The Washington times., 1925-04-15

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The ball has been set rolling to
produce a winning team. Every
effort is to- be made by the infantry
to break it's losing streak in the
national rifle matches, and 1t 1s
generally conceded that under
Colonel Smith the chances or the
infantry team are very, bright Tor
the coming season.
In keeping with it's name OF ''Vir-
ginia's own the Thirty-fourth in
fantry, Fort EustIs, Va, has under
taken the training of civilian rifle
clubs with much success within
the past month. Captain L. c.
Wheat has a class Of more than
fifty students from William and
Mary College who come to the fort
for practice every week.
The crest for coats-of-arms for
regiments Of the organized reserves
has been adopted by the War De.
partment. The minute man repre-
sents the American Cincinnatus, the
citizen soldier, and is q symbol than
which none more appropriate could
have been selected. The official
description a the crest is as fol-
lows: On wreath OF the colors, the
Lexington minute man proper. The
statue of the minute man, Captain
John Parker, by III. II. Kitson,
! sculptor, faces the common In Lex
ington, Mass. The details of the
coloring are: Hair, brown: vest, to
be red; shirt OF white, trousers are
gray, leggins are buff, shoes and
gun and powder-horn Of black.
The 314the infantry, 18th Divi.
/ oinn will or -
fifteen days training on July ~.
This is the first time that regi-
ment has a chance, since it's de-
mobilization after the war, to work
as a unit.
The Washington branch Of the
United States Infantry Association
has completed the arrangements
for reception and dinner dance
for the new chief Of infantry,
Major General Robert H. Allen,
and Mrs. Allen, at the Mayflower
Hotel on April 80. Practically all
of the infantry OFFICERS in ana
around Washington have expressed
their intentions or attending this
affair, which promises to be one
of the most brilliant of the army
functions this season.
I A memorial Is to be provided to
honor those chaplains who gave
their lives in the late war. A fun.
of $717.5O has been subscribed and
the work is under way. The plans
for unwilling the tablets shortly
are to be announced.
Colonel Douglas Potts, who is
chief of the reserve section, G-2
of the War Department General
Staff is now on an inspection trip
of the Ninth Corps Area. 1t is
/ expected that this officer will re-
turn to Washington about the last
week in May.
Lieutenant Colonel q. q. Rein.
erger, 0. r. c., who has recently
1 completed tour of duty OF three
years with the general staff here
| in Washington, has gone to Ashe-
vile, North Carolina, for a short
stay, after which he is to enter the
service Of the State Department.
The reserve officers serving with
the War Department General Staff
with the conference committee, last
Friday visited Aberdeen Proving
Ground. Previous to that the
officers visited Fort Monroe and
Langley Field. Under the charge
of Lieutenant Colonel H. e. Bulls,
U: $: A., who is the representative
Of the organized reserves on the
| general staff, the following reserve
officers were on the visitation com
mittee: Colonies H. c. - Jones, A.
J. Elliott, N. Morris, Grant M. Miles
and Lieutenant Colonies s. G.
| Eaton, Weston Jenkins, H. v.
| Wurdemann, r. A. Durkee, I. X,
Williams, ]. P. Dice and Fred A.
Ryons.
There are too many reserve
| officers in the military police
reserve, so the War Department
has announced the temporary sus-
pension Of appointments in this
branch OF the organized reserves.
Last week several other arms of
the service in which new appoint
ments had been temporarily sus.
pended, were announced in this
department.
| The War Department is planning
| TO add courses on International
aerial law at special service schools.
and the general staff and the air
service are preparing material to be
| used In such courses. The basis
| Tor a study Of aerial international
law Will be the reports of the sew
| eral international congresses. at
some OF the meetings Of which
regulations were promulgated in
tended to supervise and control air
planes. Some discussion of the
regulations is likely at the schools.
lnasmuch as the airplane has pro-
Vioed a new problem in interna-
tlonal relations. Many of the regu.
latlons are held to be unenforceable.
The landing field Of the army
air service at Vancouver Barracks
Will be named Pearson Field, for
Lieutenant Alexander Pearson, jr.,
OF the regular army, who was killed
IN an alrplane accident on Septem- |
Der z, 1924, at Fairfield, Ohio, it |
is announced by the War Depart
ment.
The air service is preparing Il
compensation circular in which all !
laws ana regulations providing bene- |
hts, compensation and death gra.
tulty items for the beneficiaries Of |
ottlcers OF the air service are gath |
ereu under one head for study. Many |
on the orrlcers do not know that !
thelr dependents are entitled to |
gratultles, in addition to those con-
templated by Government insurance. |
Major Bennett Purysar, -ir- oe the