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d. c.. Naval Reserve

UP TO the highest state of eficiency.
While the local Reserve, for some
unexplained reason. has none OF its
or1cerS on active duty. and none OF
It's officers were invited to participate
IN the conference. neyert heless the
Law has been closely studied by
number OF the Washington officers,
I who are cosniza mt OF some Of It's diff
culties. They will present their prob
lens 10 the convention I'm the hope
that the body will In turn present
| them TO the department
In this connection ii became APP
parent that there is no provision made
by the Navy Depa rtment at this
time. any policy for the promotion ot
men from the ranks TO the commits
stoned personnel tn take care OF cas-
ualities from various causes. This Is
considered by the local officers a Sc
rious drawback. a. unless some Pro-
vision is made in the course If few
years the reserve will find itself with.
out trained officer personnel.
Likewise. II was pointed out there
is little inducement for men to enlist
in the Reserve at this time as there
Is no provision made by the Navy De-
partment for promotions in time OF
peace. This results in discourage
ment which affects the efficiency and
serves to hamper enlistments. Efforts
are being made by the Navy Depart
ment to keep the Reserve confined
10 small number OF petty officers.
whereas, IL was pointed out that no
strict limit should be maintained. as
in time Of war the service will have
| TO expand TO a great extent and the
| petty officers are the ones TO carry
the brunt OF the burden in operating
| the ships until other men can be
I trained. This is a difficult proposition
for the Navy In modern navies. be-
cause of the fact that a ship is an
intricate piece OF machinery. requiring
we'll trained and skilled help. and these
cannot he trained as quickly as a
man can he trained for the Infantry
branch of the Army, for instance.
Lieut.. Harry ]. Nichols, executive
officer of the local Reserve battalion.
lectured to the officers Of the orgsni.
zation on navigation at drill last week
Two local residents have been Is
sued commissions in the volunteer
Naval Reserve by Secretary OF the
Navy Wilbur. II was announced at
the Navy Department. These Officers
are not required to attend regular
drill and not compelled TO take the
annual training cruises They are
Stuyvesant Il. Wright. 1921 Bancroft
place. who was commissioned a lieu
tenant. Junior grade. and John Sitcher
| Woodruff, who was awarded a com
mission OF lieutenant commando.
| The latter's address Is given as 1920
K street northwest.
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Naval Reserve officers from the
local battalion, az well as from all
parts of the country will attend to.
morrow the annual convention of the
Naval Reserve Officers Association
OF the United States, which will con
vene at the New Willard Hotel for a
discussion of problems affecting the
reserve and To make recommends
tions which later will be sent 10 the
Navy Department for action.
In this connection 26 reserve on
GERS from all parts of the country
were ordered To Washington during
the week for a conference as to Re
serve matters In the naval districts.
particularly with reference to the
manner In which the new law IL
working ont practically. and what
steps are needed to assist in bringing
the Reserve to a high state Of eff
cheney for service with the several
components of the fleet in time OF war
or other national emergency.
The officers ordered here are: Capt.
f, A. Evers, Chicago; Comdr. F. w.
Hoffman. Philadelphia; Comdr. L. w.
Hesselman n. New York: Lieut.. Comdr.
F. G. Huntoon, Chicago; Comdr. ]. T.
Nelson. Boston: Lieut.. Comdr. r. T.
Brodhead. Detroit; Lieut.. Comdr.
w. &. Tooze. San Francisco; Lieut..
0unior grade) j. +. Kiefer. Milwaukee;
Comdr. A. r. Nieklett. Clevela nd;
Comdr. A. f. Woodbine. Los Angeles.
Lieut. Comdr J.. j. Broyderick. Bos.
ton; Lieut.. ljunior grade) +. h. kna.
chel, Indianapolis; Comdr. c. w. Kelly,
Duluth; Comdr. w. &. Allison, Seattle;
Condr. III. @ Copels nd, Boston; Lieut..
]. j. Wilkinson, New Orleans; Comdr.
6. r. Schwartz, st. Louis; Comdr
&. NJ. Peck, New York: Lieut.. j. NJ.
NcNulty. San Diego. Calf; Lieut..
X. r.. Wilson. Norfolk; Lieut.. X. ID.
Thomas. Boston; Lieut.. (junior grader
w. o. Greene, Boston: Lieut.. ]. r..
Iseman. New York; Lieut. Comdr.
n. W. Schofleld. Chicago; Lieut. r. f..
Gillespie, Chicago. and Lieut.. Junior
gradel II. A. BoswiCk. Sea title.
