New-York tribune., 1906-06-18
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
lFrom Tho Tribune Bureau1

order will be issued from the War Department CIV
ing instructions In regard to the exercises of the
mobilization of troops in the at Mount
Gretna and the other six camps of concentration.
It has been decided to hold shan. battles and to
indulge in nothing of spectacular character. The
work of the troops. both regular and militia, will
be confined to practical operations and exercises
which tend harden soldiers 10 out of door life
and train them for the hardships and exposures OF
field work. There will be abundant marches and
night bivouacs away from the regular camps. There
may be at each of the camps a final review, which
attended as far as possible, by distinguished
officers 1t is possible that General Bell, chief OF
staff. will visit all of the camps some time in their
existence provided he can leave his work in Wash
ington. This may not be possible for any length Of
time since his assistant General 7. H, Barry. WILL
a part of the time, be absent in Europe where he
goes With other ofGers including Genera NV
Arrangements have also been made for a repre-
for the purpose of technical observation of the
work of the troops The officers who have charge
of the camps, such General Grant, at Mount
Gretna where the New York militia will be sent.
are enoined 10 see 10 Il Sna' and W that every
thing be done to give the camps a serious and
businesslike aspect.
PEARY MAY BE REAR ADMIRAL-With the
assurance the enactment of the provision in the
Naval Appropriation bill limiting the selection OF
the chief Of the Bureau Of Yards and Docks to
certain civil engineers. there is evidence Of an In
teresting discussion of the successor of Rear Ad-
miral NJ. T. Endicott in November, when that
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some fourteen officers who will be eligible by the
terms of the law, but of these is regarded
as available. The choice appears to rest between
Civil Engineers r. e. Peary, who is on his way
to the North Pole R G Holiday Of ottsi the New New
in connection with the departments Of Justice and
Portsmouth Navy Yard; Homer Reed Stanford.
the Pensacola Navy Yard; A. g Cunning
Nay Of & maTe sa6d NaT% Yard Fred rhomp
[.
Lewerenz on duty at the Puget Sound Navy Yard
LENIENCY TO WEST POINTERS-The two
cadets Butler and Ferris, the former from New
jersey and the latter from Alabama, who msbe-
haved themselves their way back to West Point
after visit of instruction to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, in New York City, VIII not De
dismissed, which their sentence at the hands
of the court martial which recently tried them at
the Military Academy. The cases are of moro
than ordinary interest. for the reason that it was
claimed by the accused cadets that they had been
tried under the wrong paragraph of the academiGG
regulations. 1t was admitted they had Hlsoenave94
offence took place while they were still on duty
the claim being that the trip back 10 New YORK
part was the visit 10 the Museum The subject
has been the occasion of much correspondence be-
tween General A L. Mills, superintendent OF the
academy, and the War Department authorities
commuted to the period of confinement within the
usual limits Of punishment at the Military Acad,
cmy until September l, when the Young men VIII
Join the second class at that time THIS s 8,a
of Staff, and has been approved by the War De-
partment.
SCARCITY OF COLLIERs-The Navy Depart
nent continues TO have much difficulty in obtaining
American ships the transportation of coal from
the Atlantic ports to Mare Island and Puget Sound
wheIo intended by the Bureau Of Equipment
to ship large quantity of American coal the
present month. The condition applies to CON
tracing with American bottoms for the shipment
of fuel to the naval coaling station at Cavite
where the Navy Department maintains a large
coal pile for the convenience of the ships on the
id Witch would DENY to our ships access to
Sr@ the GommaTcai sources @ CT fuel supply The Navy
Department has been able TO obtain only one
ment of coal the station in the Philippines, The
lack of ships and the final cost Of fuel laid down
the Pacific Coast have rendered It impossible
for the present, at least, for the Navy Depart
ment acquire American coal on the Atlantic
Coast in any such quantity as Is desired
FREE PASSES TO PHILIPPINES Secretary
Taft has had much trouble result of special
permits he has given to travel TO and from the
Philippines the army transports that he has is
sued strict orders that hereafter favors Of this
sort shall be most sparingly extended 1t Is evi-
dent the Secretary that the privilege has been
abused to such extent that only in those cases
where it is known the travel will be appreciated
and is necessary will authority for free passage
be granted. 1t has not yet been determined
whether this rule will far to interfere
all tie of eXSOldiers who have been in the
/ PHILIPPINES and whose terms of enlistment have
expred In such cases where the former soldiers
desire to return to the Philippines to locate and
engage in business, the War Department has hith-
erto granted free transportation the Pacific,
1t being considered by the President that il is
well to encourage that sort of expansion of the
there is every evidence that the is sincere
and where it IS considered of advantage To the
situation in the islands free travel will be au
thorized. but in all cases the War Department
! will exercise much greater care than ever before
| CONFEDERATE CAVALRY NUMEROUS.
! The War Department continues receive claims
! from Southerners who lost their horses in the
! Civil War on their return their homes from
! service with the Confederate Army. For several
! years claims of this sort have been paid by the
! quartermaster general under special provision
! Of law, which three appr )priatiOns have
| been made on each OCCASION, with tie expectation
| that there would be further demand for funds
/ for the purpose. The auditing officials say that
| there viii probably BE end the claims this
| sort 4hG l1ey 90 not f4Boi m extension oi the
| meet these belated bills 1t expected there
| were few Instances where claims could be made
o. me loss '} c"iiil9'iloh OF animals ntloIEnS To
/ Confederate -caVuIrynleu under the circumstances
! described. but as one War Department oficel. Ia
miar with the situation deser es IT, there appears
/ 10 have been y larger amount o. Gaval,y in the
dreamed Of in the surviving records. These horse
claims have probably reached their limit
| FLOOD. FIRE AND WIND LOsSES-NavaI and
| military officers and enlisted who have suf-
fered by loss of personal property through the
! visitation Of flood. fire and wind. have been anx-
ious for change in the law which would permit
| the government to reimburse them for these sac
have for several years sought 10 obtain this
ment OF the statutes. 1t does appear that this
VIII be done. and those who are most directly in
terested have about given up hope Of hearing of
| OF claims for reimbursement includes those who