New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-02
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
IRON THE TRIBUNE BUREAU

President to determine the control Of wireless teleg
raphy in this country. The head Of the board is
Rear Admiral r. D. Evans. Two other naval off,
GERS and General Greedy Chief Signal officer of the
army and the head OF the Weather Bureau. make
up the rest of the personnel. This gives the ma
jorlty of membership to the navy which service is
anxious to obtain control over the shore systems
while the War Department is equally anxious to
exercise absolute authority over its own lines when
! ever they come near the coast The clashing OF
aulhorlty is already in evidence is the jealousy
between the two departments. Among the papers
f fa De presented is one which win claim that the
re folesI system of wireless teegraphy, which is
70 oe used at the series Of long distance stations in
made by an officer OF the army Signal Corps. Cap
over to 6 whose patents have been tIpned
Forest PeGd OF years at the disposal Of the De
are bound TO be interesting.
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SETTLE PAY
QUESTION.-The retired officers of the army who
have been deprived of their increased pay their
advancement by one grade account Of Civil War
service have great hopes that the Attorney General
VIII settle the question in their favor The Judge
Advocate General of the army has written a letter
to the Attorney General, asking for opinion
the status Of the officers who were authorized for
promotion by the recent Army Appropriation act.
The Controller has already decided that the officers
cannot be appointed during a recess of Congress.
and this decision has the effect of keeping the Of
fceTs out of their money fer several months. much
TO their disappointment. Some of them wanted
nlike an appeal to the President to remove the
controller on The ground Of incompetency, but
request would lead to a rebuke from the White
| House The surtst way Of getting the question
10 the Department of Justice and this Will now be
partment ana the Controller that should the At
torney General establish the status of the officers
increased salaries there will be further trouble,
ASSIGNMENT OF YOUNG WEST POINTERS.
Junior artillery officers graduates of the Military
Academy this year, have already been assigned
TO cavalry and infantry regiments, and to-day an
order was issued making the assignments of the
West Pointers to commands in the artillery corps
Following are the assignments
Alley s mGN @5n 52th Battery field Fort Douglass r.
22d Battery ield Fort Douglas: G. r. Allen, % Eat
I9 Ey D' William p Gasf a 29h Ra ss
Fort Fort 2 A Russell Mcdonald $o5b BattsTy, ned
San ionsy;1 nth ,'er a asa Fort For!
esfs" 5@9 = B M4ES a5 5s, ISM ae ssE
J b bnIard 25th BATTERY, FIELD, Fort Riley; l. +
Gilmore 18th Battery ded Fort HamIlioa AZ Cram
seth Company Coast. Fort Moultrie; E. /. Grubet
Isl battery Held Preside b. Mcc MSKe 2s4 batter
T e MAJ; Hsftls5 company cast
Walter Singles. 29,h Battery ned. Fort Isavenwort6:
Anderson 3f6 mn na'ISg, hTrq; fGt 4ye! r. +.
%oFth I2ai camPaHy Coast For, Hamfon J A. MACE
PAY OFFICE IRREGULARTTIES.-P Direct
or l. G. Boggs, Of the navy. the purchasing pay
officer at the navy pay office IN New-York, has
forwarded to Washington letter III which he
describes. for the information of the department
the system adopted by former Pay Clerk Costello
in robbing the government Of something like $1,000
during a long service. Costello was recently sent
to Sing Sing on the charge of enlightenment He
was one OF the Oldest Of the pay clerks and was
also a confession prepared by Costello. from which
document It appears that the latter was able to
OF false receipts. He did not balance his books in
aintabtV or the roiiabv of bs as 5000 90 ms b
department is making further nV s into
the subject. with view to determining whether
OF duty. AS the matter now stands. OF them
VIII be required TO make good the amount OF Cos
ferred TO the paymaster general Of the navy for
remark.
GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION.-Pay
ter Samuel MCGOWAN. OF the navy, and Major
Chauncey p. Baker. OF the army quartermaster's
department. have returned from Saratoga Springs,
y. Y. whore thew attended this week the OF
the American Association Of Railway Accounting
officers. Tho object OF the meeting 10 ascer-
tain If the government would not establish some
uniform system in its acquisitions and methods OF
accounting involving the transportation Of indi-
viduals and supplies. No two departments follow
the -.,me methods. ana the railway people say
their work would be simUlihed II the business ~
transportation. could be placed on single basis.
To this end Paymaster MCGOWAN and Major
report which will carry out the plans suggested
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COLONEL BINGHAM TO BE A BRIGADIER-
President Roosevelt to-day directed tho appoint
of Colonel Theodore A. Bingham as "A briga-
der general The appointment is TO take effect on
July g. when Colonel Bingham will retire. Colonel
Bingham for many years superintendent OF
Public Buildings and Grounds in this city. Several
months ago he was badly injured while superin-
tending some harbOr improvements at Buffalo The
injuries resulted in the loss of OF legs He
was hurt otherwise. so that his continuance in ac-
rendered
PORTO RICO REGIMENT REORGANIZATION |
In accordance with the act OF Congress providing
for reorganization Of the Porto Rico Provisional
Regiment of Infantry, the President appointed
Captain o. P Townshepd and twenty-one officers
Of that organization they having qualified AT a
recent examination There still five vacancies
in the regiment which will be filed if possible 10y
the appointing OF native Porto Ncans.
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following army. navy
and marine corps orders nave been issued
ARMY.
Major HARRY TAYLOR. OF engineers to command
Sd battalion Of Engineers. vice Major Curtis McD
Captain FRANK c. BoGGs. corps OF engineers to
Command Company l. Sd Battalion of Engineers. vice
Commanding 81 Battalion of Engineers authorized
10 s2pont HIst neUsnant as adJutant Of that bat
First Lieutenant THEODORE c. LISTER. assistant sur
gson, from Military Academy to martins quarantine
OF Panama and Colon.
Captain HERBERT H. SARGENT. from Troop B 70 /
Troop l. "a Cavalry.
Captain JOHN c RAYMOND. from Troop I to Troop b.
u Cavalry.
First Lieutenant ALvAN c. GILLEM 4th Cavalry. from
recruiting service 10 Jefferson Barracks.
Major ROBERT L. ,IOWZE captain Cavary) hon
orally discharged from Porto Rico provisional resi
n.enU Of 4.-antry only
First Lieutenant FLOYD FRISBI to the Philippines
First Lieutenant ALBERT B. HENDERSON. assistant |
surgeon found ncapaeitated tor active service: retire