New-York tribune., 1907-11-06
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
United States, Noe Second an Na0at
Strength, To Be Third.
rFrora The Tribune Bureau
washington. NOven1bt


COMPARATIVE NAVAL. POWER.-An interest
sng statement showing the relative order OF the
warship tonnage of the principal naval powers mas
been complied at the office Of naval lnteIlgehce'
which IS intended as answer TO frequent IN
ouirias If societies and persons throughout the
country who have manifested an interest IN Ilo
maintenance Of The navy and its relative strength
and Importance. The statement shows that A"coiu
ing TO the tonnage Of to-day Great britain leduS
the world with a tonnage OF 1.633116. the United
States following. with tonnage OF 6l5l6; FRANCE
third with & tonnage OF 6O9.O79; Germany fourth
with tonnage Of 52l032: Japan next, with ton
mage Of 37470l and Russia Italy and Austria iol-
lowing n the order named However, were Ihe
war vessels being built by the various nations 20"
completed the United States would be thlro IN the
list. with a tonnage Of 71758. following closely
France which would be second, with tonnage OF
s36Il2 and Great Britain the leader, with ton
mage Of Ls2l.6l0 The other naval powers would
stand in the same relative position as they do with
their tonnage of to-day, although each would snow
2 substantial increase
INADEQUACY OF ARMY PAY.-The same
story. often told Of late, Of the inadequacy OF
army nav is told with a new variation in the
annual report Of Colonel Hugh L. Scott, superin-
tendent Of the Military Academy. In this case for
The first time the history Of the institution dif-
hculty has been experienced in obtaining sur
acient number Of cadets 10 fill the ranks of the
corps Colonel Scott says this corps is now seven
ty-three below it's authorized strength. and the
number of designations from the regular army IN
clude nine Of this years graduates from the
academy. Colonel Scott says: I'm the matter'of
trained young soldiers the output OF the Military
Academy cannot with safety be permitted to fall
below the rate Of consumption Of those who have
gone before, plus the increased requirements OF
great and growing nation. 1t is believed that the
more lucrative pursuits and greater fields for pro-
motion OF private life diverting young men
from these careers Of small pay and slow promo
tn service The report SHOWS
that the health Of the cadets has been unusually
good and there were no deaths among them dur
ing the year The discipline is generally salts
factory and beneficial results have followed the
practice Of drilling and disciplinng the new cadetS
By the first class Target practice sho"eo
creditabe progress. the Individual figure OF merit
Increasing from S7.'3 last year to 1858 this year.
The assignment OF coIored cavalry 10 duty at
the academy instead Of white soldiers has had
good results Colonel Scott says: 1.-The men are
better satisfied, the equipments and horses are IN
better condition than when the detachment was
composed OF white men, and 10 desertohs nave
occurred among the colored men, as compared with
thirteen assertions among the white men in about
Elk months"
ORDERED REFORE RETIRING BOARD.-Four
army oflcers who failed TO take the test ride d.
rected by President Roosevelt 10 determine their
fitness for army service have been ordered before
retiring board, 10 meet in Washington on NO
vember Y. for examination. These officers are
Colonel Henry "a. Adams. OF the engineer corps
lieutenant Colonel OrInond M. Lssak. OF the
United States Military Academy; Major Henry
d Benharn OF the ZSd Infantry, and Major Charles
c. Pierce. chaplain. engineer corps, now stationed
az Washington Barracks the second senior chap
lain IN the service Brigadier General Davis Is at
tue head Of the retiring board.
OFFICER HIRES FROM HTMSELF.-A navy
o1s.cer who is duty in California has presented
al altogether original appeal for the official allo@-