The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-03

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The class Of cadets which enters
the military academy at West Point
! this month, includes twenty.six aTl-
| listed men from the regular army.
Cadets appointed from among .iIc
enlisted men OF she army, nrA
among the most distinguished mem.
] bers Of the corps. The cadet who
| led the class OF 1894 was wallace II.
Hastings, former ranker. Earle
e. Partridge, appointed from the
ranks, twas sixth in the class.
TWenty.tllree members OF the 1924
class, which totaled 406 members
when 1t graduated, were iormer
regular army soldiers.
Rifle Matches.
The national rifle matches win be
held at Camp Perry, Ohio. August
% to September 20. The usual rifle
school will be held for two weeks
and the national rifle association
matches shot from September to
IL, inclusive. All the national
week as follows: September IA, ma,
tiOnal ind. pistol match; September
Is, national team pistol match. Sep
TENDER Is, national ind. rifle match;
September II, national team rifle
practice; September 10, national
team rifle match; September 10, ma.
tional team rifle match.
There IL q possibility that IN tbs
national rifle match conditions, both
for individuals and teams, 400 yards,
rapid fire on q "B" target. will BE-
substituted for 500 yards on an
"A" target. The time, one minute
and. ten seconds, viii be the same.
but only shots inside the Nv" ring,
white circle within the buiIg-eye,
to count az s, the balance Of the
black to count with the ring.
Colonel A. ]. McNab uSA, has bean
appointed executive officer Of the
1926 national matches by the War
Department.
Washington reserve officers on
duty at Camp Meade find an old
friend in Colonel Oliver r. Snyder.
United States Army, retired. who
| Il the commandment Of the r. o. T. G.
camp there. For sometime, while
| he was on duty in Washington,
| Colonel Snyder was the instructor
for the local police department in
pistol shooting.
Naval Academy.
The appointment of twenty-five
naidshipmen annually to the naval
academy at Annapolis, from the
enlisted personnel Of the nava re-
serve and the marine corps re-
serve. has been authorized by Con.
eress. To enroll IN the navai re-
serve. however, candidates must be
| at least eighteen years OF age, and
only those who enrolled by July !,
1926, viii be eligible to compete in
the naval academy during the year
the examination for admission 20
1926.
Among the regular army officers
on duty at Camp Meade, the ques-
ton of a dress uniform Tor the
army, il a lively subject for dis
cussion. The majority OF the OIL
GERS on duty there with the sum
mer training camps, are strongly
CONVINCED that the army is in need
| of the dress uniform this time.
A program to determine the redlus
NJ effectiveness of the 3-inch shell
against airplanes has recently oeen
held at Aberdeen proving ground.
MARYLAND. These tests tended 10
show that hypothetical targets used
| In computing hits is correct.
The commanding officer OF tho
csmn Normoyle quartermaster IN
tormediate depot. San Antonio. mas
completed arrangements with Lhe
Alamo Iron Works OF that clty'
whereby two non-commisslone0 OIL
GERS of the quartermasters corps
will be detailed to that foundry TOT
three months course In IounorS
work. ,, " H.
onarternaster genreal, announces
that the service badge recently
adonted by the War Department as
evidence Of honorable military serv-
ice will be placed on sale ABOUT
August 16, 1925.
Davis to Visit Meade.
Colonel Dwight Davis, acting Sec
rotary of War, will visit Camp
Meade. Md, probably July IL wnen
there is to be athletic meet De-
tween teams from the ROTC and
| CMTC. camps.
| Beginning October 10, the depart
1nent Of mechanics, air service teen
nical school, Chanute Field, will
| establish two new courses for com
n1issioned officers, namely, "air-
plane maintenance engineering and
"aircraft armament"
The tank board at Camp Meade
Camp Franklin) has tested a gyro-
copic compass Of the type now
used in airplanes, but has found
that there are certain deficiencies
that must be corrected before 1T
| will be a practicable instrument for
the tank.
1t is understood that Lieutenant
Charles E. Saltzman, son OF the
chief signal officer, Major General
Charles Saltzman, who ran over "a
child near Chester, Pa, while re-
turning to Washington from the
graduation exercises at West Point,
has been exonerated.
Shift at Quantico.
! Brigadier General Logan Feland,
now on duty at the Navy Depart
/ ment as principal assistant to the
major general commandant Of the