The Washington times., 1925-01-09

Cassidy s presided. Lieutenant
Colonel John Scott, executive offlcer
Of the Organized Reserves units IN
Washington, told OF the. organlza-
ton Of the War Department Gen.
eral Staff and the army OF Inc
United States:
Word has been received in Wash
ington that Mrs. T. @. Donaldson
wife Of Colonel Donaldson, com.
manding the Fourth Cavalry, VITA
be in Washington for q stay OF one
week on February is. It has been
but recently that the Donaldsons
were ordered from Washington to
their !, new assignment with the
Fourth Cavalry. First at Fort NC
Intosh, Texas, and later at Fort
D. A. Russell, Wyoming. Colonel
Donaldson is shortly to be pro
NOTED to the rank Of br1gaoier
general. .. -,
Morse Code To Music.
Captain John. r. Ferriter, Of ths
signal corps, in charge OF telegraph
practice in athe army signal school
at Camp. Vail. is putting into effect
the using of photograph records
for teaching both continental and
Morse codes for radio and Wire
line teiegraphy to the soldier stu.
dents at the school This method
has been in use for a. considerable
time for teaching languages, and
telegraph code. It has been rec.
ognized fact that in learning the
code the student is Handicapped u
he associates the idea or dots ana
dashes with letters OF the alphabet
instead of only the sound OF tho
dots and dashes. For this reason
messenger boys who grow up "a
telegraph offices usually make the
best and fastest operators, as they
learn the sound Of letters, ana
even OF words, rather than the
characters which stand for the
letters.
| AT Camp. Vail the new system ls
for a first-class operator to send
letters and numerals, which are re-
corded directly upon q wax phon0-
graph record. These records are
then used in pIlonogaph, so that
the student hears the sounds rep
resentings letters always correctly
sent and at such a speed and Tor
such q length Of time as may %
required. ~
The student is always taught TO
receive before he attempts to SEND.
After once learning to receive cor
rectly by the sound or the letters,
1t is 4 very simple matter Tor MIN
to send and speed is only matter
Of practice.
Urges Intelligence Tests.
Use Of intelligence tests in the
selection OF reserve officers Tor the
army and in determining the tit
ness OF applicants for West Point
is advocated by Lieutenant Carl g.
Brigham, a reserve officer OF the
adiutant generals department. Lieu.
tenant Brigham is associate PROBES
sor OF psychology at Princeton Uni-
versity. In recent report 70 the
War Department he told o. results
Of extensive experiments conducted
with the ROTC unit at the uniVer-
sity. These disclosed, according 20
Lieutenant Brigham, that inten-
9ence: tests given to- prospective ap
f,licants for enrolment in, the re-
selye corps would predict the stand.
ing a student would make In his
work IN military science just as
accurately as his fitness for such
work could be told IN advance by
the students own grades ana gen.
eral school record and even his
record in previous courses IN mill
tarv science. It is believed that
ITeAA courses would be very useful
in rapid and widespread aeaection
Of individuals for commissions IA
the event Of any future emergency.
Use at West Point.
In order to make certain the ef
fectiyeness OF his tests in the Sc
IectInn of officers, Lieutenant Brig.
nam has recommended that al in
coming officers at West Point be
given all available intelligence tests
suitable TO their age and training;
that records OF these tests be kept
over a period OF many years and
that the West Point standing and
later professional ability OF the
PERSONS tested be checked agains:
the records Of the tests.
Coast guard headquarters mas
heen caused "a great deal OF trouble
recently because of the enlistment
Of members Of the national guard.
It is important that enlisting on
ficers question applicants for en-
listment not only as to previous
service in the coast guard but also
as to whether or not they are mem
bers of the naval reserve 1orco OF
the national guard.
Arrangements were made with the
Navy Department regarding the en-
listment Of members Of the naval
reserve force in the coast guard
whereby they may be enlisted with
out authority from the Navy De-
partment, the only requirement be-
ing that headquarters OF the coast
guard notify the Navy Department
Immediately as to such enlistments.
No ARRANGEMENT exists between the
War Department and the coast
guard and it is imperative that no
applicant be enlisted in the coast
guard who is a member OF the ma
tional guard until he produces posi-
tive proof Of his discharge from
that organization.
Santiago Society Elects.
Major General Charles 8. Farms
worth, chief Of infantry, has been
elected president Of the Society OF
Santiago de Cuba, for the year 1875.
Other officers elected are, Colonel
Russell C. Langdon, first vice presi-
dent: General George H. tHarf1es.
second vice president; Lieutenant
General Joseph T. Dickman, third
vice president; General James M.
Eddy, fourth vice president.
Colonel Charles A. williams was
elected secretary and treasurer;
Major g. Creighton Webb, historian;
Colonel Charles A. Williams, regis
trar general; Lieutenant Colonel
William M Mclaughlin, first divi-
sion registrar; General James T.
Kerr. second division registrar;
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