New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-12
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
IRON THE TRIBUNE BUREAU

Washington. March L.
FOR MILITARY MANGUvREs.-The military
authorities are experiencing great difficulty In OBJ
tanning land IN Nevy-York State for use as encamp-
ment grounds for the Joint army and militia ma
npu'res- Colonel H. o. S. Heistand. who is Gen
eral CorUins adjutant general at Governors Island
Is mere ana reports that the efforts recently made
TO acquire a sufficiently large tract Of land had
thus Ear failed. In the first place the owners OF
pIoperty held their land ut what are REGARDED as
lo-laht prices; then, too, there IS a disposition
~ course, II is necessary to have q large Sec
~ In OF ana IN order 70 give the military bodies
re required field Of action. As the matter stands
AZ present, the War Department is without much
York N time for the manTTe et Of a2q IN Ne
me e10rt VIII not be abandoned. however.
MIDDIES FROM NETWORK --l,or. ara -o,-,,
H'e hundred vacancies in the position Of midship-
nan at the Naval Academy to be filed by July /
4"e'e VIII De Two examinations Of the candidates
nominated by Congressman. one in April in each
q me principal cities and towns Of the country
and another in June at Annapolis Tho first ex-
animation viii be held under the auspices Of the
ClVH Service Commission, although the papers will
9e married at the Naval Academy. AS some Of tho
as the principals, there are destined 10 be fully
boards gaGS'eT OfjoFe He e1aminiPs
LIN New ork District has nominated William
and William ID. Kildun. OF Tompkinsvllie, as an
HJh New-Ygrk District, has two positions to M.
or one ne has nominated Leo r.. Shea, OF No. 80
Nanderhoof of No. l5S Water-st. as an alternate:
10 225 West Twenty-first-st as principal. and
JeHt Mailer, or No az East S.xth-st., alter
the XIlIth District, has nominated John Borland
d tealI ointment on his part, naming alternate.
OFFICER DISMISSED The President will soon
have chance TO act on the court martial case Of
First Lieutenant Arthur @. Sharpley Of the 18th
Cavalry who mas been sentenced to dismissal from
tie army on serious charges Of misconduct alleged
TO have occurred in the Philippines Much interest
attaches TO the case on account Of the prominence
o. the officers family IN Kentucky and long be
IIrt-rent - shield Sb9rnisv I'm, TN evscrti,ys
approval Of the court martial sentence. The pro
Rcter of the charges became known here through
the appeal TO cemency which has anticipated the
receipt Of the formal findings Sharpley is Eng
Hsnman by ,6rth and a graduate Of Kentucky
1niveTs!ly. lie served during the wa with Spain
sIst Tinted states VoIngtesr ana o5- ,se
appointed first Lieutenant OF the 18th Cavalry in
the recent charges were brought he was in good
slanclng; and In short time would have been
promoted TO a captaincy.
PECULIAR STATUS OF EX-oFFICER-The
War Department made slight mistake recently
when st designated the penitentiary at Leaven-
worth. Kan, the place OF Imprisonment Of Paul
+. MacLaue. formerly 4 lieutenant Of the army dis
missed and sentenced to one years Imprisonment
by n court martial FOR e.nbezzlcmcrt and other
offences alleged to have been committed in the
Philippines II now appears that the institution at
I,eaytuWoTth when K turned over 20 the De
T'artrrent OF Justice BY the War Department was
reserved for those prisoners who had more than
year TO serve at hard labor. MacLane arrived AZ
The prison and was entered before g was discovered
that he eligible an inmate. The
tEorites had 70 transfer him 70 the conmandiIs
oTl-ar at Fort Leaycuworth, who placed him IN
the guardhouse where MacIauc may have 10
main FOR the Of his term OF confinement As
a part Of his sentence was hard labor. 81 VIII be
necessary 70 kCaD him employed about the garrison.
p-oa bly, in sight OF commissioned officers and their
families, with whom not long ago MaCLane was
PRIVILEGED 20 associate an equal II IS certain
that he be inc1rCercteC 81 the peniteutaTF,
where. however he might De admitted had his sen
terce been Tor cay longer thgu n year. Il IS
possible that tho prisoner may be transferred 90
AIcat-az Island. IN San Frarc.sco Bay, where the
ARMY has q prison possessing none Of the restric
lions imposed BY law on the pententiary az Leav-
fa-r