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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
Civilian Army News

"Wednesday evening The subject NJ
The general conference viii ho
Weapons" Of the supply SrtNi,r
conference. contracts. Laws EnNctn
ing the QuartctmaStof torps, Ncntie
Claims, Purchase orders, az the t'rt,
struCtion Service. procurement aud
of the Transportation conference
Motor Repair battalion ornaniat
ton" The $l3 Engnecrs, cot
John Stewart commanding, viii meot
in the auditorium of the interior lie
partmcut. Wednesday evening MASH
inEton Medical Reserve officers VIII
meet at the Medical Society Ruildtug.
Ills NJ street. next Saturday at =
pm.
The following changes In the assign,
mentS OF Reserve officers Residing IN
Washington were announced hast
week by local Reserve headquarters:
First Lieut.. Joseph J. McIIale. Medical
Reserve. is assigned to the 36lth Ntdl
cal Regiment. 18th Army, Second Lieut..
Howard 4. Hennis, Ordnance Reserve
is assigned 10 the 395th Ordnance Com
panN maintenance GHQ Reserves
First Three Field Armies First Lieut..
Anus &. Moore, Infantry Reserve, is
assigned to the S0th Division: Second
Lieut.. Elliott r Mckee, Coast Artil.
lerv Reserve. is attached to the Third
Coast Artillery District; First Lieut..
Clarence II. Porter, Infantry Reserve,
having transferred to the Ordnance
Department Reserve. is relieved from
assignment to the 317th Infantry; First
Lieut.. Harry Price. Infantry Reserve.
having removed from the S0th Division
area. is relieved from assignment to
the 320th Infantry; Second Lieut..
Dahncy II. MaurY, jr,, Field Artillery
Reserve, is relieved from assignment
to the 313th Field Artillery; Capt. Geo.
s. Thompson ABUNDANT General Re
serve. is attached to the adiutant sec
ton, S0th Division headquarters, for
instruction and training; Second Lieut..
Paul ID. Sleeper, Infantry Reserve, is
attached to the 320th Infantry: First
Lieut.. David l.. Wickens. Infantry Re
serve, is assigned to the S0th Tank
Company, S0th Division. The following
local Reserve officers are assigned to
the unit indicated. all Of which are a
part of the S0th Division: William A.
Zalesak, Infantry Reserve, to 317th In
fantry; First Lieut.. Frank b. Faris,
Infantry Reserve, to 320th Infantry:
Second Lieut.. Ralph l.. Creel. Field
Artillery Reserve, to 313th Field Artil-
lery: First Lieut.. John r Lloyd, Medi-
cal Reserve, to 305th Medical Regiment
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a dance is to be held at the armory
in the near future.
The Military Police Company has
begun the publication of a service
publication, which has been named the
Military Police Gazette, started for
the purpose of keeping the members
informed as to matters peculiarly of
interest to them and the command
Pvts Guy T. Bolton and Kenneth
J. Bushman have been ordered hon
orably discharged on account of their
removal from the District of Co
lumbia.
The War Department is dispatch
ing the National Guard organizations
throughout the country a letter giving
authority for increasing the number
OF drills from SO to 48 a year. How
ever, it is stipulated that the addi
tional drills are to be held during the
fourth quarter of the year, and that
not under any circumstances will any
organization be allowed to exceed AS
Several of the crack shots of the
local Guard are going to try to make
the rifle team which will represent the
United States at the International
Rifle Matches to be held in Rome
Italy, May /. Capt. J. G. Jensen,
ordnance department, is coaching the
men and hopes to have the local or
ganization we'll represented on the
team. The preliminary matches will
be held at the range at Congress
Heights March 6, weather permitting
If the weather is bad, the matches
will be held March Is.
All of the record scores made by the
men at these matches will be sent to
The National Rife Association head
quarters here, where the scores from
all parts of the country will be as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

