Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Forty-five Teams Entered for
the Sea Girt Match.

Cen. BIRD W. Spencer. the inspector gen.
eral of rifle practice Of New jersey mas
received entries from forty-hVe teams ior
the national rife match at Sea GirI N. -
september 4. The tournament will prooaoiy
attract the greatest gathering OF rlne e1-
perts ever assembled anywhere in the WORLD
he army will be represented by two teans'
one from the infantry and one from the
cavalry, while the navy and Marine corps
will each send one team. -Four members
Of the cavalry team and four members Oh
the infantry team have participated IN
nrevious meets at Sea Girt. One member
~ tho infantry team, Porto Rican, Sergt.
FRANCISCO Agostini, Of the Porto Rico regi-
ment, took part In the 1904 and 1900 meets.
The executive officer Of the meet. Col.
Peter 8. Bonus OF the army. is having
quite a hard time in securing officers VINO
ara competent to act as range off1cers, ana
II will be necessary for him to draw upon
those who are now engaged in the army
division competitions and those on dnty
at the ertillery forts along the coast. me
latter being excused from the extensive
maneuyers which take all the infantry and
cavalry to the seven camps OF instruction
In various parts Of the country.
Luxuries for Enlisted Men.
+ I,uxur,es of the best restaurants and
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the army because they have no capable
cooks. Cooking is being encouraged as
ono of the fine arts in the army. and Mrs.
Rorer must look to her laurels II she man
ages to keep ahead Of the army cooking
schools.
On Sunday, July %, the first class OF
student cooks at the Preside, San Fran
CISCO gave a graduates dinner for the
purpose of demonstrating their ability as
cooks report OF the affair made TO the
War Department by Capt III. ]. Furguson,
commissary. who ATTENDED the dinner says
it was a great success. The post non-com-
missioned staff and friends of the graduates:
about 100 guests in all. were entertained
by the class.
course with the class, and eleven finished.
Prizes were offered for the most excellent
work, Private H. A. Stanley. 6sth Com
pany of Coast Artillery. winning the first
i4th Cavalry, winning the second prize. In
his report Capt Furguson states that they
are all good cooks and that the nrst
nine will at once be mace second COOKS
ing demand to enter the classes. and 1t is
realized that the service will materially
hehefit by this desire. The next class will
consist of nineteen members and Will be
graduated September 30.
superintendency Of Arlington
The vacancy in the position OF superin-
tendent Of the Arlington national cemetery.
caused by the death Of Capt. A. B. Drum.
has called the attention of the War Depart
ment to a situation which may require
legislative relief According to the law. all
appointments as superintendent OF q ma
tional cemetery must be confined to vet
erans of the civil war and to those who
have been wounded. As this class Of ell
eihles is growing smaller every year, with
the likelihood that in a sort time there win
be no one who Is physically able to dis
charge the duties of the position. II Is quite
evident that the law viii be changed SO as
to give the Secretary Of War power to Sc
iecf candidates outside of the limited field
prescribed by statute
Italy's Rival Of the Dreadnaught.
Is the italian battleship which has been
so generally described as a rival of the
British Dreadnaught myth? Information
has reached the Navy Department that
Italy really is not building monster OF
the sort that has been described, and the
story Is said to have grown out OF sug-
gestion that such craft VOID be Of great
value.
The largest battleship at present designed
by the Italian government Is one OF 1850
TONS which Is building. There Is no con-
frmation of reports that Germany and
France are both at work on mammoth bat
tieshipe to rival the English giant Japan