The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-19


will be set forth in general orders
to be issued within the near futrue.
Approximately forty vacancies in
the grade of second lieutenant OF
4 the regular army will exist after
the commissioning of the present
class of West Point. An examina-
ton will be held throughout the
United States to fill those vacancies,
under the terms of army reg1la-
tions.
Instruction in aviation. as re-
Gently ordered, for the Naval Acad-
envy by the Navy Department, was
started last week for members Of
the 1926 class.
Lieutenant A.. w. stevens, of the
army service, who has been in the
interior of Brazil with the Doctor
Hamilton Rice exploration expedi-
tion, has returned to his home sta
ton at McCook Field. Lieutenant
Stevens was the official photog-
r&pher of the party. A naval Off
Ger acted as pilot OF q seaplane on
the expedition from which Lieu
tenant stevens made aerial maps of
large areas Of the Upper Amazon.
More than $4,000 miles were COW
cred and TIA hours spent over dense
tropical forests, where white man
never had been before.
lieutenant Colonel r. III. Lincoln,
u $. A., who has been on duty in
Washington with the general staff
oil the War. Department, has left
for San Francisco, where he will
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coin, before sailing for China, where
he has been ordered as chief of
staff Of the United States army
forces in China.
Colonel Wait G. johnson, u. s. A.,
formerly on duty in Washington
and now commanding the Twenty
fourth infantry at Fort Benning,
was recently In the city for the
purpose Of participating in the try
outs for the army tennis team.
In answer to the inquiry of one
of the readers Of this department,
Is Jim Ring reserve officer"
the answer Is that he is not q re-
serve officer at this time. Jim, who
is one of the most popular young
newspapermen in Washington, will
shortly be invited to file an applica-
ton with the commanding general
of the Third Corps Area for re-
serve commission. Then watch him
step out in boots and spurs.
Lieutenant Commander Howard
! FL. Benson, u. S. N, who has ar
rived in Washington for his new as
signment, is q son of Rear Admiral
and Mrs. William s. Benson, u. S. N.
Army and navy officers are said
to be very much embarrassed by
! the developments on the u. s. s.
Patoka,. when party of Washing
ton newspapermen visited the ship
! the Navy and, it is said, were told
! officer of the vessel. It is under
(. stood that the explanations offered
! by this officer, Captain George j.
Meyers, have not proved "satisfac-
tory and thorough investigation
has been ordered by the bureau of
navigation.
Captain Charles E. Loucks, who
has been on duty with the Coast
Artillery at Fort Eustis, Va, is in
! Washington on temporary duty in
the office of the chief of Coast Ar
tillery in connection with matters
pertaining to the Coast ArtlHery
rifle team.
In order to determine whether
1t is possible to obtain more ef-
ficient type of projectile for use
against aircraft. studies are being
made by the Ordnance Department
experts, of various unconventional
! types which are. in general, modi-
fications of the older types of seq.
mental shell.
The IT. S. S. Genesee stood the
highest among the vessels Of the
mine sweeper class in engineering
performances for the month Of
March, according to the Navy De-
partment, which has just completed
the reports on this class of vessels
Of che Navy.
The dates for the 23rd annual
Sea Girt interstate tournament have
been changed from September to
is to August 81 to September 10,
it is announced.