Evening star., 1925-06-29
ECONOMY IS URGED
ON ARMY OFFICERS
Must Be No Waste, Dwight
Davis Tells War College
Graduates.

IJ'bHbInN is Ihe Wd1cnN0I1 OF Ine
comma nder-in chief of the Army, and
those who cannot remember it shall
not pass Acting Secretary OF War
Davis informed the graduating class
at the Army War College in a pre-
pared address today, pointing out that
they were now ready for general staff
duty in the department.
AT the War College YOU study the
economy of forces" Mr.. Davis said
AT the War Department We practice
the force of economy. order No. !.
headquarters, commander In chief.
| commands constructive economy and
as good soldiers and good citizens we
have always cheerfulIy and loyaIy
| obeyed. In war we intrench; in peace
we retrench. The pen is mightier
than the sword: the budgetry blue
pencil is mightier than the whole
Army. So upon your graduation /
urge upon YOU two fundamental prin-
ciples-economy and efficiency"
military tactical problem was
study 10 make the most effective use
of availa bic forces. Mr.. Davis de-
clared, and that also was the Army'S
problem under the economy slogan.
Must Re No Waste.
1T is not what we need. but what
we have, that counts he continued.
We must utilize every single item Of
value. There must be no waste.
u nder the national defense act,
the regular army man has a three fold
| task He is required to carry on his
own professional training. 10 prepare
Summer camps for the student citi.
zens to act as instructor to the citizen
soldiers. or the approximately 5000
combat officers. not on foreign service,
| over 5000 are engaged in training
| camp work in the Summer. OF the
| $4,000 enlisted combat strength in the
| United States, more than 10000 assist
in the Summer training Of civilians.
| This is an economical use OF our pers
sonnel, employing every individual -
the limit Of his capacity.
Tried to Do Part.
The War Department has faiths
| fully tried TO do its part, Since the
| war we have been living on our fat.
| the surplus on hand at the time OF
| the armistice. Unfortunately, this
cannot last forever. The fat has dis
! appeared and we are down TO bara
| bones. Appropriations which were
sufhcient to carry on with the help Of
war supplies leave us doubly difficult
| problem when those supplies are gone,
| Our personnel. both civilian and
| military. are doing far more work per
| capita than before the war AS
! matter of fact, despite the new and
| necessary development brought about
/ by the war, such as air service, Ia nks
! chemical warfare service. a far more
! efficient National Guard, a newly or
| Sanized Reserve Corps, Industrial pre-
| paredness and real national defense
! plans. the War Department is actually
spending a smaller percentage of the
| total annual Governmental revenues
| than 1t did in 1915. believe that today
we are more nearly giving the nation
a dollar of value for every dollar spent
/ than ever before in our history
| Maj. Gen. Hanson E Ely, cornnan-
dant OF the college presided. and spoke
| brieJy to the graduates. as did also
Mai Gen John L. Hines, chief of
staff.
Following are the names OF the
| graduates:
Colonels-James B. Allison. Signal
| Corps; Fred r. Brown. infantry:
Charles NJ. Bundel, field artillery:
Arthur s. Conklin. Coast Artillery
| Corps; L. NJ. Gulick. United States
| Marine Corps; Newt H. Hall, United
States Marine Corps; Laurence Hal
stead, infantry: Henry ]. Hatch,
| Coast Artillery Corps; Edwin A. Hick-
man. field artillery; Z. H. Humphrey.
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| Corps; Isaac c. jerks. infantry: Leon
| B. KRONER, cavalry; Claude II. Miller
| infantry; Ralph B. Parrot, Adjutant
| General Department; George C. Reid,
| United States Marine Corps; Oliver L
Spaulding. field artillery; James D.
| Taylor, infantry; John r. Thomas, jr,
| field artillery.
! Lieutenant colonels-Willian A.
Alfonte. infantry; William S. Bowen,
Coast Artillery Corps; Fay W. Brab-
! son. infantry; Charles Burnett, cav
airy: Leonard L. Deitrick. field arti-
lery; John j. Fulmer. infantry: Viii
| liam r. Gibson, Quartermaster Corr,
Allen j. Greer, field artillery; John
| Gulick, Coast Artillery Corps: Comdr
Robert Henderson. L. S. y; Harry
B. Jordan. Ordnance Department;
Joseph A. Marmon. infantry: Harris
Pendleton, jr., infantry; Alvin :.
Perkins. cavalry: Comdr. William y.
| Puleston, L. S. N: Walter C. Short,
infantry: E. Kearsley Sterling, caval-
ry; James A. Thomas, Coast Artillery
Corps; Comdr Lloyd w Townsend,
U. S. n: Charles Wessen. NJ. o. d;
Oscar Foley. cavalry: Victor s. Foster,
cavalry; Ned B. Rehkopf, Field Ar
| tillery.
| Majors-Donald NJ. Asbridge. Coast
Artillery Corps; Mahlon Ashford, Med
sical Corps; Adna r. Chaffee. cavalry;
John B. Corbly, infantry; Charles IL.
Corlett, infantry: Lee D. Davis, in
fantry; Elmer c. Desobry. infantry;
IGeorge Dillman, cavalry: Charles e.
Drake, Quartermaster Corps; Herman
Erlenkotter field artillery; Lloyd r.
lFredendall. infantry; Ralph r. Glass,
Infantry; Walter Goodwin, jr., cavalry;
Millard F. Harmon, jr-, Air Service:
Dewitt c. Jones, Corps of Engineers;
Rush B. Lincoln, Air Service; Rufus
F. Maddux, Chemical Warefare Sery-
| ice; Condor G. Mccormack, Medical
Corps; Troup Miller, cavalry; Richard
C. Moore. Corps of Engineers; II. r.
lOldfeld, Coast Artillery Corps: George
NJ. Parker. jr., infantry; Homer y.
Preston, infantry: John A. Robenson.
cavalry: Henry r. Smalley, cavalry:
Frederick H. Smith. Coast ARTILLERY
Corps; Charles A. THUS, infantry;
Harry l.. Twaddle, infantry; John G..
Tyndall, field artillery: Ralph T. Ward,
Corps of Engineers: Lewis H. Wat
kins, Corps of Engineers; Erie NJ.
Wilson, infantry: Martin c. Wise. in
fantry; Phillip H. Worcester. co&<e
AruIlary Corps.