Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Orders to Major Beach and
Colonel Lydecker.
TO HAVE CERTIFICATES
QUARTFRMASTERs' STORES TO BE
SOLD AT AUCTION.
Troops Ordered to Sea Girt for Encamp-
Troops Ordered to Sea Girt for Encamp-
ment During the National Rifle
Competition in August.

! Major Lansing H. Beach. Corps of En-
gineers. has been relieved of river and har-
| Dor duty at Detroit Mich. and ordered to
| Fort Leavenworth, Kan, for duty as an In
| structor in engineering at the Infantry and
| Cavalry School and General STAFF College,
| vice Major Thomas II. Rees. Corps of En-
| gineers, relieved Col. Garrett J. LydeCker.
Corps of Engineers. has been temporarily
| placed in charge Of the engineering works
| at Detroit. in addition to his present duties
| as division engineer.
Given Certificates of Eligibility.
| Acting Secretary Oliver has approved the
| report of the general staff of the army on
| the examination Of enlisted men for APP
| pcntment to the grade Of second lieuten-
| ant. and has ordered that the following
| named twelve successful candidates DO
given certificates Of eligibility. which. while
| not emitting them to appointment in the fu-
| ture. gives them certain privileges during
! the remainder of their enlistment:
Corporal Edward j. Treacy, 14th Cav
airy; Sergt. Edward ]. Cullen, 11Sth Com
| pany. Coast Artillery: Sergt. Reynold r.
| Migdalski. 18th Cavalry: Private Harry X.
Smalley. Sd Cavalry; Sergt. John p. Adams,
| Hospital Corps; Corporal Ira Longanecker.
| 9Th Infantry; Corporal Lawrence E. Hohl.
| 9Th Infantry; Sergt William G. Whitener.
37th Company. Coast Artillery: Corporal
Artillery: Sergt. Robert Blaine. 11th Cav
| airy. and Sergt. Frederick J. Osterman. sd
| Company, Coast Artillery.
| Quartermasters' Stores to Be Sold.
| Officers Of the quartermaster' depart
| ment are investigating report that many
| thousands of dollars worth of cloth ana
| other goods stored at the Schuylkill arsenal,
| near Philadelphia. have become so mlldeWeo
| or moth eaten as to become unserviceable.
| These goods include cloth for uniforms OF
| infantrymen. artillerymen and caValrymen
| chevrons. silk braid. ponchos, leggins.
| tents, shoes and everything that goes to
| make up the equipment of a soldier. The
! things have been in the storerooms two
years or more.
! forms, instead of the old blue ones, went
| into effect, tons Of cloth that had been pur-
| chased in advance was stored. FROM all
| the depots in the country unserviceabie
| uniforms and equipments were stored IN the
| arsenal. 1t is estimated that the present
| value of goods now in the storerooms Is
| about $780, 600. The articles will be sold at
| auction or disposed of in some other way.
| Troops Ordered to Sea Girt.
| Major General Wade. commanding the
Atlantic Division. has ordered the ID Bat
talon of the 9Th Infantry. under the COM
mand Of Major F. P. Fremont. to proceed
from Plattsburg barracks. New York. to
Sea Girt. N. J.. where they will be en-
| camped for about one month during the
| national rifle competition. beginning Au-
| gust Is.
He has also ordered Captains A. P. Buff
| fington. LIST Infantry: Edward Stserfoos'
| 5th Infantry and John p. Wade. ID Caval-
~. and First Lieut. G; V. Packer, Isl
| Infantry, to report to Brigadier General
| w. P Hall. military secretary. executive
| officer of the national competition. for duty
In connection with the competition.
Bureaucracy in the Navy.
| In view of the recent agitation over the
| alleged evils OF government bureaucracy,
| more than ordinary interest is being shown
| in military circles over an article on the
| subject, written by Naval Constructor I.
! G. Roberts, stationed at New Orleans and
| published in the latest issue of the Pro
| ceedings of the Naval Institute designed
| to show the evils and abuses of existing
| methods in the navy.
| Constructor Roberts shows that the pres
| ent subdivisions of the Navy Department
| were made many years ago. when all the
| conditions We're different from those OF
| today the wooden frigate of 1872 differ
| from the armored battleships of today. 1t
is represented that each bureau is engaged
| in "a constant struggle for its own aggran-
| dzcment. and If its designs conflict with
! the welfare of the service. SO much the
| worse for the service.
AS new metnOuS nave Deen
says Constructor Roberts. each bureau
| has claimed much of the work posi-
| BILE and each head of department disagree
| Ing has written out his case. and all the
| papers have gone to the Secretary of the
Navy for decision. In the meantime, in
| many instances. the work has waited sew
| eral months until the matter was settled.
The decisions have not followed any rule,
| but the bureau in most favor at the time
! has generally WON
| The In which the work and
| pervision Of the bureaus Is performed Is
severely criticised For instance. 1t is
! stated. the bureau of steam engineering
| owns and has charge OF the steam pipes
| of the engines and pumps owned by the
| bureau of construction. and SO on down
| the line until the entire system becomes
| almost hopelessly complicated. This is not
| merely peculiar he says. but exceedingly
| expensive. One of the chief causes of
| wastefullness Is in the duplication of
| plants. etc. Each bureau must have its
own power plant. its own store, it's own
paint shop etc. side by side in the same
| navy yard, when a single of each
would be more economical and better in
every respect. Mr.. Roberts states that in
one navy yard where he has been stationed
| there are six power plants. eight machine
| shops. five joiner shops five paint shops.
! thirty-two storehouses under separate
! roofs. four tin shops and an equal multi
| plication of blacksmith shops. pattern
| shops. gas plants, coal piles and a dozen
| OlIeT dSeuCleS
The Case of Lieut. Lomax.
| The War Department has received the
| record Of the court-martial case of Lieut.
| Francis H. LomaX of the 124th Company OF
| Coast Artillery, on duty at Fort Constitu-
| ton, n. II. Lieut.. Lomax was tried on two
charges. the first being conduct to the pref
udice of good order and military discipline
with two specifications alleging absenc,
without leave and drunkenness in a public
| place. and the other charge being disobe.
| dience of orders The court found him
guilty of the first charge and not guilty OF
the second charge and sentenced him tC
lose five files in his grade.
Gen Grant commanding the Department
of the East, approved the sentence of tn.
court, but remarked that 1t would hav,
been more !sfactory If the sentence .hat
imposed some personal deprivation, as o
liberty, rather than loss of military rank
The findings and sentence in this trial.
said Gen. Grant. should cause d laslins
resolution on the officers part vel, a.
that Of others. to refrain from the exces
siye use Of Intoxicating liquors and 70 caus,
"a total abstinence therefrom on the par
Of those who by It's led 20 sullJ
their records in the service
Retained on Active Service.