Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Marines Declared to Be Entitled
to Extra Pay.

In response to an Inquiry of the Secre-
tary of the Navy the accounting officers
Of the treasury have decided that officers
and enlisted men of the Marine Corps per-
forming shore duty in Cuba are entitled to
the increased pay Of 10 and 20 per cent
provided by the statutes In cases Of foreign
service. 1t Is explained that this decision
is based on the understanding that, In go
ing to Cuba, the officers and enlisted men
Of the Marine Corps are not part of the
complement of any vessel, but were trans
ported as passengers. The accounting OFF,
GERS held that marines who were actually
q part Of the complement of vessel and
who were merely ordered ashore in Cuba
for temporary duty are not entitled to the
increased pay.
Inspecting Hotel Kitchens.
Acting under direction of Comm, ssary
General Sharpe, officers Of the subsistence
department have been inspecting the larger
hotels and restaurants In New York and
other big cities of the country. The OBJ
ject of such visits is to determine whether
anything may be learned from those
sources OF advantage to the army in its
subsistence methods. So far the big res
taurants have not given much Information
of value to those concerned in military
subsistence. The methods of purchasing
food are not applicable to the army and.
of course, no private institution buys as
much as do the purchasing commtssaries
in the big cities. The preparation and
serving OF foods in the big hotels and res
taurants are matters which might be ap-
piled with profit to the commissary sys-
tenn at large garrisons. but so far the ex-
perts have not been especially impressed
with anything they have seen In its appli-
cation to military service In the field
Fittings Of the Constitution.
The Secretary of the Navy has received
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tings formerly belonging to the u. g. 8.
Constitution. and now in the possession OF
private persons In different parts OF the
country. The Bostonian Society has asked
. the department to investigate the anthem
ITCHY OF a steering wheel alleged to have
formerly belonged to the Constitution, and
1t Is understood that the fgurehead repre-
senting Andrew Jackson Is also under in
vestigation. The original fgurehead Of the
Constitution could not. Of course. have been
that of Andrew Jackson. since 1t was pre-
pared for the ship in 1877. An interesting
paragraph has been furnished the depart
ment by George Francis Dow, secretary of
the Essex Institute in Salem. Mass. who
sends an extract from the diary of Rev.
VIM. Bentley. the celebrated pastor. who Is
alleged to have led his people from Salem
to Marblehead In 1914, when the Constitu-
ton was driven into Mablehead by fleet
of British vessels. riding over the route on
a gun carriage. The diary Of DR.. Bentley.
which Is a standard source Of local history
in Salem. contains the following extracts:
May 81. 1897 lin Boston,. Went around
the town to finish the walk of yesterday
Saw the new ship and the beautiful draft
of Col. Claghorne. Saw the head called
Constitution finished by Skillings. 1t is an
Hercules with the (writing obscure) of the
United States and the Constitution stand
ing upon a rock. and his battoon lying be-
meath him. In the same place were the
capitals for the Corinthian columns of the
state house."
February 1. 1900. John skillings, an
eminent carver, in Boston, died suddenly
January %, at 81. This man has long
been known in this branch, particularly by
our seamen, In all our seaport towns"
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