New-York tribune., 1906-08-18
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
LErorn The Trihuns Bureau.I

,no1,dIne The two army teams one from the navy
ana another from the marine corps This MAKES IL
the largest OF the competitions OF national SHal
acter held at Sea Girt, or. In Hact' eny"HeI0 "a
the world and much interest has been aWdAsueU
by the special effort being made by the service
teams 10 beat the best records made oy the staIe
+earns The army teams have been naIneo' one
being from the infantry and the other fTom Sne
cavalry. On the cavalry team four members H@'s
served before in the competitions. all OF them III
1eo4 On the infantry team four have served IN one
previous competition, while one Fq51o 4, I'l; So
Sergeant Francisco AgOstlnf OF Ine ~ aatS
C6Innei peter 8 Bonus OF the army, will be the
executive officer. He is finding u naI1 S5n.-S
sTE sGI ii have 10 draw upon those who are now en-
gagged in the army dlvslon conn tiIs cast the
Tatter being excused from the extensive TaansuNes
Which take all the infantry and cavalry 70 he ths
country
NAVY MEAT sUPPLY.-Ths reports received az
the Navy Department in regard to the trouble Wltn
the meat contractors OF New York ana NorLo4h IAN
to sustain tn. expectation IN some quarters OF
sensation and a scandal The whole trouble ar1sea
from the fact that this year the Navy Departn%e %
made an experiment OF accepting the lowest oios
for meat II was considered that the conditions
attaching TO contracts and requiring contractors "
live up 20 the government speclncauons "el0
sufficient 20 protect the government AA1e44o4
articles oolld be rejected and other substitute puF
cbasss made IN the open market at the expense OF
the contractors. This has been done ana not Win
out Of course. delay and controversy 1Ae - 80
has nor suffered by the incident ana II is Wlt4 Is
Dovar OF the commanding officer Of every snip %
SStt- o., bsst Of provisions in the open market
without extra cost to the government aitheTIo t 1I
bids which were obviously toe low WeIe IoI I,I9
sftem1t 10 make good by thrusting on the service
cheaper grade Of meat sct s as na easly frustrated
and the situation remains one OF % TiCh hSordnafs
p1Trchasing officers OF the pay department. nave
entire control.
ARMY CHAPLAIN sTAGNATION.-some OF Sn7
army chaplains who have not been advanced IN
rank from captain to major are gettlhs father 4-
Datient and have sent applications for departmental
consideration of their claims. There Is no more
5o1,oo+a question which the Secretary Of War Is
called upon to decide than that which gives him the
right 10 determine whether md1vldual chapiainS
should be made majors of which there are Hll1eU
number. The law requires some speclaI quallncS-
tIon outside the regular work of the chaplain and
it is held by the Secretary that this cannot be
easily accomplished by chaplains in time OF peace
or when there is only the usual round OF duties duties
he declines 10 make exceptions in favor or omceTS
who send in their appeals I0r ssa bscnme a
matter of loose calculation II the door Is 0@gse1 @
RESTRICTIONS and these will he observed carefully oy
Secretary Taft. The chapainS must really 90 some
thing to get any of the benefits OF the law making
a few OF them majors. instead of captains
GOOD COOKING FOIt SOllD4E>FSSS-- L He 4VPEL'S
from officers of the army who have 10 do with the
schools for cooks and bakers show that much IN
terest is being awakened among the enlisted force
in the instruction, especially as commanding Of
hcers are Inclined TO encourage the work, and
there are offered for every fifteen or twenty
students two prizes of so and SIS respectively for
excellence in work. There is a growing demand 20
erser the classes, and II is realized that the ser
vice will materially benefit by this desire. At one
TO one hundred guests. including the officers who
city hotels, the official report states. The plan
recently experiment to the end that the SER
who would be attached each company or troop
and provide good food II was reasoned that this
would contribute to the contentnent OF the men.
ORDERs 1ssUED-The following orders have
been issued:
aj1rS 5TIi ARD 49, F FSs InaRiT % CARROLL ar
airy and Captains MICHAEL }. LEHMAN 25th In
tITssEs MALExANDER 18th Intantfy' aHSy are eso ds
tailed members oG the general star corps
Military Academy. - ~
the Prestdio. General Hospital.
Captain PARKER ". WEST from 1Ith to l5ta Cavalry.
Captain GTAYsoN V HEIDI from 10Th 11th Cavalry.
First Lieutenant DOUGLAS MACARTHUR corps OF en-
SsEs RT frSn GSS r. ae ID de sD s2V 70 Major General
Washington Barracks. Engineer School.
Captain THALEs l. ANIEs. Ordnance Department. de-
reina relieving Major Tracey e Bison orhaG9e mSG9s
NAVY
Lieutenant u. p. MANNTx. detached from the Colo
rado: home. await orders
Lieutenant c. E GELM. detached from the Severn: 20
the Maryland.
Ensign l. J WALLACE. detached from the Maryland;
10 the Washington.
Ensign {. E BRILLHART. detached from the yyb,.
pie; TO the Maryland '-''F
EnsGn w. II, TOAZ. detached from ths scorpIor. "a
the Georgia when commissioned E' ~
Ensign G. +. SMITH detached from the MARYLAND. 90
the navy yard Norfolk. ~ N'S'-Au' 10
Midshipman J. J. LONDON detached from, ~. r,.,,
sylvania TO the Eagle. ~ ''
Midshpmen T. G. EI.YSON ana "
'"ehed from the Pennsylvania; 20 the Colorado
MldShipman Il 7. r. NELSON. detached from tbs
West Virginia. 20 tho Washtns ston. ~
Gidshipman J. W. WILCOX. tr.. detached from, ,bs
west virginia. 10 the 81. Louis when commits
Midshpman c. 8. GRAVES. detached from the Chi,
caso: 90 the Princeton.
MOVEMENTS OF VEssEIS-The following
movements Of vessels have been reported 20 the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED
August 1s-The Arethusa. at Lambert Point. tbs
Rhode Island; at GTeenport; the Minneapolis m
New Jersey. at Bradford '''o
August l1-El Cano. shanghai.
SAILED.
August le-The Nevada. from Newport News for An
napolis; the sfthode Island, from NevrD0rt %
Greenport; the Minneapolis. from Hampton RoaS.. /
for Bradford ~ -"A'''