These officers are all on active duty
with the Reserves, and have been
working in their respective districts
In putting the new law into effect, and
are thoroughly familiar with It's oper-
alton and its effect on the Naval Re
serve. They presented their problems
to the Navy Department, and in turn
We're acquainted with some of the
matters with which the department is
concerned. and it is the purpose of
the conference to attempt to co-ordi-
nate the two for the obtaining of the
best results in building the Reserve
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MANY WOMEN TAKE UP
SCIENCE OF. ASTRONOMY
Fifty Now Members Of Royal So
ciety Of England--Americans
Also Prominent.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 20. Among
the many vocations taken up by
women Is astronomy. There are now
fifty woman members of the Royal
Astronomical Society, all Of whom
are hopeful some day of emulating the
feats of the first great woman sstron-
omer. Caroline Herschel, who dis
covered eight comets
Many of the young woman astron-
omers of today work hard in all
bra nches of the science, and not only
lecture but write articles on their
studies. Miss Cecilia Payne special
lied In spectroscopy, and. having Sc
cured a fellowship at Harvard, has
left for the United States.
DR.. w. II. Stevenson, president Of
the British Astronomical Association.
says there are seventy woman astron-
| omers in the membership of his
| organization. Among them Mrs.
Grace Cook has become an authority
on meteors, Mrs. Maunders Is a recog.
niZed authority on solar matters and
Miss c. Furness an authority on va
riable stars.
| Zone Of the most remarkable
women today in astronomy" added
| DR.. Stevenson. rs an American, DR..
Annie Cannon, whose monumental
| work on stellar spectra IN unique
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can naval mission in Brazil, will re-
lieve Commander John T. Bowers as
executive officer of the Arizona in Feb
ruary. The latter will he assigned to
command the Neches. relieving Com
mander Albert s Rees. now in com.
mand of that ship. who will proceed to
the West Coast. where he WIFI he as
/ signed to duty IA a member of the
Board of Inspection and Survey
Eighty seven Junior officers of the
| Navy have been selected for post
graduate instruction for 1927, as indi
Gated In the following courses Me
chanical engineering. %; Diesel eugi
neering. 10: electrical engineering l.:
aeronautical engineering, 4: commune
cation engineering, u: ordnance, 1S:
aerology, y. and naval construction, 3.
The selections for instruction in civil
engineering will l. announced in the
near future.
The board of officers convened at
headquarters of the Marine Corps
several months ago to consider all
phases of the situation pertaining to
present and future stagnation of pro
motion in that corps made its report
last. week to Maj. Gen. John A. LIE
jeune commander mt of the corps. In
submitting its report, the board also
drafted proposed legislation relating
to promotions in and transfers from
the active list Of the Marine Corps.
which. IL Is confidently believed, will
remedy the situation. Careful CON
sideration will he given by Cen.
Leteune to the draft of the proposed
measure and report submitted by the
board, before they are laid before
Secretary Wilbur for his approval as
part of the departmental Legislative
4
by Brig. Gen. Ben H. Fuller. is com
posed of the following: Coils. Harold
G.. Reisinger and Douglas G. McDou-
gal Lieut. Col. Richard 4. Creecy.
Majs. Ralph y. keyser, Edwin IL.
fsrainard and Selden Il. Kennedy and
Capt. Charles libel.
Eleven officers of the Marine Corps
have been selected to attend the next
tico. Va. actual instruction In which
will begin September 10. They are
Lieut. Coils r. r. Fryer, W. r.. Noa and
i. T. Buttrick; Ma ia. NJ. r.. Shearer
&. II, Wells. p A. ,Capron, f. "
McClelland. c. F.. Nutting, r. A. Oster-
man, y. A. Eastman and r. w. Foeth
Orders have been issued to Col. Hugh
Mathews, assistant quartermaster. de.
taohing him from duty with the Ma
Tlne ueIHCnH1enI HI the american
legation. Peking, China, and author
iZing him to proceed to Washington
where, on arrival, he will be assigned
to duty as principal assistant to the
quartermaSter at Marine Corps head
quarters. Six first lieutenants of the
Marine Corps have been ordered to
join the I'd Battalion of the 5th Regi-
ment of Marines, now on eXpedi-
tiOnary service In Central America
They are Moses j. Gould. Walter A
Wachtler, Henry r. Birmingham
Carlos III. Mccullough, Lloyd X. Pugh
and Augustus w. Cockrell.
