Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
Army ndNavy News

rant officers Of the Navy. recently COM
pleted, indicates that the number
available Is not adequate to meet fully
the demand Of the naval service,
ashore and af1oat. A total of 1,455
officers is now authorized, while ,496
are required. The shortage cannot be
corrected until the 1888 fiscal year and
In the meantime vacancies both ashore
and afioat will exist
A study of the situation indicates
that the greatest shortages exist in
the grades of machinists and boat
SWANS, which shortages are partially
due to the number of these officers now
performing duty as naval ayiators.
With the supply of naval aviators from
commissioned officers of the line and
petty officers now reaching the point
where there are more applicants than
are required, it has been concluded in
the Navy Department that the en-
ployment OF warrant officers as naval
aviators is no longer necessary.
Army.
OF the SO officers and $50 men or
dered to duty at the national matches
at Camp Perry, Ohio, which will be held,
beginning today, until September 10,
1881. sixteen of the commissioned per-
sonnet are from Army posts of the Sd
part. These officers from this corps
area will act as range officers during
the matches and are as follows: Capts.
Victor r. Woodruff, 9Th F. A; Paul l..
Singer, oath Infantry: Pearne C. Wild
ers, 34th Infantry, and Harry E. Pen
dleton, c. A. c.; First Lieuts. william
L. Richardson, G. A. c.: Leslie M.
Greener. Sd Cavalry; Bob Child, Infan-
try ttanks); David B. Latimer, c. A.
c.. Wilburn K Noel Sd Cavalry. and
John r. Burnett, c. A. c., and Second
Edgar T. Conley, jr.; Edwin M. Van
Bibber Thomas M. Hammond. IT,, and
Henry B. Kunzig. all 18th Infantry. and
Frank L. Blue, jr., c. E., mechanical
force.
The commissioned and enlisted per-
sonnet that arrived at Camp Perry last
week for duty in connection with the
matches are: Ten officers and $50 en-
listed men (including medical person.
nell from Jefferson Barracks, Mo; 8
officers and $50 enlisted men from Fort
Jay, N. Y; officers and 100 enlisted
men from Fort Wadsworth, N. Y; Is
officers and 42S enlisted men from Fort
Benjamin Harrison. Ind; officers,
warrant officer and ais enlisted men
from Fort Thomas Ky; officers and
2 officers and 81 enlisted men from Fort
Howard, Nd, and officers and ia
enlisted men from Fort Washington, Ma.
Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, U. 8. A.,
retired, chief Of staff Of the Army from
1914 to 1917, was q recent visitor to
Fort Meade, s. OAK, in connection with
his work in recordAtion of the Indian
sign language Funds were appropri-
ated by Congress last year to be used
in making permanent record OF the
sign language of the American Indians
and to meet the expense Of recording
by motion and sound pictures, through
the fundamentally Of Gen. Scott, and
such Indians as might be required to
assist him, the theory. history and prac-
tice OF such language. Gen. Scott
served as a second lieutenant with the
famous Clusters 7th Cavalry in 1876,
during the expedition into the Black
Hills, spending some time in and around
the present Fort Meade military post.
Twenty-Five first lieutenants Of the
Army Medical Corps have Just been
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