The Washington times., 1925-06-03

bring their saber with them to
camp.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Rip
ley, u. s. A.. has been promoted to
the grade of colonel, leaving WI
liam H. Monroe, as the senior lieu
tenant colonel in the regular army.
Major Albert B. Dockery has been
promoted to the grade of lieutenant
colonel, leaving Major Henry E.
Mitchellas the senior major In the
service.
Captain Thomas j. Hanley. jr.,
! has been promoted to the grade OF
major, leaving Captain Jacob j..
Gerhardt, as the senior captain.
First Lieutenants James B. Haney
and Milo c. Pratt have been pro-
NOTED to the grade OF captains.
leaving one more vacancy In that
grade to be filled. Lieutenant Harry
S. Fariah is entitled to this, and
when he has been promoted, Albert
]. Brandon will be the senior first
lieutenant. Second Lieutenarlts Will
liam s. Wood and Thomas A.
Roberts. jr., have been promoted to
the grade OF first lieutenants, leav.
ing two additional vacancies in the
grade. Lieutenants Verne D. Nudge
and John L. Goff are entitled to the
vacancies in question, and after
they are promoted, the senior second
lieutenant will be Francis H. Morse.
There are 246 vacancies in the grade
of second lieutenant in the regular
army.
Arrangements have been made
With the militia for funds to be
furnished the ordnance department
for purchase of caliber 20 spot.
light cartridges for use by national
guard organizations as sub-caliber
in the rs nm. gun. There will be
shipped to the issue depots suffi,
cienf stock OF this ammunition to
meet the requirements Of the corps
areas supplied therefronE
Lieutenant Colonel James 3.
Allison, now with the class at the
Army War College, has been
ordered to command Camp Alfred
Vail. New Jersey, and the eignal
school at that place. He Is to
assume his new duties, following
leave OF absence after completion
of the course at the Army War
College here. He will relieve Lieu
tenant Colonel John E. Hemphill,
who will come to washington for
duty in the office Of the chief sig
nal officer OF the army, probably
in charge OF the personnel and
training section. relieving Lieuten-
ant Colonel John E. Hemphill. who
will come to Washington for duty
in the office Of the chief signal
officer OF the army. probably IN
charge Of the personnel and train
ing section, relieving Lieutenant
Colonel Voris. who will continue
on. duty there, az executive officer.
Captain Edward French has been
ordered relieved from duty In the
signal office. in charge Of the War
Department message center ana
assigned to the next class at the
signal school at Camp Vail.
An intensive development pro.
gram Is being conducted in the
matter of anti-aircraft sights Tor
ca1ibers. 80 and so machine suns,
coast artillery with the necessary
equipment of this character to
carry out the training now under
way. The ordnance department also
plans to furnish shoulder stocks
for both the calibers mentioned. and
modified back plates for the caliber
sOO III4CLlu6 gum 10 A0CAAAASS buO
use Of these arms as anti.aircraft
weapons.
Antares Schedule.
The u. S. S. Antares, of train
Squadron No. /, of the fleet base
force. left Honolulu on June /.
end Is due to arrive at San Diego
on the 11th and will leave there
Ola the 18TH. arriving at Panama
on June 80. She will leave
Panama on July 10 and arrive at
Norfolk. Va, on the 18th.
At the suggestion OF Rear Ad.
Tniral A. P. Niblack. u. s. N. re-
tired. who IL the American director
of the international photographic
bureau at Monaco. the navy hydro
graphic office has published inter
national buoyage charts for the
tenefit Of mariners sailing world
seas. A great diversity in color
and position Of buoys in the seas
adjacent to important countries
exists. and these charts show these
differences.
One country may prescribe black
huoys on the port and red on the
starboard, while another country,
close by. may have black buoys on
the starboard and red on the port
side. Such a situation Is very con-
fusing to pilots. At ore Of the
early conferences of the interna-