The Washington times., 1925-10-09

swered by the editor.
A board Of chaplains Of the navy
| last week met at the Navy De-
partment to examine Commanders
Robert DUB. Workman and Ed
ward A. Duff and Lieutenant Com
manders Ernest L. Ackiss, Maurice
w. Witherspoon and Thomas l..
Kirkpatrick for promotion to the
corps OF naval chaplains.
The river cutter Yocona. Of the
| coast guard. has been condemned
her purchase. In August this yes
sci was seriously damaged by fire.
Commander A. L. Gamble has been
selected as commander Of the coast
guard force which is to patrol the
marine area Of the international sea-
plane races to be held at Bay Shore.
Nd, on October "a.
Lieutenant Bert N. Bryant. Of
the infantry. now stationed at Anch.
orage. Alaska, has received orders
that will send him on one Of the
longest moves that an officer can
| make, apart from travel to the ISL
ands. He will be ordered from Alas
ka to Fort Mcpherson, Georgia. a
distance Of more than 5000 miles.
sailing from San Francisco by trans
port via Panama to New York and
from there by rail to his new post.
Officers and employees of the
| quartermaster corps. together with
their families and friends, will get
together Halloween for a dance
and general good time. The party,
which is an annual event, will be
held at 2400 18th street. Dancing,
with novelty features, costume con-
tests and other attractions are on
the program.
Major General John Lejeune, COM
mandant of the marine corps, has
named a board of officers of that
corps. to investigate the present
| system Of promotion in the marine
corps reserve, and to make such
recommendations as the members
OF the board may see fit.
/ The date for the annual meeting
of the Infantry Association in this
| city has been tentatively set for
December 81. At this meeting the
officers and members of the exectI.
tive council of the association will
be elected for term of two years.
Nominations for the offices are
being sent in by branch chapters,
| and the ballot will be published
early in November.
Officers of the corps of naval
chaplains will be changed in sta
lions as follows, according to or
ders issued by the Navy Depart.
ment: Commander Frank H. Lash
from the U. S. s. Tennessee to the
San Diego naval training station,
relieving Lieutenant Commander
| Clinton A. Neyman, who has been
ordered to the Virgin Islands for
| duty; Lieutenant Commander B. F.
| Huske from the Hampton Roads
naval training station to the hos.
pital ship Relief, relieving Lieuten-
ant Commander Frank E. Meyer
who will go to the u. S. S. Ten
nessee for duty; Commander Fran
els L. McFadden from the Hampton
Roads naval training station to the
Portsmouth navy yard, relieving
Lieutenant Andrew c. Jastroch
who will be assigned to sea duty
and Commander John Fl. Finn,
upon the discharge from treatment
at the Norfolk naval hospital, to
the Hapmton Roads naval training
station for duty.
Major c. P. George, in charge of
the Washington headquarters Of
the reserve units of the army, has
local units of the reserve, as fol-
lows:
Chemical warfare service on the
first Monday of the month; ord.
nance department on the second
and fourth Monday OF the month:
signal corps on the third Monday;
air service on the second Tuesday,
finance on the fourth Tuesday,
42Sth infantry (colored) on the first
Thursday, 320th Infantry on the
second and fourth Thursdays, coast
artillery on the third Thursday,
field artillery. light, on the first
and third Fridays, and field artil
ferry, medium and heavy. on the
fourth Tuesday; cavalry on the
fourth Friday, corps of engineers
on the second Wednesday. with the
meetings held in the District Build
ing and the medical reserve on the
fourth Saturday at the Medical Sci
ence Building. The Reserve Off.
GERS Association of the District of
Columbia meets on the first Thurs
dav at the new Interior Depart.
, ment Building.
Under the War Department
policy, nineteen national guard Of
Ulcers have been authorized to take
| the Gil course of the Army War
College which will start this week,
to conclude on October 81.
Among those who are taking the
course areE Brigadier Generals
LANES w. Hanson, adjutant general
fof the, State of Maine; Louis A.
Toombs, of Louisiana; Walter r.
Rhinow, of Minnesota and Frank
In. Beary, Of Pennsylvania, and
Colonel Richard J. Mittelstaedt, of
California, and Lieutenant Colonies
Richard M. Ridgood, of Virginia:
John M. Rogers, of New Jersey,
and w. G. Williams of Utah.
/ Local reserve finance officers
have completed their training sched-
ule for the 1885 season, accord
ing to the local headquarters. OF
the eight Institutional meetings to
be held throughout the year, one
Injecting has been held open until
future consideration.