The Secretary of the Navy favors
the promotion of Capt Reginald r
Belknap, II. S. NJ, retired, to the rank
OF rear admiral. He was retired June
80. 1925, under the provision of law
which directs the retirement of all of
ficers In the grade of captain who be-
came ineligible for promotion upon the
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Army and N avyNe ws

are To advance Mt q normal rate. With
group OF some ) 500 officers who
entered the service during the war.
every means available must be- seized
TO provide flow Of promotion If
Stagnation with consequent deteriora
ton OF this large group OF Army per
sonnet Is 70 be avoided In the early
stages al it's advancement the prog
reSS of this hump MAY be assisted by
retifencnts which make places for
individuals who compose H. Later
retircmentS of It's own remaining
members OF over 80 years OF service
VIII spread out It's passage to the re
Tired list and prevent stagnation In
promotion of officers below it, but
even these retirements after more
than 30 wears of service will of them.
selves fall far short Of providing the
number Of vacancies required.
Secretary Davis explained that ii
was impracticsble to make an accu-
rate calculation OF the new cost Incl.
dent to any definite number of those
retirements for 30 TO 40 wears service.
since to determine the new cost of
the active list 1t would he necessary
TO know the exact length Of service.
rank and age of the officers retired
and the exact length of service and
age of all officers of the active list
promoted III consequence of the retire
mdnts. This much ia known. however
under the present system there
would he 81 reduction In cost for each
grade Of the active list, since for each
grade the senior officer promoted out
OF Ii would be replaced by an officer
promoted into 1t from the next lower
grade, whose pay In his new grade
would be less than that which was
being received by the officer promoted
out. While accurate calculation is i'm
practicable, 1t can be safely said that
the increased cost incident to retire
mentS or this character considering
cost OF both the active and the retired
liSt) would he small. If anything at ALL
and any increased cost that might re.
suit would he amply justified by the
beneficial effect on the present unsst
isfsctory personnel situation. From
all viewpoints, the Secretary observed
a continued application OF voluntary
retirements after 80 TO an years serv-
ice up to the present authorized limit
Of $50 Is desirable in the best interests
of the Army and the Government. in
view Of the unsatisfactory personnel
situation which the present active list
of the regular Adjustment presents
as respects promotion for It's mem
bers
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explained that the real reasons for
the reluctance Of the War Depart
ment in acting favorably upon 3o-yeaf
rettrements was the opposition voiced
by many members of Congress IN
placing on Sle retired list officers who
were still capable of rendering serV-
ice to the Government.
Ii Is prescribed in the Revised stat
uteS, l243, that an officer OF more
than 30 years active service VINO
makes application for retirement may
he retired In the discretion OF the
President. Officers retired under this
status are placed on the limited list.
the maximum strength of which is
fixed by law at $50, and upon reach
ing the age OF Ga years officers on this
list are transferred 10 the unlimited
list. on August 81. 1926. there were
15S officers on the limited list. which
made on that date 1872 vacancies on
the limited list. From June 10, 1924
date Of present policy to June, 1926.
Is applications were made for retire
ment under this status that were dis.
approved. and applications were
made that were approved. One very
important reason for the retention of
voluntary retirement after 30 years
active service In the effect It has on
the procurement of high-class person
mel for the Army and on the morale
of officers in active service. Another
reason for the continued application
of the law permitting retirement after
more than 80 years OF service Is that
every officer now In the Army entered
while this law was in effect, and each
and every one regards 1t as a part OF
his contract with the Government.
Still another controlling and determin-
ing reason for continuing retirements
after from 80 to 40 years of service
Is the Intimate relation existing be
tween separations from the service
and the flow of promotion. That a
reasonable flow OF promotion IL essen
tial to morale and efficiency Is certain,
and 1t is equally certain. the Score
tary has pointed out, that no matter
what the system OF promotion may be,
there must be removals from the ac-
tive list at the ton IL officers below
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NAVY.

Capt. Jesse Il. Gay, who has been on
duty in command of the Melville, will
be relieved by Capt. Herbert G. Cooke.
the new assignment OF the former otfi
Ger being at the Pearl Harbor Navy
Yard. The vacancy In the office of
Governor of the Virgin Islands and
as commandant Of the naval station at
st. Thomas. due to the death OF Capt.
Martin e. Trench will be taken over
by Capt. Waldo Evans, u. S. NJ, re-
tired, who will be assigned to active
duty. Commander Arthur l.. Bristol,
who has been on duty with the Ameri-
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American Legion.

Vincent B. Costello Post of the
American Legion is planning an old.
fashioned minstrel show and dance to
he given in the Jewish Community
Center hall, Sixteenth and @ streets,
at s o'clock February 26.
Those who win take part are as fol
lows. Kin Carroll, coach and inter.
locutor; Chares Plunkett and Barney
Puckett, Al Stern and Tommy Muir
ray, end men; Paul Burthe. Sammy
Rear, Wilbur Alderman. Harvey l..
