Evening star., 1937-06-11

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AS Uncle Sam spends some $500 OOO.-
900 for Army purposes nowadays, it oc-
CURED to the authorities at the United
States Military Academy that it would
be good scheme to show West Pointers
Just where the money goes. To that
end, IS members of this years class will
voluntarily forego two weeks of their
graduation leave to attend, at their own
expense, brief course at the War De-
partment Finance School, Following
receipt of their commissions this week
the embryo generals will be assigned to
various duties involving military funds
and property. in order to familiarize
themselves with forms. records and ac-
counting methods. Half the detachment
will be quartered at Fort Myer, the
others with relatives and friends in
Washington.
Representative at Large Caroline
ODay, Democrat, of New York is the
heroine of senatorial boomlet, designed
to groom her for the Democratic nomi-
nation in succession to Senator Cope
land in 1910. Mrs. ODay herself smil-
ingly pleads not guilty to any connec-
tion with the project and indicates she
wouldn't be receptive to such a pro-
posal, if asked to consider it at this
time. She also suggests it's little pre-
mature to think about political events
three years off. Her emotions about
the whole proposition are those of sur
prise and amusement"
Veterans legislation seems to be Pres
ident Roosevelt's jinx as far as vetoes
are concerned. When Congress the
other day re-enacted the bill again ex-
tending the privilege of World War vet
Grams to convert temporary life insur-
ance into long-term policies, it was the
third successive occasion in four years
on which House and Senate overrode
F. D. R. on laws affecting ex-service
men. Previously Congress had re-passed
over his veto the bonus law and bill
restoring cuts of $l0O0 900 900 in compen-
sation of both World War and Spanish
War veterans The soldier vote" is
still something they reckon with on
Capitol Hill
Maj Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. S. A.,
retired former chief of the Army Chemi-
cal Warfare Service and world authority
in that field, doesn't think there's any
danger that American helium will ever
induce Germany to use Zeppelins for
war. 1--WE never believed" he says,
that the Zeppelin has any real military
value. It's too darned big and clumsy
either in a fight or a storm, although
the Germans used such airships extern
sively for bombing purposes in the World
War. Helium would free them from
the danger of being burned up, but
small bomb dropped from a swift air.
plane flying overhead would destroy
even helium- filled dirigiole almost as
quickly as the Hindenburg was wrecked
at LakehurSt. I feel sure Zeppelins will
not be used again in war because of their
size and sloWness. The speed of the
latest of them was only little more
than a quarter of that of the newest
type pursuit planes and not more than
two-fifths the speed of the latest bomb
ers. What chance would a Zeppelin
have, surrounded by swift-fying air.
planes carrying Is or so pound bombs?"
One of Gen. Fries vivid wartime recol-
lections is the inspection of Zeppelin
brought down in September, 1917, near
Gen. Pershing's headquarters at Chau-
mont, France. 1t was one of group Of
six ships which the Germans had sent to
bomb London.
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