers; (2)
| copies of all training regulations ex-
| cept highly technical regulations will
| be issued to field officers; t3) copies
OF such OF the training regulations
| of their respective branches and those
of other branches as may be required
| in their training will be issued to off,
| GERS below field grade; a. commanders
| of active CARNATIONS will be issued
sufficient copies of such of the train
| ing regulations of their respective
| branches and those of other branches
| as may be necessary to supply the
non-commissioned officers OF their or
ganizations for training. The regu-
| lationS issued for this purpose will
remain with the organizations and
| not become the personal property Of
non-commissioned officers; (5) highly
| technical regulations will be issued to
| such officers as may be included in
| the approved recommendations of the
| various chiefs of branches.
Though it is generally recognized
\ that the four-year detail system with
the general staff or with the War De-
parment branches Is fundamentally
sound, the relief in War Department
| orders this week of Capt. Howard
w. Angus, Infantry, on duty in
the press relations section OF the Mill
tary Intelligence Division Of the War
| Department general staff, is a strik-
| this law sometimes seriously inter-
feres with the work Of the depart
ment.
The issuance of the orders this week
directing him to report TO Fort Ben
| ming as a student found Capt. Angus
at work in the midst of some very
| important work which he was re-
quested to do by the Secretary of War.
Capt. Angus was no doubt pleased to
| be relieved of his War Department
duties, but it will require his sue
| cessor a considerable length of time
| to become familiar with all of it's
ramifications. The task on which
! Capt. Angus is now engaged is con-
| sidered so important by the authori-
| ties that urgent requests have been
made to keep the captain on duty in
the department until the project has
| been completed.
Approval has been given by the War
Department for new type of flannel
shirt. for which specifications and
samples have been submitted by the
quartermaster general. The main
| improvement in this new type is that
1t is of coat style. The front plait
/ has been reduced in width from two
| inches to one and one-fourth inches
| and extends to the bottom of the
shirt. The number OF buttons in the
Ifront has been increased to five. The
collar is a standing rolling one and
| is provided with two buttons at the
| front, and change has been made in
| the cuffs from inches to 81 inches,
with the corners rounded and finished
| with two buttons. The elbow patch
has been eliminated and the new shirt
may be either made Of 12-ounce serge
or olive drab shirting flannel.
The 1925 War College class, consist
| ing of 20 Regular Army students, 8
Navy and Marine Corps students,
| will appropriately conclude it's course
of instruction on June 20 by the
| usual graduation exercises, at which
the Secretary OF War will make
an address. In all probability the
chief of staff will present the di.
plomas.
The terrain exercises which this
year will be conducted by the class
| at Camp Dix, n. j., from June to
13, will, according to the present
plans, be on a much larger scale than
| has obtained before. This year the
staff ride will consist of the problem
of defending New England and the
| industrial districts. Heretofore the
| rides were over the Civil War battle
| fields in Virginia. The hope has been
| expressed that sooner or later these
| rides can be held somewhere on the
Pacific coast, especially in the North
west, but this is at the present prob
lematical. In addition to the regular
War College class, instruction was
| given during the year to 40 National
Guard and Reserve officers who took
the Gil, G-2 and Ga courses.
Maj. John A. Brooks, jr., o. D., in
charge Of Reserve matters in the Of
fee of the chief of ordnance, has left
| Washington for an inspection
Of the Ordnance r. o. T. c. units
at the University of Cincinnati, Gin
cinnati, Ohio, and the University Of
Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich. and also
| of the activities Of the Ordnance dis
tricts of Cincinnati, Detroit and Cleve-
land. He will return to Washington
about April 80.
| OF the eight officers now on duty in
| the office of the chief of the Military
| Bureau, four will shortly be ordered
| by the War Department to attend
courses of instruction at the various
service schools, one will be on tempo
rary duty in the Office of the chief of
| finance prior to his assignment to
foreign service, one will be ordered
as a National Guard instructor, with
a regiment in the Far West, while the
new assignments Of the remaining
| two officers is as yet unknown.
The two officers whose new stations
have not definitely been decided upon
by the department are Coils. George
F. Baltzell, Infantry, chief of the