Evening star., 1925-12-13

, Pacific coast, the S&$S#:#M d sS$$jss&$&$$S$
: two forced land E$$%% III as&$#%$$%@
: ings being made I #%S%%%$$$
: on the re turn
Z trip. Gen. Bellin- Isi-- 2I'' .'I'.'.s
: ger a II Capt.
: T. k 7 took off Mai Gen. BeIIiuper.
: from Boiling Field.
: ID. c.. on November 3. 1928. their
: itinerary including Dayton, Ohio; Scott
: Field at Belleville, H.; Fort Leaven'
: worth, kans.: San Antonio. Tex; IL
) Paso. Tex; San Diego. Calf: Santa
2 Monica, Calf, and San Francisco
{. Calf, at which point they arrived
: November Is. On the return jour.
ney the two airmen changed their
route by going across-country from
: FL Paso TO Fort Sill. and thence TO
! Fort Ieavenworth, Scott Field. Nc
: Cook Field and Wilbur Wright Field
! This inspection tour was made pri-
marily in order that it would he pos
sible for a representative of the
Quartermaster Generals office 70
I gather first-hand information OF
uuartermaSter activities at Air Serv-
ice fields not under the jurisdiction
of corps area commanders. Gen. Bel
linger is a keen flyer. this being his
z second transcontinental trip.
: The next examination for master
; and technical sergeants, Air Service,
{ will be held May +. Applications will
be submitted by eligible candidates
; between January Is and February 15,
TO the chief of Air Service. Wash
ington. D. c. The names of the sue
cessful candidates will be added to
. the eligible list. office chief of Air
Service.
. Maj. Gen. Robert c. Davis, adju-
( tant general, has recommended that
I immediate steps be taken 10 secure
the passage OF legislation which will
! provide for the appointment of all
Army field clerks as warrant officers.
Gen. Davis also urges that legisla-
, tion be enacted into law which will
provide for the retirement Of Army
} field clerks of the old permanent force
as warrant officers. BY reason of
age. disability, or length of service
| there are at least "a Army field clerks
on active duty at the present time
/ who should be placed upon the re-
, tired list Immediately
Adoption has been made by the War
) Department of the .50-caliber ma
chine gun as the standard machine
gun for anti-aircraft defense. The ap-
] proval of this weapon, to be issued
as standard equipment to Coast Ar
. tillery troops, is the result of ex-
. hauStive anti-aircraft service training
which has been conducted during the
past several months by the 62nd Coast
Artillery (AA) at Fort Tilden, y. Y,
in conjunction with the Air Service
personnel stationed at Mitchell Field,
Long Island, with a view to determin-
ing the degree of efficiency which may
be expected from anti-aircraft gun and
machine gun fire against air targets.
= There has recently been developed
for this gun new tripod. which gives
Increased stability in firing. Excel
dent results are also expected from an
experimental sight which has been
manufactured and which will shortly
he given thorough service test. The
.3O-caliber machine guns and auto
matic rifles are still being used by
the Coast Artillery antI-aircraft regi-
ments, but as soon as sufficient funds
are available the 50-caliber machine
guns will be supplied to all Coast
Artillery units for anti-aircraft de-
fense.
4 The annual golf championship of
the Quartermaster Corps Athletic AS
ISOLATION was decided this week when
Maj. l.. w. Redington defeated Lieut.
Col. X. j. Hampton in the finals by
the close score of > up. The tourna-
ment, which is open to commissioned
and civilian personnel of the corps
has been in progress for the past
three weeks.
Complete reports OF the roll collar
poll conducted by Maj. Gen. Greed c..
hammond, chief of the Militia Bu.
reau, among the commissioned per-
sonnel of the National Guard show
that the Guard officers are overwhelm-
llngly in favor of the roll collar S27
per cent of the guardsmen voting In
favor of the roll collar. while 17.3
per cent favor the present (high) col
lar. OF the total of II ,641 officers in
the National Guard 9.145 expressed
themselves definitely on the subject
The complete results of the poll are
as follows: For the roll collar, 1868:
for the present (high) collar, 1882
Three hundred and sixty-three of the
Guard officers expressed no choice
while no reply was received from
2.133.
" Two Medical Administration Corps
men, as the result of the September
IA to 10 examination, have been ap-
pointed first lieutenantS in this serv-
ice of the Medical Department. They
are Pvt. Wade II. Johnson, who has
been on duty at Sternberg General
Hospital, p. l., and Sergt Douglas
Hall. who has been assigned to duty
at Letterman General Hospital San
Francisco, Calf. Both will be as
signed by the War Department to
Fort Benning, Ga, for station.
s. Col. Hanford MacNider. the Assist
ant Secretary of War, will address the
regular monthly luncheon of Regu-
biar, National Guard and Reserve
Quartermastsr Corps officers, which
7vill be held Thursday at the Hotel
Lafayette.
II AS a result of the recent promo
.tions to the three highest non
commissioned grades of the Quarter
master Corps, Tech. Sergt. Johnny n.
Shankes is No. ] on the list for pro-
motion to master sergeant tMotorS).
Tech. Sergt. John p. GermauX is No.
a on the list for promotion to master
Sergeant (Supply); Staff Sergt. Emil
Stanley is No. l on the list for pro
Emotion to technical sergeant Supply;
ISergt. Oliver r. Walker is No. l on
sergeant (Motors); Sergt. Charles j.
'Yapen is No. l on the list for promo
ytion to staff sergeant Supply; Sergt.
Truman /. Cleyenger is No. l on the
list for promotion TO staff sergeant
tock INSTRUCTOR; while Staff Sergt.
William Math is No. on the list for
promotion to technical sergeant (B
iand c..
81 At a meeting this week of Wash
,fngton Chapter. No. 3, Sojourners
iClub, the following officers We're elect