Evening star., 1925-08-09

officer of the Hawaiian Department,
and who was just recently on duty
as commanding officer at the Benicia
Arsenal California, has arrived in
Washington for duty in the Office OF
the chief of ordnance after an absence
of several years. Maj. Smith will re
port for duty as a student in the next
class at the Army Industrial College.
Capt. H. D. Campbell, L. S. NJ. c.,
has been nominated as the San Diego
base candidate for the Herbert Schif
memorial trophy for safe flying. Capt.
Campbell has TO his credit 1000 hours
in the air without an accident, and
during the past IL months he has
flown 464 hours and 10 minutes. The
record of this officer is all the more
remarkable when it is taken into con-
sideration that a large part Of Capt.
Canpbells flying time has been de-
voted to cross-country work over the
Island of Santo Domingo and to the
instruction of student flyers.
That graduates of the Air Service
Photographic school, Chanute Field.
H., may be given instruction in aerial
photography, the International News
reel has established courses of in
struction not to exceed three months
at their New York and San Francisco
offices.
For a few weeks the Army Air Serv
ice photographers will work with the
Newsreel staff men as assistants, and
upon the completion of this prelimi-
nary training they will be given regu-
lar assignments with Akeley cameras.
In the event that a reduction is
made i'll the subsistence funds for the
regular establishment for the 1926 tis-
cal year, the efficiency of the Army
will be seriously affected, in that II
will result in relieving a large number
of non-commissioned officers who are
now on duty with the National Guard.
Reserve Officers Training Corps and
other detached service. Distribution
has been made of the subsistence funds
among the corps area commanders.
who are endeavoring to work out a
program under which a minimum
number of non-commissioned officers
will be relieved from these duties.
The passing during the last session
of Congress of legislation providing
for an increase in the number of non
commissioned officers for duty with
the junior components of the Army of
the United States was necessary if the
provisions of the national defense act
were to be carried out, but a study
made of the subsistence allowances re-
vealS the fact that deficit VIII be
created in these funds for the Regular
Army If the present number of non
commissioned officers and enlisted men
are maintained on a Communication
status. AS the Budget Bureau has di-
rected that the affairs of the Army
must be maintained without a deficit
the only solution of this perpleXing
problem is TO reduce the number Of
non-commissioned officers and enlisted
men who are on detached service,
which will spell disaster to the Ma
| tional Guard, the Reserve Officers
| Training Corps units at the colleges
and the Organized Reserves.
Conferences have been held during
| the past week between the general
| staff and the chiefs of the War De
| partment branches, at which it is sup
posed this feature and others of the
budget have been discussed. When
approached on the subject, members
| of the general staff and others par
| ticipating in the executive sessions
| held this week have maintained an alb
solute silence as to what was discussed
behind tho closed doors.
The bill increasing the number of
| non-commissioned officers which was
| nassed last session, was largely due to
the pressure brought on members of
Congress by the National Guard and
| the Organized Reserves, and the be
| lief has been expressed that these two
| junior components of the Army of the
United States will marshal their forces
again when the news of this drastic
reduction spreads throughout the
! country.