New-York tribune., 1906-08-31
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
rrroua III. Tribune nureau.l

Washington August 30
LINE AND STAFF AGITATION.-The naval por-
sonnel board of which Assistant Secretary New
berry is the head. has already started in IT'S inn
poTtant mission OF finding out just what the SER
vice needs. The branch boards, representing the
various corps and the bureaus, are az work on the
respective schemes of relief. and the main board
will in no way lack material basis for its in
quiry and source OF information There is already
boards to show that # Would be- unwise to apply
the principle of selection or age-n-grade retire
there will be at least one minority report to offset
of creating vacancies and facilitating promotion.
1t is feared that the agitation Of the personnel
question will serve to revive the line and staff ami.
mosities. especially as there is now the change ot
sta ocers seer 'g the snner 0 Of sa ocers IN
the army, This is a proposition which would
might easily produce bitterness without any com
psnsatng ting resHs The ana main NJ beard is PrScsSsdng CS
formal sessions for ter days The recorder. Lieu LEU
every possible source, iocluding the service, jour
acmemt Of the Naval Personnel law had much to
say on the subject Of personnel There is already
material Of possble % use ae T5e dsposton is to get
at anything and everything worth while.
SECOND HAND UNIFORMS AT the next ses-
sion OF Congress an attempt will he made to obtain
legislation which WIFI surround with increased pre-
cautions the disposition of soldiers uniforms. One
OF the most troublesome things to engage the a.
tention of the military authorities in the last year
two, especially in the large cities adjacent To
army posts, has been the illegal sale of army cloth.
such articles Of government issue may be severeiy
punished in the civil courts. while the soldier under
the the ar CT w T Is n' the Reor9 ha %
amount of nseni6Gs nteppretatien Of the law per-
ults the authorities 10 fix IL so as to give the
think Should attach to the unlawful sale Of tha
m %o rs Il rs RRfq @ b af sys UT o m ne f
wen T4oT for o Ge p9neser IN IN 3 c TGs fs Oh
NAVY TO TRY THUMB PRINTs-The Navy
Department is making arrangements TO apply to
the naval service the finger print identification sys
tenn adopted by the War Department for the army.
The system will not be so extensive in the navy as
in the sister service for the that there
no special funds out OF which 10 establish an elab
Of the fingers and thumb will be taken only in the
who re-enlist II is found that there exists more
or less of prejudice in the service among the en-
listed men to subteoting themselves to the record
but i is expected that this prejudice W De re-
men Of the army submit to it without question and
without feeling that they are in any way hufniLss
6f .0T useful Gs IN pPoeong @ the serc
also in time Of way or accident when the office Of
identification be discharged in no other way
Ram Ry m be SHORTY Ed in the Of
Navigation Of candidates for the places Of O q;
% and who W be na TscGr with the
TRAINING IN FINGER PRINTs.-Forty en-
listed men from various army posts throughout
the eastern part Of the United States will be
ordered TO the War Department in short time
for instruction in taking finger prints and in
photography preparatory to carrying out the new
identification plans for the army It Is tne @ puT,
at every post who is familiar with the fnger
print 2nd @ p this work The men
detailed Washington will remain here aooue
week.
ORDERS IssUED.-The following army and navy
orders have been issued:
ARMY
Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM T. RossEL SITPs Of D s
trct, relieving Major James G. Warren corps Of en-
Captain BERTRA GILBERT artillery r,,;f.1 aGTRs from
Captain WILLIAM F. HANCOCK. artillery corps. from
esd Company. coast artillery, to unassigned list
Captain WILLIAM A. CAvENAUGH 9th to 18th In
Captain ELEUTHERos H. COOKE 18th to 9Th Infantry.
Major WILLIAM c BUTTLER. 22d to 2eth Infantry.
Major ALFRED HAsBRoUCK. Goth TO 14th Infantry
NAVY.
Captain ". a. MARSHALL to the navy yard Boston.
as assistant to the equipment officer
Commander r. NJ. BOSTWICK. detached from the Eagle;
to the Eleventh. Lighthouse District Detroit, as in
Lieutenant Commander c. r. MARVEL. detached from
the Naval Academy 10 command the Eagle.
College: to the bureau OF equipment nto'D
Sa Stxs + e p detached from
Lieutenant r. W. HENDERSON, TO che navy yard. New
S% % from n h4o @
retirement: thence home. wait orders.
Assistant Surgeon F. w S. DEAN. detached from the
navy recruiting station. Denver, Washington for
examination for promotion: then wait orders.
Assistant Surgeon L. JONES detached naval
hospital Mare Islend, TO the Naval Medical School,
Washington.
Assistant Surgeon e GILL navy recruiting sta
ton St Louis: thence TO the navy yard Washington.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS - The following
movements OF vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
August 29-The Paducah a Sanchez; the New Jersey,
the Rhode Island and the Virginia Stony Brook.
y. Y. the Preble, at Blaine the Maine the Missouri,
the kearsaTge, the Kentucky the Alabama, the In
diana and the Iowa, at Camden Ne
August 5oThe Scorpion, Crsti; the Choctaw,
at Washington tho Nevada at Huntington Bay
SAILED.
August 29The Columbia, from Hampton Roads for New
port; the Yankton. from Eyannisport for Newport;
the Celtic from navy yard, New York. for Smithtown
Bay; the West Virginia. the Colorado the Maryland
and the PENNSYLVANIA. from ToDpkinsville smith
town Bay; the Arcthusa from Boston for Smithtown
Bay.
August 3oThe Iowa. for Monte Crsti;
the Don Juan de Austria from Sanchez for Samana.
The Severn ordered of commission, Naval Academy
about September >.
The Talbot ordered in commission Naval Academy for
temporary duty.
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