New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-25
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
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washington. May 81
TURBINE PROPULSION OF E9I lo->o
navoI officers who have been looking into tue cues
ton OF turbines as a means OF h"v"i PIop1' %
AFRO IN grave doubt to the value OF that type VI
marine engine except for certain glasses OF naval
sbps II Is believed that the turbine WAL nave
its uses as a part OF the equipment OF 'he ''ipe'
boats tho dcstroyers and the SCOUTS Inc "uV Y
tIo, % rho turbine on board other types OF shlps
demands altogether the development Oh 'ie
mechanism so as to adjust it to what is known as
economical speed such as would De us seemed from
ships when cruising Muc t VIZ P Rave inst been
rnSda one Of those ships is equipped WIN louI
t 80 ~ the propellers may be used Mt one tlrhe
II is theory that the speed OF inc snip ne s1
cient 10 Justify the Of the turbine on ano'reI
class Of wor sd th her WoTS It has found
that the OF the turbine system oU sInDiion
inc pos, e. is inopossibe to make comparisons
which will be OF value shs af tnrbne equipment
and those equipped with the reclproe"u"s e"e
prysIo1,E VS. PULL.-A board of officers
20 abIcb Major Charles Mason OF the medical de-
.-,or+ s the senior member. will meet AT west
point on Thursday OF next week to cohduct tHe
nhvscai examination Of candidates LOT ao'i'Io
- thu Military Academy. The board VIII Coliuu~'
its work in accordance with the ins'rue'oil9 So.
bv the surgeon general and will make us Fep1iI
,r individual cases to the War Department III
cases where candidates are rejected specla rP'iI
will be made The rule admitting no one WI"
IIkelv to fail for physical reasons CURING 'ne "N'
dar,tc tern, will be adhered TO- the eXcepuohs III
IN favor OF candidates being those whose cono'
ton PROMISES 10 lend itself to correction WITHIN
short time The rule has lately oeen au0p aI'7i
at the Naval AcaGey o o that the physical condi
ton of the midshipmen was not uelhs aePt ~
the standard and 6 G the cadets at West had
come to be d practice that candlualSS VIZ D,Nvad
fha
influence Washington and had me TecoU ,tb the
IesI,,t that the corps seriously hampered ps
the admission Of young men VINO aIi Hhrtatered 10
Furnish odicers who not Of the size ana
st i ~ commnnd 1t has been found that much
depends on the army surgeons in Their Po6t ana
it is now generally recognized That It would pay 70
sustain the d%etP prs f N 5ReF h hnaTs
RULING ON PERSONNEL LAW-Attorney
General Moody has given an Interpretation Ol t
provisions of the personnel law which - u ~
tarest 70 the navy. He holds that the proio' t'
of an officer who is additional nunoer ~ '--o
ode docs not create a vacancy. With reference
70 the retirements provided for under the act' '.0
Attorney General holds that If there are Oh 10
average not less thirteen vacancies ABOVE tne
GRADE of comma nder, and not less than twenty III
,ho+ Grade and not less than twenty-nine IN tho
grade Of lieutenant commander but II AZ the SAM
time there are less than forty vacancies IL -
grade of lieutenant. that is. above the sraue u
lieutenant (iunior grnde). then the law operates
over the whole ground through voluntary re-
rnents arst and then by the limited compulsory re-
t,ren,ents .in the order of the rank of the apph-
cants as entire body beginning wn and rde so on
down: and in case Of COMPULSORY retirement me- nd IN
ing of the board of five rear-adInirais
TIM OHIO TRAINS FLAGSHIP.-Rear Admiral
Train. commander in chief Of the Aslatc sta'Ion'
Mana TINS
has ad ,S ths Ohio Which recently arrived
at Manila, the flagship OF the fleet
ORDERS IssUED.-The following army and
navy orders have been issued;
ARMY.
Five, 1,.u,.nant GLEN F JENEs oTdnanSe depart
''' n,rnt from watsrvliet Arsenal to WATERFOWL 1'
First Lieutenant LEROY T HI1MAM ord eTonSs 70
MRateaSiiet Arse Arsenal
Ca,tan EDWARD H SCHULZ Of snsinesT; from
Second IAeu,enan,s BENJAMIN BAdIET ,o and cf
second Lieutenant LEWIS c. LETTwIcH. to 18th In
Second Lieutenant WILLIAM P cURRIER. to 18th IN
Second Lieutenant AMBROSE R. EMERY. 9th Infantry
second Lieutenant ALBERT L. HALL to 18th Infantry
Second Lieutenant EDMUND c wApDILl- 20 l''n IN
ESnER to TaSad7sF sur
College. Arkadelphia
First Lieutenant GEORGE r. sPALDING. corps OF en-
gincers from Battalan Of Engineers 70 FlttaouEs
First Lieutenant ARTHUR F HALPIN. sth Infantry
Washington Barracks
First Lieutenant CLARENCE l. COLE, assistant sur
geon Rapids TO Army Medieai museum
Building. Washington.
Colonel HENRY W HUBBEILA artillery corps having
been found ncapacitated active service on account
incident thereto his retirement Is an
nounced.
Captain 4. MARK. detached the Minneapolis to the
Baltimore.
Captain w II EVERETT 10 Naval War College.
Commander J. F PARKER detached the Prairie; 10
Naval War College.
Assistant Paymaster f. HACKER detached navy
yard, Portsmouth; TO navy yard, Ne"-forK
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS.-The fol-
lowing movements OF vessels have been reported 10
the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
Kentucky drill grounds the Arkansas and
he Nevada Annapolis and the Hornet at Wash
ingtor.
May 24-The Lawton at Honolulu
SAILED.
MAY 23-The Maine the Kearsarge Missouri and the
kentucky from Hampton Roads FOR southern drtH
grounds; the ArethusH from New-York for Norfolk.
Cncas and the Hercules from Newport Tor Nor
folk and the Castine from San Juan for FAjsrdo.
May 24-The Raleigh nom shaghat for Cavite