The Washington times., 1925-08-21

to duty with the New YORK ulVl-
sion.
The national convention of the
Reserve Officers Association or
the United States. il to be held in
Kansas City October / to q, and
the Missouri department will be
hosts to the national convention,
lit has been announced. Arrange.
ments for the national convention
are progressing and the reserve, Of
ficers in Missouri are anxious to
make this the most successful con.
vention the association has ever
held.
Two standard class "B" Liberty
trucks, modified by the quarter.
master corps, transported light
tanks from Camp Meade, Md, to
Chester, Pa, and returned to camp
The distance is about 113 miles
each way. The trip was made in
good time and with practically no
difficulty.
A favorable decision concern.
ing transportation of dependents on
change of the home ward Of a
vessel of the navy. was rendered
by the Comptroller General. in the
case of Lieutenant James D. Boyle,
U. S. N.
Scholarships Offered
The various heads of military
colleges and institutions who made
the trip of inspection 20 the va,
rious military training camps dur,
ing the summer were so Impressed
with the high standard required
by the Government, and the
thoroughness Of the training, the
high type of boys who made re.
quests to attend these camps; that
many of them offered scholarships
to their schools to the men who
should win them in a competitive
contest.
A board, composed entirely OF
officers of the regular army, was
appointed to award these scholar.
ships to the fortunate winners
The engineering division If the
air service Of the army. at Nc
Cook Field. designs suitable flying
togs for the pilots of the service,
according to the office of the chief
of the air service. Flying suits
have been designed which keep the
air1nen warm and comfortable even
in the most intense cold en-
countered in high altitude flying.
In addition, for pilots stationed
at fields where a considerable
amount of flying is done over wa.
ter, non-sinkable suit has been
devised which serves as a most eff
ficfent life preserver in case the
pilot is so unfortunate as to ex.
perience a forced landing I'm the
water. Among other articles of
flying equipment now under devel-
opment. there may be mentioned
summer and winter helmets, an
oxygen mask for high altitude fly.
ing. n1occasins. radio communica-
ton helmets and non-fogginS cog.
giles.
At a conference recently held by
the chemical warfare board, a sys.
tenn Of using a chemical smoke
screen in place of smoke that is
produced by the boilers Of the ship
was discussed.
At a late hour yesterday it was
learned that the headquarters OF
the coast guard service is still not
in receipt of great number of
confidential fitness reports on tenn.
porary warrant officers for the
month OF June. At the present
time the records show no reports
for 129 boatswains, nine gunners
thfrty-one machinists and thirty.
five pay clerks. A checking list is
being kept. and if these reports are
not received regularly, it will be
necessary to request them by name
from the various commanding of
ficers.
Captain Martin Chester. u. s. A..
infantry tanks. has been assigned
TO a new post at Fort Benning,
from Camp Meade, Maryland and
he will leave Camp Meade next
month. Mrs. Chester is to join him
later. Captain and Mrs. Chester
have been congratulated on the
birth of daughter, Patricia High
Chester. Captain Chester was the
business manager of the Camp
Meade Bulletin during the past
summer, and was responsible. in
no small way, for the remarkable
success of the paper.
Captain Stamford r. Moses. L.
S. N. in command Of the West
coast. Hawaiian nonstop flight OF
the navy, has reported to the Navy
Department that the destroyers
William Jones and McCawley, will
take station off Cape Mears and
Cape Blanco to guard the flight
Of the Phi, Boeing patrol plane,
from Seattle to San Francisco,
upon completion OF her radio com
pass and communication tests at
Seattle.
The same destroyers will act as
escorts to the Japanese cruiser
Tama. bringing the body OF the
late Ambassador Bancroft to the
United States. After the attendant
ceremonies TO the cruisers recep'
ton the William Jones and the Nc
Cawley will take station between
San Diego and San Francisco to
guard the flight of the PN-9 and
PM from San Diego.
When the three planes have ar
rived at San Francisco the destroy
ers will work with the planes until
their radio compass and radio com
munications are entirely satisfac'
tory, after which the destroyers
vii proceed TO their stations in the
Pacific TO guard the flight of the
planes on their way from San Fran
cisco to Hawaii about August 20.