Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
ArmyandNavyNews

/ of War, and is now the subject Of a
study on the part of the personnel divi-
sion of the War Department General
Staff.
Under the proposal, the medical de-
partment would consist of six general
officers, one to be surgeon general with
the rank of major general, who would
! be selected from the officers OF the
Medical Corps not below the grade of
colonel, and Ave brigadier generals,
| three of which would be selected from
officers of the medical corps not below
the grade of colonel. OF the remaining
/, two brigadier generals, one would be Sc
lected from the Dental Corps colonies
to be chief of that service and one from
the Veterinary Corps colonies to be
chief of that service. Under this pro-
posed increase the Medical Corps
would consist of 1920 officers in grades
from colonel to first lieutenant, inclu-
sive; the Dental Corps would have 500
officers in grades from colonel to first
lieutenant, inclusive, while the Veterin-
airy Corps would consist of $50 officers
in grades from colonel to second lieu
tenant, inclusive.
There has not been sufficient evil
dence, one way or the other, to reveal
the attitude of President Hoover toward
legislation which involves increase, i'm
mediate or ultimately, in the draft
upon public funds. There appears to
be every prospect that the bill will
eventually be passed substantially as it
was introduced. The only question
that has been raised in any quarter has
to do with the expense that may be in
Cured. but this, too, is likely to be
subordinated to the necessity of relief,
which applies vitality to the entire mill
tary establishment.
Six officers of the Veterinary Corps of
the Regular Army are affected by the
proposal that for purposes of promo
ton, longevity pay and retirement they
be credited with all full-time service
rendered by them as veterinarians in
the Quartermaster Department, Cavalry
or Field Artillery prior to June 3, 1916.
They are Col w. c. Turner, chief of
the Veterinary service; Col. John A.
McKinnon and Col. E. j. Cramer, Lieut..
Col James r. Shand, Maj. Sherman r.
Ingram and Capt. George w. Brewer.
A number of changes will be made
among the commissioned personnel on
duty in the Office of the chief of ord
nance. Col william H Tschappat,
who has been on duty in the War De-
partment ordnance Office as chief of
the technical staff, has been ordered to
Manila as ordnance officer of the Phil
ippine department. His duties in the
ordnance Office will be taken over by
Col Edwin D. Bricker. Lieut.. Col.
Charles NJ Wesson will go from Aber-
deem Proving Ground, Md, to duty as
assistant military attache at London,
relieving Lieut. Col. Charles G. Mettler,
who goes to the ordnance Office as the
relief of Lieut. Col Townsend Whelen
as executive officer of the manufactur-
ing service, who will go to Springfield
Armory for duty. Lieut.. Col. ROLAND
w. Case, now at the Army War Col
lege. will shortly assume his new duties
in the ordnance Office, while Maj. Julian
S. Hatcher and Capt. r. E. Hardy, now
attached to Sd Corps Area headquarters,
will 60 to duty with the technical staff
in the ordnance office.
The following officers of the Regu-
lar Army will represent the War De-
partment at the conference to be held
at Geneva, Switzerland, for the pur-
pose of revising the Geneva convention
of July 6, 1906, and the code for pris-
oners of war: Maj. Allan w. Gullion,
Mai. John P. Fletcher and Maj. John
B. Anderson.