New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-03
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
IRON THE TRIBUNE RUEEAU-l

washington. December .
BARRACKS FOR sAILORS.-The board Of ON
GERS OF the navy composed of Civil Engineer Il T.
Peary. Surgeon H G. Boyer and Lieutenant Com
mander w S. Sims. has returned TO Washington
and is engaged in preparing a report on the con-
structon of shore barracks for enlisted men or the
navy. 1t has been practically decided oy Inc Navy
Department to build the first OF these barracks al
the League Island and Norfolk navy yaras- Inc
Peary board visited five naval barracks i'll England
and three in Germany. one Of the latter belnS the
station of which Prince Henry IS IN command
There and at AL the other places the American ON
GERS were received with the utmost courtesy and
every opportunity to obtain information was given
TO them. They were greatly impressed with the
naval barracks at Portsmouth, England, and pToo-
ably the spechca tons for the American structures
will include some of the latest features of the
portsmouth institution, although of course they VIII
nor be on such elaborate scale. The question OF
pFoVlCing other barracks il place = the o4d re-
celving ships has been raised by the naVal sur sur
SeCLs VINO insist THAT the epldemIcs OF l4st yea
we're uue largely to the unsanllary cohulloil o.
recruits. The american officers say that the com
ments Of British and German naval officers on the
encountered any criticism OF the United states Tor
IS PFonP5 Ee9Gsniton Of the RePaee OF Is dt
SPOKEN n hearty Endorsement OF the action OF inns
government, and there was everywhere the opinion
t.at the canal at Panama would be of advantage
70 all maritime countries
FLYING MACHINES AND MU-I.ES-The army
board on ordnance and Notifications Will hold its
regular monthly meeting tomorrow. Interest at
taches to the session because the board will dis
cuss the Langley flying machine, the funds for
which furnished by the War Department on
the recommendation of this board The recent at
tempt Of Professor Langley to solve the problem
Of mechanical flight witnessed by representa-
tive Of the board. Major NJ NJ Macorno Of the ar
tllery corps who is a member Of the General staff
and who went TO the Langley experimental station
on the Potomac and remained several days exam
ming the mechanism and Witnessing the first at
tempt at aerial navigation Major AaComb Is max
ing report, which Will be presented 10 the BOARD
tomorrow. and which. IL is understood. holds out
the hope thar the experiments viii yet prove salts
factory and that Professor Langley project Is by
no means failure The same otncer has Just re-
turned from Fort Riley, Kan. where ne took part
in the army rnanCeuVres and witnessed especially
the effort 10 obtain ammunition cart for the
army. This is idea which was suggested by
he became President the question of an ammuni-
ton cart brought up again. and the Presidents
personal interest in the matter stirred the War
Department people inquiry as 10 the necessity
for such vehicle and the means Of meeting the
demand. Il one existed. Three carts said by the
on the field have been presented, one is the in
ventiOu Of Captain John c. Parker, L. S. A. who
gained distinction in Cuba as the commanding off,
Ger of the Calling gun company. Another is the
invention of the late Major ". c Manning. L. s
A., a New-YOrk man. and the third IS the inven-
ton OF a Washington newspaper man. IT IS
derstood that none Of these ammunition cars came
understood to be Major Macomb's impression that
the best and sUTest means of getting ammunition
the troops the firing line is by the trusty
mule.