Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Army.
Application for retirement has been
forwarded to the War Department by
Mai. Gen. Fred T. Austin, chief OF Field
Artillery. Gen. Austin, when appointed
to his present post, on December 70,
1927, came from the Philippines and he
will have served two years of his normal
tour of duty of four years as chief OF
the Field Artillery arm on December
90 1929. It is understood that he APP
peared before an Army retiring board
last week and II Is expected that his
application will be duly passed on by
the board and sent to the department
for the approval of the Secretary Of
War. If approved, Gen. Austin will be
granted the customary leave prior to re-
tirement, and he will probably be placed
on the retired list of the Regular Army,
effective about February l. 1880.
Gen. Austin served in the Spanish
American War as a first lieutenant and
was advanced through the various
der general in the National Army in
1918. With the reduction of the Army
after the armistice he reverted to the
grade of colonel, which grade he held
until his appointment as chief Of Field
Artillery, with the rank of major gen.
eral, in December, 1927. Gen. Austin
is a graduate of Norwich University,
Distinguished Service Medal.
If the War Department approves the
memorandum sent to the assistant
chief Of staff, Gil, in which 80 addi-
tional officers are requested to be de-
tailed to the Finance Department 1t is
contemplated relieving Is of the officers
Of other departments assigned to duties
of the Finance Department and Is adj
ts-wa> IL
assigned to the various corps areas and
departments where their services are
urgently required. For some time the
Army Finance Department has been
handicapped by lack of sufficient per-
sonnet. The act of June 4, 1920, Gre
ating the Finance Department. author
lied a chief and l41 other officers. The
act of June 80, 1922, authorized 10 per
cent OF this number. leaving total of
90 officers, but the President, under au-
thority granted him by the same act
increased the number assigned by 80 per
cent, bringing 1t up to 129, which, with
the chief Of finance, makes a total of
$50, the number now authorized.
AT this commissioned strength the
Finance Department has found it i'm
practicable to have a finance disbursing
of1cer at every station where one is
needed and as a result commanding Of
f1cers have been compelled to designate
officers from the other branches to per-
form finance duties, including disburs-
ing, at "a separate stations Among
these are is Quartermaster Corps ofi-
GERS, from the Ordnance Department,
from the Corps of Engineers and /
ofhcer each from the Cavalry, Infantry,
Coast Artillery Corps and Field Artillery.
Col. George E. Kumpe, who arrived
In washington last week from Mon
mouth, N. j. where he was on duty as
commandant of the signal school and
Ia command of that post. has assumed
his duties as executive officer, Office of
the Chief Signal Oficer of the Army
His duties at Fort Monmouth have been
taken over by Col. Arthur S. Cowan;
S. G.
Navy.
A board of Medical Corps officers of
the Navy will be appointed for the pur-
pose of recommending two officers of
that corps for promotion to the rank of
rear admiral to fill vacancies that will
result from the retirement of Rear Ad-
miral George T. Smith, who was placed
on the retired list of the Navy October
8, upon his own application, after more
than 40 years service, and of Rear Ad-
niral Albert M. D. Mccormick, who
viii be retired on March 81, 1880, upon
reaching the statutory retirement age.
The senior % captains of the Medical
Corps are eligible for consideration by
the board. They are Rand p. Crandall,
George T. Smith, Luther L Won Wede-
kind, Robert NJ Kennedy, Norman j.
Blackwood, Adrian r. Alfred james F.
Legs, Frank G. Cook, Charles M. De
Vain, Ammen Farenholt, Charles P.
Kindleberger, Arthur W. Dunbar, Theo-
dore w. Richards, Middleton s. Elliott,
Frank L. Pleadwell, Dudley NJ Carpen-
ter, James c. Pryor, Raymond Spear,
John B. Dennis, Eugene j. Grow, Gran
vile L. Angeny and Edgar Thompson.
A board Of officers will be convened
at the Navy Department next Tuesday
for the purpose of recommending two
officers of the corps of professors of
mathematics for promotion to the rank
Of captain. One vacancy exists in that
rank as a result of the retirement for
age Of Capt. William S. Eichelberger
and another vacancy will occur as a re-
suit of the retirement for age on Feb
ruary 10, 1880, of Capt. Thomas j. j.
See. The board will be composed Of
Commodore Omenzo G. Dodge. y. s. N.
RESORTS.
ATT ANTVC CITY