The Washington times., 1925-11-11


Quartermaster officers are high
ly interested in the successor to
Brigadier General John Bellinger,
now senior assistant quartermaster
general of the army. General Bel
linger will retire on April 10, and it
is more than likely that this post
will go to one Of the senior quar-
termaster colonies.
No names Of officers of the medi-
cal corps have been projected as
probable successor to Brigadier Cen
eral James d. Glennan, when he
retires on March 2. General Glen
nan is the assistant to the surgeon
general of the army.
Approval has been given by the
Militia Bureau and the War Depart
ment to the crest of arms for the
national guard of the District of
Columbia. The description of the
crest is as follows:
On a wreath argent and gules, a
Ratchet and cherry branch in sal
tire, all proper, (hatchet) steel head.
yellow helve, cherry branch, brown
wood, thirteen green leaves, seven
red cherries with green stems. If
be yellow in color. Approval has
also been giv4n by the War Depart
ment for distinctive insignia for the
325th infantry. and for the boats
of arms of the 310th infantry and
the 383rd infantry of the reserve
corps.
Little hope is held out to the
United States Warrant Officers As
ISOLATION for the enclosing Of names
and data concerning warrant Off
GERS of the army in the future edi-
tons Of the Army Directory. APP
preparations for publishing the di-
rectory are so limited that 1t is
possible the publication may be
still further condensed by eliminat-
ing certain features now in use. 1t
is said that in all probabilities one
of the quarterly editions Of the
book may be eliminated, It is held
by the War Department that the
warrant officers of the army are
not commissioned officers and that
the directory is published for the
commissioned officers.
Commander Lewis Coke, u. S. N,
has been ordered detached from
duty in charge Of the branch n.y.
geographic office Of the navy at
Boston and assigned to command
destroyer division 35 of the battle
fleet. In his new assignment Com
-mander Coke will relieve Comman-
der Theodore A. Kittinger, who will
assume the station at Boston
formerly held by Commander Coke.
The following lieutenants of the
navy medical corps have been found
qualified for promotion to the grade
of lieutenant commander in the
same corps: r. e. Smith, b. F.
Norwood, B. G. Satterice, j. A..
Fields, II. S. Sumerlin, H. r. Boone.
M. L. Marquette, J. E. Porter, F. p.
Keaney, J. c. Adams, w. T. Line
berry, w. w. Behlow. r. H. Hol-
comb and ]. H. Chambers.
Lieutenant Colonel William II.
Burt, on duty with the general staff
of the War Department, last week
delivered a lecture on WAR De-
partment Training Policies" before
ton at the Coast Artillery School at
Fort Monroe, Va. In addition to
the address of Colonel Burt, the
following lectures will be given at
the Virginia school:
Major Gladson NJ. Barnes, of the
ordnance department, will speak on
Ordinance MaterieP' on December
Is; Major Jarvis J. Bane, of the
war plans division of the general
staff, will speak on "Maneuvers in
Hawaii on February 8, and on
March 10 an officer Of the air serv-
ice will speak on Aerial Regula-
TONS" and an officer from the Of
flee Of the chief of coast artillery
will speak on Coast Artillery Train
ing on May 5. The usual number
Of lectures heretofore given at this
school by others than the faculty
will not be given during the present