Miller, Thomas Costello, +. l.. Carroll
lack Lynch, Ernest Littleton, Con
rad Rinehart, Carl ]. Steger. Lee A.
Berlinsky, Louis Green, Joseph Mein'
berg, Milton Dyer, James Allen, Jack
Carroll, p. s. Cherry, Earl Whip, j.
]. Jacobsen and Eugene Gass. Ray
G. Whip and Tommy Murray will
do a special dance. The Costello Post
drum and bugle corps. under the
leadership of Sergt. Henry Loveless
will provide music.
Commander William Mitchell has
appointed committee on arrange.
Ynents as follows: Charles n. Hess
chairman: Kin Carroll, Tom Murray,
7. W. Hogshead. Richard O'Brien
sam Bear. John O'Connell. r. p. Nc.
Cape. Harvey l.. Miller, Wallace Fl.
Smith, Tom Mason. William F. Frank.
lin, J. W. Sweat. Charles Kohen, Dan
Ring, Thomas Walsh, Charles PUNK
EFT, Paul Burthe. A. II. Ward, j. n.
Halper and Edward Kelley.
Following the minstrel show. the
post plans to stage a series OF box.
Ing shows. These Will be in charge
of Harvey L. Miller.
The installation Of officers OF Sergt
Jasper Post. No. 10. the American
Legion, was held at the Odd Fellows
Temple Wednesday evening. The Off.
GERS installed by the department com.
Tnander, Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries
were: Carl G. Brown. commander
John j. Orlosky, first vice commander
lawrence B. Dunn, second vice com.
Ynander Esmond II. Callahan, third
vice commander; Herbert ". Church
chaplain: Percy Talley, finance officer
ma MEL W. Washburn, adiutant; Will
4 ur c. Pickett, Judge advocate; John
Callahan. welfare officer; William
T SNYDER and John c. Marsh, color
bearers.
Following the installation cere
~,,cuies a program was rendered con
Xsting of violin selections by Timothy
Daley, vocal solo by Miss Amy
stssnnoetz, specially dances by Miss
T.shalle Hamilton, a monologue by
1a.erb r Beattie, instrumental selec
9,nns by stephen J. Clarity and voca'
sn,os by Lawrence b. Dunn and Vim
cent Childs.
Forty disabled veterans from Wal
ter Reed Hospital were guests OF
honor, ana the computes In charg'
consisted of Thomas j. Fraliey. chair
80. William L. Thomas. Russell w
T1arixson. Ferdinand G. Fraser and
Dunn, Refreshments were
.xvaS Capt. Paul J. McGahan. ma
$3.50 executive committeeman. ant
WI William wolff Smith. alternate
Ma!. eyecutive committeeman
n I.tor vice commander of the depart
!unIoi ,be American Legion. rs ;hsl
i n 1I.r. hobart B. Tolson. commands
'; tSs lincoln Post, the American LIE
Zion Fl Mrs. Percy -shAitsn Matthew's
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completion of IS years service sub
sequent to graduation from the Naval
Academy. Under the provisions of the
act of August 20, 1916, Capt Belknap.
If he had not been selected to the
grade of rear admiral, would have
been retired June 20. 1927, but. be.
cause the temporary legislation Of
June %, 1925 (supra). substituted serv.
ice In grade for age in grade in
eligibility for promotion, he was re-
tired on June 80 last.
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OF active service.
IL the admission
made by Secretary
of War Davis la st
week that he in
tends To be more
liberal In acting
upon applications
for retirement of
officers who have
completed 80 years
service or more .
+ h @ Secretary
brought out that
he had been fol
lowing q policy
inaugurated by
lis predecessor
Mr.. Weeks. and
approved by the
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- ahNA1'.N w llS
ct the post room
in Odd Fellows
Temple, as fol-
lows: Commander.
Grover T.. Moore;
senior vice com
mander. c. j.
L4awless; Junior
vice comma nder,
G. A. Green;
chaplain. Rev. V.
.. Anderson.
quartermaster. G.
A. Brode, and ad.
1utant, w. ID. Ro-
ney.
Past. Comdr.
sRoney gave the
obligation to E. c.
Ra hrock IF Tho
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A 4S-inch water main in New Eng
land which developed six-foot crack
was welded on the inside at a cost Of
$500; whereas similar break re-
paired by digging had cost $4,000.
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France convention officer for the Dis
| trict of Columbia. announced.
They will sail on the S. $. Pennland
| from Hampton Roads September :
| and will land ut Antwerp. Belgium.
under the travel arrangements made
! by John J. Wicker. jr., national travel
director of the France convention COM
mittee.