The figures last week also show
that the Goth Military Police Com
pany has reached maintenance
strength, but that another organiza
ton. the Headquarters Detachment,
10Th Division. has fallen below main
tenance strength. The Medical De-
tachment, rzlst Engineers, still is
below strength.
Col. Russell F. Reeder, L. S. Army.
Coast Artillery Corps. stationed at
Fort Monroe. Va. has been ordered
to Washington to make the annual
armory inspections of the battalion
headquarters and Batteries A and Il.
260th Coast Artillery, on March %
and "a.
Pvts. Stanley Fields and Leonard
X. Reed have been ordered honorably
discharged from the Guard on account
of removal from the city.
Four men of Company A, 372d In
fantry, the colored contingent of the
local Guard. have passed examinations
emitting them to promotion by COM
mission. They will be placed on the
eligibility list, from which vacancies
will be filled as they occur. Their
names will remain on this list for a
year. The men and the percentages
follow: Sergt. Sylvester Blackwell.
71.0S; Sergt Howard Sparrow, 70.35;
Pvt. Murril Tomlin, CT, and Sergt
LIE Roy Davis, 66.8.
Plans are being made under the di.
rection of Capt. Claude +. Burlingame,
commanding the 29th Military Police
Company, tor the organization of "A
social club among the enlisted per
sonnet. The purpose Is to provide
something besides monotonous mill
tary drill to attract men to the Guard,
and in an effort to start things going
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

l,rtota the entire 13lst Regiment Of
Engineers National Guard of the
lNatrfct of columbia. which was lined
w IN Tho spare between the armory
htatilinna last TUESDAY night, Com
ranN + of thnt regiment was pre-
scntel with banner which desig
mated il va the hest drilled company in
the organization. The company won
TO honnra During The annual encamp-
,uvnt | 4 Summer ut Fort Humph-
tUN@. Va.
Tive banner was a donation from
thArlain smith. who offered IL as
an incentive To the members of the
various organizations to do their best
1T their dril work during the en-
.,.tnrn4cut It was officially present
ell a. thc command by Col. John w
tehwnnu, commander Of the regiment.
who praised the men for the showing
they made. and held them up as an
example for other units to follow, in
an effort to win another banner
which has been donated by Chaplain
Smith and which will be competed
tor at the coming encampment. Capt.
Clarence Shields. commanding Com
pany T., accepted the banner on be.
half of the organization.
III all StipIl W increase the attend
anCo of units of the 121st Engineers
various means are provided to stir
up competition among the various
commands composing it. The latest
is to publish the names of the men
who actually attended each drill dur
ing a quarter period. and hold them
up as examples for the others to
follow. Actually only 81 men out Of
nearly 400 made the 100 per cent
mark, but the officers believe that
with the publication of the names
many others will strive to make this
honor roll. which follows:
Company A--Sergt. Joseph L. But
Ter, Sergt. Frank A. Wedderburn, ir.
and Corpl. William Earl. Company r
First Sergt. William II. Scott, Staff
Sergt. Vincent II. Williams, Sergts
John w. Mellick, Milton f. Davis
and Lloyd l.. Gibson and Pvt. Dewey
l.. Shaw. Company C--First Sergt
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committee, the director Of the budget
and the appropriations committee Of
congress. lie has been especially sue
eeSsful in this work. as can be seen
from the fact that during The present
session OF Congress the organized Re
serve appropriations were increased
approximately one half million dollars
over the budget figure by the sub
appropriations committee of the
House and approximately one quarter
OF a million dollars more 10y the sub
appropriations committee OF the
Senate. the total increase being the
largest percentage increase given any
project in the War Department ap-
preparation bill.
He is chief of staff of the Washing
ton Camp of the Heroes Of 70, sec
retary of the District of Columbia
Society of Founders and Patriots Of
America, adjutant of the National
Press Club Post of the American LIE
gion. and chairman of the speakers
committee OF the District of Columbia
department of the American Legion.
Washington Field Artillery Reserve
officers will have equation lnStruc-
ton at the Fort Myer Riding Hall
this morning under Capt. James b.
&fOluGB, L ltIu ANN-NI ASoAA
day morning local Cavalry Reservists
and officers of other branches assigned
10 the 62d Cavalry Division will ride
there at 10 am. This instruction is
under the supervision of Maj. Adna
r. Chaffee. Sd Cavalry. Seven in
structional assemblies will be held
this week as follows: Cavalry, Signal
Corps, 42Sth Infantry, Quartermaster
Corps, 34Sd Engineers, Medical and
the 320th Infantry. Tomorrow eve
ming Reserve officers of the Signal
Corps, Cavalry and 42Sth Infantry VIII
meet at headquarters, the subject of
he Signal meeting being THE Divi
sion Commander and his Staff; the
Division Signal Officer" with reference
text as chapter 4, Signal Communica-
ton Tactics, Vol. 1, 1926. This con-
ference will be conducted by Capt.
Hardy p. Browning, Signal Corps. The
Cavalry program, which will be under
the direction of Maj. r. L. Gaugler,
Ordnance Department, will take up
"Counter-reconnaisa and will in
clude a discussion of principles in
volved in this form Of Cavalry opera
tons. and a tactical problem designed
to illustrate the application of those
principles. The 320th Infantry field
officers meeting scheduled for Tues
day evening will be held Thursday
evening in the Graham Building.
officers are requested to bring with
them the map and special situation
previously issued to them. The text
reference will be the same as for the
conference held February s. The
field officers conference will be con-
Quoted by Maj. r. p. Lemly, Infantry.
On this same evening, the company
officers of the 320th Infantry will meet,
the subject of which will be Assault
Company in Attack; conference and
sand table problem. Officers are re-
ferred to training regulations 420-120,
sections l and 2. The instruction
Of. the company officers will be con-
Quoted by Majs. Albert S. J. Tucker
and Sam /. McCants, both Infantry
officers. Local Quartermaster Reserve
officers will meet at headquarters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

