The Washington times., 1925-08-14

low the average of the best no
The riding horses, now being pur-'
chased for the army, show a great
deal of breeding and are of dis.
tinctly riding type. Large we'll
bred riding horses are difficult 10
secure at the government price, but
many excellent horses between fiji
teen hands and fifteen and three
quarters hands are being bought.
and are obtainable. The size, type
and breeding Of these horses IRE
similar to that of the Waller, used
TO such advantage in Aliens Pales-
tine campaign. 1t was found at the
conference that all purchasing and
breeding headquarters, has estab-
Iished intimate contact with the
best horse sections and the best
horse breeders, particularly in +he
West. This enables them to get
excellent horses at very reasonable
prices. and such contact viii be OF
inestimable value in case or the
of a large number of
horses.
Major General William II. Hart,
the quartermaster general of the
army. is now on the Pacific Coast,
in the course of his annual iuSpec-
ton of all activities of the quarter
master corps. He is expected to
return to Washington about Septem-
Der 1.
Major Merrill D. Wheeler. has re-
turned TO Washington after a trip
to Florida, in connection with the
of certain parcels of real
estate held there by the United
States, which. are no longer for mill
tary purposes. It is planed to sell
the land and convert the proceeds
to other military projects. after
confirmatory action by Congress.
The fleet Of airplanes operating
from Camp Vail, has been increased
to four Martin bonbers. Every
evening one or more Of them take
off and fly to Camp Dix and re-
cUNAunThe landing Of the planes Is
Usually made between 8 and IL
o'clock at night.
A comparison of the J924-25
of study given at, the
c'$valry School of the army. Fort
Riley, with those Of the preceding
year, reveals the fact that the adj.
vanced course has been changed
from five months to nine. and that
the advanced = course for national
guard and resere cavalry officers is
rev. The period for the. special
machine gun course has been ad-
vanced nearly one month. The
change in the advanced course has
been of the greatest advantage, since
L permitted more detailed and
thorough instruction in all depart
p1ents.
During the summer Of 1925 close
will result between the
army air service and the Depart.
ment of Agriculture in forest fire
patrols. The ninth corps area head
quarters has been ordered to turn
over to the forestry service ten air.
planes to be used in discovering
fires.
Countless fires were detected last
summer by aerial patrols in time
TO extinguish them before great
was done, and this year,
owing to the greater number of
planes in use, even better results
are expected. The Department of
is going TO man the
airplanes this year, under the SUI
perViSlOn or the 9imy.
Lieutenant To~d Barnett, q. s. A.,
has been detailed in charge of fly.
ing operations of the fire patrol.
the Department of Agri-
culture will be responsible for the
planes, their maintenance and re-
pair, and at the end of -he season
they will be returned to the control
Of the army.
The new fourth class of the
Military Academy. West Point, was
presented to the corps of cadets at
West Point, at a special review on
August l. The corps was formed
in review formation on the Plain.
The "pIebes" were then marched
no between the corps and thu re-
viewing officer, when they were
faced in toward the corps. The
cadet commanding the new cadets
saluted the CADET battalion com.
mander and reported. "Sir, the
fourth class is present.
Upon the completion of his leave
of absence, Major T. J. Smith, Of
the ordnance department, will re.
port for duty as a student in the
next class at the Army Industrial
College. Since his last tour OF duty
here in Washington. done several
years ago, Major Smith has been
on foreign service as the ordnance
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