Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

Field Artillery School it was intimated
IN certain quarters that he might be
designated as the successor of Gen.
Austin. This is secuted in well informed
circles, as Gen. Cruikshank has been
assigned as commandant of the Field
Artillery School, succeeding the late
Brig. Gen. Dwight z. Aultman. 1t is
interesting to note in this connection
that in recent years there has only been
one brigadier general of the line branches
who has been appointed the chief of
this arm, this case being that OF Brig,
Gen. Malin Craig, now a major general,
who was appointed chief Of Cavalry
prior to the present chief of that arm,
Maj. Gen. Herbert c. Crosby.
The successor of Gen. Austin will be
selected from list of 80 Field Artillery
colonies. OF this number two have
been prominently mentioned in this con-
nection. The first is Col Charles D.
Heron. who is No. Is on the rela-
tive list of colonies of Field Artillery.
Col. Heron is a graduate of the Mill
tary Academy and is So years of age
He Is also holder of the Distinguished
Service Medal. The other colonel men,
toned in this connection is Henry w.
Butner, No. Z on the relative list
who is now on duty as president of
the Field Artillery Board. He will be
S6 years of age next September. is a
Military Academy graduate and has
been awarded the Distinguished Serv-
ice Medal.
It was definitely learned last week in
connection with a persistent rumor,
that there was in contemplation and
under serious discussion the project of
reduction of the commissioned person.
mel Of the Regular Army. Most of sthe
conjectures have not gone beyond q
sacrifice of 1000 officers, but for the
first time it has been brought out that
the officers of the Army should be re-
duced to at least 1000: There has been
considerable speculation concerning
what would be done to achieve the re-
suits desired by the President in his
project announced last July for apply
ing effective economies to military
naval expenditures.
The provision of retired pay to which
every officer is entitled at the rate of
three -fourths of his active pay, it is
declared, would be denied to him under
the above proposal. This reduction by
1000 officers, it has been suggested in
some quarters, could be utilized to en-
ploy the saving in furnishing the means
for the increase of service pay and to
increase the personnel of the Army Med
ical Department, contemplated by the
Wainwright proposal, to which it is
understood the President has given his
not operate to increase the Army COM
rnissioned strength above $4,000. Secre-
tary of War Patrick A. Hurley, it is
believed, will not support any such COM
rnissioned personnel reduction program.
t Navy.
Instructions were issued last week by
the Bureau of Navigation governing
cruises and the rotation of duty of
naval oficers. Only. service on board
seagoing ships Of the fleets and special
services is considered sea service. For
all officers, for purposes of rotation Of
duty, service on shore on the Asiatic sta
ton Except attache and Languages stu
dent duty in Peiping and tokyo in Guam
and in Samoa Is considered cruise.
The normal tour of duty in Guam is
two years, while in Samoa it is Is
months. Duty with a naval mission, for
instance with the American naval mis-
sion to Brazil, is considered shore duty
but any sea service that an of1cer at
tached to the mission may perform incl