To date members to serve on the
general department membership com
| mittee have been designated from the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
| Post, Victory Post. Jane a Delano
| Post. the L. 5. :. Jacob Jones Post
and James f. Walker Post. Ii is re-
quested that other posts appoint their
members without delay. The names
and addresses of members TO serve on
the general membership committee
should be sent TO HARLAN Wood chair
man. McIsachlen Building.
THOSE interested in promoting the
membership drive have outlined plan
whereby IT is believed that every avail.
able hut eligible non member of the
American Legion may be reached
Austen s. Imire. who is the head of
the Forty and Eight Of the District
of Columbia. advised Mr. Wood that
/ the Forty and Eight would give three
vtduals showing the largest gains in
membership as result of the drive
which will he shortly inaugurated
American War Veterans Club.
The American War Vetera ns' Club
valentine party to he held at the
l. 'Aielon Salons February ID. viii have
many novelty features
The committee In charge Is Floyd
u. CaskeN, chairman; Mai Roy r..
hughes. Lieut.. Col. Ira r. t'raVel,
Major Wallace Streater Madison H.
Hill, Lieut., Howard y. Fisk. Capt. G.
I. Lowe, William Homer Carroll and
president elect Lieut. Charles Riemer.
preceding the party. guests Of Rep.
resentative and Mrs. Stewart Appie.
by, Representative and Mrs Morgan
G. Sanders, Judge and Mrs. Robert T..
MattinXlN. Nal. and Mrs Henry
Merle Spillan, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs
Fred r. Ryons. Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Cans, will be entertained at dinner.
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Twenty-Five hitherto unknown
places containing relics of men of the
early stone age was found in Syria
by French scientist during the past
two seasons.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars

The annual installation of officers
of Federal Post, No. s24, V f. w,
was conducted by Depa -tment Comdr.
{. H. Kelley and staff last
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ARMY.

OF interest to every officer in the
Regular Army. more particularly per
hapS TO those officers who are APP
nrOachinR the completion of 80 wears
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Gen Amos A. fries, commander or
the American Legion. is chairman of
the committee Of veterans organiza-
tons and other civic and commercial
bodies joining in the local campaign
to remind veterans of their insura nee
rights. which will expire July unless
their insurance is renewed and con.
verted.
Manager M. b. Macmillan of the
Washington regional ONCE of the
United States Veterans Bureau,
chairman Of the general campaign
committee, made this announcement
following a meeting of the general
committee held at the Veterans Blu
reau last week. This statement Of
the purpose OF the campaign was
made following the meeting.
Information and assistance with
respect 10 the renewal or conversion
OF war risk term insurance can be Sc
cured In room 191 or room 1ls,
United States Veterans Bureau.
The other members Of the commit.
tee who Will serve with Gen. Fries
are Thomas Kirby and George w
Phillips Of the Disabled American
Veterans; Edward 8. Bethlehem, Vet.
Grams Of Foreign Wars, Robert M.
Tolson OF the American Legion,
Charles w. Darr and Charles r.
OConneii or the knights of Column
bus, George Cohen of the Jewish Wei
fare Association, Miss Bessie Craney
and Don Smith of the American Red
Cross, c. E. Freeman of the Allied
War Veterans and James A. Burns
of the veterans joint committee.
Capt. Edwin p. Van Hise, u. S. Re
serve, is general secretary for the
campaign and has laid extensive plans
for the use of street and car and mo.
ton picture and radio publicity. In
addition, announcements of the rea-
sons for the campaign are being pub
lished in fraternal and other local
journals.
Members Of the committee, in ad-
dition to Col. Macmillan, Gen. Fries
and Capt. Van Hise, consist OF Wat.
son Is. Miller, American Legion, radio
broadcastfng; Paul D. Sleeper OF the
Aetna Insurance Co.. "old line" in
surance relations; A. Julian Brylaw-
ski. Jr.. motion pictures; Martin A.
Leese, civic organizations: Frank A.
Connolly, general publicity.
American Iegionna Tres from the
District of Columbia who attend the
national convention in Paris next Sep.
sember Will go overseas on one of the
bsst ocean liners plying the trans.
atlantic. Joseph J. IdlE. department
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The Secretary of the Navy favors
the promotion of Capt. Reginald r
Belknap, u. S. NJ, retired to the rank
OF rear admiral. He was retired June
80. 1925. under the provision of law
which directs the retirement of all of.
ficers In the grade of captain who be-
came ineligible for promotion upon the
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American Legionnalre from the
District of Columbia who attend the
national convention in Paris next Sep
sember will go overseas on one of the
bsst ocean liners plying the trans
atlantic. Joseph J. IdlN, department