Evening star., 1926-05-09

regular establish
ment. He will Mai. Gen. Allen.
spend half of this -, .. For.
time at the Infantry scno0a ot " he ia
8enning, Ga, whlca p'o'e'
ssnartaiiv interested in. sa+rx,
Ie,,t col. r. G. Kenond, IniahtlS,
- ~ the finance and equlIInen..
a-t;on office Of the CHIEF OF Ait'At.t III -,
taF, Washington May ! 10Y Fot ,t,, *ba
.els r,.pare he will confer WITH @llG 3
!.ee,,,andant nl1re, of the infantry e'3 sclio1'
-, Eel matters. Col. Wiley ato"e1I;
Ynfan+rv. ~, executive officer, oIle9 30
the chief Of Infantry. VIII "t.Ite aiees nj
nnroach.rC graduation eXeie'@9'
No infantry school.
That as many viewpoints a. ,anr ,,J-.11 ~
,,la NAV be obtained on the 9urIg ,,,gv 81
o~;vate mounts. u thorouSA -, 1,A.
,,-,ich il TO be made by the W. ..;Sb
ii.,,aor+ with a view to action "nlcn mn
A,e.i, insure the best efflclency 80
s{stent with reasonable cost, We! Gov.
Tob,rt G. Davis, tic AuJ" 80 c};nfs
aral Of the Army, mas AshTu o1,al, n
of f~au War Department p'a.tO - NJ
,,b,,aj+ their views on the su"JGI
e1n,a'.c i,,to mounts for officers ana tEdS
,.onIies he in the hands OF Lle
Va department not later ''i''iA
May 15.
Tho rotirement of Army officers.
r,,hich will be linked UP WIN s -
,,roynotion, will be the suo!ecC -,
taeciaG study which il to PC ma ~
the War Department "4Cn4i1 20 viii
Few months. strenuous 40. ,-.eeJ,
80 made il was pointed out .asl 80, 80,
W doVise an advaucement syS!ei.' sy.i
tsod on the promotion OF 1IfSt i.eu
haseu o't - contains after 10 years OF
$500 and Of majors to neuIe!t@nN
1ana1s ofter % years OK seI iCc' "
tTaretofore. as pointed ott ~ 'l..
columns. In efforts to revise tAie - -
v2ntion list of the lIeguiar ~ ny
atloac;rp tha positions thereon OIL iil,
dtT-id7,alS or groups CT otiiceIs . a.
heny advanced as a solutloh % .t.tc
Amy promotion list Eroolena' p1. ,.orai 90.
suggestion, 1t is insisted Al s,'o,,id
War Department quarters 49,,
merely transfer the u49sa Sd nr,other
rha nn;nion is held by many thae
go should be greater uniformly III
~ ratirer,eut laws Of the mliltAl:
.abliehn,ent. ~ and there is qulte s d
FoIIowing to the suggestion li@c .;1nd utc
shr,,1d he placed on the ret'reu
,,z. - +ba ARMY for disability, regaro-
,, 10 ~ Ienfrth of service or age vi
80 other hand, there Is strohs oPpo,
Sttion 70 this Suggestion; :. go
cointed out that this Woula ellIll.,.r ~.
tbe creation OF. vacancies AZ. P.oIe.
ZION. which Is one OF the NOS .''' Tbe
t1,Iild,ng factors in the Army. ~
IT,. o"ti recentlv adopted by the depart,
no,1t ,vlic,, tends to the dlsa PIP " on 9I,
- anrIjcations for retirement &teeE ou
-,aors' service is having oepi os...e,
So ,Inou the service. TINS 1ee4lIte
- as,eriaYv shared by those coioleis
10 feeling that they have no chaIGe 'a.17
.e se1ec+ion as hrigadier genera, "i'.i
+a no njaced uDon the retired AsI' "a, 40
tne 3O.vear retirement iea'u oF
haen in effect for years this s,nts,,1l,,
officers feel that they. nave T. ao,,1.
aarred their retirement upon tiie eo.1l -
.Ja+ion Of their 80 years service 80
t,o,- naturally are OF the opinion ti!a'
+hey are being Disseminated aSalli99r'
T:,ara Is 3 pronounced Ieeill,s
-a;,1st tha retirement OF Afn!y On
rers on the completion Oh tI1G "a
.aers, active service who are uIi"o1
-oars Of age, as il IS the genera uptif p1t
;or that an officer reachlhs tno nc" r.
century point is In the pfli"c =. -.
y,fa. that placing him on lte Ast "a.
,,sf is more for his persona oei!SaI,. .!,.a,,.
e Is cortended, which acton ehIley
a-rr,en+. Deep interest Is pe.Ils t@f,,5 -
a. his sOecial study by the w ar De.
ar+nent Of the retirement system u
s%s ReruIar Army, which. 1t - nope:
s,,;i, reSulr in adequate provision "
.a.i,.aman+ for those officers VINO ue'
stra and deserve RELIEF from &cN1Fe
service.
Consideration is being given oy the
rhief Of Infantry OF 4 pan TOE t,iG
oroaniZation OF the courses at t'l9 1'i,
Saotrv school. Two separate courses
have been proposed, each requIrlls d
vear Tor ompietion-one, the oui,. i,.
many officers course. 10 pc piti!iai i1S >
an infantry course, ana the othe-' ga
advanced course, to be chle1lF 4 'aC
tical course. 49,, .,.ee;or
According TO the plan. the nilsson ~
nj the company officers course VII
10 +o train officers in the duties o.
rornanv officers and OF battalion aIlo
regimental staff officers. Ihls cla9s
~ ofTicnrs will be selected from junior
c.r+oins first .lieutenantS ana a lew
second Neutenaflts. The MISSION, u
the advanced course Is TO tram 4tel'
officers ard senior captains as coili
r1anders OF tactical UNITS from lily
hattalion TO the, reinforced brlsau'
,nallv officers completing this cours'
,vtll ,e eligible for detail direct 70 ttS
no,nmaud ana general staff schooI q
mort IeayenTorth, and they WILL a.
= result of this training, be more
fitted for entrance requlreInehes -
mai school, Until the faculty or TN
t~fantry school has been consumes
nothing Of definite nature VIII ~
decided in connection with feFlsiiit
he infantry school courses put y
!, forepone conclusion that some fhn'
az q. change viii be made IN thl
schools curriculum in the near future
Two suggestions were made Ia 5
rraal,. which add TO the loag AS
.,Iready advanced, for revision
.be single list for promotlon ia. tll
Regular Army. The selection OF ever
Afth officer for advancement oy Nttu
~ his seniority IN age was the ~ :
oian made. The second suggeStlo'
brought forward. Whlch mas 10 4;
i;y,ited amount of service support, !
.na+ yvhirlf would regulate promotion
on the alternating principle OF du
yancernent by seniority OF poSltloH i
che grade and by, seniority or age Il
grade. In other words, MAJOR d
The head OF the list, Of officers III III
,rade W.otIid be advanced to heutenah
colonel followed by the. Oldest once
in the grade, regardless 'oI ms nun
her on the list Of pl&tors; Followed Il
,,Irn by, the major then occupyln
senior place in the grade, ana tnen D
HEe remaining Oldest OFFICER IN Tn
grade, and so on. The operation Q
This system. it is pointed out, woul
delay TO some extent the PROMOTE
of certain officers, while it would Il
cilitate advancement to al equs
group of the commissions, personne
This suggestion would insure promo
fion, it Is said, to those officers ~h
are confronted with indefinite retel
ton in their present grades.