Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
Army and Navy News
BIZ NJ. II. Mcintyre.

at the Army School of Aviation Medi-
cine, Mitchell Field, Long Island, n. Y.
will begin in January. Several Navy
officers will be assigned to this course
by the Navy Department, and those
in the service desiring to qualify as
flight surgeons should submit their
applications prior to December l,
1925.
1t is expected that the American
College of Surgeons Will invite Rear
Admiral Edward r. Stitt. surgeon
general of the Navy, to nominate a
number Of medical officers as candi.
dates for fellowships in the college.
The Importance Of presenting as can
didates officers who are fully quail
fed for fellowships has been empha-
sized by the surgeon general, and Of
ficers desiring to have their names
considered for nomination will file
their case histories with the bureau
not later than July /. 1926.
With Rear Admiral Edward H.
Campbell, Judge Advocate General Of
the Navy, presiding, and attended by
representatives of all the staff corps,
what is believed to be the last con.
ference on the bill for the equalization
of promotion between the line and
staff was held this week in the Navy
Department. The conferees went
carefully over the bill as 1t was pub
lished some time ago. and a few
amendments Of a minor character
We're added to il.
Both the equalization bill and the
Britten line bill will be submitted to
Secretary Wilbur this week. Officers
on duty in the Navy Department and
with the fleet have suggested numer-
Gus amendments to the Judge Advo-
cate General, but none has been
adopted and no changes will be made
until Representative Fred A. Britten
is consulted. Mr.. Britten is very in
sistent upon some legislation, but Is
in receptive mood for any sugges-
tions or notifications which will not
conflict with the general structure Of
his bill
Separate hearings will be held on
the two bills, but 1t Is possible that a
consolidation may be effected when
the two measures reach the House
committee on naval affairs. The
ouinion is held by Mr.. Britten that
it would be better to pass both bills
as q single measure, as under this
policy it would be easier to secure
consideration from the House. I'm
less the plan of consolidating the two
bills is too strongly opposed, it is un-
derStood that they will be incorpor-
ated into one bill and reported to the
House as such.
ARMY.
Maj. Gen. Douglas Macarthur,
commander of the Sd Corps Area,
Baltimore, Md. has been appointed
president of a board of officers which
will meet in Washington tomorrow,
and at such times thereafter as he
shall prescribe, for the purpose OF
making classification Of officers under
the provisions of section CAB, chapter
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proved June 4 1920. The other mem.
bers of the board. all brigadier gen.
erals, are as follows: Robert T. Cal
Ian, Malvern-Hill Barnum, La Roy S.
Upton, Frank Parker and Edgar 7.
Collins. Maj. Hugh L. Walthall, A
G. D., has been detailed as recorder
OF the board.
Quartermaster Corps officers on duty
in Washington will resume in October
the series of monthly luncheons which
were a popular and attractive feature
last Spring until hot weather com.
PEELED their discontinuance. Maj.
Cen w. H. Hart, Quarterma ster Cen
eral of the Army has designated the
following committee to take charge
of the arrangements: Maj K. P. Har.
pold. O. NJ. c.; Mai. G. L. Corbin @.
NJ. c.; Maj John ID. Cutter, @. NJ. O.
r. c.; Capt. c. l.. Middleton, Q. NJ. c
and Capt. Arthur P. Fenton, Q. NJ. o.
r. c.
The War Department has authorized
the conversion of a number of ma
chine gun carts into carts for carrying
Stokes mortars and Stokes mortar am.
munition. The Infantry Board will
supply the necessary plans and speci-
ficationS and the work will be done
locally by the personnel of each regi-
ment. Each regiment except the oath
Infantry and the 29th Infantry will
be supplied with two carts, and the
29th, being at war strength, will be
supplied with six. A number of the
regiments have already completed
this work.
Fifty inspectors of the Bureau of
Explosives. headed by Col. B. w.
Dunn, who organized the bureau and
has served as its chief ever since, will
attend the Ordnance meeting at Aber-
deem next Friday.
Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief of
Chemical Warfare Service, left Wash.
ington last Wednesday for a brief
speaking trip which will take him as
far West as Kansas City, Mo. He
was accompanied by Capt. George F.
Unmacht, G. w. s.. on duty in this
Office.