Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Lieut.. Anderson Reprimanded
by General Wood.

ohu len SpeclncatlonS- he was convicted
| OF conduct to the prejudice of good order
and military discipline, and of violating
The thirty-thfrd article of war, and SEN
tepced to be reprimanded by the reviewing
| authority and to forfeit $50 per month of
| his pay for two months
Major Gen. Wood. commanding the Phil
ippine division approved the sentence ex-
cept as TO the forfeiture of pay, which he
reunited. In his reprimand Gen Wood
said that the officer had neglected to OBJ
! serve the essential requirements of mill
tary discipline as exemplified in prompt
ard unauestioning obedience to q lawful
exercise or authority on the part of his SUI
periors "A proper appreciation" said
zen. Wood. 'of the interests of the service
ana his duties as an officer in connection
herewith would have prevented Lieut..
Anderson from INDUCING in technical and
oVerdrawn distinctions as to his obligations
Tor ordinary duty
Progress of the Battleship Contest.
The latest monthly report of the progress
OF naval construction by Chief Naval Con-
structor Caps shows that the battleship
Louisiana. being built by the Newport
News Shipbuilding Company, has made a
substantial gain over her sister shin the
connecticut, being built at the navy yard
New York. At the end of January the ra tie
oi progress OF the two ships was: LOU
islana. 9o24 per cent completed; Connec-
ticut. DO 10 per cent completed At the
END OF February the Louisiana was %. 10
per cent completed and the Connecticut
was o6. IL completed being more than one
full point behind The. Louisiana adj
saneed nearly two full points during the
I past month. while the Connecticut made
Tess than one points progress
Notwithstanding the temporary lead of
tue prlVate-buit ship, naval officials still
ieel confident of the ultimate success In
the race or the government-built ship
Stripes for Midshipmen.
a change has been made in the naval
regulations governing the uniforms of mid
shipmen, in that hereafter they will wear
service e.ripes upon their sleeves to desig-
nate the number of years they have served
at the academy. and also to denote the
class to which a student belongs. The
Iourth class men will wear no stripes but
members or the third class will have one
second class two and first class three The
only exception to the new rule will be In
the cases of the midshipmen turned back
into lower class, who will wear an adj
ditlonal stripe for each additional year
The change will assist the officers to
some extent In detecting midshipmen who
break the regulations. 1t has frequently
proved hard to spot offenders because
of similarity while In uniform but now
only class will have to be gone over in
stead of practically the entire student body.
Effect Of Remission of Sentence
Judge Advocate General Davis has rem
dered an opinion in the case of Private
Julian Smith, 4th Battalion, Artillery Corps,
sentenced by court-martial to three months
confinement and to forfeit $40 per month
OF his pay for three months. The sem
tence went into effect October - 1905, and
the unexecuted portion was RENTED De-
cember Z. following. The question was
he ioon Of hn ad
portion of the sentence affected the amount
of pay to be forfeited by the soldier. Gen.
Davis held that so much of the sentence
as imposed forfeiture could operate upon
the paw due on September 80 October 81.
November 30, and on pay due December
1-6, and IL on December the forfeiture
had been satisfied that portion of the SEN
tence was executed and could not be re-
mitted
A Military Prerogative.
Lieut. Gen. Bates, chief of stan, has de-
cided a controversy as to whether the put
ting Of emplacements of batteries "out of
commission" is a prerogative of the post ar
tillery district commander or of the post
commander. He says that in the absence
of special instructions from higher author
ity the placing of emplacements out of COM
mission Is an incident Of the performance
Of duty by the company commander put'
he adds, it is to be presumed that In the
general
er authority will be given, and that ordi-
narily the higher authority giving the in
structions will be the post commander,
though undoubtedly 1t is a prerogative of
the district commander to give such special
instructions If he SO desires.
Cruise Of the Middies.
The annual summer cruise of the mid
shipmen at the Naval Academy will start
from Annapolis June 16-two weeks later
n a.
tail a large fleet of vessels for the cruise,
including the monitors Nevada, Arkansas
and Florida of the coast defense squadron;
the cruiser Des Moines and either or both
the cruisers Cleveland and Denver of the
Atlantic feet. and the cruiser Newark of
the regular practice fleet of the Naval
Academy, which Is now being fitted out at
the navy yard, Norfolk. The itinerary of
the cruise will include visits to Norfolk,
New York, Newport, New London, Ports
mouth and possibly Bar Harbor or Port
land Me.
Prize Cup for Bluejackets.
Rear Admiral Evans. commanding the At
lantic feet, has informed the Navy Depart
ment of the arrival at New York Of beau
tiful silver cup presented to the United
States navy by the crews Of the British
squadron commanded by Admiral Prince
Henry. which recently visited the United
States. The cup was sent with the under
standing that 1t would be used as a perma-
nent prize in athletics. notably boat racing,
or as trophy for excellence In target prac-
tice- Suitable acknowledgment will be made
OF the gift. which is thoroughly appreciated
throughout the United States navy as an
additional evidence OF the friendship and
good VIII of the British bluejackets
No Funds for Electrical Tests.
Gen. Mackenzie chief of engineers. In
communication to Gen. Mills chief of
artillery, says that the engineer depart
nrent lis very DESTROYS OF affordang the
saacoast artillery every possible facility for
testing and operating the electrical plants
in its hands. but the appropriation avail
able for this purpose has been SO small
that In the past 1t has been possible only
to keep the plants supplied with operating
devices. leaving the costly and delicate an
paratus needed for efficiency tests to a fil-
ture date. In the pending Notifications bill
the appropriation has been reduced $40. 600.
and 1t will be extremely difficult to Keen
the plants In operating condition"
A Canal in Iowa.
Col. Garrett L. Lydecker. Corps of En-
gineers; Lieut.. Col s. E. Blunt, ordnance
department. and Lieut.. Col William H.
ID vh,