Evening star., 1926-03-07
Army and NavyNews

I fleet. relieving Capt. Harry f. Yarnel.
who will shortly be due for shore duty.
The Navy Department has revoked the
orders assigning Comdr. Cortlandt G..
Bauhman TO the Bureau of Engineer
ing Navy Department. and, pending
assignment to the next Naval War
! College class, he will he assigned to
duty in the fourth naval district.
| The following officers, all lieutena nts
/ Gunior grade). have become eligible
/ for promotion to the rank of lieuten-
ant from the dates indicated: Samuel
Gregory, February Is: Andrew r. La
more and William j. Medusky. Febru
AIRY 81; Ralph =. NOisat. Arthur :.
Billings. stephen II. Edison Is. CO,
John T.. Wood (S. c., Francis NJ. Wal
dron Is. c.. Harold A. Rigby Is. ca,
and Edwin \. EddieGordie Is. Co.,
March |: Herbert c. Behmer and Ro-
land +. Krause, March ,.
ARMY.
Lieut.. Col. John a. Mckinnon. di-
recting head of the Veterinary
Corps. who will in May complete
his fouryear detail in Washington,
will be relieved by Col. William G..
y
on duty at the remount purchasing
and breeding headquarters, Kansas
City. Mo.
Previous to 1916 the affairs of Army
Veterinary Corps were administered
by a medical officer. Col. Mckinnon
relieved Lieut.. Col. Roy {. Stanclift,
Veterinary Corps, in May of 1922, the
latter being sent tC Fort Sam Houston,
Tex. Decision has not yet been made
-
signed. but il is understood that three
herths are being considered by the
War Department in this connection.
They are Fort Sam Houston, Tex,
Letterman General Hospital. or some
point on the Pacific Coast. No other
changes are contemplated to be made
in this office.
Credit for cadet service at the Mill
fairy Academy for longevity purposes
is not favored by the War Depart
ment. In this connection. however,
there is case of an Army officer who
was returned to the Military Academy
a the end of two years from his date
of entrance and who was graduated,
consequently, two years after the class
of which he was an original member.
The War Department did not oppose
the second appointment of this officer,
but the department has consistently
opposed the counting of cadet serv-
ice for longevity purposes of those Off
GERS who were appointed to the Mill
tary Academy after August "a, 1912.
In a similar case of another officer,
ii appears that as the result of a de-
ciSion of the controller of the Treas
ury he was entitled TO take credit for
longevity purposes the cadet service
no, ,11 q
ment to the Military Academy, al.
though the second appointment was
made after August "a, 1912. In his
decision the controller pointed out
that the word 'reappoint" has the
same force as "reinstate" and that it
evidently was the intent of Congress
to restore the officer to his former
state as a cadet.
Secretary Of War Davis in a com
munication on this subject said that
taking into consideration the circum
stances surrounding this case and the
necessity for observing the interests
of the commissioned personnel of the
Army as a whole" he was opposed
to such proposal and had made rec
concentrations accordingly.
AS far as is known at the present
time, there will only be one change
among the commissioned personnel in
the office of the chief of Field Artil
lery this year. The one relief from
duty in this office will be Maj. William
c. Houghton. who. besides the per-
formance of his duties in this office.
has heen serving as editor of the
Field Artillery journal. Maj. Harleigh
Parkhurst now on duty with the 18th
Field Artillery. Schofeld Barracks.
Hawaii. will relieve Maj. Houghton.
Mai. Parkhurst is eminently fitted for
his new duties in Washington, AS dur
ing the war he served as an instructor
at Fort Sill. Okla He is a graduate
from Yale University. class of 1898.
degree of Ph. B.: he graduated from
with the degree of +. E.. and he is
a graduate of the Field Artillery
Technical School in 1922. The relief
will probably become effective within
the next few months.
The surgeon general of the Army
announced last week an eligible list
for promotion to staff sergeant, medi-
cal and dental service, which is the
result Of an examination held Novem
ber 16 to p. 1925. at various posts
and stations where medical troops
were stationed. The list contains the
names of 81 men.
Abandonment will he made at the
end of the present fiscal year, due TO
the lack of funds, of two motor repair
plants which are now being operated
by the Quartermaster Corps at Hola-
bird Md. Camp Normoyle) and at
San Francisco. Calf.
This decision has resulted in the