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Army and Navy News
By M. H. Mclntyre.
NAVY.
Doubt is expressed as to whether
*tny Chief Executive has so intimately
considered a matter of administration
of any of the executive departments
as President Cool
idge did in apprcv- r“
ing an aviation
course for mid- *-.-••
shipmen at the , \
.'.'aval Academy, f.
announcement of !*
wnicii was made jfZ' « j
T-bollc last week.
'fhat he will go a
Men further than \
this was made > v
known this week. . A .. . Jiy
when the Presi- '•wk
d»,it indicated that jjgfek
he is desirousT of 1
examining care |gSx߻aaWK- ,>
fully tlie report <■ f y~
the AA'ar Depart
ment general staff, w «. ks .
which is now en
gaged In a comprehensive study of
the aviation problem, upon its sub
mission to Secretary of AA’ar AVeeks.
In discussing this subject with the
press, the President indicated that in
the development of aviation he
ihought a similar course of instruc
tion could be prescribed for the Mili
tary Academy as that laid down for
the Naval Academy, but before mak
ing public his views on this subject he
will carefully digest not only the gen
eral staff study, hut the recommenda
tions made by the Secretary of AA'ar.
Three principal points are being
considered by the general staff In
its tsudv of the question for the
land forces. They are: 1. AVhat j
should be done at the Military Acad- j
emy. 2. The plan of development to |
be followed in the Regular Army; and
3. The best plan for developing an
adequate reserve air force. The chief
consideration of the general board of
the Navy in its study of the subject
was developing aviation for the fleet,
which, in event of war, would be com
paratively small as to the require
ments for the Army.
Plans now being considered by the
general staff. It is understood, call for
the development of non-commissioned
officers as flyers as well as those of the
commissioned personnel. A number
of memorandums submitted to the
general staff on this subject have con
tained this identical suggestion, and it
would cause no surprise if it was one
of the recommendations contained in
the general staff’s study of the subject.
Definite decision has not yet been
made as to how far the general staff
will go in its recommendations for an
aviation course at the Military Acad
emy, but it has been decided to add a
number of subjects which will come
under the head of aeronautics, to the
Military Academy curriculum. It is
pointed out that in the Navy the only
bar to eventually qualifying all junior
officers as either pilots or observers
after their final qualifying courses at
the naval air training stations will be
physical disqualifications.
AA'ar clouds hang low over the hori
zon of the naval staff title controversy,
opened anew by an opinion of the
outgoing judge advocate general of
the Navy in which this officer ques
tioned the legality of the present mili
tary titles of the staff. Part of the
opposition to the equalization bill in
the Navy Department, it is stated,
was in agreement to support this bill,
providing acceptance was made by the
staff of the same titles which are held
by staff officers in the British Navy.
It is understood, however, that a com
mittee of staff oflicers rejected the
proposal.
As this is being written no memo
randum, it is stated, has been sub
mitted to the Secretary of the Navy
by the staff oflicers, as there appear
to be differences of opinion among of
ficers of the staff as well as those of
the line. There are some staff offi
cers who care not for military titles
and who have indicated that they
would accept the change proposed by
the line in the event an equalization
bill was enacted into law by Con
gress. On the other hand, other staff
officers regard this suggestion in the
opinion as most humiliating and would
prefer to have the equalization bill de
feated.
Knowing that his approval of the
opinion would have considerable
weight with Congress, the Secretary
of the Navy is going over the papers
in the case with extreme care, and up
to this writing it is not known what
course of action he will take. In the
event that the Secretary gives Ills ap
proval, it is pointed out that this will
force legislative action. The admis
sion was made by Chairman Butler of
the House committee on naval affairs,
who was in AVashington a few days
ago, that if any recommendations were
submitted, his committee would be
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According to the comparative tables
of naval data which have been cor
rected up to May 1, the American
Navy is below the treaty strength
both in manpower and in ships. A
perusal of this official estimate pre
pared in the Navy Department shows
that neither the British nor American
navies are up to their treaty strength,
and that Japan is the only power
keeping up its prescribed treaty allow
ances in officers and men. In accord
ance with the treaty, Great Britain
and the United States should each
have 12,300 officers and 109,005 en
listed men. Comparing the actual
fleet strength figures with those of i
the treaty strength, It is brought out
that the American Navy is short of
the treaty strength 3,882 officers and
22,005 enlisted men, while Great
Britain has a shortage of 2,683 officers
and 10,452 enlisted men.
