Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
Army.

Army.
Interest is shown in the selection OF
the 0flcer to succeed Maj Gen. William
G. Everson, chief of the Militia Bureau,
tho Is soon to resume his calling as a
munster of the gospel, having accepted
o pastorate in Denver, Colo. Gen.
Everson has made a most favorable i'm
preston upon his associates in the War
Department and he has been most help
full In promoting the good feeling be-
tween the members of the regular
establishment and those of the Ma
tional Guard.
The selection of Gen. Everson's sue
cessor involves consideration of circum-
stances that may be described as geo.
graphical mixture. There is sugges-
ton of necessity of recognition of the
Army areas, which was observed to a
certain extent in the appointment OF
former chiefs of the Militia Bureau,
such as that of Maj. Gen. George c..
Richards (Pennsylvania). who came
from the first area, and Maj. Gen.
Greed C. Hammond (Oregonf, who came
from the third area. This has been
suff1cient to establish an argument that
the appointment should now be con-
fined to an officer haiiing from one of
these areas. although the fragment of
the term served by Gen. Everson as
from the second area might be consid-
cred, it is pointed out, as still including
that area in any list of eligibles, which
might lead to the selection of Col. AL
bert r. Culbertson, Infantry Reserve
and of the Illinois National Guard, who
is now on duty in the Militia Bureau
as chief Of the regulations section.
Other officers named in connection
with this approachin bureau chief
vacancy are Col. r. E. Mittelstaedt, the
Adjutant General of California, end
Brig. Gen. James w. Hanson. the Adju-
tant General of Maine. The name OF
Brig. Gen. Frank D. Beary, lately Adju-
tant General of Pennsylvania. also has
been suggested in this connection.
The Assistant Secretary of War has
selected Maj. Roy A. Hill, Infantry, a
member of the 1881 Army Industrial
College graduating class, as the first
officer graduate of the college to be de-
tailed to the Naval War College. This
is the result of a policy recently in
augurated by the Navy Department to
increase the annual quota of Army
officer students assigned to the Naval
College at Newport, r. I.
The purpose of the Army Industrial
College, the newest of the three general
service schools operated by the War
Department, is to train Army officers
in the preparation of plans for procure
ment and industrial mobilization in the
event of major emergency.
Despite the resolution adopted last
week at the annual convention in
Philadelphia of the American Medical
Association urging that the Army medi-
cal library now situated at Seventh and
D streets northwest. this city, be
moved as close as possible to the Con-
gressional Library. instead of at Walter
Reed General Hospital, Army Medical
Center there will probably be no change
in the location of the new Army medical
library, which, according to present
plans, will be situated in the groups of
the Army Medical Center.
The new Army Industrial College
auditorium, which has been rushed to
completion the past two weeks, will be
the scene tomorrow morning, at IL
o'clock, of the commencement exercises
of the 1881 graduating class of that
Army educational institution. This
. years class is the largest that has ever
been graduated from the industrial COL
lege, the 46 officer graduates consisting
of Al Army, l Marine Corps and 4
Navy officers. If in the city, Assistant
Secretary of War Frederick H. Payne
will address the class and present the
diplomas. The Chief of Staff, Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, will be present,
and Maj. Gen. Samuel Hof, Chief of
Ordnance, will deliver the principal adj
dress. Lieut.. Col William A. Mccain,
@. M. c., is the director of the college.
The Army officers who will graduate
tomorrow morning are Coils. Carroll D.
Buck, M. c., and Alvin c. Voris, S. c.;
Lieut.. Coils. Joseph j. Grace, S. c.,