The Washington times., 1926-02-16

traditions of the sea.
Lieutenant Fried served in TIL
navy from 1900 to 1915, when NJ
transferred to the naval neet Ic
! serve. In 1917 he was commls
stoned with the rank OF ensign anS
on October %, 1917, received nj:
promotion to the grade of lieu
tenant on September q, 1918.
- His record as an enlisted man j.
one of the most remarkable on Eile
In the Navy Department, hayint
! reached the rating of chief quarter
! master during his first enlistment
and with one or two exceptions, hi
/: efficiency rating for his entire
/ career was perfect. His record a!
an officer is of the highest.
Reserve Is Inspected
Better to observe the cLdi actei
of reserve activities of The arm.
and to promote greater co-o1dina
ton of reserve training and develop
ment throughout the United States
Lieut.. Col. Edmund Bulls. re
serve officer on duty with the Wal
Department General Staff, has lef
for a tour through the South enc
West which will take him to thu
Pacific coast.
He win visit more than 80 Of tlit
reserve headquarters before he re
turns to Washington and six OF tbs
nine corps areas.
Local reserve officers Of tbs
army, all members OF the Reserve
g. Ulcers Association of the Districi
OF Columbia, will meet on mex
Thursday at the Interior Depaft
ment Building. Eighteenth and :
Streets, to vote a change in tn
..uetfod of electing members to ths
executive. council of the ASSOCIATION
authorization has been given bJ
ne Navy Department for the ap
scarance OF about Is chief PAL
clerks and pay clerks before exam
ming boards on March 10, for cx
animation for appointment as as
sistant paymasters in the Navy.
The boards converting on Marci
"a will examine So candidates FOL
appointment as pay clerks and @
! those who will be found qualifiet
ltile appointments 81 IL will be madl
III once. while II will be placed OF
an eligible list available for APP
ncintmenf as vacancies develop.
As result OF trial by court
martial in the ARMY, the War De
pHrtment announces the following
reduction of officers on the promo
ton list: Mai. John III. Carson o
tic Philippine Scouts, reduced q
flies: First Lieut.. Clarence r. Mac
liver of the air service. reduced IS
| files, and Second Lieut.. James i
Lake. ir.. Of the cavalry. reduce'
200 files.
{ A total of 242 officers Of the in
fantry have been selected to atten,
the infantry training school at For
Benning this summer.
Col. Robert C. Foy, general staff
who has been on duty as militar,
attache at COnstantinopIe. to Bul
garia. Rumania and Turkey haI
bcen ordered relieved and assigne,
/ TO duty in Washington with CO o
che General Staff Mai. Frederi
u. Smith will relieve him as mill
tary attache.
Bill to Honor Heroes
il A bill has been introduced TIL
session of Congress to give credi
20 the crews Of the U. S. S. Yal
Ind the u. s. s. Harvard for naya
service in the Spanish-Americau
War. Another bill would give tn,
Congressional Medal of Honor I,
every member of the First Battalion
, OF the 30Sth Infantry OF the It'll
Division. known as the Lost Bat
TALON. .
Major J. Kennard, Of the cavalry
IN addition to his other duties. hai
been detailed as executive Officer
OF the oixty-second signal troop anC
the bs2d ordnance company OF tn,
Sixty-second cavalry division.
Major A. w. Lane, OF the genera
staff. has been designated as stu
j dent with the Naval war CoIIe9I
for the 1926-27 course and will stant
relieved from further duty in tn,
office Of the chief of staff to re
port to the college by July 1. Lieut.
Col. II. 8. Pratt and Majors C. s
Blakely and X. TruesdaII have beer
designated as students with tn,
1887 course of the Naval Wa
| College.
In response to requests from ma
rine officers on duty aboard ships
| the white mess Jacket has been re
adopted for the corps.
In the future russell boots AM
straps only will be required fol
mounted officers of the marin,
corps. They may be worn not onI,
with the khaki and winter fell
uniforms, but also with the uni
forms for which black boots an.
straps heretofore have been or
dered.
Brig. Gen. Joel K. Goldthwait. o
the medical corps reserve. viii r,
on active duty on February 10 TO
IL days at Carlisle Barracks witt
the medical field service school Their
for training: Capts. William M
Calvin, adjutant general reserve, {,
duty in the offices of the adjutan
general foN training until March /
and Joseph\A Pedro, of the quar-
termaster reserve. to duty with tn,