The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-18

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actual field or service use. No mar
i likes TO wear his. working clothes
continually, aid yet that is what
the army has been doing since, 1917
/ Reserves 60 Meet.
j Reserve officers Of the 313th field
artillery regiment will meet toI1or
row night. Thursday, at the Ora
ham Building. for their monthly
INSTRUCTION. Captain James Golden
u. s. A., VIII be the instructor.
| The February monthly luncheon
Of the quartermasters on duty in
Washington. win be held Friday
at the Lafayette Hotel.
Captain III. H. Howell, III. /. 10. r.
c., an official OF the United Stares
Veterans Bureau, has been ordered
to active duty for fifteen days,
effective March /, with the mead.
quarters OF the Third Corps Area.
Major Clarence M DoIIman, one
of Washington's most prominent
physicians, has been assigned to
| the Non-divisional Group. Major
Dollman saw service on the Mexican
Border with the old District Of
Columbia Field Hospital Unit and
served in the late war as q
medical officer.
Due to the pressure of official
business Major Onief w. Clark. q
reserve infantry officer, has been
forced to cancel his active duty
training for the present. Major;
Clark. who is charged with the adj
ministratien Of the adjusted COM
pensation in the United States Vet
Grams Bureau was scheduled to re-
port at Fort Eustis on February
for fifteen days training.
Interested In Reserves.
Although he viii be unable to re.
port for the training Major Clark
Is vitality interested in the reserves
and has assisted ten Of the officials
LOT his division to appear for exam
nation with view Of being com
missioned reserve officers. Several
LOT the chiefs and other officials Of
the division are already reserve Of
ficers.
The comptroller general has rem
dered a supplemental decision on
that Of December ~ which held
that officers Of the national guard
attending an encampment for PEI
RODS ,0f thirty days or less or at
tending service schools for periods
lof three months or less are entitled
to rental allowances, the station as
signed FOR the training period not
being q permanent station.
The War Department pointed
out that while the three months
limitation placed on courses at
schools would be adequate in most
instances several of the courses ex-
lceeded that period. The flying
course at Brooks Field is for three
months and ten days and In other
courses the period is exceeded by
several days. The comptroller gem
eral has decided:
THE basic condition must be
attendance at q military service
school to pursue q regular course
of study. The enactment does not
limit the period OF the study and
obviously this il dependent to some
extent upon the course. It will be
understood orders to such. active
duty win fix period not in excess
of three months. This must be the
general rule, but there may be the
exceptional case of minor varia,
tons from the period of three
months by reason OF length oI
course Of particular school and
/ where that Is stated In the order
i the service may be considered as
temporary duty within the decision
The instances given in the sub
mission four months, three months
and ten days and also several days
in excess of three months are
understood az representing the
maximum OF variation from three
months and action will be governed
accordingly"
AmmunitaOu Scarce.
The amount of ammunition which
| will be available for the 1925 target
| season will be materially reduced
from the allowance which was avail
able for last year. This cut is due
/ to the insufficiency Of appropria
/ tons. a condition that will reduce
many other items Of military activi
/ ties. There will be just sufficient
ammunition available to permit q
i man to fire the course once FOL
practice and once for record.
Members Of the House Naval Com
mittee have requested the Secretary
OF the Navy TO provide the means
| Of visiting the naval base at Pearl
/ sired that committee members
should have the benefit of first
hand information and personal OBJ
seryation of that base for profitable
use in future discussion Of the gen
eral naval defense situation in the
western part of the world.
Chaplain j. L. Hunter, U. s. A.
| who has been director Of the chap
| lains' school Of the army for the
past four years, will be relieved OF
/ this detail on March IA, and will
return to duty with troops. His
] station will be Fort Macarthur
This school is now located at For'
| Leavenworth, Kansas.
Rev. Watson to Retire.
] The Reverend K. o. Watson. d
ID, secretary Of the general com
mittee on army and navy chap
lains OF the Federal Council OF
Churches, Is reported as retiring al
an early date. Doctor Watson hat
been ill for more than sar, but
! has been active in his work up tC
| the last few months.
/ Thirteen filters from Selfrldge
! Field, comprising the First Pursuit.
Squadron, left Mount Clemens
| Monday under command of Major
i T. G. Lanphier, for q series OF
| maneuvers. They headed north &c
Osceola, Michigan, where theiI
planes, equipped with an adoption
OF skis as landing gear, will bt
put through their PAGES, with 6
j view Of testing their usefulness as
defense units In northern CLINE
at season when neither army MOI
the navy could work at high
point Of efficiency.
II In viaw of the existing surplu:
.