In order to bring the American
Navy up to its treaty aircraft carrier
strength it will be necessary to con
struct two carriers each with a 56,300-
ton capacity. Under the treaty. Great
Britain is allowed one more aircraft
carrier with a tonnage of 30,510; Italy,
who possesses none at present, is al
lowed two with 55,000 tons each;
Japan one, with a tonnage of 17,600.
and France one, with a tonnage of
36.000. As indicated by the table, the
actual ratio of aircraft carriers is as
follows: Great Britain, 3.87; United
States, 2.91, and Japan, 2.85.
The only place In which the United
States leads is in submarines of the
first line, of which we have 44 with
! a tonnage of 38,387 built, and six
j building with a tonnage of 5,433.
Great Britain comes next, with 32
vessels of this type, comprising a ton
j nage of 31,035 built, and two with a
tonnage of 1.780 building. Japan has
34 built, tonnage 27,622, and five sub
marines with a tonnage of 4,990 build
ing. The table shows that France has
18 subsea boats with a tonnage of
16,148 built, and 11 building with a
tonnage of 13,323. Italy has 10 sub
marines built, comprising a tonnage of
8,023, and five building with a tonnage
of 4,755.
For the first time the tables show
the total aircraft-carrying capacity of
the various powers. They are as fol
lows: Great Britain, 542; United
States, 248; Japan, 226: France, 112,
and Italy, 14. The capitulation also
gives the strength figures on other
vessels, but greater interest is being
taken in the above-mentioned types
than any of the others.
Simultaneously with the appoint-'
ment of boards of Marine Corps offi
cers to select colonels for the brigadier
general eligible list, and colonels for
heads of the staff departments, an ex
amination will be held for officers be
low the grade of colonel to fill pros
pective vacancies. Under the new
Marine Corps personnel law enacted
during the last session of Congress,
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which will become effective the early
part of July, one board can perform
both functions, or separate boards can
be appointed for the selection of the
general line officers or for the heads
of the staff departments. In either
case the personnel of the boards will
consist of five general officers.
This new selective system of pro
motion for the Marine Corps is not a
drastic measure, but at the same time
the law directs that “sufficient evi
dence” should be in the possession of
the board before certification can be
made of an officer that he is qualified
professionally for the next higher
grade. The act, which contains a pro
vision creating an eligible list of
colonels for promotion to brigadier
generals, also contains a section pro
viding for retirement for age in grade.
The five officers who will compose
the hoard will be selected by the Secre
tary of the Navy from among the fol
lowing officers: Maj. Gen. John A.
Lejeune, Maj. Gen. Ely K. Cole,
and Brig. Gens. L.-Feland. R. H. Lane,
C. 1,. McCawley, Dion Williams, G.
Richards and Harry Lee.
The Rockwood test case, involving
the questions as to whether those offi
cers whose pay was affected by the
saving clause of the joint service pay
act will draw allowances correspond
ing to their base pay, which was
argued in the Court of Claims this
week, reached a stage before the ren
dition of the final decision of the court.
In this connection it is interesting to
note that on May 13, the day that the
case was argued, the law became ef
fective under which cases cannot be
taken from the Court of Claims by an
appeal. Only through a writ of cer
tiorari can they be taken from the
court. Under section 16 of the above
mentioned act Maj. Alfred L. Rock
wood, in whose name the test case is
brought, draws pay of the fourth pay
period, but under a decision rendered
by the controller general of the
United States, he is only paid the al
lowances of the third period.
During the course of the argument
the attorney for Maj. Rockwood point
ed out that the class of officers affected
! by this suit were commissioned largely
in the regular establishment from civil
life in 1913 and 1914 and had no other
service aside from that of the Regular
Army. Their services were in great
demand during the war and many of
them were sent overseas, where they
were placed in command of units at
the front. AVhen the time came for
Congress to frame a pay act the dis
covery was made that there were a
large number of officers In the regular
establishment who possessed service
other than that of the Regular Army,
and who would be entitled to draw
higher pay than those officers in Maj.
