Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

| ensigns who have completed course of
instruction on shore lasting five months
or more will not be accepted until they
have completed at least one years duty
at sea subsequent to completion OF such
course of instruction.
Army.
Though the recent death of Col. Jules
Uri, v. c.. at Walter Reed General Hos
pital created a vacancy in the Veteri-
nary Corps of the Regular Army, it was
Immediately filled by the appointment
of Second Lieut.. Arvo T. Thompson.
who has been assigned to duty at the
Army Veterinary School, this city.
When Col r. Vans Agnew retires on
May % another vacancy will be created,
but this will be filled Immediately.
After this there will be no more age
retirement separations in the Veterinary
Corps until next January, during which
month Lieut.. Col. Walter r. Pick will
be placed on the retired list. AS Lieut.
Col. Pick will be promoted to colonel in
July, he will be retired a full colonel.
He is on duty at Fort Omaha, Nebr.
Considerable interest is being evinced
in the Wainwright proposal that would
increase the Army Medical Department.
1t has been made known that the per-
general staff has been making a de-
tailed study of this proposal. and that
there will be submitted q recommended
ton in favor of certain increases in the
commissioned and enlisted strength of
the Medical Department. While the
general staff report on this subject will
probably not be regarded as adequate
for the current needs of this branch of
the service, it will be an indication that
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necessity of an improvement in person.
mel conditions in the various branches
of the Medical Department.
AS result of the efforts of Maj. Gen.
B. Frank Cheatham, quartermaster
general of the Army, the quarters for
officers. warrant officers and non-com-
missioned officers of the Regular Army
are to be furnished with specially de-
signed furniture of the Sheraton type
with here and there a modified infiu-
ence. 1t is interesting to record in this
instance that this is the first time in
the history of the military establish
ment that furniture has been purchased
by the Government for warrant officers
and non-commissioned officers. The
furniture that will be placed in the Off
GERS quarters will be made of mahogany,
while that for the non-commissioned
officers will be made of birch, the
strongest wood used in furniture manu-
facture, with a mahogany finish.
For the purchase of this furniture
there is available at the present time
the sum of $326,000, and on July l,
1929, the beginning of the 1880 fiscal
year, similar sum will become avail
able, which means that more than
100000 will be expended within the
next few months for furniture for the
Army. This will furnish 613 sets of
quarters. The furniture for the officers
quarters is being inspected by Capt.
John N. Gage, @. M. c., while that for
the non commisSioned officers quarters
will be inspected under the supervision
Of an officer in the Office of the quar-
termaSter general.
In addition to this, electric and gas
ranges are being installed wherever pos
sible, as the old coal ranges reach the
point where they are beyond repair. AS
the refrigerators reach the point where
they can no longer be used, they viii
be replaced by electric refrigeration
units