New-York tribune., 1906-06-30
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
From The Tribune Bureal1

Warrington, June %
FINGER PRINTS IN THE NAvY.-The Navy
Department has completed arrangements for the
adoption of the finger print system or Identification
This is a system which has been adopted for the
army and which will go into effect on September l.
The Navy Department is not able to go into the
matter so thoroughly Is proposed IN the
army. but every accepted at naval re-
finger and thumb prints. Records OF these. taken
from the usual glass slides, will be sent to Wash
ington and classified in the Bureau of Navigation.
where two civilians will be employed at specially
authorized salary of $500 EACH to develop and
maintain the system. 1t is apprehended that men
already in the navy will have prejudice against
submitting to this means OF Identification. and It
has been decided TO subject only recruits TO the
process. although the record would be valuable as
a means of Identifying the dead or badly injured
when there was no other way Of recognition. In
the the army no such prejudice appears TO exist and
ne records VIII be completed as soon as II is pos
sinie to obtain them. In the navy, of course. the
system will eventually be completed with the re,
to leave their finger print records.
LIEUTENANTS FROM RANKS-The thirty SOL
diers who have been Professionally examined for
appointment second lieutenant in the army and
who have been pronounced qualified. will not be
ordered to- Fort Leavenworth for the usual pre-
nminary instruction and observation They will
remain at their respective posts until about Sep
tember l. when they be ordered up for the final
term of instruction has its disadvantage 1t must
necessarily be handicap 10 those who are con-
Quoting their own studies and TO that extent it
shows the present indifference to giving particular
missions Then too this preliminary PERIOD OF IN n
soldier candidates were serving for two months to
observe young men carefully and report upon per
not always brought out fully in the examinations
JAPANESE WAR REPORTS-The literature on
promptly accessible had been hoped by service
people. The Navy Department has published one
volume the report of Surgeon W. c. Braisted. u s
N, the result Of that officers observations
with the japanese forces, mostly at the base hos
pitals. The next report out will probably
be that of another naval surgeon, DIR. Raymond
Spear now attached 20 the United States ship Bal
tirore who was with the Russian army IN Man
churia. and who had unusual opportunities of OBJ
servation His report deals largely with transpoEta
army ofcers reports are sti in process OF editing
and not likely to be ready for distribution for
some time.
ORDERS IssUEDLThe following army and
navy orders have been issued:
ARMY.
First Lieuterant JAMES D. REAMs. from 10Th to 18th
to 18th Infanry rSt'-'
following officers of the 10th Infantry DESIGNATED
poets specified: Lieutenant Colonel EDWIN 3. BOIL
TON. Fort Gibbon; Major HENRY B. MOON. Fort
Egbert: Captain JAMES BAYL1ES. Fort Davis;
Captain MARCUS 3. STOKES, Fort st. Michael
Major CHARLES B HARDIN. 2cth Infantry. before
retiring board San Francisco for examination
NAVY
Rear Admiral SINGER retired placed on retired ns
command naval station at New Orleans
until further orders
Lieutenant Commander J. B. PATTON. to navy yard
Washington. July %
Lieutenant p L. BERRY. to Asatic station July %
Ensign ". n. VERNON, to Naval Academy July 10
Surgeon C. PICKRELI4 detached the Franklin
Assistant Surgeon A. ]. GEIGER. 10 the Brooklyn
BY cable from Rear Admiral C. ]. Train COM
mander in chief Asiatic fleet:
Chee-Foo. June 2s-Ensign R. R RIGGS. detached the
Pampanga, command the ArayaL
Ensign A. X sHoCP. detached the Arayat to ths
Rainbow