Evening star., 1925-01-11
ARMY.

| time IN army pictorial Annals, Ioui
| former chief signal officers of the
Army and the present incumbent
Maj. Gen. Charles NICK. Saltzman
| were recently filmed in the office o1
| the latter. 1t is claimed that this Ii
the first time that any five success
| sive chiefs of any one branch of the
Army have been pictorially recorded
| together. In addition to Gen. Saltz'
man, the four former chiefs who were
present were Brig. Gen Adolphus
| w. Greeley Brig. Gen. James Allen
Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven and
Maj Gen. George o. Squier.
The list of statutory age retire
ments for 1925 prepared this week
| by the War Department Is unusual
| in that 1t contains the names OF eight
general officers, viz, seven major
| generals and one brigadier general
In addition to this general officer list
| five colonels and one professor will
| be separated from the rolls of the
| regular establishment, due to their
/ reaching the age of the ga years
| They are as follows: Maj. Gen. Rob
| ert l.. Bullard, January Is; Maj. Gen
Charles G. Morton, January Is; Prof
| Cornelius De w. Wilcox. February
| 20; Col. Henry ]. Newcomer, G. T..
April 3; Brig. Gen. ]. L. knight, as
sistant to the quartermaster general
| April IS; Maj. Gen. Omar Bundy
| June II; Col Farrand Sayre. Cavalry
| June 1t; Col Charles c. Walcutt, tr.
| Cavalry, June 20; Col. Arthur John
| son, Infantry, july 8; Maj. Gen. Harry
| C. Hale, July 10; Col. Hugh J. Gal
| lagher. Quartermaster Corps. July rs
Maj. Cen Samuel d. Sturgis. August
l; Mai. Gen. George B. Duncan, Octo-
Der 10, and Maj. Gen. William IL
| Johnston, October 10.
| AS was anticipated in these columns
| few weeks ago, the War Depart
ment has, under Circular No. rs, War
Department, 1924, announced that a
| final examination OF applicants for
| appointment as second lieutenants In
| the Regulr Army, under the provt-
sions Of Army Regulations 6o5-5, Will
| be held in the United States, In the
Philippine, Hawaiian and Panama
Canal Departments, and with the
United States Army forces in China,
from June 15 to 20, 1925, inclusive.
This examination will be open to
all classes of eligibles to I'LL vacan-
cies accruing to June 80, 1925, as shall
remain in the combatant branches
Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery
Coast Artillery, Air Service, Corps OF
Engineers and Signal Corps after the
appointment of the next graduating
class of the United States Militay
Academy, but will not include candi-
dates fom the Philippine Scouts. Ac-
cording to War Department figures
| the present estimate is approximately )
| 40 vacancies.
Information relative to the scope
and details of the June examination is
| contained in A. r. 605-5, and copies
1 he oh a N
1 tary post or station. Application to
| take the examination may be submit
| ted at any military post or station
| or at the headquarters OF the corps
area or department in which the can
didate resides.
| Announcement was made this week
| by the War Department that the ais
| bursing officer, office of the finance
officer, United States Army, Washlng'
| ton D c. has been designated as Gus
| todian of the United States Army ath-
| letic fund. This fund is derived from
| contributions made annually by corps
areas. departments, the district OF
Washington, certain general and spe-
cial service schools and the CnlIeo
States Military Academy.
Expenditures from this fund VIII
he made as follows: (a) For an an
| nual subscription, not to exceed sl,ooV
| to the National Amateur Athletic
Federation as long as the United
states Army is a member of that as
| sociation: (b) for such other pur-
noses relating to athletics, including
prizes, trophies, printing, etc, as may
be directed by the Secretary OF war
under approved policies.
The tests of 75-mm., 155-mm. anc
l2-inch smokeless powder stored un'
der water in Picatinny Lake Ior
period of one year indicate no appre'
ciable change in the stability OF tht
powder. The ballistics OF the 'o-mhi
| powder have suffered only a yer!
| slight change, while the 155- nm
powder has appreciably quickened al
| a result of loss of solvent.
| A relatively new type of field glass
has been submitted to the Ordnance
Department by the Moeller Optica
| Works, through their American agent
| AS it was believed that 1t would b'
interesting to the various branches
of the using service and instructiV'
| to the Ordnance Department Il
examine models of this material, al
| order has been placed for glasses o
! 5. s and power. When received
| these will be studied by the Ordnance
! Department and also submitted t.
the using services for examination
| and test IL desired.
| A Calvary pack cooking outfit which
| has been under development 10
| several years has been perfected IL
so far as the contents and the gen
| eraI arrangement of the pack ar
concerned. Further work in connec
ton with the outfit is going on, 81
that satisfactory hangar equipmen
may be developed.
| In continuation of the policy t
test commercial tractors for use II
| handling artillery, there were recent
| ly purchased and sent to Aberdee,
Proving Ground for test the follow
| ing tractors: Best Cruiser, Best 80
Monarch 4-40. and Monarch $50
| The Monarch $50 and Best Cruise
are the heaviest commercial tractor
that have been purchased for test 81
far These will be tried for use will
corps artillery loads or divided arm.
artillery loads and will also be trie,
| for tandem operation on the heav.
army artillery loads.
| NAVY.
| Under the command Of Admira
Robert E Coontz, chic
United States fleet, the combined
| scouting fleet and battle fleet will
leave San Francisco for the Hawaiian
Islands during the latter part o
April, where joint exercises will b.
held with the Army. Upon the compile
ton of these exercises in Hawaiian
waters, the scouting feet will re
turn to the East coast, while the bat
tie fleet will make an EXTENDED
| cruise to Australia and vicinity, re
| turning to American waters abou
September Is.
In the recent election of officers o
the American Society of Naval En-
| gineers Rear Admiral c. F. Hughes
u S. N. in charge of fleet trainine 3