The Washington times., 1925-08-06

at the rate Ii has been growing,
it will be a well-formed corps within
a few years. The. recent influx
of officers is said to come from
the commissioning of a large mum
Der of graduates OF the senior units
of the r. C. T. Gas second aieuten'
ants. This does not include the
new officers for July.
The infantry has passed the q, 00O
mark. The completed statistics
showed that the infantry has 2S.6
per cent of the total number OF
officers, with the uuartermaster
corps ahead as second with Ill per
cent. or 1914 officers
Other branches in order or their
strength are: Medical, 9184; field
artillery. 1925; air service, 6,S13;
engineers. 5.e41; dental reserve.
which is a part Of the medical de
partment, 3,719; coast artillery, 1851
and calvary, 1892.
It is interesting to note that TS
per cent Of the reserve officers have
been assigned to. duty with the
organized reserve units; TT per
cent with units Of the national
guard, and Ia per cent with the
regular army units. The average
for all divisions OF the reserve is
- 1858 per cent.
Quit Executive Council
The executive council Of the
United States Infantry Association
has accepted the designations Of
Brfgadier General George s. ST.
rnonds, Colonel George II. Estes and
Major Leonard T.. Cerow, as mem
bers of the council, according to
word received from the infantry
association headquarters here.
To fill the vacancies the council
has appointed Lieutenant Colonels
Asa L. Singleton, infantry school.
and John p. McAdams on duty in
the militia bureau here. and Ma
aor Joseph A. Atkins on duty in
the office Of the secretary Of the
general staff.
The War Department has Issued
instructions to the various special
service schools that training in air
service viii be increased beginning
with the 1925-26 course.
The hours allotted in the pro
grams of the infantry school Tor
air service instructors are to be
taken as a standard in the cavalry.
field artillery and coast artillery
schools.
The program requires the follow
ing instruction: Refresher course,
four hours, theoretical; advanced
course. twelve hours. theoretical;
company officers course, four
hours, theoretical; field officers
national guard, eight hours. the
Demonstrations, problems and
exercises in conjunction with
troops of. the respective arms.
forty-eight hours, practical train
Ing. Tank school, twelve hours.
For the special service schools
not mentioned, the program viii be
somewhat shorter.
Recommended for Promotion
Captain Thomas II. Hicks, u. S.
N, has been promoted TO. the grade
OF rear admiral In the supply corps
Of the navy. He is to rank from
May IS, 1925.
The following officers OF the navy
medical department have been
recommended for promtion to the
next higher rank in that corps:
Commanders Richmond C. HoI-
comb, George p, Freeman and
Charles st. J. Butler to the grade
Of captain.
Lieutenant Commanders Paul K.
Stainaker, Edward C. White, Thur.
low w. Reed, Edward u. Reed,
Edgar L. Woods, John B. Kauff-
man and Abraham II. Allen to the
rank of commander.
The airways section of the office
of the chief of army air service Is
endeavoring to secure more durable
strip maps for use Of pilots on
Always on long cross-country
flights.
The paper strip maps now In use.
rarely last longer than one, trip,
usually being so frayed or torn
that when the pilot later makes a
similar trip he finds it necessary
TO obtain another set.
Furthermore, when a pilot makes
an extended cross-country trip :he
strip maps rolled up become too
bulky and difficult to handle. A
sample strip map recently received
was printed on balloon cloth II by
80 inches. This map is reproduced
IN the varied colors Of q Autograph
paper map.
Economy In Cloth Maps
Such a map Is pliabls and dura.
BILE and can be easily rolled 10
save space. The only disadvantage
Is the pliability. for the pilot must
hold It very taut IN order to scan
any particular part of the map.
Experiments are now being con
Quoted with various kinds OF chem
tcaIs, which will tend to give these
balloon cloth maps the necessary
stiffness for ease in reading.
The economy Of the proceeding Il
derived from the adoption Of cloth
maps, enabling the air service Il
function with a lesser number Of
maps than at present.
The cloth map was produced bS
the corps Of engineers OF the army
and Is the result Of experiments al
suggested by Colonel W. c. Brown
of the army, who has had much
experience in map making
The approval of the Secretary o.
War to the new uniform for thu
army air service has been secured
In order to coordinate ANNA
purchases for the army during thu
current fiscal year, and with {
view to enabling purchasing officeri
Of public animals to inspect repre-
sentative specimens of the diff
ferent classes Of horses and mules
purchased throughout the Unites
States during the last fiscal yea
ard assembled at the remoun
depot at Fort Reno, there was hel.
last week, at that place, a. con
ference Of the officer in charge o
the several remount purchasing an
breeding headquarters In the Unite
States.