The Washington times., 1925-07-22

allowance from July 1, 1922. to,
October 81, 1924, while he was on
duty as a military officer, with
dependents, serving under q canal
employment, in the Panama Canal
Zone. AS Major Mebdne was en-
titled to be paid his full active duty
pay for the period of his claim
and was not for such period as
signed quarters at a permanent
station under the law, it has been
held by the comptroller general
| that he is entitled to entail allow.
ance. The quarters furnished tn
the officer in question, in his ca.
| pacity as a canal empioye by Ghe
canal authorities, subject TO rental
and other charges therefore, wee
not quarters assigned TO him in
| his capacity as a military officer on
duty as such at permanent sta
| ton for the occupancy of himself
and dependents without charge
within the meaning of the law.
During the past week Lieutenant
Colonies Alvan c. Gillem and Will.
lam B. GOWN have been promoted
to the full grade of colonel in the
regular army, leaving Richard T.
Ellis as the senior officer of the
grade Of lieutenant colonel.
Majors Henry NJ. Nelly and
Frederick F. Black have been eie-
waited to the grade of lieutenant
colonel, leaving William A. Mccain
as the senior major.
Captains Charles r. Finley and
Vernon E. Prichard have been
made majors, leaving Captain Ad;ai
H. Gilkeson as the senior officer
of this grade.
First Lieutenants Thomas B. Nc
Gill, Robert S. Beard and Rowan
A. Greer have been made captains,
Lieutenant Chalmers Dale as the
next officer entitled to promotion to
the grade of captain.
Second Lieutenant Fred L. 1amil-
ton, John F. Cassidy, John r. Stur-
man, jr., Joseph j. Billo and Will
bert E. Shallene, have been made
first heutenants This now leaves
Clarence E. Elendensen, as the
senior second lieutenant of the
regular army.
Lieutenant Chester A. Lewis, u.
SIN, navigation officer of the sub
marine SIG, who was on trial be-
fore a navy court at Portsmouth,
on charges growing out of the
grounding of the submarine on
Nauset Bar, Cape Cod, in January,
has been acquitted by the court.
Lieutenant C. A. Martin, u. s. N,
commander of the S-19, and Lieu
tenant Alexander Edwards, junior
officer of the ship, also were tried
by the same court. The findings
in the cases of the las two
named officers have not been made
public and are still in the hands
OF the Secretary of Navy.
Colonel Laurence Halstsad, u. S.
A., who graduated from the Army
War College in June. has been as
signed to temporary duty in :hel
office of the chief of infantry.
The laying of g. smoke screen by
tanks has been under consideration
or the infantry and chemical war
fare service for some time, and
various demonstrations have been
conducted from time to time with a
view to. -perfecting the mechanism
to discharge the smoke. Recently
another test was given at Edgewood
Arsenal by light tank fitted with
the latest apparatus. The effective
ness OF the smoke screen was ap-
POACtLL1 Unsatisfactory u the GA-
perts who were present, owing TO
the unfavorable wind prevailing, as
the smoke was quickly dissipated.
Further tests are to be conducted
in the future by the services in
question.
The following is the order of
precedence of the temporary COM
missianed officers of the coast guard |
service, appointed from the exam
nation held on April 6:
Ensigns H, T. Cover, G. A. Lit
tlefield. F. Tomkiel, K. A. CoIer, n. |
G. Bernier, l.. Roberts. H. J. Betz- |
mer. G. c. Whittlesey, B. E. AIoodey, |
r. L. Horne. .. L. Brooks, w. *. |
Chandler, w. S. Anderson, J. A. |
Fletcher, c. c. Plummer, P. e. |
Purdy,' l.. E. Parker, r. P. Hodson, |
L. A. Straits. w. G. Dryden, NJ. B. |
Singer, P. E. Shaw and w. G. |
Gronbeck.