Evening star., 1925-12-27

plans are rapidly being formplated
whch will make effective the major
portions of the Morrow aircraft boards
report.
Beginning February I the follow
ing medical officers will be ordered
to duty in attendance upon n course
of instruction in internal medicine at
the Massa chusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Mass: Comdr John IT. Ken
nedy and Lieut.. Comdrs. G. W. O.
Bunker. William r. Eaton. Robert +.
Jones and Robert C.. Davis.
Lieut.. Comdr. Leo G. Thyson, Medi-
cal Corps. L. =. y. will he transferred
from the recruiting ship. New York,
y. Y, to the Navy recruiting station
at Washington, y. G. II has also been
recommended that Lieut.. Comdr.
Robert b. Miller. Medical Corps. L. s.
n, be ira nsferred from the Navy re-
cruiting station, Washington. d. G.,
TO the Sanitary Service of Haiti.
Twenty nine ma val officers completed
December "a a six weeks course of
instruction in the Navy line officers
course at the Chemical Warfare
School, as follows: Lieut. Comdrs.
Norman X. Van der Veer and James
q. Ware. Lieuts. John p. Dix, Richard
0. Williams. Leon W. Mills. Glenn s
Holman and Warner L. Hines: Lieuts.
Gunior grade) Ralph W. Floody, John
=. Womble, Blair NJ. Fuller, James
:. Freema n, julius l.. Thompson, Don
aid s. Evans and John T.. French;
Ensigns William +. Brice, Gilbert r.
Crowther. Harry II. Keith, Charles J.
Mayer. Wells l.. Field. Adolph H Oe-
wald, Charles l.. Lee. George VI. Bry-
don, Edward w. Rawlins. John {.
Naldron. Harry Rurris. Albert +. Jar
rell. Reuben T. Thornton. Harold o.
Larson and William +. Hank.
ARMY.
No official confirmation has been
made by the War Department rela tive
/ TO a recent announcement of the cox
templated retirement of Mai. Gen. W,
J n. Hart, quarternnaster general Of tho
Army. Gen. Hart, who is now al
Walter Reed General Hospital. has not
! been in good health for several months,
! but At no time has he intinated
That he will submit his application for
retirement from the active list Of the
regular esta tablishment.
Under the direction of Cen Hart.
! the Winter Plattsburg training for re-
/ serve quarterma sters has grown from
/ practically nothing TO 80 groups with
| a total enrolment OF approxin7a telv
! 900 reserve officers. Groups have
/ heen esta blished in all sections of rhe
/ United States. with the exception of
1 parts of the South. and efforts are now
being made 10 organize the Southern
units
/ Should the general upon his dis
{ charge from the hospital. feel that ho
. ls not physically able to administer the
1 duties of his office. il is possible that
! ne may request 10 be transferred to
the retired list of the Army. but tho
/ hope has been expressed in the depart
ment that he will fully recover from
/ his Illness and will assume his duties
, during the early part of the new year.
! Continued use with the r. A. cor
/ rector has shown that it lacks the re-
/ qulred speed and steadiness for follow.
| ing the type OF target which may be
| expected under average service CON
/ dltlons. The Ordnance Department
mas several instruments with which
extensive tests will he conducted dur
ing the next year and ii is confidently
expected that instrument far more
satisfactory than the r. a. corrector
/ VIII be developed within a short time
During the early part OF 1926 a new
| battery commando instrument which
! has just been developed will be issued
! 10 orga MIA tionS. This instrument has
considerably higher power and larger
| neld of view than the present type of
! telescope mounted with the wind and
/ parallax computer. Ii is intended to
/ continue with the old telescope as at
!
/ separately for the use of the battery
! commanders observer
! considerable progress has been
made at Fort Tilden, N.Y.. in at
| tempting To adjust anti-aircraf Fl fire
by observation OF bursts. which is an
entirely new step. Heretofore. il has
| been considered that the accuracy of
fire depended entirely on it's proper
preparation. and that no Improvement
or fire could be made from the results
| OF observation due to the limited time
which any target would be under fire
| on the same course. The amount of
| firing done at Fort Tilden was not
! sufticient to warrant any conclusive
results. but further study OF the sub
ject is to he made by the Coast ArtiI-
| lery Board, conducting firings at Fort
! Monroe. Va.
Battery A. Sth Field Artillery. First
Lieut.. Ernest A. BiXby comman nding.
has been awarded the Knox trophy.
one of the most coveted honors which
all Field Artillery organizations strive
! 10 win. This organization for four
| successive years has won the brigade
ehlciencY pennant. For the past two
wears the battery has been a model OF
proficiency in training and high state
! OF morale and discipline, despite the
TACT that at the present time. with one
| exception. not line sergeant nor
! corporal has had over year and
| half of service in that grade
Lieut. BiXby is a graduate of the
! United States Military Academy. class
of 1915. The other officers in the bat
terry are First Lieuts. John Is. Murphy
ana Freeman G.. Cross and Second
Lieut.. Alfred l.. Price II will ne re-
| called that Battery A is the only com.
piete battery of artillery to GO over
| the famous Kole Kole Pass in the
| Wafnae Range. This hazardous task
was accomplished in October, 1923.
Col. Russell c. Langdon Infantry.
! I. =. A. has been elected president Of
! the Society of the Army of Santiago
de Cuba. The other officers elected
! for the ensuing years are as follows:
Gen. George II. Harries. first vice
president; Gen. Joseph 7. Dickman
second vice president: Gen Samuel d.
| Rockenbach. third vice president: Gen.
kenzie W. Walker. fourth vice presi.
! dent: Col. Charles A. Williams. retired.
| secretary and treasurer: Gen. Charles
| Mck. SaltZman. assistant secretary
and treasurer: Col. G. Creighton Webb.
historian; Col. Charles A Williams,
registrar general; Col. Isaac c. jerks,
| first division registrar; Gen. James I.
Kerr. second division registrar; Col
| Samuel +. Smiley, third division regis
| trar, and Gen. William ID. Beach,
! fourth division registrar