Evening star., 1925-09-20

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certain the opin-
MAJ GEN. U,.lM0ND.on of the National
Guard on this sub.
ject, Gen. hammond will send out in
the very near future a circular letter
10 all of the adjutants general of the
several States. Though no doubt eX-
lists in the mind of Gen. Hammond on
the final outcome of this canvass, he
desires to make a thorough survey of
the situation. Much criticism, espe-
-".ally from the National Guard and
RESERVES. has been directed against
The present high standing collar.
During the greater part of the year
the personnel composing these two
Junior components of the Army of the
United States ,wear civilian clothes
with a. roll coilarsS n nd 1t is indeed a
great hardship TO them to wear 1.-The
uncomfortable high icollars during the
torrfd training camp period *
1t is pointed out that the chief oh
lection made for not recommending
this change To, the Secretary of War.
was that IT would prove TO he too
costly to the vast number of officers
in these two components of the Army
OF the United States structure. but
with the proposal that officers will be
1.-The new uniform, all opposition. due to
the expense involved, has disappeared.
Casual inquiries made by Gen. Ham
mond on his recent inspection trips
indicate that approximately 90 per
cent of the National Guard officers
are overwhelmingly in favor of A mod
ifcation of the uniform along similar
lines of those adopted by the airmen.
The chief topic of conversation in
military circles this week, especially
among the younger officers, was the
adoption of the new uniform for the
entire military service. The consen-
sus Of opinion among officers on duty
D.. in the department was that the new
style blouse would he more easily
fitted and that in case an officer be
comes stout or slender alterations
could more easily. he made
Discussions in the War Department
have even gone step further. which
involves the facility of producing the
new roll-collar uniform in great guam
titles in the event .of war. Regular
Army officers point .'out that while
only military taiIors have in their
possession patterns for the present
Army uniform. and that compara-
lively few of this n.n1ber are capable
Of making well fitting high collars
practically every clothing ma nufac
turer and tailor have the equipment
To produce roll-collar uniforms with
slight. if any. alterations i'm their
plants. Adoption Of the new Air Serv-
ice uniform for the entire Army of
the United States will not only mean
a saving running into the millions of
dollars. but il will create an air of
military smartness among the troops
and will speed UP production in the
event of national emergency.
80 = =
Approval has been given ny the, Act
the Army Ordnance Associa lion for
holding their seventh annual meeting
at Aberdeen Proving Ground on Octo-
ber .. \ large number OF civilian
manufacturers and users of ordnance
and related material have indicated
that they will he present at this an
nual affair for the purpose of witness
Ing special demonstration of ord
nance planned with a view to furnish
ing definite Information to the pres
ent status of ordnance development.
Maj. Gen. G. C. Williams. Chief of
Ordnance, and members of his staff
Will be present. and all the branches
number of officers to this annual ord
nance meeting. as well as a few off
GERS from the Navy.
The line and staff officers course at
< the Chemical Warfare School. Edge
wood Arsenal. with an attendance of
% Army. Marine Corps and reserve
officers, began their instruction Sep
tember IA. The subjects taken ZIP
in this course are similar to those
included in previous line and staff
classes. This class will conclude
It's studies November 21
The student officers enrolled In this
course are: Majs. Ray l.. Avery Chem
ical Warfare Service; Ada h. Gilke-
L. II
cry, Chemical Warfare Service: Allen
Simon, U. s. Marine Corps, and Cyrus
r. Wood. U. s. Marine Corps. Capts.
James H. Bogart, Chemical War
fare Service. and Edgar F. Tuttle.
7. S. Marine Corps. First Lieuts.
Walter e. Bilisoly. U. s. Marine
Corps; Egbert F. Bullene. Chemical
Warfare Service: Vincent J. Conrad,
Infantry; Harry A. Kuhn. Chemical
Warfare Service; Francis H. A. Nc
Keon, infantry; Francis A. March.
3rd Field Artillery; Herbert J. Perry.
Chemical Warfare Reserve; Patrick
F. Powers, Chemical Warfare Serv-
Ice; Joseph S. Robinson, Coast Artil-
lery Corps; William W. Scott. L. s.
Marine Corps: Arthur T. Small. u. S.
Marine Corps: Harold W. Smith, Coast
Artillery Corps; Paul r. Smith, Chem
ical Warfare Service: Kenneth s.
Stice, Signal Corps. Second Lieuts.
Perley B. Sancomb, cavalry, and
James A. Davidson, jr,. 6th, Field
Artillery.
Delivery was made byy air few
days ago Of the new, Army Looming
amphibian to Langley. Field. Va,
where 1t will be stationed as part of
the Air Service equipment at that
field. -,z f
After tuning up the meteor for a
few minutes. Lieut., George G.. Nc.
Donald, Air Service. of this field. who
was sent to the Looming plant to take
delivery of the plane. launched the
new plane in the water at the Loen n
ing air port. East River. New York,
and. with Grover Looming as a pas
senger. the plane took Off for it's
maiden flight. fully loaded with 40
gallons of gas.
After being in the air few min.
utes, and finding that the plane and
Its installa ton was fully satisfactory.
decision was made to proceed at once
to Langley Field, this nonstop fight
Of $40 miles being made in 3 hours
and II minutes, indicating a cruising
average of 100 miles per hour. Upon
arriving at Langley Field, Lieut.. Nc
Donald pressed the electric button
operating the lowering of the landing
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