New-York tribune., 1904-08-15
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
LERoN TIE TRIBUNE sURzAU.

! NEW BArTLEsHIP PLANs.-The chief con-
structor OF the navy has before him two sets Of
plans for improved battIeships Each contempIates
the heaviest gunG for the main batteries ard the
exclusion Of guns Of medium ealibre. One plan
guns and nothing between those caihres ad a31
have displacement Of 1860 tons. Another plan
battery of the most forTnidable type yet designed
a"F naJtieship The problem presented by such
1t being estimated that vessel so heavily armed
pre- and. consequently. 10 need OF superstruct-
ne sufficient TO repel torpedo attack In both cases
II YOU'D % De necessary 70 protect the smokestacks
/ dno the engine room hatches with heavy arTnor.
ARMY MILEAGE.-Onea OF the controversies
growing out OF the discussion of the proposed re-
vision OF the army sulations this week has been
OYER question OF mileage. The paragraph adopt
rom special so oce s 115 w5 g5 gd TTe Tsn @ protest
age The refusal OF the allowance will be on those
occasions when stan officers happen 10 be travel
Line officers travelling get actual expenses in
considered consistent that stan officers travelling
uhdeF Identical conditions shall be similarly paid.
ARTILLERY AAI1IUNITION.-Orders win be is
sued from the War Department IN few days
nouncng the allowance of ammunition for the
target practice OF coast artillery. The allowance
Lor sun-callbre ammunition has been increased. as
coast defence armament it is deemed Important
anee for or the heavy rifles of the coast forts
coast fortifcations.
GOOD WATER FOR N1IdrTA.-one q. tho nre-
cautions taken at the manauvre camps IN Vir-
ginia win be the provision Of good water FOR the
troops engaged on the work. The War Department
from which the water viii b ppsaF a the @ varoGs
camps The good springs and streams wiz also
gaged this week in marking ali the contaninated
diers ay ~ ot w'fr h sIpp 70 me end that the sol
The surgeons say there viii be no excuse for any
the springs will be plainly marked. The use of
signs viii be liberal. and everything viii ba dons
- i"eI''1@'e the location OF those in authority
A BAD FIT-Complaint has reached the War De-
partment from Fort W1ngate, New-Mexico as a re-
suit of the inspection at that post that the new dress
caps worn did rot fit the men Well and at the re-
view the ground strewn with caps which had
IaIleR Iaa on Inc defect was reported to General
some impatence that the condition should not ex-
ist He said. in his effieaI communication: IF
cps iciI on as reported. II Is the fault OF the
ueop commanders; the caps did not 1T the men
NEED CONTAGION WARDs-PIans have been
made for contagion ward Of the hospital at the
Military Academy. 1t will cost about 5000 Such
provision has been made In the new hospital
which Is 10 be built but that structurs will not be
ready for three wears. The army surgeon on duty
at West Point says:
During the present year there have been so far
n n tne corps or cadets nine cases OF measles
toGf cases or chlckenpoX and 6fty-four cases Of
mumps In u absence Of a separate building
available Tor the purpose. OF the wards in the
nortn wing OF the cadet hospital set apart for
the above patients. the three diseases being admit
ted and treated IN the same ward the only one
whlch could be used without almost certainly in
Iectng the whole hospital building Hospital tents
were pitched near the hospital for in case the
NUMBER OF patients should become greater than
could be accommodated IN the ward. Their use IN
severe winter weather would have entailed DIM
cultes and hardships for both patients and hos
pltal corps, so that II was deemed the lesser evil
ihan 70 separate one OF them IN tho tents How
ever had these diseases been OF mere serious nat
ure Ike diphthera, scarlet fever or smallpox for
instance the use OF the tent would have been i'm