Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
Army andNavyNews
Army.

Army.
Preparations are being made at GER
tain selected Army posts for participation
in the 1882 modern pentathlon of the
tenth Olympiad, which will be held at
Los Angeles, Calf, Maj. Gen. Herbert
B. Crosby, chief Of Cavalry. has been
designated as the War Department
the participation of the Army in the
1882 Olympic games. The modern
pentathlon is essentially q military
event. European military authorities
recognize 1t as such and are devoting
much time to the development of COM
petitors. The competition consists of
the following events: ca Shooting-2o
or revolver, at silhouette at Is meters
OBJ Swimming-300 meters, free style.
(c) Fencing-Sword. Cd Athletic
CrosS-country, 1000 meters. (e)
Equestrian sports, 900 meters (cross-
country over changing ground with
obstacles
At the present time the following
officers NSted below appear as likely
candidates for the United States mod
ern pensathlon team. They are, to-
0ether with their present duty assign
inent. as follows: First Lieut.. Charles
a. Barrett, jr., Field Artillery instructor
1T the United States Military Academy,
west Point. N Y: First Lieut. Peter
c. Hams. Sd Cavalry, Cavalry School.
Fort Riley. Kans. (member of the 1928
team: Second Lieut.. Richard w.
Mayo. Field Artillery Fort Bragg, N. c.:
Second Lieut.. Aubrey s. Newman, 31st
Infantry, Manila, P. l.; Second Lieut..
Helm G. Wilde. Infantry, Brooks Field,
Tex; Second Lieut. Robert F. Travis.
Field Artillery, Kelly Field, Tex, and
Second Lieut.. Clayton j. Mansfield,
Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kans. The War
Department will designate an oficer
TO be team manager, who will be re-
sponsible for the selection OF the team
and general supervision Of its training.
The team will be composed of approx
n1ately four men from which three will
be selected as the final team.
The annual meeting of the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps Country Club
will be held tomorrow at 4:So pm: in
room 25l0 of the Munitions Building.
The following members of the club
have been nominated for the board
of governors to serve for one year:
Mai Gen E. A. Helmick, u. S. A., re-
tired: Col. D. S Stanley, U. S. A., re-
tired; Capt. George F. Unmacht,
G. w. S.: Capt. Curtis Walker, o. r. c.:
Blaine Mallan. former member of the
Naval Reserve force: Lieut.. T w Nc
W. Schumann, S. c.. U. S. N Those
nominated to serve for two years are
Maj. Fred A. Carter, o. r. c.; Lieut..
Coils. G. G. Mortimer. ]. j. O'Hara and
Maj. j. w. Lang, all of the Army:
Condr. Felix Gygax. U. S. N; Lieut..
Comdr. j. A. Saunders. U. S. NJ. re-
tired, and Lieut.. Comdr. G. C. Sim
mons, S. c., U. S. N. Those nominated
to serve for three years are Brig. Gen.
z. L. King and Majs. r. D. Newman
and ". r. White, all of the Regular
Army; Mai Gen. c. D. Rhodes, U. S. A.,
retired; Capt. W. H. Allen, U. S. N:
Corndr. Gaylord Church, c. E. c., U. S.
A.. Col Frank Halford. u. s. NJ. c., and
Rear Admiral Ridley Mclean, U. 8. N
Navy.
The application for retirement after
80 years service of Capt. Clarence L.
Arnold, u. S. NJ, who has been on duty
at Buenos Aires as naval attache to
Argentina and Uruguay, has been ap-
proved to become effective May 10
1880. Unless vacancies occur in the
meantime, the following officers as a
result will become due for promotion
on May IL: Comdr. Arthur L. Bristol
jr.: Lieut.. Comdr. Charles j. Moore
Lieut.. Frank r. Dodge and Lieut.
81. CD Gerald u. Quinn. Capt. Arnold
will be succeeded at Buenos Aires by
Comdr Leland Jordan, jr., who has
been in command Of the U. S. S. King
Comdr. Edmund D. Almy, U. S. S., aid
and force engineer oficer on the staff
of the commander of the feet base
force, has been detached from that
duty and will succeed Comdr. Miles A
Libbey. deceased as assistant director
of the naval research laboratory al
Bellevue. D. c. Three other naval ON
GERS who will come to Washington for