Evening star., 1925-02-08
ARMY.

| ARMY.
The much-talked-of legislation pro-
viding for retired pay of 45-year-od
Army officers has at last been reported
out favorably by the Senate committee
| on military affairs. The bill as it came
out OF the Senate committee provides
| as follows:
That any officer so appointed (under
the national defense act of June, 1920,
VINO has been. or may hereafter be, re-
| tired for physical disability incident to
the service under the provisions of sec2
ton 1881, Revised Statutes. shall re-
ceive, from date Of such retirement re-
tired pay at the rate of rs per centum
| OF MS active pay at the time of retire
| ment.' A considerable number of of
ncers come under the provision of this
| bill, which has a possibility of becoming
a law at this session.
A bill to overcome the decision of the
controller General, depriving retired
regular officers of the benefit under
existing law Of credit for active service
while detailed as professors and as
sistant professors of military science at
educational institutions, has also been
reported out favorably by the Senate
military AFFAIRS committee. Philippine
Scout officers are included in the bill. as
they are recognized as Regular officers
been widely discussed subject for
some time in Army circles, and the
friends OF the measure will make ex-
tensive efforts to bring it to a vote be-
rore adjournment Of the present Con-
gress takes place
The War Department announced
this week that the field at Fort Bliss.
Texas, has been designated as Biges
Field, in honor of 1st Lieut.. James
Berthea Biggs, Air Service, who was
Killed in an airplane accident October
~ 1918. at Belrain, France
Five jacket clamps, three for the
caliber 80 Browning aircraft ma
| chine gun and two for the caliber 80
browning aircraft machine gun, have
been manufactured for test by the
Air Service, for the purpose of over
coming trouble encountered by barrel
Jackets becoming loose and unscrew-
| Ing from trunnions of the guns
After a careful consideration of
communications between the Main
tenance Division, Field Service, and
the ordnance officers of the various
corps areas, concerning the neces-
sity for the floor plates in the driver
| compartment of the 6-ton tank, Model
1917. the Ordnance committee con-
CURED with the unanimous opinion of
| the using service that these floor
plates are unnecessary and approved
their removal from all tanks in sery-
| Ice and In storage, as we'll as a
| change in drawings TO agree with
the removal of these parts
Approval has been given by the
War Department for manufacture
and test of a design of an experiment
| tai firing lanyard for use on l6-inch
Howitzer, Model 1920. Test of this
device will be made at one Of the sea-
coast emplacements.
The newly designed wing tip fare.
Nix. II, an improvement on the old
type OF wing tip flare, has been tested
at Aberdeen and Langley Field with
| excellent results. The necessary
steps are being taken to have this
wing tip fare approved as standard
article of issue.
The military order of the Rhine
Osserous will hold it's annual re-
union and dinner February IA, at the
oyster Bay" New York City. r. N.
Henry is president of the order.
In accordance with the provisions Of
Section i, Army regulations 615-5, a