The Washington times., 1926-02-25

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this time in the grade of first
llleutsAant. to which Second Lieut..
Sells, the senior second lieutenant
of the regular army, is entitled.
When he has received this promo
ton Douglas Cameron, of the cav
airy, becomes the senior second
lieutenant. There are now 191 va
Ecancies in the regular army in the
/ grade Of second lieutenant.
Maj. Campbell b. Hodges, gen.
era1 staff, who has been relieved
of duty as military attache to Spain
land Portugal. has arrived in Wash
lington and assumed his new duties
with the War Department. Maj.
r. w. Manley, OF the general staff.
succeeds Major Hodges as military
attache.
Officers of the service are very
much interested In the statement
that Capt. y. f. r. Scott. Of the
lcavalry, has been detailed 20 the
Judge advocate generals depart
ment. He has been ordered from
duty with the Tenth Cavalry at
Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and to
Washington for duty in the office
OF the judge advocate general OF
the Army.
In answer to the inquiry from
Constant Reader" of this depart.
ment, Capt. James Buchanan CON-
manded the Confederate "Merri-
mac' during the war. 1t is re.
ported that Captain Buchanan had
served In the Union navy. leaving
to enter the naval service OF the
Confederacy. Lieutenant Marina
duke died In this city last year and
there are only q few members Of
the crew Of this famous old ship
now living.
The War Department has been
asked the question by Col. J. G.
Nichols, u. s.. A., retired. on duty
at Cornell University, whether .
student of this school who has conf
pleted the basic course of the h.
o. r. c." may enroll in the ad.
vanced course without subscribing
to the prescribed contract. The de-
partment has ruled that while Ii
may be said that the written
agreement to continue the +. q.
r. c. training il required In order
that the student may be FURNISHED
Communication OF subsistence, that
furnishing Of such Communication 10
but an incident to the agreement.
The essential consideration Is the
fact that the Government is as
sured that the student will affiliate
with an "R. o. T. c." unit and con-
stitute a part thereof, so that 1t
will be in a position to maintain
such a unit, instruct him properly,
and reward him finally with re-
serve commission as an officer of
the army, IL he Ii found SO quail
fled.
Reserve cavalry officers Of the
3O7th Regiment OF Cavalry OF the
62nd Cavalry Division, will attend
their unit training camp at Fort
Myer. Va, from April 26 to May 8,
according to word received in
washington from headquarters of
the cavalry division.
Now that the War Department
is holding the whip" over the
heads OF officers of the air service
of the army, both regulars and re-
serves, reserve officers are prompt
" letting the department know
their stand in the matter. Shortly
after orders were announced that
the two officers of the air service
of the regular army on duty In
Washington would be disciplined"
two local reserve officers of the
air service notified the United
States Air Force Association to re-
move their names from the list
of members of the advisory board.
It is recalled that the association
was behind the movement looking
for a separate air corps. The two
officers reported as requesting that
their names be removed from the
letterheads Of the association are
Lieut.. Col. Joseph r. Randall and
Major Harry M. Horton.
Major Glenn /. Jones of the Midi
cal Corps Of the regular army, who
was the medical advisor to the
American Plebiscfter- Commission,
Tacna-Arica, has returned to Wash.
ington and is at Walter Red Gen.
eral Hospital here for treatment.
Hanford MacNider, 1.-The Iowa
Colonel" Assistant Secretary Of
War. and a former officer of the
| orary membership in the United
States Infantry Association.
The presentation Of the honorary
membership was made at the recent
infantry dinner held at the Lafayette
Hotel.
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