Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

/ the class law ss&$&&Ass
! the purpose oil
which is TO elim-I
! mate those officers
/ of the Regular SssM
: Army whose effi-I $s$
| cheney ratings fallI ~ 90
/ below par UndsT1 #
/ the change. oneI #s
court Of inquiry 4 ~
will be convened ~ szs,s4.
/ by direction of the $
/ President IN eacn 5,
corps area. and
additional courts vi
OF inquiry may bel
convened as occa- So
sion may require.
It is not the in Secretary Davis
| tention of the War Department to in
/ terfere with these courts in their pro-
cedure for the hearing Of cases, but It
! is desired that cases be completed as
rapidly as possible without prejudice
TO the rights Of the officer concerned.
Full latitude of argument will in all
cases be allowed under the change. and
a reasonable time will be granted for
the preparation and submission Of
brief
Another new feature of the change
governing the finds Of the class B
boards is that which prescribes that In
the absence of special instructions in
any particular case the Secretary of
War will act for and in the name of
| the President in approving or disap-
proving action of the final classical
ton board placing an officer in class
B, Officers SO classified, under the
new regulations, will have an opportu-
nifty to have their case reviewed By the
Chief Executive. for. should the Secre-
tary Of War. in any particular case
deem such step advisable, he may lay
the action Of the final classification
board before the President for con-
siceration and action by him.
Three graduates of the 1929 United
States Military Academy class. Lieuts.
r. Fl. Sievers. A. B. Denniston and
e. F. Shepherd. have been assigned to
the Quarternaster Corps. This is the
first time that such step has been
taken by the War Department and is
In recognition of the great volume and
variety OF engineering and technical
projects with which the QuartermasteT
Corps is charged. They viii first be
assigned TO duty with troops so that
they may become familiar with the
requirements of the line of the Army.
upon completion of which they will be
given additional training at the best
scientific and technical schools in the
country.
Awarded the Collier trophy last year
for his efforts in the development of
the parachute, Maj. z. L. Hoffman is
now busily engaged at Wright Field in
the development Of a mammoth para
chute, measuring 81 feet in diameter,
lx--i.} &c srka1 fn6
will be capable Of supporting the weight
of an entire airplane to the ground in
safety Structurally. it is similar in
the main respects of the man-carrying
type, having pilot chute, vents in the
dome, the same weight and quality of
silk and the same type of shroud lines
This airplane carrying type of para
chute has SO panels and 48 shroud
lines. The new parachute has on two
| different occasions successfully borne
| to the ground a l,600-pound bomb at
several thousand feet altitude. but the
/ lift and strength OF the chute Is so
great that it shows little tendency To
/ debate upon reaching the ground. In
/ the bomb tests that have been con-
Quoted by Mai Hoffman. the chute has
/ been caught by winds, and this 500
/ pound bomb was dragged quite dis
! lance across the field before 1t could
/ be halted.
! Considerable work remains TO be ac-
complished before the chute is ready
/ for the final test of dropping with an
airplane. The development Of posi-
. tive releasing mechanism. separating
the weight and parachute upon land
| ing, is contemplated. This, II is pointed
out would eliminate the danger Of
| dragging. Some quick denation
method, 1t has been suggested, would
counteract the tendency TO drag. The
great number Of tests involved in any
such development necessarily slows up
| progress, but Mai, Hoffman is con-
| fldent that his efforts will be re-
/ warded with parachute Of simple
mechanism. reliable In operation, and
] one that can be depended upon when
manufactured upon production basis.
| Eight officers of the Regular Army
will compose the United States Olympic
equestrian team which will participate
| In the Olympic games ~ Amsterdam.
| Holland. this Summer They are Mats.
/ Sloan Doak. Charles p. George. Harry
! y. Chamberlain. Capts. Adolphus w.
Roffe. William p Bradford. Frank l..
! Carr. Peter r. Carpenter and First
! Lieut. Edwin Y. Argo The team with
its horses viii sail from New York
July 10.
Navy.
With the approval Of the Navy line
selection board recommendations, the
number Of promotions which will fol-
low in the staff corps In accordance
with the equalization act Of June 10,
1926 has been determined Eligibility
for promotion to tho ranks Of captain
and commander IN the corps. under
that law, Is dependent upon the aelec-
ton Of line officer running mate or
line officer junior thereto Due to the
fact that no line officer was selected
this year who is the running mate OF
any staff officer OF the rank Of COM
mander, there will be- no staff selections
for promotion TO captain. There are %
officers I'm the medical 10 In the sup
ply, and 10 In the dental corps holding
the rank Of lieutenant commander who
have become eligible fer promotion
They are a. follows
Medical Corps Marry Shaw, Harry l.
Brown, Thomas q Foster. C0ndie X
VIM, Andre e. Lee, Heber Butts
Philip T. Garrison. Earle r. HUFF Mar.
! tin Doneison Dow II Casio. George G
Rhosdes. Harry w. r Turner, Clarence
, G. Kress, James A. Bass. Edward II
| Woodland, Penlie b. Ledhetter, John G
Parham, Charles l. Beeehing, william
r. Findeigen, George w. Calyer. Arthur
. E. Beddoe, Louis H. R0ddis, Horace v