The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-05

logical murder.
Fifty witnesses have been SUM
moned BY attorneys Tor the klans-
men. Six doctors are among them.
The defense made the usual mo.
ton this morning to dismiss the
ease for lack Of proof.
The proceeds from basketball
game, dance, and the the dues
Loo the members OF the Enlisted
Mems Club az Fort Howard, Md,
have made Ii possible 10 begin wOsk
on clubhouse and recreation CEN
ter III the post, the home Of the
Twelfth Infantry Regiment. 4 ii
planned to complete the work by.
the beginning Of the winter.
The corps Of engineers Of the.
army Is engaged In making q sur.
vey Of the Panama Canal Zone with;
q view Of furnishing accurate maps
of that territory Tor military as well
as civil purposes. The survey came
into existence in 1916, and consid.
cradle work has been accomplished
: to date. From January to June,
1926. three companies Of the
Eleventh engineers are 70 engage In
this activity 0f surveying the Canal
Zone from coast 70 coast and ap.
proxin1ately fifty miles north ard
kouth of the canal
When q man Ii nlaced on the re-.
tired list, 3 regimental coInmenda-
tory order III issued and published
In the commands; q battalion or regi-
and the regimentaI commander cor.
Igratuiates him at the end Of the
ceremony at the reviewing stand.
the regsmental band serenades him
before his departure from the post.
special dinner Is given him and
the regiment presents him with 4
regfmental ring or other appropri-
ate rnementO
When soldier OF the Twenty.
ninth is sick. he Is frequently visit
ed st the hospital by his company
officer. and man from his unit
sees him daily. Upon his death. Il
such takes place. the company ami
rekimental commanders each wire
letter Of condolences To the next u
KIN. flowers are sent and the corr
rany attends the funeral az the most
~ body. accompanied by the regi-
mental band Il the soldier Ii buried
at the post, his grave II decorated
every Decoration Day and photo |
aphs Of his I've and funeral arc
sent to the relatives. This regimen
Is stationed az Fort Benning, the
home Of the Infantry School.
According to National Guard
headquarters Of the District. Second
Lieutenant Daniel r. Lloyd, Twenty
ninth Military Police Company, has
applied for transfer to the One and
IWenfy.first Engineers and the
same has this approval OF the com
fnandi1g officer OF the Twenty.
ninth Military Police Company.
The reason for the transfer Is that
Lieutenant Lloyd ii graduate
engineer and more suited for duty
al an engineer officer than military
police.
Because his commission In the
reserve corps of the army Rg seconi
lieutenant Of engineers would avail
him OF no active duty ais long as he
Is member OF the District National
Guard, Corporal Lincoln s.. Jones,
OF Company C. One Hundred and
Twenty-first Engineers, has applied
for transfer to the National Guard
Reserve. This has been granted
There are che hundred and eight
cen vacancies in the regular army
for second lieutenants, according to
figures OF the War Department, in
securing this list Of promotions for
the past week Of regular army Off
GERS.
There were no promotions Ia the
grade OF lieutenant colonel, James |
R Pourie Of the quartermaster |
corps being the senior lieutenant
colonel OF the regular army aud the
next one to be made a colonel. |
There IL one vacancy in the grade
Of lieutenant colonel. to which
Major q. v. Heidi is entitled. This
will leave Major Albert H. Mueller |
as the senior officer OF this grade.
Two vacancies remain in the |
grade of major, to which the fol- |
lowing captains, Herbert s. Struble |
and Francis J Baker, are entitled. |
Their promotion will leave Captain |
Eugene o. Hopkins as the senior
captain OF the regular army. In
the grade Of captain there are four
vacancies, to which First Lieu
tenants Stewart F. Miller, Hugh C. !
Parker, Loyal M. Haynes and Floyd |
Marshall are entitled. With their |
promotion, William G. Lee will be-
come the senior first lieutenant.
Four vacancies exist in the grade
Of first lieutenant, to which Second
Lieutenanss Ray o. WEIGH, John L,
davidson, Julian e. Raymond and
George Honnen are entitled. Their
promotion will leave Second Lieu.
tenant Charles P. Amazeen as the
senior officer Of his grade.
Word has been received from the
Infantry Association that the In
fantry Journal will have a reprint |
OF a recent article dealing with the
promotion Of reserve infantry Off
GERS. Any reserve officer may re-
ceive a copy Of this interesting and
highly valuable article by writing
the secretary of the Infantry Assoc /
citation, Infantry Building, 1115
Seventeenth street, Washington, D. |
C. There is no charge.
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