The following two enlisted Reservists
both residents of Washington, have
been assigned to the units indicated
of the S0th Division: Sergt Guillermo
A. Suro, Infantry Enlisted Reserve, to
the 320th Infantry. and Snowden Ash
ford. jr., Field Artillery Enlisted Re
serve. TO the 313th Field Artillery.
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Roads to Replace Rails.

Some countries of South America
are planning 10 build roads instead
of railroads TO certain Of their dis
tricts which are at present poorly con
nected with the rest of the country
thus relying entirely upon motor
transportation for the future.
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years as a repre-
sentative Of the
Organized Re D.
serves on h q
general staff. de
taching him from
further a { tiv e
duty.
For more than
two years Col.
Bulls has been
responsible f o +
the preparation of
the War Depart
m q II I estimates
having 10 sio with
the Orga ni2cd Re
serves and the de
Tense Of same he
fore the War De
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

Orders have been issued to Lieut..
Col. II. Edmund Bulls. Coast Artil-
lery Reserves, who is about to com
plete his tour of two and one halt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

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mood softened. However. her self
stituted chaperon's first words were
| unfortunate.
"My dear Janet how indiscreet of
YOU to steal away like this.'
Stealr" Janets resentment had
reached the breaking point. Mrs.
Madison. | shall go and come openly
as please in my fathers house One
Of his employees has Just spoken to
me with horrible impudenCe and then
a person who YOU tell me is q wei
come guest here insulted me! | ap.
preciate your kindness, but | am not
| a child any longer and | won't have
my personal liberty interfered with
| On the verge Of tears, she spet
past the astonshed lady and up to
| her room. where she locked the door
behind her and flung herself face
downward on the chaise Tongue. IL
was all too humiliating! She was IN
| America, in her own home. Must she
he treated as though she were mere
little convent girl still? That mans
| inSOlence, FerrarS unpardonable rude
ness, and Mrs. Madison's assumption
! Of authority were alike insupportabie
but the last two were her father
| friends. they had elected to protect
| her in his absence. and II they
| thought her still in danger?
| Gradually her temper cooled and
| when half an hour later the elderly
woman presented herself at the door
Janet welcomed her with contrition.
| "You see, my dear, l have been
more nervous about you than cared
to admit" Mrs. Madison explained.
Evening star., 1927-10-06

