Evening star., 1926-03-21
ARMY.

Army animals has been submitted to
the War Department by Maj. Gen. b.
Frank Cheatham, quartermaster gen.
eral of the Army. Approval of his
program has been given by the Sec.
retary Of War. but efforts will not be
made during the present Congress to
obtain funds with which the project
may be carried out. To avoid extern
awe purchases in any one fiscal year.
the schedule of replacement as worked
out In the office of the QuartermasteL
General is based on an annual pur-
chase Of 5000 animals beginning the
fiscal year of 1927 and continuing over
period of fully seven years.
The reduced peace time allowance
OF animals for the Army, it was
pointed out in the War Department
this week, is 36.625 horses and 1854
mules. As of July |. 1925, there was
shortage in this reduced peace time
allowance of 2,215 horses and ia
mules.
Maj. Gen. Charles Nick. Saltzman.
chief signal officer of the Army, has
returned to Washington from an in
spection of Signal Corps activities at
4th Corps Area headquarters. Atlanta.
Ga. and Fort Benning. Ga.
Within the next few months four
officers on duty in the office of the
chief signal officer Of the Army will
be due for troop duty. They are:
CaptS. Alfred II. Thiessen. Paul s.
Edwards. Haskell Allison and First
Lieut.. Byron A. Falk. Lieut.. Col.
ConSuelo A. Seoane, Signal Corps, who
prior 10 his assignment to the Army
War College early last Fab was ex.
ecutive officer, office of the chief
signal officer of the Army. WILL upon
the completion of his War College in
struCti"n, be assigned to special duty
at I'd Corps Area headquarters. Gov
ernors Island. y. Y. Mai. Paul w
Evans, Signal Corps. on duty in this
office, is undergoing a months post
graduate course in signal communica-
tions at Sheffield Scientific School,
Yale University. Upon the expiration
of the four-year detail of Lieut.. Col.
John A. McK.nnon, Veterinary Corps,
as head of the Veterinary Corps &C
tivities, Office of the surgeon general
of the Army. In May. he will be re-
lieved by Col. William G.. Turner, Vet
Urinary Corps. now on duty at the
remount purchasing and breeding
headquarters, Kansas City, Mo. The
new assignment of Col. Mckinnon will
be the Preside of San Francisco, Calf.
More than $4,000 is authorized in
the Army appropriation bill to be ex-
pended for the 1926 national matches,
which item was specially requested by
Secretary of War Davis. who favors
holding the national shoot yearly, as
required by law. instead of every
second year. as was recommended by
the general staff Maj. Gen NJ. A.
Reckord. the adjutant general of
Maryland. and the newly elected ex-
ecutive secretary of the National Rife
Association. frankly criticized the gen.
eral staff recommendation for holding
the matches every two years, explain.
ing that the decision was evidently
reached without calling into consul
tetion any officer who is recognized
as an authority upon the subject "
The general staff favored holding the
matches every two years because it
was said there was not sufficient
money to hold them yearly.
Three prominent officers who have
nad much TO do with rife practice and
VINO nave taken great interest in the
annual matches at Camp Perry. Ohio,
nave gone on record supporting the
yearly shoot in strong terms. one of
THESE is Maj. Gen. Robert II. Allen.
chlef of Infantry who declares that
the national matches have been mis-.
named and who prefers that the title
10 these matches should he the ma
tional school of musketry. Unless
something is done. Gen. Allen has
neen reported as saying, interest in
rife shooting will become extinct
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, com.
tnandant of the United States Marine
oorps' ~ commenting upon the
matches said that the event is abso-
iutely vital to the maintenance and
increase OF interest in rife practice
oy the people Of the country. Col.
training section. Office of the chief Of
Infantry, also strongly supports the
holding of the matches yearly.
approval was given this week bv
.ne war department authorizing that
insignia of rank be worn by all mem
oers of the Chaplain Corps. The
new order will be published in the
near future In changes to Army
regulations
The shepherds crook was worn bv
Army chaplains for many Years. but
In 1902, with the authorization of one
grade. that of captain, the Latin
cross insignia was authorized to be
worn on the shoulder strap. Two
years later, in 1904. three grades were
created, that OF first lieutenant.
captain, and major. and the insignia
or these three grades were authorized
TO be worn on the shoulder strap.
During the World War an order was
issued by the War Department which
removed all traces of insignia of rank
from Army chaplains. This created
no little amount of agitation.
Stripping all traces of insignia of
rank has been a thorn in the side of
Army chaplains and the clergy as
we'll ever since the close of the war.
this group contending for some time
that there should be restored to the
chaplains some concrete evidence that
by virtue Of their years Of experience
and qualifications they advance in
rank. as do other officers Of the
military establishment.
NAVY.
Instructions were sent out this week
by Admiral Edward w. Eberle, chief
of the Bureau Of Naval Operations, di.
recting the commander of the Scouting
Fleet to issue the necessary orders for
Division % to proceed so as to arrive
In European waters on or before June
30, 1926. as the relief Of Division 81,
now on duty there. Four Of the YES
sells of Division 27 will rendezvous at
Cherbourg and two at Gibraltar, at
which ports they will be fueled. pro-
visioned and made ready to effect the
necessary transfer Of charts, ETC., upon
the arrival of Division 25. Upon the
completion of the relief. Division q
will proceed to New York, where on its
arrival it will report to the command.
er Of the Scouting Fleet for duty as a
unit Of Squadron 9. Destroyer Squad
IONS, Scouting Fleet.
Instructions issued this week by
the Navy Department draw a sharp
line of distinction between warrant
officers and enlisted men and commits.
stoned nd commissioned Warra Mt off.