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Supply Corps Selection Board. COM
posed of Capts. Joseph Fyffe, William
A. Merritt. George c. Shafer and
Victor s. Jackson, with Lieut.. Comdr
Robert b. Huff as recorder. selected
three commanders of that corps for
advancement to the rank of captain.
Those selected were: David G..
McRitchie, Edward f. Wilson and
Everett G. Morsell, all of whom were
passed over by previous board.
The following lieutenant COM
manders are under orders to report at
Washington in the various bureaus in.
dictated: Rivers J. Carstarphen to
Bureau of Engineering; Roscoe T.
Schuirmann to Office of Naval Intelli
gence; Claude 0. Kohl &C.. c. to Bureau
of Construction and Repair; William
D. Small IN. c. to Naval Medical
School. Lieut.. Comdr. John A
Brownell, who has been on duty in
the Bureau of Engineering, has been
ordered to undergo the next course
of instruction at the Army Industrial
College, this city, which will begin In
September.
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BY Rear Admiral Claude c. Bloch. who

by Rear Admiral Claude c. Bloch. who
will complete his four.year term as
chief of that bureau on October 1. and
will assume command of the Califor-
MIA. and that Of director of naval intel
ligence, which will be vacated by Capt.
Arthur j. Hepburn. who in September
will assume duty as chief of staff to
Vice Admiral William V. Pratt when
the latter officer takes command of
the battleship division of the battle
fleet. Among those who have been
mentioned for appointment as chief
of the Bureau of Ordnance is Rear
Admiral Jehu V. Chase, now in COM
mand of battleship division of the
battle fleet. who at one time was as
signed to the bureau as senior men,
Der of the special board on naval ord
nance. Comdr. Frank J. Fletcher
who has been on duty at the Washing
ton Navy Yard, will go to duty as ex-
ecutive officer of the Colorado as the
relief of Comdr. Louis =. Davis. who
has been assigned to command the
Guyana. Comdr. Fred f. Rogers will
60 to duty as executive officer of the
Concord. relieving Comdr. Pierre l..
Wilson, who has been assigned to duty
| with the Naval Examining Board in
the Navy Department. Comdr Ernest
w. Mckee. who has been in command
of the Farragut, has been ordered to
duty in the Bureau of Ordnance. His
duties on the Farragut will be taken
over by Comdr. William +. Gresham
| Capt. st. j. Butler, NJ. c., who has
been on temporary duty at the receiv-
| ing barracks at Hampton Roads, has
been assigned to command the Naval
Medical School at Washington, reliev.
ing Capt. James c. Pryor, who will
undergo the next course of instruction
at the Army War College. Comdr.
Charles II. Davis has been detached
signed to the fleet training division
Bureau of Naval Operations, Navy
Department.
Five commanders were selected by
the Medical Corps Selection Board
| for advancement to the grade of
| captain. They are: Curtis r. Munger
Edward u. Reed, Ausey Fl. Robnett
Spencer l.. Higgins, Reynolds Hayden
Due to the fact that Comdrs. Munger
| Reed and Iobnett were passed over
by the previous selection board, they
will. of course, lose precedence to the
officers whose seniors they We're, but
who We're selected and promoted by
previous selection boards. The Medi
cal Corps Selection Board was com
posed of Rear Admiral Cary T. Gray
son. Capts. Arthur w. Dunbar
Charles f. Riggs, Henry f. Odell
Charles S. J. Butler and Charles NJ
Oman, with Lieut.. Comdr. Raymond
=. Storch as recorder. Headed by
Rear Admiral Thomas II. Hicks, the
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Army andNavyNews

