Show IN ARMY CIRCLES Examination of IVoiiCoinmissioiicd Officers Colonel Morrow for Judge Advocate WASHINGTON May SThe Secretary of I War has ordered boards of officers for the examination of noncommissioned officers recommended for promotion to convene at Fort Leavenworth Fort Snelling Fort Douglas Utah Vancouver Barracks and San Antonio Texas The following named noncommissioned officers have been directed to appear before them First Sergeant C W Farber Troop II Eighth cavalry Corporal Elmer E Schooley Battery A Third artillery Sergeant Ser-geant G W Martin Company G Second infantry Corporal A G Judson Company Com-pany F Second infantry Sergeant D J Quinn Company G Fifth infantry First Sergeant Z Wilke Company E Sixth infantry Corporal F Owen Company C Ninth infantry First Sergeant L BLeach B-Leach Company D Tenth infantry Sergeant Tames Scarlett Company F Tenth infantry Quartermaster Sergeant E W Alfred Eleventh infantry First Sergeant P E Hendricks Company D Tenth infantry First Sergeant A C Manning Company II Fifteenth infantry in-fantry There seems to be an organized effort making to secure the appointment of Colonel II A Morrow of the Twenty first Infantry as Judge AdvocateGeneral of the army This officer is said to be a I lawyer as well as a soldier and has a good war record having been wounded three times The impression is that the President is willing to appoint a Judge AdvocateGeneral of the army and thereby vacate the commission of General Swaim which he has power to do under the decision in the Blake case Of course if he is going to do this he must wait until after the meeting of Congress for the appointment would become effective only after confirmation by the Senate General Swaim is therefore certain of retaining re-taining his commission for the remainder of the year at any event |