The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05

1t would have been very apprO'
pirate If the committee had com.
prised the escort to the DISTRICT
Commissioners OF eight national
guard and eight reserve offlcers'
in as much as both are civ1lla a
soldiers and represent the District
of Columbia civilian defense. There
are sixty-nine units of the organized
reserves assigned to the District OF
Columbia and only two national
guard units.
With War Department plans
drawn for the greatest citizsn
camps ever attempted in this coun-
try during peace time, the Military
Training Camps Association recently
announced nationwide educa-
tional campaign, to bring the bene-
fits of the 1925 camps to the atte1.
ton of eligible boys and their par
ents in every State IN the Union.
Enrolment of $4,000 candidates
by June ] has been set as the goal
to be reached.
HonOrs to Chaplains.
In connection with the simple
tribute now being prepared as a
memorial to those chaplains who
gave their lives in the world war,
ARRANGEMENTS have been made by
which the next of kin of each Is TO
receive a copy of the enlarged pho
tograph which is to be hung in the
office of the chief of chaplains in
the War Department.
The cost OF the bronze tablet will
be $425, making and framing the
photographs of the twenty-three
dead chaplains will cost 1925. and
the expense for. invitations, pro-
grams and other items incident to
the unwilling will be about 800.
Replfcas of the tablet may be placed
at two or three central points.
A class of tl1irty-seven enlisted
men of the finance department of
the army reported to the Finance
School here in Washington on Feb
ruary "a, as students for the
course of instruction, will begin on
that date and will last until the
latter part of May. At the open
ing exercises Colonel F. w. Cole
man. finance department of the
army, delivered an interesting adj
dress to the students
Changes in Assignments.
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore
Schultz, U. s. A., who has been
on duty with the office Of the
chief OF the Military Bureau, is
to be relieved of such duty and
assigned to duty in the office Of
the finance officer in Washington.
Major Benjamin L. jacobson,
now at Fort Benning, Georgia,
will take the place vacated by
Colonel Schultz in the Militia Blu
reau. Captain Jerome Clark IS to
be relieved of duty with the office
Of the finance officer here and
will take the place OF Major Jacob.
son at Fort Benning.
Brigadier General Kenzie w.
Walker, -~chief of finance, u. 8.
Army, was nominated last week
with the rank Of major general
for the period ending June 80,
1925, with rank from February s,
1925. The period for which Cen
eral Walker was nominated is the
remainder of the period of four
years which he is now serving as
chief OF his branch. with the rank
Of brigadier general.
The higher rank of major general
is in accordance with the act of
February "a, creating the offices
OF chiefs of finance and chemical
warfare service, with the rank of
major general.
Within the next few months the
four-year term of four Navy De.
partment bureau chiefs will expire.
1t will be necessary, therefore, to
make recess appointments in these
offices.
Those who terms expires are:
Rear Admiral David Potter, pay
master general and chief of the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts,
on April 8: Rear Admiral J. A.
Latimer, judge advocate general of
the navy, on April 8; Rear Admiral
William A. Moffett, chief of the