in distress. II can only guess at the
experiences you have been through
before YOU reached home, and per
hans | magnify the troubles that may
result from them before | can place
vou in your fathers hands. but l
want YOU to promise me for the sake
of nv peace of mind that you won't
leave the grounds alone! Well motor
every day if YOU like, to places you
NAV remember in the neighborhood
and Mr.. Ferrars will be delighted to
ride with YOU. but please do not at.
tempt to wander about by yourself!'
Il shall not he at all pleased to
see any more of Mr.. Ferrars than
common courtesy demands" Janet re-
marked stiffiy.
"Ah. I know! He has told me OF
his rudeness to you, but you must
trv to understand and forgive. The
poor. dear boy was quite beside him
self with anxiety! He met Peters. the
camekeeper, and learned you had
been prevented from continuing your
walk. 1t is all such a stupid mis-.
understanding" Mrs. Madison laid
her hand on the girls arm. Peters
in an uncouth, boorish creature, but
he's thoroughly reliable and has been
here for years. it was | who gave
orders. even before | received the tele-
gram that you were coming, to allow
no one to enter or leave the premises
without permission, for suspicious
chara cters have been seen lettering
about since your fathers departure
and I was naturally nervous. Basil
is terribly distressed that he should
Evening star., 1927-10-06

should scold you for being so naughty
and running away. but I'm too re-
lieved."
He beamed upon her. patting her
shoulder after she released her hand.
and then sank into the chair to which
she gestured, blowing his nose gustily.
Innet's glance Travelled to the photo
graph Of the old attorney on the
mantel and then she laughed with an
almost hysterical note as she ex-
claimed:
Dear Mr.. Gray! You haven't
cha nged a bit! I'm sure you won't
scold me. 1t is too bad Mrs. Madison
isn't feeling very we'll, but
Between you and me, Janet, I'm
not as sorry as l ought to be! I'm
her attorney-look out for some of her
aHairs through your father-but I've
only had one personal interview with
her and I thought her n most excel
| lent woman, though inclined tC
nerves: I'd rather have this little talk
with you quite by ourselves"
"I'm glad. too.' Her eyes had never
| left his face and now she rose and
perched herself shyly on the arm o.
his chair. IL had only a vagu.
memory Of you before you came. hu'
seeing and talking with you brings
it all back! Do you remember whot
used to play with your watch and
and do this?"
Janet put up her hand and rufflcd
| his hair and he drew her down tC
stand before him, holding her by both
arms in mock severity.
"%OW, Now. younc: Ind" Hn lau-Lc1
Evening star., 1927-10-06

have offended you; he's waiting down
i'm the morning room in the hope that
YOU will let him apologize. Remem-
Der that in spite of his youth he is a
valued friend of your fathers and go
to him.
Janet yielded to her entreaties. the
more as the elderly lady took at once
to her bed with a violent headache,
but the conversation that ensued with
the penitent young man did not quite
heal the breach and their tet-a-tete
dinner was a constrained one.
At it's conclusion a diversion oc
Cured that was more than welcome
to Janet, for a motor car drove up
to the door and Owen announced the
arrival OF Mr.. Horace Gray.
With a hurried excuse to Ferrars
Janet went quickly to the library
tremulous with eagerness to see this
friend of her childhood. and secretly
not sorry that Mrs. Madisons indispn
sition would give her the opportunity
to receive him alone. even though
she might not reveal to him any o
the events which had befallen her.
She found him standing by tht
mantel, a pOrtly, still erect figure with
the shock Of iron-gray hair she re
membered as abundant as ever but
turned a silvery white. He came for
ward with outstretched hands anc
spoke in voice deeper and more
pedantically measured with the years
"My dear Janet! 1 am glad to know
you are safe at home, but you've
given us all a great deal Of anxiety
your father especially! I suppose
Evening star., 1927-10-06

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CONTINUED from Yesterdays Staro

