Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15

| E$%* ~ E3 the delegates at
| tending the con-
| MAJ. GEN. HART. vention will go to
| the auditorium of
the Interior Building. which will be
used during the remainder of the
meeting, where Maj. Gen. John l..
| Hines, chief of staff, will deliver the
| opening address.
| Among the speakers who will ad-
dress the convention and their sub
| iects are: Dwight +. Davis, Assistant
| Secretary of War, Industrial and
General Policies Concerning Use of
Railways in War Mobilization"
Maj Gen. Hart, quartermaster gem
! eral. Outline of the Quartermaster
| Corps Program"
| S. NJ FELTON,. plan for Operating
Railroads in War"
] r. III. Ashton, Operation Of Rail
roads in the Zone Of the Interior"
! Z. ]. GormIey Operation of the
! Car Service Division in War"
Brig. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, assistant
to the chief of engineers, operation
of Railroads in the Theater of Opera
| tons"
Brig. Cen Albert c. Dalton. assist
| ant to the quartermaster general.
| Problems of Government Transpor-
| tation.'
Gen. w. w. Atterbury, Operation
| of Military Railways in France"
| Brig. Gen. John B. Bellinger, as
| sistant to the quartermaster general
| Mission of the supply Service
| Lieut.. Col NJ. r. Hilgard. Q. NJ c.,
! presentation of Map Problem
| Col. F. H. Lawton, .. NJ. C., Out
| line of Quartermaster Mobilization
| Plan of a Corps Area.
Mai w. A Mccain, Q. NJ. c., In
! dustrial Surveys"
Lieut. Col. W. II. Point. Q. NJ. c.,
Scope of Training for the Quarter
master Corps"
| Lieut.. Col. W. A. Dempsey. Q. NJ.
O. r. c.. winter Plattsburg-lts
| Origin and Purpose"
| by Cen. Hart.
| March 5 and the corps area and
other uuartermast ers who attend the
rail transportation convention VIII be
| assembled at the Office of the quar-
| termaster general in the Munitions
Building. This meeting will be for
| the discussion of policies, methods
| and other matters affecting the OPP
| erations Of the Quartermaster Corps.
| Official figures prepared by the
| War Department conclusiNely prove
the effectiveness of anti-aircraft bat
teries. Both day and night firings
are included in this compilation
which firings were made by the 6lst
Coast Artillery CAD. Fort Monroe.
va; 62d Coast Artillery CAD, Fort
Totem, \. Y, and the 64th Coast Ar
tillery CAD, Hawaiian Department.
B Battery OF the 64th Coast Artil-
lery made an excellent record
especially in the night firing. Out
of 20 rounds fired at a target towed
at horizontal range of 1865 fee'
nine hits were made, or 7.Os hits per
gun per minute. At another night
| firing practice G. Battery of the same
regiment made 10 hits out of 81
rounds fred, the average horizontal
range to the target being 10,620 feet.
II Battery same regiment, in a day
firing test made six hits out OF u
rounds fired, the -verage altitude OF
the target being 5,S6S feet.
| Lieut. Col. Alden F. Brewster. F. A,
who has been on duty with the 18th
Field Artillery, Fort D. A. Russell
| wyo, reported this week for duty
in the Office of the chief of Field
Artillery, relieving Lieut.. Col. Angus
! tine Mcintyre, F. A, who will be
assigned to duty with troops. Col
Brewster will be placed in charge OF
the war plans section in this office,
relieving Maj. James A. Lester, F. A,
who it is expected will be assigned
as a student at the Field Artillery
School next term. Decision has not
| vet been made as to who will be or
dered to this Office in place of Maj
Lester.
Col. Wright Smith, president of the
Field Artillery board, was in Wash
ington this week to confer with the
chief of Field Artillery relative to va
rious tests of the Field Artillery ma
| hych rafnrrad
board
Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, U
S. N, and Brig. Gen. Fox Conner. u
Is. A., were elected president and vice
president, respectively, of the Army
and Navy Club at the annual election
of officers this week. Other officers
elected were: lieut. Comdr. Franklin
Up. Williams IS. c., U. S. N, retired
treasurer, and Naj. Russell H. Bren'
nan, L. S. A.. secretary. For d.
rectors to serve until the second Mon
day in February, 1925, the following
were elected: Col. George H. Estes
U. S. A., and Capt. Frederic B. Bias
sett, U. S. N. Three other directors
elected to serve until the second Mon
day in February, 1928, are as follows
Lieut.. Col. Henry c. Jewett, .. 5. A.
Lieut.. Col. Lewis c. Lucas, U. S. NJ c.
and Maj. Charles A. Schimelfenig
L. S. A.
! Regular examinations for appoint
| ment of master, technical and stan
| sergeants, Ordnance Department, Will
be held May 5, at the various posts
and stations, as prescribed in Army
! Regulations 615-5. The examin alton
will consist of certain general sub
jects to be taken by all of the appli-
cants and of four special elective
| subjects. only one of which Is to be
taken by any applicant. Applications
for authority to undergo the exami-
nation should be submitted through
military channels SO as to reach the
chief of ordnance not later than April
/, 1925.
Basic eligibility depends upon the
applicants grade and prior service as
follows:
| Master sergeant: The applicant
must be serving as a technical ser
geant, Ordnance Department, or have
prior service as such. A nrst SER
geant is not eligible unless he has
previously served as technical SER
geant, Ordnance Department, or by
examination has been declared eligi-
BILE therefor.
Technical sergeant: The applicant
must be serving as staff sergeant
Ordnance Department, or have prior
service as such. A first sergeant Ii
not eligible unless he has previously
served as staff sergeant, Ordnance
Department, or by examination has
been declared eligible therefor.
Staff sergeant: The applicant must
he serving as first sergeant, sergeant
or corporal, Ordnance Department
The examinations for the first three
grades will be essentially the same
the scope will not differ materially