New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-02
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS

.n~otxnt OF the protest OF the Chief OF Staff. The
CIDER as follows:
Post commanders are hereby authorized i'm their
on e1y in their respective posts the privilege Of
srcS use OF the post exchange buildings as may
e0s-afion OF the post exchange. and may in The
Ia-s,.nIty Tor the rational amusement OF the en-
hsfef men and FOR their intellectual moral md
Ise ne department. is CONVINCED that the v NJ
= a IS 80 organized ana Offered as to enable
s Il purpose q avoiding nee NTH military R l1y
asge o6sr to ase e asT s5e Of The com
The AIRY y, N G a upon TIE hours. the manner
faildlnsB b. the association
Tns order, originally drawn up by Mt Taft.
sis not make it compulsory on post commanders
70 sdopt the services OF the Y. NJ C A hut left
-bat ustte- the discretion Of the pos. authori-
lies As the order expressed the opinion OF the
Secretary that the plan would inure 10 tho bereft
Of tie army Il is probable that the provisions 81
the order would have been generally followed.
General Chafee raised the question OF sccommoda-
IONS for the representatives OF tho Y NJ c A. at
the various posts. The proposition was to accom-
e1T Gs e s osee az 5e RGst e6SansS
the army authorities were so pointed that Sccre-
&C. ~ The scheme 81 mHfta-yy Athletics This
sr r.ossible without turning over 10 civilian in
Huences and control the entire system Of athletics
and entertainment At army pests.
ARMY AND NAVY CLAsH.-An interesting ser
vice controversy is raging the control Of sub
marine boats. It grew out Of the plan OF army
artillery officers 10 adopt that type OF craft
nd'unct OF coast defence. The question has been
referred 10 the Joint army and navy board be-:
with immediate prospect tia; the views from
thar quarter viii be unanimous The navy insists
thst the submarines. whether used in the herbor
outside, should be part Of the navy. and that
they are more be classed with military means
than IN 0r-ff0 81
defenders carried The naval register. Naval
officers 80 a step further. and say that contact
submarine neires should rot be under she control OF
the army. but should be placed and cared for. Il
net operated. by The navy. The army asserts. on
tire other hand. shat the Intimacy between the
ogorations OF the submarines. when used IL con-
nection with mining furnishes incontrovertible
argument n favor OF military control OF the sub
merged craft, and declares that the artillery arm
is perfectly willing TO agree with the naval sug-
festior OF army control OF monitors. II IS
times difficult tell just where the line should be
drawn. and 70 determine where especially IN coast
and that OF the forces afioat begins One suSges-
1nited 10 he Joint board for its simplicity is that
the dividing line should be the beach. This would
give the navy control Of the submarine mines ana
sbles and all the means Of underwater protection
end destruction along with the submarine Boats BOATS
TIE army should stay ashore and; as one oflceF
put It, keep the military foot out Of the daInpness-
INGENIOUS PLEA FAILs.-Army officers are
greatly interested n the result eOGt o. AOOE
military prisoners confined in the penitentiary at
1esvenworth TO obtain their release on writs Of
habeas corpus. II is supposed the action was taken
on the suggestion OF Q. N Carter. the former
army engineer. who was until recently an inmate
Of the prison and who is said 10 have originated
the ingenious plea Of his associates. They main
tanned that the reviewing authority-that is. the
department commander who convened the courts
martial which tried and sentenced them-had no
authority TO designate the place Of confinement.
and thar the place should have been determined by
the court II insisted on this account that
their detention in the Leavenworth penttentiary
was Illegal The cases were tried in the United
States Circuit Court ST. Paul several weeks ago,
and were considered important enough in the FAR
reaching effect Of the decision 20 engage the atten
ton Of the Washington authorities. Accordingly,
800 % - Pail 10 cons55ci Inc government case
and the decision received at the War Department
this week is gratifying the officials. 1t held
10 designate The place of confinement and that the
court might well be relieved Of that task. espe-
ciaIly as il need not be expected to keep posted
regarding local laws. The reviewing authority. In
the person Of the officer who ordered the court,
IS. therefore, considered coInpetent 10 determine
whether convicted soldier should be sent 70
that the sentences in the cases brought before tho
by writ OF habeas CORPUS were lawful. and
the whole system Of military Justice would have
been changed. in order TO bring all future court
within the law. II might have led to the release
from prison Of a large number OF eH-soldiers and
where the place Of Imprisonment. under the usual
custom. had been designated by the reviewing
authority.
NAVAL SUPPLY sYsTEM.-The naval supply
ships which Departed from New-York laden with
stores for the war vessels in Southern have
beer gaining much praise from that quarter
count OF the methods OF delivery and the system
% stowage This IS especially true OF the Glacier.
which has Just completed important deliveries
70 the ships a. Pensacola, carrying those
-oFf
tables and meats. together with ships stores and
miscellaneous lot Of material for ali departments.
The navy pay officers, who have 10 do with ship
rnents Of such material now learn that the mer
chants Of Pensacola are as anxious have the
supply ships visit Pensacola as they were opposed
4 such an incident few months ago. Then
eral protests were addressed 10 ;he Navy Depart
nent in the nope that the authorities in Washing
ton would prevent the supply ships from coming
20 Pensacola while the fifty war vessels were In
that port. Il being considered the business ad-
vantage Of the town that the sale OF supplies Of
al kinds should be hampered by deliveries from
The supply ships il pointed out that the naval
ships could depend entirely the local sources
OF supply. especially when the government had
equipped the supply ships at somo expense and had
bought under contract large amount OF provisions
oad other stores for the vessels. Now u appears
the needs OF the vessels. added to which fact
the REGULAR contractors who were scheduled 10
equip he ships with catables IN the year were
caught by the rise il price q certain provisions.
their agreements dnproftablc. Il came about, there
fore. that ;nc Pensacola influences. which a few
weeks ago were directed toward keeping the naval
supply ships out Pensacola UaTboT. are now en-
ploysd IN getting mem 20 60 there and relieve the
local embarrassment
SHAFT or THE ILLINOIS FENT-A report has
been received 1 Ire Navy Department thar the
E.aft CO tho hattleship T,u-ois recently In col
lsio2 with the Missouri. cracked, but
bent An Effort is being made 10 StTsiEhsen il. and
J. q helieged BIZ the engineer officers that this
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