"Oh. no." Janet interrupted quickly
She couldn't visit the rustic perSoid'
which had been her mothers faNorite
retreat. with Basil Ferrars! Under
ordinary conditions she might nave
found him mildly amusing. but IN the
troubled state of her nina ms attl-
tude of idle nonchalance irritated her.
Still he was daddy's friend. she
FASTENED to soften her refusal. Il
feel lazy. too. today, but should like
20 see the Japanese garden. Shall we
go there?"
With alacrity Ferrars assented to
her suggestion and guided her down
the terrace steps with exaggerated
Difference. Her thoughts were Still
N the preceding interview. There
+ ID been something odd about Mr..
padmore's astonishment at learning
that her fathers attorney was expect
ed in the evening, some hidden sig.
nificance in the way he had warned
her to trust no one. and above all
h.; did the idea that she had known
some one strangely like him haunt
her so persistently?
MY father has known Mr.. Pad
more a long time?" Without stop
ming 70 consider. she asked the Ques,
ton.
Two or three years, I believe" the
young man replied with an alert note
different from his usually banal tones.
you've heard of him?"
NO" Janet shook her head. IA
ther hasn't mentioned any Of YOU in
his letters. but then he has never
spoken of his friends or bust
ness associates. It's odd. but |
feel that l have met some one very
like Mr.. Padmore before, no one
They had reached the japanese gar
den with its stunted, grotesquely
twisted shrubbery and high-arched
bridge, but though Ferrars had stop
ped also in the path. his eyes We're
fastened, not on the scene before
them, but on her face and he spoke
sharply, almost roughly!
Where did you see this person who
was like Padmore? Think! When
was It? Try to recall it. Miss Dane"
She glanced at him in wonder, not
30 much at his question as at the
manner Of it, and at that moment
there came cry from the terrace.
Basil! Basili / want you"'
It was Mrs. Madison, but her voice,
too, was changed. 1t held a note of
agitation that was almost fear!
Evening star., 1927-10-06

Continued in Tomorrow's Star.)
Evening star., 1927-10-06
CHAPTER XVI.
Silver Hairs and Black.

~ M here in the garden with
~ Miss Dane, Mrs. Madison /
will join you immediately"
L Ferrars called reassuringly,
and then added to the girl at
his side: "Wait here for me; I shan't
be a moment! I'm afraid Mrs. Madi-
son has learned something of the dam
gers you encountered that we've all
been trying TO keep from her."
Without waiting for reply he turn
ed and left her and Janet walked to
a little carved teak bench and dropped
Imply upon 1t. That she wait there
for Ferrars' return had been more a
command than request, but she had
no desire to intrude. She was becom-
ing more and more bewildered. On
reaching Daneholm she had confident
ly hoped to leave all mystery behind,
but here she seemed to be more deeply
enmeshed in it than ever! Would
Evening star., 1927-10-06

none Of your Establishments TO an old
man! You want me to make peace
Janet glanced again AT the hIack
gloom OF the wooded bank they ,,ere
approaching and now she saw Iit.
lie way dOwn--??
with your father for you nut I dont
know about that You're aware that
he's seriously displea ased?
She had gone very white nd there
was a hard little light In her eyes
as she laughed back at him with that
note of hEsteria once more Janet
had achieved her purpose when che
ruffied his snowy locks-beneath them
was sleek ietblack hair.
Continued in Tomorrow's Star.)
Evening star., 1927-10-06

Many still believe that electric refrigeration
isexpensive. This is not true of Frigidaire. We
asked 10000 users for their experience. The
answers were startling. Frigidaire saves them
an average of $1o5 6per year above all operat-
Evening star., 1927-10-06
Frigidaire Saves $1O5.36 Year, Users Say!

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alone. So, with all its advantages-its cleanli-
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itsicefreezing and disseminating service, ,Frigid-
aire ssps money far beyond the cost Of operation.
Evening star., 1927-10-06

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Evening star., 1927-10-06

o. m Elizabeth wore silk stockings
made of pieces of silk sewn together