The Washington times., 1925-09-11

is due to the fact that the third
battalion of the TCelfth infantry is
a part of the district of Washing.
ton, and are used for many formal
events here, necessitating better
uniforms. While Fort Washington
is close to the city of Washington,
| it might just as well be on the
Mexican border. Coming by water;
| that is, on the Potomac river, one
must use the one-trip daily Gov.
eminent boat, unless one has a
private. yacht. The road from i1e
| lower Maryland post to the District
| is practically impossible. 1t Is a
| typical country dirt road.
In the event Of trouble in Wash
ington, if the Potomac river boa,
should be out of order, many lives
would be lost while waiting for
| the arrival Of the troops from Fort
Washington. Aside from a small
mounted body Of men on duty al
For. Myer, used for funeral and
ceremony, Fort Washington is the
defense OF Washington. Due Z
"han-stringing" by Congress, tins
only time that 1t was ever called
upon to defend the District VI
Columbia, 1t failed. This was ~
1912 when the British captured
|
| troops in the District Of Washing
ton are mobile; that Is to say, they
| can be moved from one sector sc
another without delay. 1t would
require much preparation and Dc
| Law to move the troops from For'
! Washington.
The Morrill,, coast guard service
under the command Of Lieutenan,
| Commander w. Williams, with
rome port at Detroit, has been
detached from the Lakes division
effe ctiye October s, and is assigned
| to DUTY under the Eastern DIVISION
with home port at Boston.
Lieutenant Commander G. T. Fin
Law Of the coast guard, has been
ordered detached from the trainine
unit at Hampton Roads, Va, AMI
ordered to the Coast Guard Aca1'
envy.
Rrt oks, of the Shawnee; BoatsWaisl
q. F.. Nelson, of the Key Yves,
station, and Gunner c. WARD, "
Tampa, have been accepted.
Boatswains Peter Mauris IL moved
from Base s to Base Is. Norman !.
Sode from base 3 to base 2, anc .
Paw Clerk M. l.. Nukois IRON neaut
quarters to base. Field assistant
]. C. Ocker has been assigned %
dutv in the fourth district. with
headouarters at Bay Shore. am!
Field Assistant M. P. Hite. froT
the fourth district, temporarily TO
| the eighth district.
Surfrnan George II. Milford, OF
the AmaSansett station. fourth dis
trict and Boatswain Mater, first
class: Albert johnson, OF the Rye
Reach station, first district. have
I been retired from the coast guard
service after serving more than
thirty years.
Captain j. M. Moore. of the coast
guard, has reported for duty with
coast guard headquarters, where
| he will be assigned in an advisory
capacity to- the commandant, par
| ticularly with respect to matters
affecting operations on the Pacific
coast and construction and repair
projects.
| According to word received yes
| terday from the office OF the chiel
Of army chaplains. reserve chaplains
who did not submit reports OF the
work accomplished by them during
4
are expected to send official reports
of their activities to the chief Of
chaplains in Washington in order
to complete the records of thai
office.
Major General C. c. Hammond
chief of the militia bureau, has re
turned from an extended trip o.
inspection of national guard en-
campments. having visited those
Of the New England States. New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Penn
syIVania and Illinois.
The War Department has receiv
ed a letter from one OF the moving
picture companies. in which it wa
stated that checks were being for
warded to three organizations o.
the army. One check for $476 vii
go to the regimental fund Of the
Seventy-sixth field artillery, anothe
for $420 will be for the Fourth
cavalry and the third. for $40 Il
to the regimental fund of the Thir
teenth cavalry. 1t is requested
that these checks be sent to thu
proper organizations whose officer
and men took part in a movi,
known as THE Pony Express"
The War Department regulation.
III PCA CAAANCAS nHu IIlGI1 ~
the service to take part in filming
of plays provides that no compen
sation will be made to officers anc
men for this work. This policS
applies in the present case, and thu
checks cannot be accepted II 1t j:
the intention of the movie company
to have it distributed among the
personnel of the three regiments.
Such a gift. according to thu
War Department, would be in viola
ton of the conditions under which
the application for the use of the
regiments was approved. However
the policy of the department doe,
not contain any provision prohibit
ing, nor can any legal objection bs
raised to turning these checks owe,
to the battery and troop funds Of
these regiments from which the
participating officers and men were
drawn.
Ma jor General Charles Mex
Saltzman, chief signal officer OF thu
army, and Major J. o. Mauborcne
who has been in charge of the enci
neering division Of the office OF tn,
chief signal officer, are the Ameri
can delegates to the internationa
communications conference in Paris
While on this detail, Captain r. $
Edwards Is handling the work OF