The Washington times., 1926-06-04

Until the arrival Of Major I.enaiy
on August / it IL believed Major
Albert s. j. Tucker viii function
as the acting senior officer and, as
he Is outranled BY Major Lemly,
the latter viii become the senior on
his arrival here on August ], TO
serve until the senior executive
OFFICER ii announced BY the War
Department. It Is reported that =
lieutenant colonel will come 70 the
local reserve Headquarters
Il There II some talk that the TWO
brigadier general Officers Of the
corps area VIII be taken from their
brigade commands, after the sum.
mer training camps. and one VIII
be put III charge OF the reserve
work. and the other IN charge 81
the National Guard work,
10 prepare Tor itB strenuous sched
lile DC training cruises with naval
lreservists 81 Washington and Bait
more, this summer, the destroyer
IJ. s. s. Allen. viii leave che local
/ Navy Yard on June for the Nor
/ folk Navy Yard where il VIII IA
drydocked FOR scraping and painting
Of the hull and some minor over
hauling.
The local section of the Naval
Reserve OFFICERS Association Of the
United States met last week and
started plans for It's annual spring
festival and dinner, which Will be
held at the yVardnnan Park 1otel
on June Is.
As q result Of the death of Capt.
Frank Il. Werner On May 25, while
serving with the Marines at -.
Thomas, virgin Islands, First Lieu
tenant b. q. Jones and Second
Lieutenant James G. Hopper have
become due for promotion tn the
next higher grades II the Marine
Corps.
Officers 81 the Navy are be.
ginning To believe that they will
have the single list for promotion,
such as the Army has adopted
since the war. After much study
81 the War and Navy Depart
ments: the conclusion has been
reached, unoff icialIy, that this u
the best system Of promotion, to
give each officer equal privileges
and 10 divorce politics from the
service.
Major Frederick II. Martin, air
service Of the Army, has been se-
lIected as commandment Of the Air
| Service Tactical School at Langley
Field. effective September %. He
win relieve Major Oscar Westoyer,
who reports To the school g 3
student.
Other officers of the air service
who win report as students for the
next course. which will begin Sep
TENDER III, are Majors Ira "A. RAIDER,
Icugent &c. I.OhtlaIa and Ralph Royce,
and capts. Robert @. Candee and
Charles b. Is. Bubb.
Activities OF the Air Service d
the Army at Richards Field have
been practically terminated FOR the
time being. az 3 result 81 recent
fire there. Mich equipment and
many of the records Of the field
were destroyed.
Local Officers 81 the naval re.
serve force last week rendered Sen.
ator Oddie Of Nevada dinner In
the ward room % the u. 8. 9. Allen,
in appreciation OF his interest Ia
the development or the local unit
OF the naval reserve. Lieut.. C0mdr.
Finney b. Smith. commanding the
local organizat ton, was the toast.
MASTER
Effective on June i. Lieut.. Col.
/ John III. McKinnon, Veterinary
Corps chief of the veterinary serv.
ice 81 the office Of the Surgeon
General OF the Army, has been re.
iieved by Col. William q. Turner. oi
the same corps.
Last-mfnute reservations continue
to ..piIe in" on the secretary Of the
/ committee of reserve officers pre-,
pairing the plans for the testimonial
dinner and smoker to Lieut.. Col
John Scott on Saturday, June s
The dinner will be held at the New
Willard Hotel and viii be one q
the largest military affairs ever held
in the District of Columbia.
4 Although the Secretary Of Wa
and the commanding officer Of thu
cavalry school are In favor of par
ticipating In the Colorado endurance
ride, there are not sufficient funds
available to enter q team from tn
army.
4 The names and addresses Of Tor
ner members of the Seventh d.
vision are desired at once BY thu
committee Of the Officers Associa
ton. which has undertaken the pub
licatIon of the history Of the division
on q subscrfption basis.