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G-4 believes the proposed change is vicious, destroys the principle of the promotion list, and will serve to prevent the transfer of the experienced officers so much needed by the Air Corps.  The change in definition of a flier recommendation will solve the whole difficulty, permit the transfer of experienced officers, and make all temporary rank unnecessary.

(i)n [[underlined]]Section 4.  Page 5.[/underlined]]

Action recommended by G-4:  Concurrence.

The chief of Air Service submits a substitute for this section to the correct injustices to the present junior officers in the Air Service.

The adjutant General recommends a board be appointed to study the subject. (The proposed bill directs an investigation and study to be made)

If there is injustice done now, G-4 believes it should be corrected. The law is comprehensive enough to allow all cases of injustice to be studied together, which is the proper way.

(j) [[underlined]]Section 5.  Page 5 and 6.

Action recommended by G-4:   Strike out the entire section.[/underlined]]

The Chief of Field Artillery considers this section fundamentally unsound, it being within the power of the Secretary of War to see that the Air Serice has adequate representation on the General Staff.

The Chief of Field Artillery holds that this provision is unfortunate as being contrary to the principles governing General Staff Organization.

The Chief of Air Serice points out that the intent of the Morrow Board to have each of these sections headed by a General Staff or Acting General Staff Officer detailed from the Air Corps, is not provide for in this law.

The Chief Signal Officer thinks that by this pforision the pendulum has swung too far in giving recognition to Air Service problems.  With a distinct division of the Office of the Secretary of War and a section of each division of the War Department General Staff assigned to the special duty of advancing aviation interested, such interests would be so magnified that conflicting interests of other branches will be dwarfed in comparison.  He cites an an example the development and procurement of radio equipment which must be coordinated as betweeen the Air Service and Signal Corps as well as other branches.

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