Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26

pay special atten- xss:
.tion to the recon- M
. struction s. E#$SA
r 'sary for the re-
= h b / Il it alton Of Ma, Gen C,s,th.,
: M h Field,
: Calf. the progress being made alon,
& the lines of industrial surveys in g
= lar as QuartermaSter matters are con
d. cerned. Army transport activities a
&" San Francisco. the remount activities
= at Kansas Civ. Mo-. and Fort Robin
: son. Neb.. and the functioning of tn,
quartermaster procurement agencies
with special reference to their organi
= ..Zation for expansion in procurement
. of quartermaster supplies during az
!. emergency. Gen. .Cheatham's itinerary
/, will include stops at the following
=. points: st. Louis, Mo-. March Field
: Calf; Los Angeles, Calf: San Fran
cisco. Calf. Portland, Greg; Seattle
Wash; Camp Lewis. WASH: Kansas
= City. Mo-: Fort Robinson, Nebr
: Omaha, Nebr.; Chicago. Ill. On his
return to Washington Gen. Cheat
: ham will also stop off at the new Viii
. bur Wright Field where a large
amount of new construction is being
! carried on under the supervision OF
his office. At Camp Lewis. Wash,
e Gen. Cheatham will ascertain by per.
: sonal observation the progress being
lade along reconstruction lines at
: this post, which is the largest recon
: struction project under the Army
housing program.
.. Lieut.. Col. X. j. Hampton, in charge
q, of the Graves Registration Service
! and National Parks and Cemeteries.
: office of the Quartermaster General
, will sail for Europe this week on a
: two and a half months leave of alb.
. sence. and while abroad will visit all
Of the American cemeteries located
/. IN France. He will also be present at
: the American Legion convention in
q. Paris. Maj. D. K. Mitchell, who for
: the past four years has been on duty
In the Office of the Quartermaster Gen
; eral as executive officer, was relieved
:. from these duties last week and upon
the expiration of his leave will pro-
> coed to Panama for duty. Lieut.. Col.
E. r. Tompkins. Q. NJ. c.. has been
: assigned to duty in charge Of the per.
sonnet service, office of the Quarter.
p master General, relieving Col: William
; =. Horton. who. on August l, 1927,
will be promoted to the grade of brig
r
ready assumed duty in charge of the
construction service. Lieut.. Col. w. o.
Smith. who has been on duty as a stu
dent in the Army industrial college,
will, upon completing this course, as
sumo charge Of the miscellaneous sup.
plies division. relieving Maj. H. B.
Barry. Q. M. c., who will take charge
Of the newly organized consolidated
procurement section of the Quarter
master Generals Office. Capt A. NJ.
Owens, Q. M. c., who has been on
duty as quartermaster at Fort Wash
ington, Md, has been assigned to
duty in the Office of the Quartermaster
General. as assistant to Col Smith,
relieving Capt. Patrick German, who
has been sent to Fort Sam Houston,
Tex. for duty. Another new arrival
in the Quartermaster Generals Office
is Capt. Clarence Longacre, who has
recently been relieved from duty at
the Chicago quartermaster depot.
Agreement was made, it is under.
STOOD, by the corps area comma nders
VINO met in recent conference in Wash.
mgton, that they favored just a plain
blue uniform for the regular estab.
hshment. which tends to place this
War Department study one step
nearer solution.
|. Should this view be adopted by the
department it would mean a consid.
cradle saving to the officers of the
: Regular Army. as they would be
. spared the expense of purchasing the
special blue dress uniform, the full
> evening dress uniform, and the blue
mess jacket. Though the War De.
partment has gone so far in its study
OF returning the Army blue uniform
TO regular prescribed articles of
equipment Of even discussing minute
. Particulars in the design of the uni.
. form. there is at the present time
considerable discussion revolving
around what mark of identification
should distinguish between the line
and staff corps. One suggestion
: which appears to be more or less
generally favored is that the staff
corps officers wear a coat and trou.
/. sers of the same shade Of blue, while
! those officers Of the line would wear
. the same shade of blue for the coat,
!, but that the trousers be made of sky
; blue material. This, it is insisted,
would be an easy distinguishing mark
between the line and corps staff It
: has also been proposed that the per.
sonnet Of the line branches also wear
: an outside stripe down each side of
The trousers. to be of a color denoting
: their respective arm Of the service.
: For instance. Infantry officers would
wear blue stripe, Artillery officers a
red stripe, Cavalry officers a yellow
stripe, and members Of the Corps of
= Engineers scarlet stripe.
/: Another problem to be solved in the
study Of the Army blue uniform is
'what mark Of distinction shall be in.
Guided in the makeup Of the blue
uniform for warrant officers of the
Regular establishment This group of
officers have never been officially pre-
scribed a color by the War Depart
.Inent, and 1t has been suggested that
they wear the stripe of the branch of
service to which they are assigned to
duty. Considerable opposition has
met with this suggestion on the
ground that the warrant officer FIRE.
'quently changes from one branch to
another. and should such regulation
fbe approved it would compel The war.
rant officer to go to considerable ex.
7pense. either in new stripes or new
trousers, either of which would be
sprohibitive. Keen interest is being
taken in this study by every office
in the Regular service, and they arr:
sall awaiting with considerable expec-
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