Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13
ARMY'S NEW GUNS
TO Be DISPLAYED
Ordnance Group Members
Will See Demonstration
at Aberdeen.

The Army's latest guns, munitions
and mechanical equipment will be
demonstrated to members of the
Army Ordnance Association this
afternoon at the Aberdeen (Md)
Proving Ground.
Members Of the association ar
ranged to leave by train for the Mary
land base at noon, returning here this
evening. At Aberdeen they will hear
q technical discussion of recent ord
nance developments preceding the ex-
hibtlon Of weapons and equipment.
The annual dinner of the asso-
citation was held last night at the
Mayf1ower and was marked by an
address by Hilaire Belloc, British
author, and the award of the Ord
nance Medal of Merit for World War
service to Maj. Gen. James G. Har-
bord, chairman of the board of the
Radio Corp. of America, who directed
the Service of Supply for the Amer
lean Expeditionary Force.
Harbord's Address Read,
Gen. Harbord was detained in New
York by the illness of his wife, and an
address he had prepared was read by
Maj. Gen. Robert c. Davis. retired,
former adjutant general of the Army,
who spoke from New York. Gen
Davis also made the speech of ac-
ceptance for Gen. Harbord when the
medal was presented by Benedict
CroWell, Assistant Secretary of War
in President Wilson's cabinet, who
heads the association. Gen Harbord
was cited by Col Frederick H. Payne
who was Assistant Secretary of War
under President Hoover.
The program was broadcast.
In his speech, Belloc said the wars
OF yesterday have set no standard by
Which the wars of the future may be
determined
In his audience were Army officers
and private citizens who helped form
IN 1919 and incorporate in 1928 the
organization designed to foster indus
trial preparedness as the country
greatest guarantee of peace.
Urges Advance of Young Officers.
Speaking slowly and extempora-
neously, Belloc used the wars of past
centuries to support his contention that
they prove nothing He advocated adj
Vanclng younger officers and soldiers
faster during the next war and de-
clared f1exibility and morale of the
armies would be among the chief fac
tors determining the outcome
Belloc cited the days of Napoleon,
whose young and inexperienced troops,
afraid OF being shot, spread out for
sa1etys sake and developed a style of
nghtlng that remained in vogue among
european armies for many years.
Inc World War, according to the
suthor, proved that cavalry was useless.
AND shortly after the war, Polish
cavalrymen drove the Bolsheviks out
OF Warsaw. This, he said, ILLUSTRATED
the text Of his Enthusiastically
War Is Not Tomorrow's."
Gen. Harbord, in his prepared
speech. said "the Army Ordnance
Association is the best bridge that
exists between Army thought and
American industrial interests. Such
bridges insure the civilian-military
understanding necessary for our coun-
trys preparedness.
Radios Progress Reviewed.
Gen. Hartford reviewed the history
and progress of radio since the World
War and its place in Army and Navy
plans for the next conflict in which
this country might be engaged.
The great network of transoceanic
radio circuits which have been de-
veloped since 1920 cannot be cut by
an enemy" he said as cables were
in the World War. They will 90 on
carrying messages and news, essential
to the conduct of a big conflict and
to the maintenance of civilian morale.
They, as well as the marine services,
will continue to flash radiograms aid
ing shipments-a critical factor in
modern war is economic grapple."
Maj Gen. William H. Tschappat,
chief OF ordnance, U. S. A., also spoke.
stressing preparedness as the greatest
guarantee of peace.