Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
Army.

OuCldlS OF Sne ARMY, navy dLlo Ma
rine Corps have given little considera-
ton the past several weeks to the pay
and promotion proposals affecting the
military-naval personnel. The situation
was enlivened last week, however, WITH
the institution of a study in prepara-
ton Of q new determination of the oth-
GERS ON the single promotion list OF
the Army as of July /. This promo
ton list will not be available for dis
tribution to the Army for sometime
in the future, but all the information
necessary for such list has been COL
lected in the Office of the Adjutant Cen
eral Of the Army and will be available
for use Of the statistical branch of the
general staff in making the necessary
preliminary studies. Lieut.. Dol. Charles
H. Patterson, on duty on the general
stsff, will prepare the new list.
The new computation will be based
on the definite terms Of the proposed
Macarthur promotion bill and will be
prepared with great care. It will be the
list which will be used by officials of
the War Department in presenting the
situation to the Military Committees OF
the Senate and House during the Sew
enty-second Congress, that will be con-
vensd this December.
Departments hold out scant hope at
this time that there will be any official
presentation to the Seventy-seccnd Con-
grsSS of a measure providing for
change in the pay laws governing the
service personnel, certainly not during
the first session of that Congress. The
general industrial depression and I'M
employment situation which exists
throughout the United States. together
with the efforts of President Hoover for
the strictest economy in Government
expenditures, are serious han6icaps
against the presentation OF bills con-
templating pay increases.
Due to the expiration of their tours
of duty in Washington between now
and the middle of September. the
Amy Pay Committee will lose two of its
leaders-viz., Brig. Gen. George S. ST.
monds, assistant chief of staff for war
plans, and Col. Frederick w. Coleman,
F. D. It is understood that Gen. ST.
monds will not leave Washington i'm
mediately upon the expiration of his
tour of general staff duty. Col. Cole
man will leave Washington in Septem-
GER of the 9th Corps Area. with head
quarters at San Antonio, Tex.
There is considerable speculation in
military circles concerning the prob
able successor of Brig. Gen. Carl r.
Darnall as assistant to the Surgeon
General of the Army. Col. Edward L.
Munson was elevated to a brigadier
generalcy as the result of the retire
ment of Brig. Gen. Henry C. Fisher,
Col. Munson being the ranking colonel
in the Medical Corps at the time of his
selection. Should the rule of seniority
be followed. Col. Thomas S. Brattan.
M. c., on duty at Atlanta, Ca would
be elevated to general officer, al
though he has only about a year to
serve before attaining the retirement
age of "a years. Next in line of senior
ity come Col. George A. Skinner, who
will retire in June, 1894: Col. Weston
P. Chamberlain, whose retirement date
who will not attain the age
of 81 until May, 1889.
Twenty-six Army officers, all members
of the 1891 Army War College gradual
ing class, will remain in Washington for
duty. The new Guty which they as
sumed last week in the various War
H;nry S. Aurand, Ordnance Depart
ment, to ONCE chief of ordnance;
Lieut.. Col. Alexander M. Milton. Cav
airy, and Majs. William R. Schmidt, |
Infantry; Louis B. Bender, Signal Corps, |
and Allen Fletcher, Infantry. to the |
Army Industrial College; Mai. T. j. |
Camp and Herbsrt E. Marshburn, In
fantry, to Office chief of Infantry:
Lieut.. Col. Lloyd B. Magruder, Coast |
Corps. and Majs. George D. |
Quartermaster Corps; Carl H. |
Seals, Infantry; Cuthbert p Stearns,
;. B. Thummel, Ordnance Departmc mt; |
John C. Tillson, jr., Cavalry; H. B. |
Infantry: Leon r. Cole Field
and Charles D. DAILY, Field |
Artillery. all to War Department gen.
eral staff: Majs. James E. CLANCY, Air |
Corps; Jacob E. Fickel, Air Corps, and |
Walter H. Frank, Air Corps, all to Office |
thief Of Air Corps: Maj. John F. Davis,
Cavalry, to Office chief of Cavalry: Mai. |
Carl Halla, Finance Department, to |
office chief of Finance; Lieut.. Col. Re-
solve P. Palmer. Adjutant General De-
to office Of adjutant general |
If Army; Lieut. Col Clarence S. Ridley,
;. E., to Office Assistant Secretary of |
War: Maj. Haig Shekerjian, Chemical
Warfare Service, to Office chief of
Chemical Warefare Service; Majs. Jo-
;eph P. Aleshire, Cavalry, and Richard
D. Newman, Cavalry, will both go to
Fort Myer, Va.