Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
Army.

ARMY
Teams from the Corps of Engineers
Cavalry and Infantry will represent the
Regular Army in the national matche:
that will be shot at Camp Perry, Ohio
the first part of September. Some
consideration was given to the organiza-
ton of team of cadets at West Point
but it finally was decided not to enter
such a team. Capt. Walter A. Wood
jr., 29th Engineers. stationed at Fort
Humphreys, Va, will be captain of the
Engineer team. A number of officers
and enlisted men of the LIST, ID, 4th
9Th, 7th, 9Th. 9th. 18th and 29th En-
gineers will participate in the tryoutS
for the team.
The Cavalry team will have as its
captain Maj. Roderick r. Allen, on
duty in the Office of the Chief of Cav
airy, this city. and he arrived last
week at Fort Riley, Kans., where the
team squad will be organized and
trained, and where tryouts will begin
about May IA. A number of officers and
about 40 enlisted men from Cavalry
regiments in the United States will
compete in the tryouts. Among the
officer candidates for the team are
Majs. John A. ConSidine and Victor
B. w. Wales; Capts. Wade C. Catchell,
1St Cavalry; Carl B. Byrd, 18th Cav
airy; Clarence w. Richmond, 18th Cav
airy, and First LieutS. Otto r. Still
linger, Claude A. Thorpe and William
S. Conrow, 5th Cavalry, and Sidney C.
Page, 14th Cavalry.
Maj. Bradford G Chynoweth will be
captain of the Infantry team and Capt.
Joseph Upper will be coach. The team
squad is now undergoing preliminary
training at Fort Benning, Ga. and the
final training and tryoutS will be held
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Among the officers in the squad are
CaptS. K. L. Berry, Merle Broderick,
j. H. kneubel, w. G. billiard, o. p.
Mulkey, Paul Steele. j. P. Lyons, Earl
Paynter, w. B. Wilson, r. o. Barrett
and George B. Morris; First LieutS
Kamell MaertenS, j. G.. Harris, H. H.
Harris and D. L. Adams. and Second
LieutS. S. E. Hall, F. r. Lloyd and
j. H. Gilbrett.
The Navy rifle team will have as its
captain Lieut. Van Fitch Rathbun, with
Ensign Seth A. Shepard as coach and
Lieut.. Frank Humbeutel as supply off,
Ger. The candidates for the team will
assemble at Annapolis, Nd, for tryoutS
and preliminary training on June g.
The team squad will go to Wakefield,
Mass, about July for training, and to
Camp Perry on August 25. Among the
officers who will participate in the try
outs are LieutS, Alvin D. Kramer and
Henry D. WolleSon: Ensigns Clarence
Quinn, Wexford C. Blinn, George E.
King, Charles C. Pyne and Matthew
Radon, and Midshipmen Joseph A.
d'Avi, Alexander H. Hood, Almon E.
LOOMS, Corben G. Shute and Kemp Toll
ley of the first class. The Superintend-
ent of the Naval Academy has recon-
mended that a team of midshipmen be
entered in the national and other
matches at Camp Perry, and these
recommendations are now awaiting
final Navy Department approval. In
the event authority is granted for the
participation of team from the Naval
Academy in the national matches it
will be trained at Annapolis, and in all
probability Lieut. James P. Clay will be
its captain.
Maj. Julian P Smith will be captain
of the Marine Corps team, with Capt.
William w. AshurSt as coach. Medal
winners in certain of the divisional and
other competitions being shot this
Spring will be sent to Marine Barracks,
Quantico, Va, for tryouts, which will
begin June Is, following the shooting
OF the Elliott Trophy match at that
place, and the team squad will then go
to Wakefield, Mass, about June ID to
complete its training.
At the prevailing attrition rate for
officers of the Medical Corps the total
number of separations for all causes
Tor the 1929 fiscal year, which will
terminate on June 80, 1929 will be
more than threescore. AS of April 80,
1929, there were total of 81 vacan-
cles among the commissioned personnel
OF this corps, and with about two
months time to elapse before the end
OF this fiscal year the number of Sepa-
TatlonS for this period will be well over
90. During the month of April seven
officers of the Medical Corps have sew
ered tner connection with the military
establishment. Four of these separa.
tons, all majors, for April were caused
by their transfer to the retired list for
physical disability incident to the Serv.
Sce. They are Paul S. Wagner and
Frederick T. Rice, on April g. George
NeWloVe, April 3, and John F. McGilI
April Is. The fifth separation was
caused by the death of Col. Frank c..
Baker. April II, while the remaining
TWO separations were by resignation.
THESE being Maj. Robert E. Parrish and
fiscal year the total number of Medical
corps separations was 81, which will be
greatly exceeded this year.
BY Fall there will be a number of
changes among the commissioned per-
sonnet In the office of the Surgeon Cen
eral OF the Army. Maj. A. D. futile.
who will be promoted to Lieutenant
colonel shortly, left Washington last
THURSDAY for his new station, at the
Army Base in Brooklyn, N Y, where
he viii serve as port surgeon, depot
surgeon and surgeon of the overseas dis
charge and replacement depot. This
terminates his tour of duty in the Office
OF the surgeon general III the plans and
training division since its organization
In 1919, with the exception of a period
OF duty with troops. During his stay
in Washington Maj. Tuttle compiled a
valuable handbook for the medical SOL
oler. Lieut.. Col. H. G. Gibner, also on
duty In the plans and training division,
Will go to the Army War College as
instructor on the staff. The duties of
these two officers will be taken over by
Lieut.. Col. Garfield L. Mckinney, now
on the War Department General Staff
in GIL, and Capt. E. D. Sykes, M. A. c.,
now en- route to Washington from the
Philippines. Lieut. Col. Joseph F.. Siler,
chief of the professional service division,
goes to the Panama Canal Department
as health officer, as the relief of Col.
Weston P. Chamberlin, who will succeed
Col. Siler in the professional service di-
vision. Lieut.. Col M. A. Reasoner and
Capt. William E. Devers, now on duty
as students at the Army Industrial Col
lege, will be assigned to duty in the
supply division while Mai Edgar c.
Jones. now on duty in the supply di-
vision. will go to the Army War Col
lege as a student.
Navy.
Admiral Henry A Wiley, commander
of the United States Fleet, will be re-
lieved of these duties by Admiral Will