Evening star., 1926-05-16

the war equipment Of the loo-mm
howitzer battery by the Field Artillery
board
Lieut.. Col. u. H. Hand. +. A. on
duty in the office of the chief OF Field
Artillery. who is making Il Nation
wide inspection of the Field Artillery
units of the Regular Army, was at
san Fra ncisco this week. lie VIII re-
turn to Washington about June Io.
The procurement war games, which
will he participated in by the June
graduates of the Army Industrial Col
lege and which are held by each class
Of the college to demonstrate the func-
tions of the office of the Assistant Sec
retary of War. will be held from June
u to % both dates inclusive. An
emergency situation is assumed ana
the entire class is assigned TO man
this office These war games i'll real
Ity are an actual application of their
war procurement training in the col
lege.
Lieut.. Col. George +. kumpe, s. c.,
assistant commandant of the Army
Industrial College. will be relieved
June 80 by Col. Irving ]. Carr, s. G..
who is now on duty at the college. 1t
has not vet been decided what the new
berth of Col. kumpe will be, but the
indications are that he will probably
be assigned to troop duty, as on the
above date he will have completed his
four-year detail in Washington.
The resignation of Maj. l.. w. Red
ington. Q. NJ. c.. who has been on duty
In the office of the quartermaster gen.
eral since last August as chief of the
administrative and cemeterial divi-
sions. became effective yesterday. In
1921 he was transferred from the In
fantry TO the QuartermaSter Corps.
and just prior to his assuming his du-
ties last year in Washington he COM
pleted a tour Of duty in the Philip
pines. 1t will be recalled that along
IN 1922 or 1923 Maj. Redington was on
duty in the quartermaster generals
office.
sapproval has been made by the
War Department of the proposal to
establish a permanent status for the
United States Army Band. The idea
of having n band representative of
the Army was conceived by Gen.
pershing. who issued the necessary
orders for assembling the personnel
for such a band. This musical Or
ganization was to be known as the
Army Band and was to be stationed
in Washington. Since its organlZa-
tion the band has. through the eff
cheney and musical ability of it's mem
hers, fulfilled the highest expectations
that Gen. Pershing had for it.
The yearly cost of the present Or
ganization of the band is $8S, S,312.40,
and under the proposals to enlarge the
band the additional cost of maintaining
the Army Band would be $23, ,865.60,
or total yearly expenditure Of $113,-
l78. To carry out the proposals to
enlarge the Army Band and to meet
this increased yearly cost of S23. .S65.60
some budgetary increase would be nee
sary, as it would be impossible to
finance this increased yearly cost with
out Compensating reductions in some
other relatively more important mill
tary activity.
While the War Department recog-
nizes that it is necessary to make
proper provision for the Army Band.
the military budget will not permit of
the proposed increased activities of
the Army's musical organization at
the expense Of more important Army
activities, particularly in view of the
elimination of considerable number
of non-commissioned officers and spe-