made by various promotion boards
throughout the Regular Army, that
would revolutioniZe the method of aD-
pointing general officers of the Army.
The suggestion made, which Is likely
to cause considerable discussion. is
that the vacancies in the grade of
brigadier general be filled by appoint
ment of those colonies who pass high
est competitive examination ana that
brigadier generals advanced to the
grade of major general shall be pro
NOTED by seniority and as result OF
a qualifying examination, with the
competing factor removed. For the
hriradier general who fails to quail
ifv he may be retired forthwith or, If
the President prefers and authorizes.
he NAV be suspended for three years
and re-eXamined, when, if he fails
again, he will be retired. On the
other hand, if he qualities in the sec
ond examination he will be promoted
with the loss of numbers in the list
of major generals. equal to the brig
adiers who have jumped him. Some
of those advocating promotion by SEN
ioritv will find in this arrangement
much to content them as affording an
opportunity to recognize lndlVldual
service and performance, they believe
tive designation of colonies to the
grade of brigadier. Others point out
that it will inevitably lead to such
strict adherence to seniority as to ig-
more the possibility of vulnerable
characteristics of the highest ranking
colonel and that. in the end. and for
much of the time, the briGaders Will
be officers who will have too short n
period of active service. Though this
would aid promotion. it would destroy
the plan for gaining to the rank OF
brigadier of younger officers.
Opposition to a proposition of this
kind would be most probable by the
War Department, as it would remove
the appointment of general officers
from the scope of political action and
il is safe to say that it would appeal
neither to the executive nor to mem
| bers of Congress. There appears to
be a decided advantage in retaining
| the power of selection and there is
| every prospect that there Will be
| loyalty to that system.
NAVY.
Interest is being evinced relative &c
| filing two important places in the
| Navy Department-that of chief OF
| the Bureau of Ordnance, to be vacated
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HEIDELBERG TO HAVE
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
Research Clinic Planned as Branch
of Kaiser Wilhelm Society for
=. Scientific Promotion.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN, August 20.--An institute
for medical research is planned in
Heidelberg. 1t is intended as a branch
of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for
Scientific Promotion.
Prof. Ludolf Krehl. the head of the
Heidelberg Clinic for Internal Dis
eases, and other prominent authorities
are to cooperate in conducting the
new institute. with which the existing
Heidelberg laboratories for cancer and
albumen research will be merged.
A temporary working fund of $780,
600 marks has been appropriated by
the German government and the
Kaiser Wilhelm Society has agreed to
defray all running expenses, while the
municipality of Heidelberg will con-
tribute the building plot.
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Suit for Tax of 81 Cents I.
Costs France Millions of Francs

promptly passed him in. handing four
francs to the cashier as the govern.
ment tax on reduced-price tickets. The
government inspector demanded SO
centimes more because. he said. Boyer
did not go through the formality Of
buying the low-priced tickets from
the box office.
Decisions of all sorts have been
handed down, some courts holding
)ne way and some another. but always
leaving unsettled some technicality
that caused new trials. These rehear.
inss then went to other jurisdictions.
The case has travelled pretty well
over central France since II started.
November 81, 1921.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
VIEW OF MODELS BETTER.

PARIS, August 20 R).-Beauty
standards for Paris mannequins have
been so raised in the past few years
that some of the girls would now
do credit to the first row of Zieg-
field Follies. Most of the customers,
therefore, approve the closer view.
which Is afforded them by the great
err intimacy of the modern show
rooms.
One dressmaker has ripped out
the little theater which has been
a characteristic Of his salons, and
substituted q long low runway, which
permits closer view of the styles.
The change. made at the sacrifice
of so seats. is necessitated. he says, by
the new models, who require very
close scrutiny for maximum apprecia-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
SLIDING DOORS BUILT.
Paris Architect Holds Hinged Ones
Are Anticipated.

PARIS, August 90 R.-Sliding
doors have been built throughout in
a dozen modern homes by a Partisan
architect His view is that the hinged
door is an antiquated waster of space.
This view has found a good deal Of
support.
Those commenting on the idea ex-
press surprise that people never have
rebelled against the swinging door.
How ridiculous it is" says one,
''to have to step backward to open
or close door,
The fashioned door destroys the
harmony Of a room if left open at
right angles to the wall, says another,
and it is ugly and kills good wall space
if it is swung back against the wall.
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Deer Hits Auto; Six Escape.
Correspondence to The Star.

