New-York tribune., 1905-08-11
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
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NATIONAL RESERVE NEEDED.-Tt is hoped
by tho officers of the General Staff and General
chaffee that something will be offered to Congress
next session on the subject of national reserve
force. Experts of the General Staff are giving
special consideration the problem, which they
do not find of solution mainly for the
that there ticklish points of politics.
tional prejudice and militia interests involved II
the subject were cleared of these troublesome
features it would still be a considerable problem,
say the officers who familiar with the subject
Reports have been obtained from variety of
military sources. including officers of the regular
establishment and those of the national guard or
ganizations who are in a position offer sugges-
tons IT is realized that in time of it will he
absolutely necessary to have a trained reserve
In this way it will be possible to get an enlisted
body properly equipped with weapons which the
COMMISSIONER personnel famiiiar With the duties
deyoly,ng & on N these IN command The principal
use of available people in various parts of the
mental recruiting and have certain regiments con
nected with prescribed geographical sections of the
Interested in this subject that no matter what is
the plan and that the approved measare Of peef @
will be impaired by various influences which seek.
while it is before Congress It is realized that this
sor Of nuenee @ will s1 do mTch ~ h. to f the e
ing reserve force.
ORDERS IssUEU-The following army and
navy orders have been issued:
ARMY
First Lieutenant LLOYD lie r. KREBs, assistant sur
gson detailed msnnber eSaming board at Preside
gson gaGG First Lieutenant FRANK = ake' assistant sur
Majors coLvILLE P. TERRETT. sth Infantry.
b ANDRTs. sth Infantry; eHousToN '. EVANS.
sa suseon anG Fra ff Lieutenant LEoNARp BAKER
sth Infantry. recorder detailed examining board at
Second Lieutenant WILLIAM G. MURcH1soN. sth In
fantry before board Fort Niagara for examination
promotion.
First Lieutenant EDWARD MAssEE. 22d Infantry. to
Captain ROBERT C. DAVIS. 18th Infantry from Military
Second Lieutenant CHARLES W. HARRIS 2sth In
fantry before retiring board at Denver for examina
Captain ROBERT H. RoLFE. quartermaster, from Fort
Rosecrans to Nagasaki.
NAVY.
Captain A G HoDGsoN, retired, detached Sixth Light
Commander T PORTER. detached Tenth Lighthouse Dis
trict: home and await orders.
Commander c. N. ATwATER retired detached the
Commander c. THOMAS. detached navy yard, League
Island to Fourth Lighthouse District. Philadelphia
Lieutenant Commander T. S. RODGERS to Tenth Light
house District, Buffalo
eutenant cem.qaqde5 W. s BENSON detached the
Lieutenant Commander H. GEORGE. detached the Ia
coma: to the West Virginia.
Lieutenant Commander A. B. HoFF. to the Massa-
lieutenant Commander W. O. ffULME, to the Tacoma
lieutenant Commander C. s. WILLIAMS detached the
Massachusetts,; to the Iowa
Surgeon L. W. sPRATLING. to naval station New-or-
leans.
Assistant Surgeon ]. L. TAYLOR. detached Naval Hos
ptal. Pensacola: to course of instruction at Naval
Medical School. Washington.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSEGS.-The fol-
lowing movements of vessels have been reported to
the Navy Department:
ARRIVED
August e-The Tacoma philadelphia. the Minneapolis
Lisbon, the Wolverine at Ludington, the Syph at
Oyster the Florida, the Hopkins, the Nevada
the Atlanta Lawrence the Hartford and the
Newark a Rockland, the Denver at Guantanamo. the
Monte CTist
SAILED.
August aThe Tacoma from Philadelphia to cruise; the
Chattanooga from Portland TO cruise; the Wolverine
from Manistee for Ludngton; the Rodgers and the
Blakeley from Portsmouth. Va. for Narragansett
Bay; the SyIph from navy yard. New-York, for New
Haven; the Boston from Port Angeles for Bremerton