The Washington times., 1925-03-13

) Reserve Corps, chairman of the
ordnance group, presided during the
meeting. Major Glenn p. Wilhelm,
u. s. A, Of the ordnance depart
ment, addressed, the. meeting on
Small Arms''~and illustrated his re-
marks with slides Major Wilhelm
Is considered an auInority on small
arms.
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett,
u. s. N, has been nominated by the
President for reappointment to the
office of chief of the bureau Of
aeronautics OF the United States
navy.
! OF the seventeen men enlisted in
the army during the past week by
the local recruiting station seven
will be assigned to duty in this
vicinity, according to Colonel Claude
S. Fries, u. S. A., officer in charge
OF recruiting. Those enlisted are:
John J. Sheehan and Clifton f..
Vain in the cavalry and assigned
| to Fort Myer; Carlton L. sSelden
and Joseph Card in the engineers
and sent to Fort Humphreys; Al
phonse +. Fiocolo in the medical
department for the Third Corps
Area; Nathan Jones in the army
war college detachment and or
dered to Washington Barracks;
william H. Zerbey in the quarter
master corps for duty in Washing
ton with the remount detachment:
James N. O'Neill and Wilson C.
SeIden enlisted in the infantry and
Arthur B. Fisher in the quarter
master corps, for duty in Panama.
States were: Edward j. Glasgow,
Willard H. Parker, Harry F.. Ra-
leigh. Harry Cottick, William II.
Day, Willie p. Ptomey and Frank
Arena.
Army.Navy Club Sold
The Army and Navy Club of
America, located at 112 West Fifty
ninth street, New YORK. has been
sold to the Schuyler Square Realty
Company.
Major General and Mrs. II. f..
Hodges, u. s. A., retired. are spend
ing March and April in Washing
tom They are staying at the High
lands Apartments.
Mrs. Alice Glassinaie Sharpe.
wife Of Lieutenant John Sharpe,
lU. s. NJ, who has been living in
Washington for the past year. has
left for the Pacific Coast where
she will be the soprano soloist in
prominent church. She has re-
signed her position as soloist at
st. Peters Church here.
Carl w. Porter of Newport News,
Va, and Joseph A. Wise, of st.
Paul, have been found qualified on
examination for appointment as
assistant civil engineers in the navy.
Their nominations have been con-
TtPraAd hHy fhn nj n hai11O
commissioned they will report for
temporary duty at the Navy De-
partment in the Bureau Of Yards
end Docks.
NIitchelPs Successor.
The successor to General BILLY"
Mitchell, Lieutenant Colonel James
F.. Fechet, entered the army as a
private with the 9Th United States
Cavalry, on April IS, 1898, and was
commissioned as second lieutenant
OF cavalry two years later. He was
at San Juan, in the Philippine in
surrection and in Mexico in 1915.
He graduated from the infantry
and cavalry school at Fort Leaven-
worth in 1904. On November 10,
1918, he qualified as a pilot, rating
as Junior military aviator from
that date. He has commanded the
following fields, Scott, Carlstrom,
Door and Kelly.
He has served as department air
service officer of the former south
ern department Of the army, follow
ing which he was chief of the
training and operations group and
later chief of the war plans division
of the office of the chief Of air
service.
If Rear Admiral J. K. Robson,
chief Of engineering and engineer
in chief Of the navy, retires, 1t is
believed that he will be succeeded
by Captain John Halligan, jr. Cap
tain Halligan Is now on duty in
command of the L. 8. s. Detroit.
II it were not for the fact that
Rear Admiral Charles w. Dyson be.
cmae the senior line officer of the
Navy Department ON February %.
and will. therefore, shortly retire,
IL is believed that the President
would nominate him for the office.
Officers for the Navy, Relief So
icety have been elected as follows
for the year 1925: Rear Admiral
Charles O'Neil. president; Rear Ad,
miral S. A. Staunton. first vice
president: Rear Admiral r. S.
Gr1I1ln, second vice pTSSIueHI; rear
Admiral Spencer S. Wood, secretary
and treasurer Mrs. Albert Gleaves
was elected third vice president.
Relief Board Named.
Board of managers to serve for
three years were elected as follows.
Captains Dudley w. Knox, A. p.
Fairfield, and E. w. Scott, u. S. N,
and Mrs. Robert Giles.
For the two years period, the
following board of managers were
elected: Rear Admiral S. A. Staun-
ton, u. S. NJ: Lieutenant Colonel
B. r. Russell, OF the marine corps,
and Mrs. Albert Gleaves, Mrs. Ran.
dolph Dickins, and Mrs. Seaton
Schroeder.
To serve one year: Rear Admirals ,
Charles O'Neil, H.. /. Cone, w. l..
Rodgers. and Spencer S. Wood,
u. S. NJ, and Miss Helen L. Sar-
gent.
The Army and Navy Hymnal,
originally edited in 1921 and pub
lished by the Century Company, is
being revised and will be reissued
soon. This is the official hymnal
OF the army and navy and Is issued