Evening star., 1925-07-26


ed from Washing 81
ton during the -
week for a trip MAI. GEN. HINES.
through h the
Middle West, the itinerary of which
includes Columbus, Indianapolis, Chi
cago, Lacrosse, Wis. Sparta, Wis:
st. Paul Des Moines, Omaha, Nebr.;
Kansas City, Mo; Fort Leavenworth,
Kans., and st. Louis. He will return
TO Washington on July 81.
Col. w. r. Burt, general staff, who
left Washington July 20, win inspect
the training camp activities in New
England, his itinerary calling for
visits at Camp Dix, n. j.; End Corps
Area headquarters, West Point, n. Y;
1st Corps Area headquarters, Camp
Devens, Mass: Plattsburg, \. ";
Fort Ethan Allen, VT, and Portland,
Me. Col. Burt will return to Wash
tngton August 6.
Lieut.. Col. H. E. Bulls, general
staff. arrived in Washington this
week from an inspection of the fol-
lowing places: Camp BIauvelt. n. j.:
Organized Reserve headquarters, nth
Division and Artillery group at New
York: Charleston, r. L.; Fort Adams,
r. l.; Hartford, Gonna Syracuse,
n, Y, and Camp .Wadsworth, y, Y.
Up to the present time Mai. j. NJ.
Wainwright, general staff, G3. will
make the longest trip, his itinerary
taking him clear to the Pacific Coast.
Maj. Wainwright left Washington
July Il and he will not return to the
Capital until August 16. His timer
ary includes the following points:
Sixth Corps area headquarters. Fort
Smelling, Mimi; Camp Lewis, Wash;
9Th Corps Area headquarters, Del
Monte, Fort Bliss, Tex; Fort Sam
Houston and Sth Corps Area head
quarters; Camp Mcclellan, Ala; 4th
Corps Area headquarters and Fort
Bragg, n. C.
Maj George A Lynch. general
staff, who completed his inspection
tour this week, visited the camps in
the vicinity of Washington. They were
Sd Corps Area headquarters, Balti-
more, Md; Fort Humphreys, Va;
Camp Meade, Md; Langley Field. Va;
Fort Monroe, Va, and Fort Eustis, Va.
A total number of 5.6S9 enlistments
and re-enlistments, War Department
official figures reveal were secured for
the regular establishment during the
month of June. AS usual, the Infantry
arm leads with a total of l $50, while
among the corps areas and depart
ments the Sd Corps Area, with head
quarters at Baltimore, Md, and of
which Washington, D. c., is a part,
leads with a total figure of 934.
In addition to the Infantry, the en-
ffstments and re-enlistments credited
TO the other branches during June
are: Cavalry, 564; Field Artillery, s07;
Coast Artillery, 562; Air Service, 40S;
Corps Of Engineers, 2S5; Signal Corps,
81; Quartermaster Corps, 374; finance
department, 8; medical department
(medical and dentaD, 329: medical de-
partment veterinary Corps, 19; ord
nance department., 81; Chemical War
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mems list, 1877.
These enlistment totals, arranged
according to corps areas, are as fol-
lows: First, 362; I'd, 729; Sd, 934; 4th,
64e: 5th, 555; 9Th, 535; 7th, 474; 8th,
fe1; 9Th, 4s4; district of Washington,
81; Hawaiian department, 81; Panama
Canal department, 81, and the Philip
pine department, 4.
OF the 325 new airplanes which
will be available for issue to Air Serv
ice units shortly $50 will be Of metal
Suselage, while the remaining rs will
be Douglas observation planes. Twen-
ty-five of the metal fuselage type will
be constructed for photography and
10 will be equipped with super
chargers. The Douglas planes will
be far superior to the DH4s in both
speed and maneuverability and will be
capable of attaining a speed of $50
miles per hour By making a slight
plane can be powered with either a
Liberty or Packard 1A-1500 500-horse-
power engine.
An ordnance trophy, consisting of
a special Springfield rifle, will be pre-
scented by the Army Ordnance AsSo-
citation to the winner of the Presi-
dents match during the national
matches at Camp Perry this year.
This rife, which will represent the
very finest product of Springfield
armory. will include all the latest i'm
provements In the Springfield rife and
will be specially selected.
It is the intention of the Army
Ordnance Association to present each
year a similar trophy to the winner
of this match so that in the course
of time these rifles will represent a
history of the skill of Springfield
armory in making rife of the high
est type.
From authentic War Department
sources, the delay in naming the sue
cessor of Maj. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis,
commander of the Sd Corps Area,
who on August l will retire for age,
1t is stated, is due to the fact that it
has been decided to announce the Sc
lections for the vacancies which will
be created by the retirement of Mai.
Gen. George B. Duncan, commander
of the 7th Corps Area, who retires
on October 10, and Maj. Gen. William
II. Johnston, who will be placed on
the retired list of the Army on Oc-
tober 10, at the same time
Acting Secretary of War Davis, it
is understood, refused to approve any
recommendation for the Sturgis va
Cancy until Secretary Weeks had been
consulted, Decision has been made in
the War Department to submit a new
slate to the Secretary of War within
the next few days and before August