Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-31
Army andNavyNews
Army,

! Army.
A board OF officers to consist of the
Following have been appointed to meet
IN the War Department for the pur.
pose Of selecting candidates for ap.
pointment as second lieutenants in
the Regular Army. They are Majs.
fsRobert M. Danford, William A. Beach.
John II. Jouett, Robert A. Sharrer and
Capt. Milton b. Halsey.
First Lieut.. Kenneth P. Fulton, who
is on duty at Fitzsimons General
Hospital, has been ordered to report
to the Army Dental School, effective
August %, for the purpose of pur-
suing course Of instruction. Capt
John X. Christmas, now on duty at
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md, will
go to duty in the ONCE of the chief o.
ordnance. effective September /.
Headed by Chaplain Wallace Is
Watts (maior), stationed at Forl
Humphreys, Va, the Army Chaplain
Promotion Board will be convened in
the office of the chief of chaplains
from August s to 10 for the purpose
of studying the promotion interests OF
that corps and will draft recommend1'
lions in connection with present plans
to secure remedial legislation affecting
the promotion system of chaplains. AS
travel funds are limited. the compost
ton of the board will be restricted to
those cnaplains serving in Washing
ton and immediate vicinity. The other
members of the board, with their sta
tons indicated. are: Chaplains Milton
u. Beebe, executive officer, office or
the chief of chaplains (captain); George
+. Rixey, Fort Washington. Md. (cap-
tain); John 7. Axton, jr., Fort Niger,
Va. (captain), and Alfred c. Oliver, jr.,
Army Medical Center, Washington, ID.
c. (captain), who will act as recorder.
Though not a frequent occurrence,
there have been in the last few years
five changes in UNCONVENTIONAL affili-
ation by chaplains of the Regular
Army. They are as follows: j. Burt
Webster, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii,
from Baptist to Episcopal; Thomas l..
Kelley, United States Disciplinary Bar
racks, Alcatraz, Calf, from Catholic
to Unitarian; Joseph S. Loughran ire
tired, from Catholic to Unitarian; Ma
thaniel A. Jones, Jeffersonville Bar
racks, Mo-, from Disciples of Christ
to Congregational. and Samuel B.
Knowles, Fort Slocum. n. y. from
Methodist South to Congregational.
The Chaplains' Corps of the Regular
Army has an authorized strength of
125, which in percentages is appor-
toned as follows: Seventy per cent
Protestant divided among all Protest
ant denominations), 25 per cent Cath
olics and per cent for adjustments.
The Chaplains' Corps at the present
time, according to denominations, Is
apportioned as follows: African Meth
odist, 1: Baptist. IA: Baptist (colored),
2: Catholic, %; Congregational, 10;
Disciples Of Christ, z; Episcopal, 10;
Evangelical, /; Lutheran, 6; Methodist,
10; Methodist South, 8; Methodist
NaI
States of America. IL; Presbyterian,
United States, 2; Presbyterian, Cum
berland, L; Reformed Church in Amer
lea, i; Reformed, United States, J.:
Unitarian, 2, and Universalist, 2.
In accordance with the policy of the
Medical Corps Of the Regular Army
for selecting graduates in medicine to
serve one year interneships in the
larger military hospitals, prior to their
being permanently commissioned as
first lieutenants in the military estab
lishment, the following named medical
graduates have been selected to I'M
dergo this interneship training, begin
ming August j, at Walter Reed Gen
eral Hospital, Washington, D. c.: Wal
ter III. Burgin, Parker G. Hardin, Will
liam T. Lawton, Clifford V. Morgan,
Alec A. Preece, Edwin B. Van Ness,
william V. WllkerSon, James Il. var
brough, Charles T. Young, Louis H.
CHM, jr.; Harvey p. Hendrickson,
Thomas M. Logan, William d. North,
James T. Tucker, Warren l.. Written,
Charles w. Williams and James E.
Blackbill. The remaining 35 medical
graduates will undergo this year of
training at Letterman General Hos.
pital, San Francisco, Calf: FitZ-
simons General Hospital, Denver,
Colo. and the station hospital at Fort
Sam Houston, Tex.
' Mai. Thomas I. Steere, u s. A., re-