Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-17
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Gen. Story's important Mission
to the Far East.

,nerly chief OF artillery, has gone to the
ar east. by order of the Secretary Of War,
highly important mission. One pur-
nose of his trip is to select sites In the
Philippine Islands for the construction OF
defensive works, and another is to visit
he artificial island erected by order of the
Japanese government in the Bay OF Toxic
ior the defense OF the important city OF
hat name This island is provided with
he most powerful guns of modern con-
.truction and its presence is said to make
rokio almost invulnerable to attack from
he sea II these fortihcations are all they
re represented to be, II is planned TO build
i fortified artificial island near the Nir-
i;inia capes for the better defense of the
ntrance to Chesapeake bay and the pro-
ection of Washington. Baltimore and other
tiles reached by that important body OF
water.
Qualified Gunners at Fort Myer.
Maj. Gen. Wade. commanding the Atlantic
division. has issued a general order an
bouncing the following list of gunners of
.eld artillery at Fort Myer, Va, found
qualified at the recent examination, the
lanes being given in the order of merit:
Third Battery-First-class gunners: Private
hRrles F. Vogel. Private NJ A. stephens, Private
4. NJ. Berthisume. Private j. f. Burke, Corporal
l. G. King, Private D.. B. Watt, Private G.
'rivate J. T. Daly, Private +. e. Cone Private
:. II. Robbins, Private = Judge, Corporal H. Zinn'
@sa P Py%is T. E. M hrGTg
\. Auran, $ Henderson }. "; O'Bren: Hun
IAN and W 7. Hogan; Artidcer Il. X. Terrell
syates l. 4 Dim"pd 6 HsilSms Corpora Down W.
ag, J. n. Richter. p lutra, and J. r smeitzef'
orporal 2 c Barton Priystes c Ricketts, j. I L.
J. Jacobs, T. O'Iiara, +. F. Froelick and '"
Fourth Battery First-class gunners; Private +.
a. LAGER, Corporal X. l. Keimer Prlvates a: Nc
orley and 7. J; kenney. First Sergt. ~ W: f.
iames Prvates +. Fielding and IL U. Ewing,
'orporal l.. Tice privates T. J. Hughes, D. helly
Second-eiass gunners: sergt. j. schuster, Fri
atcs H. H. sherman. f. W. Dorsett, II. l.. Ros-
ell A. B. Trask J. j. Dunn, W. p We I,si., q;
IL G. Hanson. Private J. H. BurSe, Musician j.
..odosky, rriy4tes J. " Roberts W H Greene
IL. Hartman, ". j. Maynard and Noif
Plans of Defense.
Col. Mccain military secretary, has
written 10 the commanding general, Pa
life division. at San Francisco defining the
responsibility for the preparation of plans
If defense" in which he said: In re-
sponse 90 your letter of February % last
tat,ng that the question had been raised
~ inspectors and department commanders
) TO where the responsibility rests for
ne preparation of the plans Of defense re
erred To I'm paragraph - Of the provisional
.riu regulations for coast artillery, United
states army, and that, in the absence OF
pecific instructions from the War Depart
nent you have assumed that the response
,ility rests with the division commander
have the honor TO inform you that the
conclusions reached by you in the premises,
being correct, are approved by the Secre-
tary of War
Jurisdiction Over Guantanamo.
murderous assault made by a civil
empIoye Can American engaged upon the
trmy fertilization works at Guantanamo,
cuba, upon another civilian Can English
mani, has had the effect to raise the ques-
ton of legal Jurisdiction over that naval
base There are no courts or even police
Il Guantanamo, and the nearest United
states court is in Florida The Attorney
General has been called on to state where
the offender shall be tried. When the
question of jurisdiction Is determined
small military guard Will be placed at the
station to look after the army properties.
while the naval works will be cared for as
1t present by small detachment of ma
zines
Prize Marksmen of the Army.
The complete records Of rifle, pistol and
,arbine firing Of the u S. army for 1905.
which have just been published show Abra-
ram Hnl, a sergeant in the oath Infantry,
to be the best shot in the army The per-
centage Of possible shots made by him on
slow rife, timed fire and skirmlsh fire was
1888 The three others next after him
on the list were: Capt Rufus +. Longan,
I1th Infantry. department of Missouri;
Sergeant William A. Cantrell 9th Infantry,
"A 81; Otto S. Hahn, sergeant in I'd Cavalry,
department Of Luzon. S1.67.
Bids for Two Battleships.
There is much speculation among naval
officials as to the result of the opening OF
bids next Saturday for the construction OF
the battleships South Carolina and Mich-
gan The bidding will be confined to six
frms-the Bath Iron Works, the Union
iron Works, the Fore River Company the
Cramp Company the New York Shipbuild-
ing Company and the Newport News Ship
building Company.
New Governor of Moros.
At the request Of the Philippine commits
sion. Brig. Gen. Tasker H Bliss. command
ng the department of Mindanao. has been
detailed to perform the civil duties of gov
ernor or the Moro province in addition to
his military duties.
Gone to the Philippines.
The military secretary is advised that the
transport Thomas has sailed from San
Francisco for Manila. Philippine Islands,
with the following military passengers:
Capt Moody. pay department.; Lieuts
tToodale, Signal Corps. Ehrnbeck, Corps OF
Engineers; Prunty 4th; Baird, Sth Cavalry;
Caztarc. 1st: Herr. 21st La Garde oath In
eantry; ROcder and Patterson Philippine
Scouts; hospital corps men; casuals,
army nurses. female
To Command ManeuVer Camps
Orders have been issued at the War De-
partment assigning Brig. Gen. John w.
Bubb to the command Of the vancouver camp
TO be held at Chickamauga Park. Ga. vice
Sen. W. 2. Duyall. relieved; assigning Brig
Gen. Constant Williams 10 the command
II the camp 20 be held near Fort d. A.
Russell. Wyoming. vice Gen. Bubb relieved
and assigning Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston
20 command the camp TO be held at Ameri-
can Lake, Washington, vice Gen. Williams
relieved.
Better Care of Tools.
Maj. Gen. Wade commanding the Allan
&c division at New York having noted the
fact that Ia many cases tools have been
tOst from armament chests furnished TO