Special Correspondence to The Star.
WINNIPEG.-A hurdling deer
missed it's leap on China Creek Hill,
between Trail and Castlegar, late the
other night, hit the front Of an auto
mobile and sent the machine rolling
and sliding down the hill distance of
500 feet. The car turned over Il times
in its descent. Six occupants of the
car. families Of f. Jefficott and S. J.
Mcdonald, both of Nelson, B. c., all
ESCAPED serious injury.
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1t is not at all improbable that Con.
gress at the approaching session meet
ing in December, will be called upon
to pass on the merits of a new propo-
sition, submitted in connection with
the comprehensive study now being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
SAYS FLOWERS LOVE.
Indian Scientist Declares Present
Botany Teachings Are Wrong.

LONDON. August 90 R.-Flowers
have hearts and often fall in love. says
Sir Jagadis Bose. Indian scientist, VINO
is lecturing in London.
Sir Jagadis says he hopes to prove
that the present teachings of botany
are far from correct. He says he can
illustrate the effect of drugs on flow
ers and trees and show how the death
of one flower may cause another to
pine away and die.
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III l''i '7''h ~
president Of the
Army r e t + i n g
board has been a
cause of consider
able speculation in
Army circles as
to who will be
selected to succeed
him in case he is
separated f r o m
the active list of
the regular estab.
lishment. Though
not & e n e r a II y
known. Gen. Snow
is the senior chief
of bra C h in
Washington. and
he has been chief
of Field Artillery
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By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. August 90 (P.--An S3.cen-
time lawsuit has been going on nearly
six years in France and the end is not
yet in sight. This sum is about ga
cents.
Millions Of francs have been spent,
courts have been occupied for weeks
at time and the best lawyers have
argued both sides.
Marcel Boyer. we'll known "cha n
sonnier," conducting a sort of literary
cabaret In the Latin Quarter. started
the judicial row by refusing to pay
a disputed extra tax on two tickets he
gave to an old war comrade. Boyer.
seeing the soldier at his box office
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and mechanics. who now are regarded
as eligible to a Civil War pension, al
though they never actually were en-
listed.
The others were from veterans who
had been in good circumstances after
the war and who either did not con-
slider the pensions worth applying for
or were opposed to accepting further
stipend from the Government. In
their old age some Of these men have
suffered financial reverses, those hold.
ing profitable positions have been
obliged to step aside for younger men.
and others wish to secure to their
families all possible sources of income
before they die.
Old Claims Granted.
The number of Civil War veterans
not drawing pensions, however, prob
ably is a very small percentage of the
whole. \ total of 2,2l3,365 men and
women were in the service during the
Civil War Mortality tables show
that only about 10000 of these should
be living. The number of pensions
paid about balances this figure.
In spite of the intervening years, the
Civil War veteran who applies for a
pension today has as good chance as
he ever had of getting his claim APP
proved He has only to show 80 days
service in, or with. the Army or Navy.
The War and Navy Departments re-
tain complete rosters of every or
ganiZation which served in the war,
and the actual service records of most
of the men. These records are first
consulted.
Then, to guard against fraud. an eN-
aminer is sent into the field TO inter
view the claimant. He is questioned on
the operations of the organization to
which he was attached during the
period when he claims to have been
