Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

| ARMY.
Mai, Gen. Merritte W. ireland, sur
geon general of the Army, will leave
/, Washington today for his biennial in
spection of Fitzsimons General Hospital,
Denver, Colo, and Letterman General
| Hospital, Preside of San Francisco,
Calf. AS Gen Ireland is a member of
| the National Board of Medical Ex-
| aminers of the United States, and be-
| ing in this part of the country at this
time, he will attend the examinations to
| be held this year at Los Angeles, Calf.
| from June 25 to %, inclusive; at San
| Francisco, Calf. on July /, 2, 3 and 5,
| and at Portland, Greg, on July IL, -.
| Is and Is. Gen. Ireland will arrive at
Portland In time to attend the annual
meeting of the American Medical As
ISOLATION, which will be held from July
to IL. He is expected to return to
Washington about July %.
During the month of June "a OFF,
GERS of the Medical Corps, one Dental
| Corps officer and one officer of the
Medical Administrative Corps total of
36 officers, will be promoted to their
next higher grade The Medical Corps
officers to be promoted and the grades
to which they will be elevated are as
follows; To lieutenant colonel, Robert
W. Kerr, William s. Shields, Lee r.
Dunbar. Addison d. Davis and William
H. Smith: to major, Andrew w. Smith,
James w. Duckworth, Henry E. Keely,
Ralph H. Simmons, James B. Ander-
son, Jarrett M. Huddleston, Richard ].
Newman, Albert Bowen, Louis A. Milne,
John p. Beeson, Edward L. Moore,
Charles A. Pfeffer Beverley M Epes,
Howard T. Wickert, Harold P. Sawyer,
Frederic H. Thorne, James r. Hudnall,
George j. Schirch, Reeve Turner, Reg
tnald Ducat, Fred E. Hickson, John A.
Rogers, Alexander Mileau, jr.; Guy B.
Denit Charles r. Lanahan, Read B.
Harding. Charles w. Metz, Lloyd w.
Ballantyne and William c. Whitmore.
First. Lieut. Thomas F.. Bridges will
be promoted to the grade of captain.
The Dental Corps officer to be adj
vanced is First Lieut.. Arthur L. Irons,
who will become q captain, while the
Medical Administrative Corps officer Is
First Lieut.. Stanley A. Clark, who will
be promoted to the grade of captain.
The second class in chemical warfare
Tor Held officers of the Regular Army
VIII begin at Edgewood Arsenal, Md,
on July and conclude August 2
This course is intended for field officers
OF the various arms and services and
senior captains. Those who will under
go this course and their arms Of service
are as follows: Infantry-Lieut. Col
Daniel M. Cheston; Majs. Robert c.
Macon, John F. Ehlert, John A. Ster-
ling, p. S. Infantry John e. Audrey,
and Alexander P. Withers;. Capts
Eugene F. Smith, James " Ware, VIII
liam F. Cont, Thomas S. Smith, Law
renee B. Glasgow, and Robert L. Mon
teller. Coast Artillery Corps-Majs
George D. Davidson and Francis j.
Toohey, and CaptS. Maitland Bottoms,
Carroll g. Riggs, Thomas E. Jeffords,
and Mario Cordero. Cavalry-Majs
Wilfrid M. Blunt and John E. John
son; Capts. William H. Halstead,
Harry L. Branson, and First Lieut..
James B. Edmunds The Field Artil-
lery will be represented by Lieut.. Col.
Greed F. Cox. while Capt Edgar L.
Clewen represents the Signal Corps
The Quartermaster Corps officers who
will attend this course are Majs. James
II. johnson and Henry d. f. Munnik-
huysen, and Capt Robert T. Willkie.
Chaplain John K. Bodel. executive
of1cer, office of the chief of chapiains,
will relinglIish his duties in the War
Department about August Is and will
proceed to Governors Island, N. Y, for
his new duties, relieving at that station
Chaplain Wallace H. Watts, who has
been ordered to Fort Lewis, Wash
The latter will relieve Chaplain Will
liam L. Fisher at that place, and Chap
lain Fisher will come to washington
for duty in the chaplain ONCE as ex-
ecuttve. 4 - $500 .---- \.
Due to the operation of the Manchu
law, there win be q number of changes
IN the assignments of officers In the Of
fice OF chief of Chemical Warfare Sery-
ice. Under the new slate of changes,
the heads Of the various divisions under