New-York tribune., 1906-07-14
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
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Washington, July i3.
FULL JUSTICE TO PRIvATE.-The War De-
partuent IS obliged send 20 Great Britain and 20
ebiain the assistance of TIE Department OF State
n settling the court martial OF an enlisted
:zsn and member Of the coast artillery on duty on
&ise Pacific Coast. The soldier is being tried for
alleged fraudulent enlistment ana deserton, and
says that il is necessary IN the establishment OK
Ills identity and The determination OF his innocence
20 obtain depositions from abroad. There is no way
10y which the War Department set this In
Formation, which must he obtained in full JUSTICE
sS so1IsF wltn0uI Ing I me soyes
prepared By the accused soldier and passed upon
ave gone through the various military Channels in
san Francisco and in Washington. and win be sent
% the Secretary OF State for transmission 70 Lon
Gen. where Ambassador Reid will take necessary
tons from British witnesses: then the documents
VIII have 20 80 back 10 the court martial The in
% which the government goes in order TO make
perfect its method OF military justice.
CONTRACTORS PLAINTIFFS Navy Depart
nnent has received a complaint addressed by the
Moran Brothers Company. OF Seattle. the builders
OF the Nebraska Il is asserted by the contract
ors that they have not had a fair show from the
authorities and that they the victims Of pref
lsSice and unreasonable demands the part OF
departmental representatives at the shipbuilding
works; OF Rear Admiral ". L. Capps. the chief
constructor in Washington. the bureau Of which he
Is the head. and the Bureau OF Equipment, OF which
the head is Rear Admiral w. S Cowles. It was
alleged that the changes on the Nebraska were so
-IsaeaO1s aho 50 unreasonapie that the nrm lost
$50 Worded that Secretary Bonaparte asked for a
form general denial OF the assertions made by the
contractors On the trip of the naval board OF in
spection and survey one OF its members, Naval
Constructor J. J. Woodward. was instructed to
adjustins the differences with justice to ali con-
: serned Before the naval constructor arrived at
Sealtles however he died the train. and the
ns eopSated situation alton with its sOmewhat acEi-
WILL CONTINUE SIGNAL scHooL.-The sig
mai corps Of the army has been maintaining a
school at Fort Leavenworth, at which some seven
officers have recently been graduated. The work
OF the institution has been attended with so much
success that IL viii be continued next year. the
new session opening about September !. with four
or .e officers of the signal corps and as many more
ine officers, TO wnom il is considered advisable
1npart the system Of communication in the field,
losether with knoWledge Of signal corps ap-
nroossa ieaoH % are increasing and are constantly in
lines OF military activity In the field renders IL
necessary 70 have special facilities for sending
ana receiving messages, and to this end the signal
corps people are working indefatigably
WIRELESS on THE PACIFIC COAsT.-The ma
val Bureau of Equipment is arranging for the dis
bursement CT the 10000 just appropriated by Con-
Igress for establishing the Pacific Coast a chain
OF wireless telegraph stations similar 10 that
which exists from Cape Elizabeth Ne. 10 Gal
weston The first OF the new stations to be built
Is that at Cape Flattery, for which the contract
has been awarded. Five other stations viii be in
stalled Wireless telegFapny has been Of great ad-
vantage in San Francisco since the earthquake,
and was really in the week following the disaster
ABOUT the only means OF communication between
the stricken city the outside world. The COM
ercial lines paralyzed and in the general de-
mOralizaIiOn great service rendered by the
naval wireless operators at the training station on
Herba Buena Island, at the navy YARD at Mare
Island, at Point ArsuellO and the Far3ones, as
well beard the United States cruiser Chicago,
which anchored near Fort Mason. the headquarters
Of General Funston.