a member. In the library of the Pen
sion Bureau are the complete records
of the War of the Rebellion. The posi-
ton Of any organization can be located
to within a few days.
Frauds Easily Detected.
Occasionally a fraudulent pension
claim is presented, but it is practically
impossible for such a claim to succeed,
although no great reliance can be
placed on the mans handwriting and
the fingerprint system was not in use
during the sixties.
The records of the Pension Bureau
are proving of great value to persons
looking up the records of their ances-
tors and are serving to preserve Il
great deal of American history. c. o.
Howard, in charge of the bureau IL
brary. is q son of Gen. o. o. Howard,
second in command of the Union Army
at the battle of Gettysburg, and takes
much interest in preserving records
concerning the war, not only for the
service of claimants but for historians
and others.
The actual service records of the
Civil, Spanish-American and some of
the Indian wars still are confidential
records and will remain so while the
soldiers or members of their immediate
families are alive. Those of the Revo.
luton and of the War of 1872 now
are part Of the public archives.
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since his first appointment as SUCH
With the grade of brigadier general
an FEBRUARY 10, 1913. Gen. SNOW en-
tered the military academy IN 1857
graduating therefrom in 1890. and mas
served in the various grades. He'Was
amounted brigadier general IN tne
National Army on August 3, W.
and about six months later, that Is,
Irohruory 10, 1918, was appointed
chief of Field Artillery. but still hold
inc the grade of brigadier generai:
on June &c, 1918, he was appointed
y ma ior general, and he has served IN
his nresent capacity continuously 10
this time, or more than nine years as
chief of that branch of the service.
With the prevailing indications
nointing to his transfer to the retired
list in the near future. NUMBER OF
names among the colonies or that
branch have been more or less proml-
nently mentioned as the probable
successor to Gen. Snow. Naturally
the name of Col. William S. McNair,
No. / on the promotion list of colonies
Of that arm Of the service, VINO Is
now on duty with the artillery group,
second corps area, with station AT
| New York City, and Col. Harry G..
Rishop. No. on the promotion list
OF Field Artillery colonies, on duty
with the second Field Artillery bri-
gade, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. have
been discussed quite freely in con-
nection with this prospective vacancy.
| Col. Bishop has been ordered to Fort
| Hoyle, Md, where he will relieve
Lieut., Col. Augustine Mcintyre in
command of the 9Th Field Artillery
| at that station, the latter officer hay
| ing been ordered to take command OF
| the oath Field Artillery in the Philip
mines. Other Field Artillery colonies
| being mentioned in connection with
| this important assignment are Manus
| McCloskey, No. 5 on the promotion
| list, commanding the 18th Field Ar
| tillery, Schofield Barracks, t. II.
Ernest y. Scott, No 10 on the pro
| motion list, who is detailed to the
inspector generals department al
Fort Sam Houston, Tex: Oliver l.
Spaulding, jr., listed as No. 20 on the
| list, commanding the 18th Field Artil
| lery, Schofield Barracks, T.. H.: Frank
| f. Hopkins, No. 80, commanding the
7th Field Artillery, Fort Ethan Allen
VT, and Henry w. Butner, No. 8, who
| is now en- route from the Philippines
| to duty as president of the Field Ar
| tillery board at Fort Bragg. n. c
| Another officer who will probably be
considered in connection with thi.
! place Is Col. Andrew Moses, who is
now on duty as senior executive
officer of the Organized Reserves il
| Washington.
| 1t is not at all improbable that Con
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London Population Decreases.

