Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-14

Asst. Paymaster James F. Cutz
There have been no changes in the chap
lains since the register of last July and no
changes in the professors at the Naval
Academy. There have been no changes
either in the corps of constructors except
the promotions of Asst Naval Constructors
s. F. Smith and w. G. Groesbeck, leaving
Asst. Naval Constructor r. H. Robinson
at the head of the list of his grade. There
have been no changes in the Civil Engineer
Corps.
Marine Corps Shortage.
Owing to an advance in the price of raw
ma terials used in the making of uniforms
for the Marine Corps, the officers who have
charge of the purchase of clothing and ma
terial for the corps find that they are short
of funds to the amount of 100000. The
original estimates were made several months
ago, and since then there has been a steady
advance in the market price of wool cot
ton, leather, rubber and other materials.
Not for Porto Rico Police.
In the opinion recently rendered, Judge
Advocate General Davis of the army holds
that there is no authority of law for the
sale to the government of Porto Rico by
the United States federal government of
arms and ammunition for the use of the
militia or police of Porto Rico The act
of January q, 1903, authorized the sale of
war material to state or territory for the
n.
Davis chara cterizes as species of military
force to which the insuIar police of Porto
Rico does not conform.
Lack of Naval Supply Ships
Owing to the temporary disability of the
two naval supply and refrigerator ships
the Celtic and the Culgoa, it has been nee
essary for the Navy Department to arrange
with private transportation lines at New
York for the shipment of fresh beef early
next month to West Indian ports for the.
use of the officers and crews of the At
lanuc fleet during their maneuvers in the
Caribbean sea. The contract is made so
that such shipments may be carried to the
warships in the West Indies whenever it is
necessary. 1t is expected that the Celtic
will be ready for service about the begin
ming of March. The other supply ship, the
Culgoa, which is to undergo important al
teratons, will be laid up at the New York
navy yard for some months.
Naval Shore Equipment
Admitting the necessity for economy in
the public service, Secretary Bonaparte
will make an appeal to Congress for lib
eral provision for naval shore equipment
He desires to have exempted from the par
ing process so far as possible, certain i'm
portant works which are deemed to be nee
essary. That applies particularly to the
dry dock construction planned for the next
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build at least three craving docks, to be
established respectively at Boston, Pensa-
cola and Bremerton. 1t is planned also to
have another floating dock of dimensions
as great as those of the Dewey, to be To-
Gated at Solomons Island in Chesapeake
bay.
Peace Tablet at Portsmouth.
With the approval of the Secretary Of the
Navy, Rear Admiral William W. Mead
commandant at the navy yard, Ports
mouth. n. H, has arranged with Mr.. Lin
coin ]. Randall, an artist. for the design
of q tablet to commemorate the Ports
mouth peace conference to be placed in the
building at the navy yard in which the
treaty of peace between Russia and Japan
was negotiated and signed. The tablet will
be Of an ornamental character, and suit
ably inscribed. 1t will be of bronze, four
and half by five and half feet in size,
and will weigh about 400 pounds.
Army Automobile Ambulance.
The medical department of the army is
experimenting with an automobile ambu-
lance with view to its adoption for use
by the army In the field ard at military
posts. The particular machine under test
in this city at present was manufactured
at Cincinnati. 1t Is a large vehicle. with
ample accommodations for four filters, the
chauffeur and two medical attendants. The
Ford of the medical department, stationed
at Fort Barrancas, Fla, who has made a
special study of the subject and was or
dered to this city for the purpose. The
machine is the only of lis kind In use
and is easily distinguished by the large red
cross on the side. 1t has been tested under
all sorts of conditions and the army sur
geons are enthusiastic over its service
ability 1t ran easily over ploughed field
and carried load of twelve persons a dis
lance of fifteen miles in less than an hour.
1t can be operated at any required rate of
speed and runs evenly and smoothly
as the regulation horse-drawn ambulance.
The army surgeons at the War Department
say that ambulance of the kind tested
would prove almost invaluable In time OF
war in removing the wounded from the
field to the base hospitals or to the railroad
stations.
Court Martial Of Capt. Rose.
Capt Robert w. Rose, 21st Infantry, who
was recently tried by court-martial at the
Preside of San Francisco. has been SEN
fenced to be confined within the limits of
the station where he may be serving for
four months and to be reprimanded in or
ders by the reviewing authority. Capt.
Rose was tried on two charges, viz: Con-
duct to the prejudice of good order and
| military discipline and conduct unbecom-
| ing an officer and gentleman. There were
seven specifications under the first charge,
alleging absence without leave and the
| SenOlnR OF UlSIeSpSCl1ui 10
his superiors, and five specifications under
| the second charge. He was found not
guilty OF charge two. but guilty of conduct
| to the prejudice of good order and military
| discipline, and guilty of SO much of the
| specifications under that charge as declared
| that he was boisterous and disorderly and
| used offensive language while a passenger
| on the transport Sheridan, about August
| %, 1905. He was found not guilty Of the
| specification alleging drunkenness on the
transport and at San Francisco.
| In reviewing the case Gen. Funston, COM
| In the foregoing case Of Capt. Robert w.
| Rose, 21st Infantry, the reviewing authority
| is Of the belief that the court attempted to
| do its duty, and for that reason only for
! bears from remarking upon the unrecon-
| oilabiiity OF the evidence presented for the
| prosecution and the findings and sentence
arrived at. Subject TO these remarks the
/ proceedings, findings and sentence are ap-
| proved. and the latter win be duly executed
! at his station"