New-York tribune., 1905-03-08
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.



EXIT ADJUTANT GENERAL.-The time hon
ored title of adtutant general assistant sdjutant
general passes into history this week with the issue
of a general order announcing the abandonment Of
that title in connection with the army For many
years, probably as far back as there such
thing military organization. there has always
been adiutant. important and useful tune-
tonary in the administration Of an army. In the
field or in camp In service the adjutant
system has been continued upward, until there was
Of so-caIIed military secretary's department in
the army abolished the adjutant generals depart
its head officer known as the military secretary
tinued to be known as assistant adjutant generals
although it was provided that the title should oe
General Cor6in who is sun adjutsnt general by
name. although commanding the Philippine dvi,
Ainsworth. saw no reason why the change should
act Just BASED ed pfoydes @ for the change Of title
now This will be announced TO the army IN
general order which will shortly appear from the
War Department
FOR OPEN COMPET1TIoN-NewYo firms
which have filed protests with the Navy Depart
ment for alleged prejudice on the part Of the
Bureau of Steam Engineering in favor Of certain
makes of oil used the machinery Of ships OF
war express themselves satisfied with the Sec
retary's assurances of change in the system by
which the lubricating material is purchased The
so-caled prejudice is due the fact that in times
past the naval engineers have experienced much
difficulty in getting oil which answers all the
purposes Of the service and which does not damage
the costly machinery of the ships of war. For this
reason great care has been exercised In finding
an oil which Will give trouble the result being
that only certain kinds of oil are accepted BY the
specidcations confne the choice to a proprietary
article. II Is hoped by rival manufaeturers 70 open
the specifications 10 general bidding. and the en-
gineers are now engaged on specifications which
vii vii aecoInpsa tnis oy 1nolca1s the ,t tS b5s
The engineers say that these tests cannot be made
doctored that While 1t viii pass the initial tes, IT
will SO deteriorate in service as to be worse tnan
worthless. 1t has been suggested that in award
ing contracts for oil under general specification
m 6e m rs test De oil 10 Son e Tf t end that oil
which is found TO deteriorate later shall be con-
supplied it. The first test. which the bid is ac-
cepted accordingly. will not be final. by any
means. The department officials Will consider that
the oil Is always under test
SHARP SWORDS IN THE ARMY.-Ths officers
and cavalrymen OF the American army are to
have sharpened swords hereafter II they want
them Heretofore the accepted type Of military
sword here has been rather blunt and. In fact q
considerable element in the army maintained that
the spirit OF the rules OF modern warfare was or-
posed to a keen edged sword. But modern prac-
tice is the other way and the Japanese in par
ticular sharpen their cutting swords so that tney
frequently snlit man down from his shoulder to
his heart or chop off with ease. The Presi-
dent having in mind his experiences as an
cutting sword General Crozier the chief OF ord
has lust o 1oe Before the Genersi stan Of the army.
and he has this TO say aoout Lne Wedp4h wee
hnvns rbs3 saaFR Re R0faS for ana good cutting
Weapon. and for a perfect thrusting weapon it
should be straight II is in some respects possibly
in the last respect is a considerable Improvement
on the which it replaced
ARMY AND NAVY oRDERs-Ths following
army and navy orders have been issued:
ARMY.
Captain BEoJAIN ~, Pq9KiE SS,i1,gs sss Infantry 'r0H
JeA+eIS'H I9N''~
Second Lieutenant HERBERT G. MIlI-AR' artillery
First Lieutenant PERCY L JONES assistant surgeon to
Captain OLA W BELL 7th Cavalry to transport Summer
Captain RICHARD L LIyERMoRE ioth csvs!ry; nav
Ing been found 5sa bs2s 9s soE h r AZ
NAVY.
r..,.s Assistant Surgeon c. Il DELANEY detached tbs
Petre; 70 the Msrblehead-
Passed Assistant Surgeon D B KERR detached the
Assistant Surgeon J D MANCHESTER d.Aohsd IN.
A''is5aas to ths faiSSsGa BaSs9 " Al-f '' '''-'i'' ~
Faypss''F T. 0'n'Fai a T fA1-'i' placed retired
Rear Admiral E s HOUSTON. retired. di.d Lausanne.
switzerland. March I.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL vEssELs.-The fol-
lowing movements Of vessels have been reported:
ARRIVED.
March 5-Ths Potomac Pensacola
SAILED.
March A-rb. solacs trorn Mare Island search for
March 5--rhe whippie. from Pensacola for Mobile
March 6-The Arethusa, from San Juan for Guantanamo
The The ohio. 10 Asiatic feet
rbe pixie detached Caribbean Atlantic training squad
The Yankee detached Atlantic training Caribbean
The Hartford detached Atlantic training squadron 70
special duty.