LONDON, August 90 CE).-The re-
tirement of Miss kemm, who was for
80 years registrar of births and deaths,
brought out the fact that the popula'
ton of the City of London has de-
creased. Most of the people have mi
grated to adjoining municipalities
which go to make up metropolitan
London
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ARMY.

The announcement in War De.
partment special orders last week
directing Mai, Gen. William J. Snow.
chief of Field Artillery, to report
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

and impart a radianey brighter
than the noon-day sun.
Then, o. glorious day. glorious
anticipations, joyful expectations.
When the morning comes and We
shall not see the sun coming UP as
bridegroom from the east to give
life's blessings to the earth, when
the angel Of God shall stand with
one foot on the land, and one foot
on the sea. with voice that shall
be heard to the uttermost parts Of
the world shall proclaim that time
shall be no more
Then, o. wonderous thought,
that almost even now causes our
earthen vessels to break, with the
use Of faculties that never fail,
and the flight OF wings that never
tire, with the succession Of ages
that never end, living in a country
where leaves never wither. flowers
never fade dwelling in city
whose Builder and Maker is God,
forever. at home in Mansion. not
made with hands out eternal il
the heavens" forever with a society
of sinless beings, yea living with
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

throwing off their pail and putting
on bea stiful robes of living green.
The mountain streams have
broken loose from their icy letters.
and in their flow give praise unto
Cod. Thus the whole landscape
which seemed a universal grave,
is today with its forests, mount
aims. hills and valleys being
clothed with rich foliage, while
the zephyrs whispering in the
breezes are bearing the fragrance
of beautiful blossoms full of life
and Joy.
What revelations of God in the
phenomena of nature we are be
holding. What praise we should
render for the warm sunlight that
comes into our homes. whose
quickening breath is calling forth
life in countless for Is from the
cold grave of Winter
For many years I have thought
while i'll all seasons Gods name is
to be praised, in Spring when the
awakening and reviving power of
God is stirring all nature, it would
be the most suitable and appropri-
ate time for us. in harmony with
| this new incoming of life, to seek
the special yisitations of The Holy
Spirit. Being visited with the
showers of grace. our hearts may
become the well watered gardens,
wherein fruits of eternal beauty
may ever be found, to be gathered
in the best season of the souls
long year-the Spring time of the
immortality that is yet to come.
Here our most beautiful flowers
bloom only to fade. the harvests
ripen only to perish. the birds are
singing only for a season. All the
things Of earth must die, but our
souls shall never die. With the
glorious Sun of righteousness shin
ing on US, with the beautiful river
of life flowing, we shall be as
trees planted by the river, bring
ing forth our fruit to be gathered
in the eternal harvest. Our leaves
shall not wither, and whatsoever
We doeth shall prosper" THE
Lord knoweth the way of the
righteous. but the way of the IN
godly shall perish"
While listening to Our Fathers
silent footsteps, imparting with his
invisible hand new life into all the
vital forces of nature, let US see to
it that in answer to our earnest
prayers, our hearts are filled with
longing for that life over which
death has no power
l speak from repeated expert
ences of my own life when l say
that all you neeG TO do is to break
up the fallow ground of your own
heart, throw the windows of your
heart, mind and soul, wide open
and the blessing you need will fall
like the rain, refresh like the dew,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18
SERMONETTE
BY R. ASHLEY CAKE
The Returning Of Spring.

The Returning of Spring.
The Time of Singing has come.
Cant. 2-12.
Again joyous Spring is return
ing. The heavens are singing, the
earth is rejoicing. All nature is
being blessed with such a resur-
rection that Our Father alone can
give All along the winding streams,
across the plains, up the hill sides,
and over the wood-crowned mount
aims, God is breathing new life.
We feel it in the milder air, we
see it in the genial sunshine, we
hear it in the songs of the birds,
we see and breathe it in the beauty
and fragrance of the flowers, and
the trees that bud and bloom The
landscape which recently was so
desolate and dreary, is now being
made beautiful by the hand of
Him who makes everything beau
tiful in its time
The flowers that bloom, the birds
that sing, the zephyrs that whis-
per in the breezes, the brooks and
the rivers, together with the
mountains in their majesty, and
the ocean in its grandeur, unite
their voices, and tell us that all we
see, hear and feel in this wonder
Gus change, is wrought by the
hard that is divine 1t is a verifi-
cation of Gods own word While
the earth remaineth, seed-time and
harvest, and cold and heat. sum
mer and winter and day and night
shall not cease"
Who can give thought to this
wonderful display of divine power,
leading the solemn march of the
seasons in their regular and IN
broken order from age to age. and
not feel an irresistible impulse to
lift up the voice in praise unto
Him who alone can do such
things.
What bencficent display of
divine power we are now
witnessing. Each and every year,
He gives US Spring with its April
showers and May flowers; Sum
mer with its golden harvest and
fields of grain; Autumn with its
fruitage, and Winter with its cold,
ice and snow.
Already the warm smile of the
genial sun begins its work of suf-
fusing all nature with the glow of
health and happiness.
The lessening nights and length
ening days, look down in silent
on t1e earth, while it
is being carpeted with beautiful
green.
The distant mountains on which
the snow laid deep and cold. are
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-18

Christ in bodies nken unto his own
glorious body.
Then. nov and forever more, for
such glorious Christ. glorious
gospel. glorious hope, and glorious
opportunity for the sowing the
seed, that shall be blessed with
the sunshine of his presence, the
showers of his grace, and the re
freshing dews which descended on
the mountains of Zion. where the
Lord commanded his blessings
eyermore: Unto Him Who is able
TO keep us from falling, and to pre-
sent US faultless before the pres
ence OF his glory, unto the only
wise God. our Saviour, be glory
and majesty. and power and don1iH-
ion. both now and forever" Amen.
Abseeon \. J., March is 1927.