The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-17

preparatory to submission % .As
Secretary OF the Navy for MS ap-
| prevail.
The members Of lie committee
were: Captains z. E. Briggs, cnieA =.
the reserve section of the bureau O.
navigation; and G. r. Mackllu, o.
the naval reserve; Commanders =.
NJ smeailie and j. "a. Schofield. the
latter a reserve officer; Lieutenant
I Comrnarders ". T.. Kirkman, II. Hs-
Frost and J. III. Falge; Lieutenants
| w. NJ Dillon and A. e. Barnes and
Mr.. Leslie 10. McNemar.
Cruises OF ships carrying naval
reserve officers and enlisted men
are now in fun progress. 1t is es-
| timated that during the summer
more than 1900 officers and 300
men will receive ship training. The
next cruise Of the naval reserve
force Aof the District Of Columbia
has been set for June 70, and will
last thirty days. The Eagle BY,
will be used, and stops are sched-
uIed for West Indian ports, includ'
ing Havana San Juan and st.
Thomas.
Brigadier General Joseph E.
fAu1lH, y. 81 a., 4LUAlOIIOW WI ~
elevated to the rank OF major gem
eral. Major General Omar Bundy
retired today from the army, having
reached his sixty fourth birthday.
General Kuhn was born at Leav-
enworth, Kas.. on June IA, 1864, and
received his appointment to West
Point from that State. in 1881. Up-
on Graduation from the Pom" he
was commissioned in the Corps of
Engineers. During the Russo-Jap-
anese war he was attached to the
Japanese army as an official OBJ
server. During the world war he
was brigadier general but re-
ceived the temporary grade OF major
general. Since then he has served
in the Hawaiian Islands.
The Raymond Orteig prize of
$25, 900, when has been offered to
the aviator who first crossed the
Atlantic ocean, in an airplane In
nonstop flight between Paris and
New York. has been formally ex
tended for a period Of five years, or
to June /, 1880.
ton should be held under the rules
OF the National Aeronautic Associa
ton OF the United States and the
Federation Aeronaufic Information
ale of Paris, France. The start or
landing may be made from land or
water.
Major William Horst. u. s. A., on
duty with the Eightieth division.
which embraces the local units OF
the reserve, hasAsuggested that De-.
Tense Day be turned into an old
fashioned Independence Day cele-
hration. making National defense
the theme and using as a slogan,
July 4, 1776. we declared our indie
pendence. On July 4, 1925. let us
declare our ability to maintain it.
| Captain William d. Brotherton.
u. s. N, now in command of the
/, U. s. Mississippi, has been desig-
! mated for duty by the Navy De-
/ partment, as inspector Of ordnance
and engineering materials at Chi
/ cago.
Commanders Husband f. Kim.
/ nell, from the destroyer divisions
4 of the Asiatic fleet. and James ID.
/ Wilson, from the destroyer divi.
sions OF the Seattle fleet, have been
designated as students for the next
class with the Naval War College.
! The following officers have be-
come due for promotion in the
| Navy: Lieutenant. junior grade,
| John l.. Albice, Joseph e. Jackson,
! Meinrad A. Schur, Forrest A..
/ Rhoads, William w. Behrens, Rus
sell G. hartman, Raymond A. Nc
Clellan, Harold r. Holcomb. Har-
old J. Kircher, N. F.. Schneider and
Gordon T. House.
/ Captain Charles r. Train, u. S.
NJ IT. m I'D 80 H.
| Henderson, has been ordered re-
lieved of such command and to
the naval hospital in this city for
/ treatment.
taken over the command of the
the boat from the east coast to
Honolulu and return.
Lieutenant Commander Marion E.
Harrison, dental corps of the Navy,
has been selected to succeed Lieut.
ehant Commander Lucian =. Will
liams, in charge of the dental divi-
sion of the bureau of medicine and
! surgery.
Commander Ernest r. GayJer,
when he graduates from the Naval
war College, Is to be assigned to
duty In the bureau of yards and
docks of the Navy Department.
A Citizens Military Training
Camp will be established at the
Ohio State Rifle Range, Camp
Perry, Ohio, from August % to
September 20, to enable a team
from the training camps in each
| corps area to attend the Small
Arms School and participate in the
National Rifle Association matches
end the National match.
Major General Samuel D. Sturgis,
u. S. A., commanding general of
the Third Corps Area, expressed
much citation on the splendid show
ing made by the District reserve
| officers whenever called upon for
muster. In this connection, one of
the officials of the SUMMER training
camps at Camp Meade, Maryland,
called the editor of the army and
navy department Of The Washing
ton Times on the telephone, to dis
cuss several matters relating to
the comfort and welfare of the
locals contingents going to Camp
Meade this summer. From the
present arrangements, made by
Brigadier General Leroy Upton,
u. s. A., commanding general of
Camp Meade, the reserve officers
will find that they are going to
have one OF the finest training