New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-26
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
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Washington. March p
GENERAL ARMY BILL-Some OF the army Of I
hcers on duty IN prominent places in Washington
have not been entirely satisfied the attitude Of
the General STAFF and there has been criticism tina,
That body has rot fully discharged the duties
originally planned FOR u in considering the interests
OF the whole army. 1t was set forth repeatedly in
me early arguments IN favor OF general STAFF
mat Its value 10 the ssrvtce would be in the direc-
ton Of coordination and cooperation Of contrary
elements. Il has been pointed out officially 10 the
chief OF staff recently that the General STAFF has
iaIen far short Of such a purpose, and has de-
voted Its influence TO special reports in favor Of the
increase OF the corps o: engineers expansion Of
the ordnance department reorganization OF the
nedlca department. and an increase In the enlisteh
force OF the signal corps. Each of these matters
vas taken up without regard to what was needed
partments are more OF less Intimately related II
was feit that whatever was recommended was due
ferhaps the incident which aroused the remon-
STRANGE rta OF this week was the General stag APP
permanent personnel Of that 70 n This is a sbct
which IS Of interest ali staff officers. espe
oay Ige IN responsible posts and they ielt Inat
ven 70 Us general application The protestTtor II
interesting discussion Ia the General Staff. and the
decision that before Congress meets in December
this end. therefore Lieutenant General Chaffee has
requested heads Of staff corps and other prominent
The Various expressions Viii he considered by the
General stah. and a b!n of comprehensive charac-
ter will be prepared for submission the Secretary
valuable ideas on the subject Of army TsoTganiza
momentous propositions. mostly in the line Of an
increase I'm the commissioned personnel II is
staff corps will agree unon urging return to tho
permanent personnel and the abandonment Of the
Junior grades in the various corps The invitation
from the chief of staff has attracted much atten
ton IN The W9r Departlm I amonE hos VINO are
PEARY'S ARCTIC PLANS.-Civil Engineer r. z.
Pe2ry. who has accepted the place Of president OF
the Eighth International Geographic Congress
which will meet in Washington next September
may be here 70 perform the duties OF that Of
fee. He has NOT given up the idea that he may get
away his trip the North Pole I'm July. He cx- |
poets every day 20 learn something definite Nheth-
he goes himself not he will arrange 70 send |
n ship a preliminary trip TO prepare for his |
voya-e in the summer Of 1915 He is having some |
difficulty in obtaining vessel which he regards |
Ss nds S Tb6 meets tor Ms he P2eqomcnts Of
the hard voyage TO which ii Will be subJected ne !
ton 70 the natjres that Peary is Coming. and the
and furs for the use Of the travellers. should |
Peary remain ut homo this year he will accompany |
the Feographcrs in their trip to New-York Mag |
ara chicago and St Louis, and perhaps across the
ton by the managers Of the congress
ABLE OFFICERS MUST wORK.-secretary |!
mcnt toward those army officers who are anxious /
20 70 on the retired list ahead OF their time for |
statutory retirement. There are numerous apphca- /
tions Of this sort from officers who find that there
little chance % their promotion to higher grade
and who have private interests which they can |
pursue. Mr.. Taft believes that officers who are /
capable % rendering service on the active Hst |
should be expected to remain on duty or resign |
their commissions lie realizes that the retired list
IS being overlader with officers who are still in |
their prime and that Of the officers so retired
are now anxious 10 get back into active service.
ard allowances 20 retired officers who assigned |
active duty Two recent eppIcatl9ns lI ION aL.g
from Lieutenant Colonel s. W Fountain. +th Cav
airy. on duty at jefferson IarTscks. No, %l t,,@
erals department. on duty at St Louis b@th ON
duty and will be expected 10 remain in active |
service.
NAVY PAY CORPS CIIANGE.-Tay Inspector /
F. T. Rogers who has been for three years IN /
charge of the naval clothing factory at brooklyn, l
will be- relieved from that duty on April . y |
p7,-rr,e,s- W J. Iittcl now On duty the -'n-
crai eturekccpcr NJ the League Island Navy YARD
Pay Inspector Rogers will com" q washington
for special duty in the Bureau Of Supplies and Ac-
counts and will sail from san Francisco about |
NJ. = COR Tho Aslafir station whore he becomes |
feet nav officer. The Navy Department Is not en- I
ti~sIv satisfied with the conditions prevailing on
the Asiauc Station ond desired tt r. a" ynS on yiI
be able to sraichten out some Of IT," tan !gii
kill he KOECTSS last duty stl'.8lr
- he i-a-Gr,Ss a nav director HIS couluct or /
tho affairs IL the clothing factory has been ON.
coIIy conlulimented by the authorities In the laSt
wear The output q tho cstahishIneit mas httil
yroater than ever before. Tho total NiI- % ~
mont. made NJ the factory On the year WaS S' ~
or double that of the previous year 40 ulIlCul'
is evurrIa-rcd in nanUfa curing S4HV EIIIenlSS d
month and hv an increase OF labor the hufuer
could he readily increased to 500 n n!oItl II -
80. ar,rIa+cd 20 odd the plant ond LABOR SO as
~ l.rir9 Ito output up - 60O0 garments
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following army navy
-, ,,,-gDa earns orders have been issued
ARMY.
c,o-.,,r WILLIAM II JOHNSTON 18th Infantry 70 81