Rockwood’s class and who served
under the latter class of officers during
the war.
Quoting sections 5 and 6 of the
joint service pay act, which deter
mine the allowances for officers, Maj.
Rockwood's attorney argued that the
' language contained in these two sec
tions provided that officers receiving
the base pay of any period shall be
entitled to receive the rental allow
ances for that period.
Attorneys for the Government
argued that the suit was not brought
for pay, but for allowances. It was
pointed out that Maj. Rockwood, as
far as his base pay was concerned.
was still in the third pay period.
Under the operation of section 16. the
Government contended, Maj. Rock
wood was receiving the pay of the
third period, plus the difference be
tween the pay of that period and that
which he was receiving on June 30,
1922, on which date the pay act be
came effective. As Maj. Rockwood
did not have 14 years of service, the
Government argued, he was, despite
his pay under section 16. in the third
l>eriod. Great interest is being taken
in this case, as there are hundreds of
officers who will be affected by the
final decision.
According to a new order of pro
cedure, which has been approved by
the Secretary of the Navy, the phys
ical examination of Navy officers will
not be conducted from the viewpoint
that an officer should be retired, but
more for the purpose of determining
the method of treatment to make him
physically fit, which will warrant his
continuation in the service. The re
sults of the physical examinations will
not be placed upon an officer’s record,
and this information will be held as
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Among the most Important matters
which are being held up in the War
Department, due to the illness of Sec
retary of AA’ar Weeks, is whether a
defense test for 1925 will be held.
Though it is assumed that the annual
mobilization of the nation's defenders,
inaugurated last year by Gen. Persh
ing, will be held, up to the present no
definite decision has been made in the
matter.
Resolutions have been passed not
only by the American Legion but by
other veteran organizations indorsing
the defense test and urging that it be
held upon Armistice day. A number
of Regular Army officers on duty In
the AA'ar Department, it is understood,
are in favor of the resolutions passed
by the veteran organizations, but final
decision in the matter will rest with
the President, who will not only de
cide whether the defense test will be
held but also the date.
Under circular No. 22, current
series, the AA’ar Department has an
nounced that the training regulations
series of War Department publica
tions includes training regulations,
proper and technical regulations. The
former are those which have to do
with the traininp of a tactical unit
(as T R., 60-15, Instruction Dismount
ed without Arms), the latter contain
technical descriptive and instructional
matter (p.s T. R., 445-270, Cement and
Uses of Concrete in War).
In the future technical regulations
will be made more readily distinguish
able from other training regulations
by adding 1000 to the general subject
numbers under which they are classi
fied in the training regulations series:
e. g., T. R., 445-270, will appear as
T. R., 1445-270. All technical regula
tions will therefore bear a general
subject number greater than 1000.
Extensive preparations are being
made by the commissioned, enlisted
and civilian personnel of the Quarter
master Corps, Regular Army, for the
celebration of its 150th anniversary,
which is to be observed June 16 in
all places where Quartermaster Corps
personnel is located. Preliminary re
ports received by Maj. Gen. W. H.
Hart, quartermaster general, from the
field, indicate that the character of the
local programs for the celebration will
be largely historical and informative
to the general public with the basic
principal which underlies the corps,
unity and solidarity. Gen. Hart plans
to hold the main celebration in Phila
delphia this year. and. if possible, to
have it in Carpenters’ Hall, where the
corps was created 150 years ago.
If the progress now being made by
the United States Supreme Court in
the Noce case, Involving credit for
cadet service at the Military Academy,
is any criterion, it is expected that a
decision will be handed down by the
court before it adjourns for the Sum
mer. As pointed out in the Rockwood
case, under a law passed at the last i
session of Congress, cases cannot be ■
appealed by the Government to the <
Supreme Court from the Court of
Claims. Only on a writ of certiorari
can cases be taken to the Supreme
Court, which is difficult to obtain.
Maj. Joseph D. Mauborgne, S. C.,
has just returned to Washington from
a trip to Panama, where he was sent
to correct the trouble experienced in a
77-A set, now known as 77-B, which
failed to function properly under the
tropical conditions in Panama. Most
satisfactory results were obtained by
the major by changing the loop of the
antenna and putting up a small aerial
and counterpoise.
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