Evening star. [volume], February 14, 1937, Page A-8, Image 8

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Increase of Nearly 21 Pet.
|n 18 Months Shown by
Army Figures.
The military population of Wash
ington and it* immediate vicinity ha*
increased by nearly 21 per cent
during a period of 18 months, ac
cording to Army figures released
yesterday.
The total strength of the mil
itary forces In the Immediate
vicinity of Washington, not including
Fort Meade, Md„ has increased from
JU6t a little mote than 4,000 on June
30, 1935, to nearly 5,000 as of
December 31 last, according to station
strength reports from the various
posts.
The strength of the Fort Meade
organization during the same period
has Increased from a total of 80
officers and 1.352 men to 81 officers
and 2.067 men.
Total Probably at 5,000.
The midyear strength reports for
1935 show that at that time there
were 437 officers and 3.644 enlisted
men, or a total of 4,081, in and near
Washington. At the end of last year
there were 854 officers and 4,380
enlisted men. or a total of 4,934. By
now it is likely the total has reached
5.000, as a result of minor increases
at several posts, including the arrival
of a new photo detachment at Boiling
Field.
Largest of the local Army posts is
Fort Myer, Va. Its military popula
tion has grown in 18 months from
59 officers and 883 enlisted men to
66 officers and 1,258 enlisted men.
Second is Fort Belvoir, Va., home
of the Army Engineer School. The
military population there has In
creased from 63 officers and 709
enlisted men to 77 officers and 1,033
men.
The Army Medical Center, includ
ing Walter Reed General Hospital,
has grown in officer strength but
little in enlisted personnel. Its strength
June 30, 1935, was 100 officers and
608 enlisted men. At the end of the
past year it was 132 officers and 613
enlisted men.
Bolling Field showed relatively
little change, increasing from 21 of
ficers and 403 men to 22 officers and
463 men.
Fort Humphreys. D. C., including
the Army War College, increased its
officer personnel from 68 to 127, but
the enlisted strength increased only
slightly, from 278 to 291. The increase
in officer strength, however, was due
to the fact the War College was not
in session at the time of the first re
port.
Fort Washington. Md.. is the only
local post showing a decrease. Its of
ficer personnel remained unchanged
at 22, while the enlisted personnel de
creased from 496 to 486 during the
year and a half.
In War Department offices and the j
miscellaneous Federal and District of- I
flees in Washington there were 104 j
officers and 267 enlisted men on June
30, 1935. The total grew to 118 offi
cers last December 31. but the num- .
ber of enlisted men fell off to 236. i
In its gain of more than 20 per cent, I
the National Capital has outgrown
the rest of the country in military j
population. The authorised increase
in Army strength was from about j
145.000 to 165,000, which will not be
reached until the end of the fiscal j
year next June. This will be a total :
increase of a little more than 13 per I
cent. The present total Army strength. I
however, is said to be about 157.000, !
making the proportionate gains here
to date even larger.
CLUB ELECTS CANHAM
Christian Science Monitor Corre
spondent Joins Gridiron.
Erwin D. Canham, Washington cor
respondent for the Christian Science
Monitor, yesterday was elected unani- !
mously a member of the Gridiron Club, j
Canham has been in charge of the '
Christian Science Monitor Bureau here
for several years.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.
Meeting, National Educational Fo
turn, 2230 California street, 2:30 p.m.
Meeting, Bartenders’ Union. Old
Local, No. 75, 720 Fifth street, 3 p.m.
Meeting. Town Hall, speaker. James
F. Warbasse. Shoreham Hotel, 8 p.m.
Dance. Delta Lambda Sigma, Hamil
ton Hotel, 5 p.m.
TOMORROW.
Card and bingo party, Die 8tauf
facherin Thomas Circle Club. 1326
Massachusetts avenue, 8:30 p.m.
Luncheon, American Military En
gineers, Army-Navy Club, 12:30 p.m.
Meeting. Newcomers’ Club, Carlton
Hotel, 12:30 p.m.
Meeting, Jefferson Parent-Teacher
Association, Jefferson Junior High
Echool. Sixth and D streets aouth
west, 8 p.m.
Meeting, Concord Club. Hamilton
Hotel, 8 p.m.
Dinner. Federation of Business and
Professional Women's Club, Hamilton
Hotel, 6:30 p.m.
Dinner-meeting, Five Hundred Club,
Hamilton Hotel, 6:30 p.m.
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Burrell W. Cuppett. Maryland, *5.
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Service Orders
Witsell, Lieut. Col. Edward P„ Adju
tant General's Department, Boston, to
office the adjutant general, July 1.
Reeder, Maj. William O.. Signal
Corps, to office the chief signal officer
upon completion of his present tour
of foreign service.
Goebert, Maj. Elmer C., Ordnance
Department, Aberdeen Proving
Ground. Md.. to the Panama Canal
Department. May 4.
Kelly. Maj. David C., Ordnance
Department. Fort George G. Meade.
Md., to the Panama Canal Depart
ment.
Brewer, Capt. John H.. Signal Corps,
to Langley Field. Va.. upon comple
tion of his present tour of foreign
service.
Regad, Capt. Eugene D., Ordnance
Department, Nansemond Ordnance
Depot, Va., to the Panama Canal
Department.
Caldwell, Capt. John M., jr., Medi
cal Corps, Port Howard, Md., to Bal
boa Heights, Canal Zone. July 8.
Artman. First Lieut. Ralph Town
send. Medical Corps Reserve. Phila
delphia. to the Army Medical Center.
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