Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
Army and Navy News

! the fact that during this period net
monthly loss of two officers has been
sustained by the Medical Corps of the
Regular Army.
The procurement of young pnySl-
clans from civilian life has not kept
pace with the steady separations from
the medical arm during this period,
and in order to meet the Army medi-
cal requirements X. O. T. G. students
who complete the course of instruc-
ton prescribed for these medical units
by the War Department are eligible
for a commission in the medical sec
ton of the Organized Reserves.
First LieutS. John NJ. Hargreaves
and John =. Russell, both of whom
nave recently been commissioned in
the Medical Corps of the Regular
Army, are now taking a course of In
struction at the Army Medical School.
They We're previously Army internes.
Three other medical reserve officers
who are now taking their year of
clinical training have been recon-
mended for commission in the Medi
cal Corps of the regular establish
ment. They are, with their present
stations indicated, as follows: Fritjof
II. Arestad, Letterman General Hos
pital; Harold II. Kohl, FitZsimmons
Means, Fort sam Houston, Tex. All
three will enter the Army Medical
School next September for a course of
instruction.
To George W. Lackey, sergeant
ma jor, senior grade, it is believed, be-
longs the honor of holding the same
grade for the longest continuous serv-
!ce Of any non commissioned officer on
ny- nf q
Regular Army. Official War Depart
ment records indicate that he has
since July /, 1901, nearly 25 years
ago. held this grade. This record of
service is all the more remarkable in
that during his more than % years of
service Sergt. Lackey has received
but four warrants, that of corporal
and sergeant in his first enlistment
and his appointment of corporal and
Sergeant-major in his second enlist
ment.
Ii was February 6. 1897, at Wash
ington Barracks, d. c., that Sergt.
Lackey signed his first enlistment con-
tract with the Government, and he
was immediately assigned to Light
Battery +, lSt United States Artillery,
Capt. Allyn Capron commanding.
During this enlistment he saw service
in Cuba and the Philippines. Upon
the expiration of his enlistment in the
islands, on February 5. 1900, he re-
turned to Washington, and eight
months later. October 6, 1900. he re-
enlisted in Battery n, 4th Artillery,
with station at Fort Hunt A few
weeks after his second enlistment he
was appointed corporal, and on July
l, 1901, he received his warrant as
Sergeant-major, which grade he has
held continuously ever since. Sergt
Lackey went overseas with the Gath
Artillery in July. 1918. and returned
with the same organization during
February. 1919. to Fort Eustis, Va.
Since March of that year the records
show that he has been on duty in the
office of the Chief Of Coast Artillery.
recommendations have been made
after exhaustive experimental tests
that no change be made in the pris-
matte compass. In the case of the
watch compass. however, it has been
recommended that one Of this type
with dial graduated clockwise and
illuminated. be adopted. The adoption
Of this type will not be made until
the present stock of the old models
has been exhausted. The type now
being issued to the service, II is
pointed out in the War Department.
has never been graduated it cannot
be used after dark, and a correct di-
rection cannot be obtained by those
reading maps. Some time will elapse
before the new type will be supplied
to the service, due to the large guam
tity of wartime stocks now in pos
session of the Government.
Distribution is now being made by
the Ordnance Department of the new
caliber % rife, and for the present
the rifle companies are limited to re-
ceive five of these rifles.
Preparation is now being made bv
the Ordnance Department of specifi
cations for projectors to replace the
present grenade discharge used in
hiring pyrotechnicS. War Department
authorities are hopeful that it will be
possible 10 secure protector which
VIII tire a pyrotechnic signal a dis
lance not less than 400 feet. When
manufactured. the Aberdeen proving
ground viii conduct test, and a num-
Der Will also be sent to the Infantry
and Cavalry boards for determination
OF their field work capabilities.
Preparation is now being made in
the office Of the quartermaster gen
eral Of the specifications for the new
Army service oVercoats. This coat
VIII have lapel collar to conform to
the new roll collar uniform coat. Out
side of this feature, there is little
change from the present type of
oVercoat, the new model being fas-
tened with a double row of horn but
tons and being practically the same
in set and cut. When the speciffca-
lions are drawn, they will be sub
United to the War Department gen
eral staff for final approval.
Definite decision has not vet been
made as to whether the rank will be
indicated by loops of black braid as
at present or whether metal or sewn
insignia will appear on the shoulder
loop. The present uniform overcoat.
it is stated, can be easily altered to
conform to the new pattern.