The Washington times., 1925-03-20

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Lieutenant Alfred II. Thiesses.
". s. A., of the signal corps,
addressed the March meeting of
local reserve officers OF the signal
corps last Monday. on "Mcteo:ol.
ogy." Illustrated slides on the sub.
ject were shown. Lieutenant
Theses is. an expert on this i'm
portant signal corps duty and
rendered material assistance during
the recent air service flight around
the world.
Major william II. England, o. r.
c., Captain Grover e. Moore, o. r.
c., and Lieutenant Lloyd E. Kelly.
O. r. c., all OF the Three Hun.ired
and Twentieth Infantry, were the
Instructors for the meeting held
last week OF the regimental officers
at the Graham building. The sub
jects taken up at the meeting were:
Camps, Shelter and Marches.
1t is expected that the next
luncheon Of the Quartermaster Of.
ficers will be held on the third
Thursday or third Friday of April.
The committee having charge Of
lively selected the MayfIower Hotel
Tor the April luncheon. The entire
grill of this. hotel would be turned
over to the quartermasters.
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Captain Charles j. Mabbtitt, u. s.
A., on duty with the headquarters,
Of the Third Corps Area at Balti.
more, has offered police dog as
q prize for the Citizens Military
Training Camp student who secures
the greatest number OF accepted
applications for the summer OF 1925
In this corps area.
The next meeting OF local reserve
officers Of the Ordnance Depart
ment win be held at the Graham
building on March %. Finance Of
ncers viii meet on March "a. and
the reserve infantry officers on the
z6tf. The last meeting Of local re-
serve quartermasters officers for
this month win be on March 81.
u. s. Coast Guard.
IN a recent instance, where a
thorough search by a coast guard
cutter for q derelict. reported to
have been seen at night. failed to
reveal the menace to navigation,
the following opinion has been ad-
vanced as probably accounting for
the report. The cutter upon reach
ing the vicinity Of the reported
derelict found considerable patches
or gulf weed, and it was observed
that in certain light at night, this
gulf weed, when 1t lifted on the
crest of a swell, appeared TO be a
vessel bottom up and could readily
l1ea r1nisfa kaVT ae eIa1h
At the March meeting of the
board of control OF the League of
Coast Guard Women, great interest
was shown in the plan for the
erection OF memorial to the coast
guard dead of the world war. AS
the nucleus of a. fund, which 1t is
hoped viii soon be raised by the
women Of the service, the board
voted that the sum OF $500 be ap-
propriated from its treasury for this
purpose.
The following three cutters Of the
coast guard were sold recently
under bids. The ''Choptank" sold
for. 1856; the "Chincoteague" for
1866. and the "Vidette" for $3.50.
The first two named cutters are
now at the depot and the latter
named boat is at Miami.
The supply of Radio Instruc-
tion.'' 1916, for the coast guard, has
been exhausted, according to the
commandant. A number Of copies
are required for issue to destroyers
to be placed in commission in the.
near future. It is urgently re-
quested that all persons having
copy or copies which can be spared,
forward the same to headquarters
Of the coast guard without delay.
The preparation of the new Coast
Guard Communications Instruc-
ton" which is to replace the Radio
instruction" has been delayed and
the publication will not be issued
tor some months.
Sunday. May 10, will be observed
throughout the country as Mothers
Day. The men of the coast guard
service have been urged by the
commandant to write home that
day.
Headquarters Of the coast guard
has designed a small picket boat
dinghy and a. number of these little
craft are now under construction
At the depot. AS fast as production
Will PEI iIIIL Ihcy Will DC Sllppc1 "
various bases and stations for as
eignment to the cabin and open
picket boats. These dinghies are
nine feet long and are punt shaped
and very similar to a Norwegian
praam. They are very light,
weighing only 100 pounds, and re-
cent trials of one of these boats
demonstrated the fact that they
are exceptionally dry and stable.
Chemical Warfare Service.
The present Chemical Warfare
Service plans for the training of
reserve officers of this branch of
the service during the fiscal year
1925, commencing July 1. contem-
plate calling to active duty approx
fifteen days. II the necessary funds
are allotted about twenty-five of the
officers will be ordered to Edgewood
schools ests biiShed in the Eighth and
Ninth Corps Areas, the headquar-
ters of which are located in San
Antonio, Tex. and San Francisco,
respectively.
The remaining twenty-five Off.
GERS viii be given training in corps
area headquarters, at the headquar-
tiers of procurement districts, and in
the office of the chief. chemical
warfare service, War Department.
Three or four officers probably will
be sent to the chemical warfare
school to pursue the line and staff
officers, course. These officers will
be from the branch assignment
group.
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