Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-16
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Plans Completed for Winter
Naval ManeuverS.

The Navy Department has completed its
plans for the annual winter maneuvers of
the Atlantic fleet. The practice this sea-
son will be a far more elaborate scale
than ever before. At least fourteen bat
tleships and several armored cruisers. to-
gether with many cruisers and smaller
vessels will participate in the naval exer-
cises. The fleet will rendezvous at Hamp-
ton Roads January o and sail on that date
for Guantanamo, Cuba, where the vessels
are due to arrive January T. During the
| remainder of January and until February
| 10 the fleet will remain In the vicinity OF
| Guantanamo, engaging in fleet tactics and
evolutions. Plans for the theoretical de-
Tense of the gulf and southern coasts will
| also be worked out. Following the COM
| pletion Of this practice the fleet will as
| semble at Guantanamo, where there Will
be small arms practice on the new range
| and landing exercises. After February 10
the fleet will scatter to various ports of
| the West Indies, where the men will be
| given shore liberty February "a the fleet
! will reassemble at Guantanamo. remaining
there until March 3, when it will sail for
practice from March % until April p. On
| the last date the fleet will sail for Hamp-
| ton Roads, arriving there April rs
Manufacture Discontinued.
The ordnance department of the army
has decided to discontinue the manufacture
of pigskin and collar leather leggins at the
Rock Island arsenal. This action has been
taken on account of the high price 1t has
been found necessary to charge for these
| leggins, due to the fact that the work Is
hand work entirely, and that each especial
pair Is made to measure. Not all oficers
take measurements in the same manner. so
| that the results obtained are not entirely
| satisfactory, and it is believed that the ma
| chine made stock-sized leggings, which may
| be purchased from private firms, will salts
| factorily answer all requirements.
| The manufacture of these legg1ngs was
undertaken by the ordnance department at
a time when it was impossible to obtain
them In the open market, and now that
that necessity has passed, their manufac-
ture will be, in future, discontinued, ana
| no more sales will be made after the stock
on hand shall have been exhausted.
| Naval Display at jamestown.
| The naval board on the jamestown ex-
position, composed of Rear Admiral Har-
rington (retired), Capt. Pilsbury, chief OF
staff and Capt. Potter, assistant chief or
the navigation bureau, has just completed
| an inspection OF the exposition grounds and
| buildings with special reference to the
| naval display. The board found that GOOD
| progress was being made at all points,
| and that the managers were conndent that
| notwithstanding the advancement OF the
! date for the opening of the exposition TO
| April 26 next, the anniversary of the date
| of the landing of the first English settlers
at Cape Henry. the exposition will be prac-
! tically complete in time. The commercial
| pier is already done; three of the principal
! buildings are nearly complete and a be-
! ginning has been made in the construction
! of the shore ends of the monumental pier,
which is to be of the principal features
| of the exposition A great deal of road
| ba
| thoroughfares are being macadamized as
| rapidly as possible.
Retirement of Gen. Borden.
Col George P. Borden, commanding the
oath Infantry now in the Philippines, has
been placed on the retired list of the army
| on his own application, with the rank of
| brigadier general. He Is from Indiana and
served a private in the 121st New York
Volunteer Infantry from July, 1862, to
| October, 1868, during the civil war, and
| then took a three-year course of instruction
! at the West Point Military Academy. He
was appointed I'd lieutenant, 9Th Infantry,
in October. 1866. and by gradual promo
| ton became colonel OF the 24th Infantry,
| April, 1905.
| Naval officers Acquitted.
The Navy Department is informed that a
| naval court-martial, of which Capt Arnold
was president, convened at Manila, P. l..
|
| son and Lieut. John F. Hines, charged
| with responsibility for the accidental death
| of Seaman Rowland, killed in January by
| a bullet from Morris tube rife aboard the
| U. 8. S. Cincinnati
Promoted to Quarterback.
| Warrant Machinist Clarence z. Wood,
! having passed the required examination.
| has been appointed an ensign in the navy.
| Ensign Wood is from Massachusetts, and
| entered the navy as a warrant machinist
in August, 1899. His latest cruise was on
the U. 8. 8. Baltimore.
Army Chaplain Promoted.
Chaplain Patrick J. Hart of the artillery,
stationed at the Preside, San Francisco.
has been advanced from the grade Of cap
| tain to that Of major. Chaplain Hart Is
| from Ohio. and was appointed post chap
| lain In February. 1893. He stood No. in
| the list of captains and Is now one of three
MAJ Ors in the corps, the others being Chap
| lain Henry Swift, 1st Infantry, and Chap
| lain c. c. Pierce of the engineers.
Deaths in the Army.
| The military secretary is informed by
Gen. Wood at Manila that John Thomas,
| band. 18th Infantry. and George F. Timm,
private Hospital Corps, committed suicide
| on the 4th and 18th instants, respectively,
and that Morton Davis, Company e. 18th
| Infantry, died Of heart disease ON the 7th
| instant
| Naval Orders.
! Capt L. c. Logan from duty in command
| OF Ohio to home and wait orders.
| Capt L. c. Heilner, from duty at the
navy yard, League Island, Pa, etc., to
| command Ohio.
| Commander f. A. Wilmer, to duty as cap
tain of the yard, navy yard League Island.
| Pa.
| Lieut. Commander ]. A. Dougherty, from
| dtfv IN I, off ~ nQy al Mt al1
| Department, to home and wait orders.
| Surgeon G. p. Lumsden, to duty with
| marine recruiting party, Dallas. Tex.
| Passed Assistant Paymaster A. NJ. Pippin,
| from duty in the bureau of supplies and
| accounts Navy Department, to duty as
| assistant to general storekeeper, navy yard,
| New York.
Carpenter A. D. Moseley. from Illinois to