Evening star., 1925-06-07

An adverse decision affecting hun
dreds of Army officers was rendered
by Judge Hay in the Court of Claims
this week, under which Maj. Alfred l..
lockwood, G. w. s., the plaintiff
sought to secure allowances which
CorreSponded to his base pay under
the provisions af the joint service
pay act. Maj. lockwood was OF
that class of officers coming under the
saving clause of the pay act, which
entitled them TO the base pay of
S3 1000, or that of the fourth period.
The position was taken by Judge Hay.
however. that as the plaintiff did not
receive the longevity pay of officers
in the fourth period, neither did he
receive the base pay. 1t was con-
tended by the plaintiff that he Is re-
ceiving the pay of the fourth period.
The attorneys for Maj. lockwood
indicated that they would not only
ask for a new trial before the Court
of Claims, but that an application
would be made TO the Supreme Court
of the United States for writ of
certiorari.
Maj. Edward p King, jr F. A.
on duty with the SD Field Artillery
at Fort Benning. Ga, will succeed
Maj. Charles ). Blakely, +. A, as
executive officer, office of the Chief
of Field Artillery. effective about
orders TO report TO the Army War
College for duty as a student, which
course of instruction will begin
August Is.
Lieut. Col John +. Hemphill. s. c.,
commanding officer and commandant
of the Signal School at Camp Vail,
\. j., will relieve Lieut.. Col. Alvin c..
Noris, S. c., as chief of the personnel
division, office of the chief signal Off
Ger of the Army, effective about Octo-
Der /.
Lieut.. Col. Consuelo A. Seoane,
s. c., who has been on duty as eXecu-
tive officer, office of the chief signal
officer, and who was relieved from his
duties this week, has been succeeded
by Lieut.. Col. Alvin c. Noris, 5. G.
Two members of the Infantry Board,
Majors Eley T. benson and Matthew
J. Gunner. and Capt. Theodore F..
Vessels, Infantry, on duty with the
Department of Experiment, working
with the board, will arrive in Wash
ington, June 10. for an eleven-day
visit of inspection of various service
projects which will take them to
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md: Camp
Meade, Md; Edgewood Arsenal, Md,
and Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia,
Pa. On June II, II and IS they will
make a general inspection of Aber-
deem Proving Ground. They will
spend June II and Is at Camp Meade
and Edgewood Arsenal, respectively,
and June 16 and II at Frankford
Arsenal They win return to Aber-
deem, June IS, where they will remain
until June p.
Under decision rendered by the
Court of Claims this week in the case
of Edward 2. Buckenmeyer versus the
United States, the ruling made by the
Controller General of the United
States that persons attending the third
and fourth officers training camps in
1918, Immediately upon their entrance
into the military service, were not
entitled to Pay at the rate of 800
per month, as provided by the de-
ficiency appropriation act of June Is,
1917, is reversed. Attorneys for the
Government contended that Bucken-
meyer, within the meaning of that
act, was not an enlisted man of the
line. Since Buckenmeyer had enlisted
for the duration of the war, the Court
of Claims held that he was an enlisted
man in the military forces of the
United States, and, occupying this
status, was entitled to the Sl00 rate
of pay. In view of the large number
of men affected by this decision, ii is
understood that the Government will
in all probability apply for a writ of
certiorari to the Supreme Court.
AS authorized by para graph 3b
Army Regulations 600-35, distribution