Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-14

ton. jr,, of the monitor Arkansas and II
J. knerr OF the monitor Florida.
The team will begin active p-actice at
once with Lieut.. A. +. Fairfield. L. S. n.
in charge.
Notable Epitaphs.
The most notable epitaph is that in
scribed upon the tomb of the Rev. Samuel
Stone. second pastor of the church. who
died in 1868 1t was cut by an artist and
the lines go deep into the stone. 1t reads
as follows:
Coal for Army Transports.
Quartermaster General Aleshire las taken
up the project of the development of the
coal mines IN Batan. Philippine islands. for
the purpose OF establishing 4 source of
supply cI fuel for army transports. \ coal
mine expert has been employed a diamond
drill ma chine has been purchased and a
mining party will be sent out to prosecute
the work.
Naval Surgeons Appointed
Nine candidates successfully passed the
examination at the Navy Medical School
last week for appointment as assistant sur
geons in the navy and will be commissions
ed. They Elmer +. Curtis Henry l..
Dollard Harry l.. Smith, William G.. Stead
man, Mayron c. Baker Dow H. Caste, Earl
+, HUH and Martin Donelson. Passed AS
sistant Surgeon j. \. Murphy was examined
and found qualified FOR promotion to the
grade OF surgeon in the navy.
Attacking Redoubt.
Arrangements are being made at the War
department for an interesting trial or
demonstration at Fort Riley Kan. where
an earth redoubt built during the joint
maneuvers of last year, will be attacked
by field ard siege artillery. The firing
against this target will afford an oppor
tunity for observing the power of projec-
tiles as well as the resistance of the
doubt.
In Honor of Ensign Bagley.
The name of the late Ensign Worth Bag
ley, the first naval officer killed during the
war with Spain, has been given to the
u. S. post office established at the Guam
tanamo naval station. Correspondence and
kilograms intended for the naval station
hereafter are to be addressed 'Bagley
Cuba"
Naval Militia Want to Participate.
The question of whether naval militia or
CARNATIONS are entitled to participate In the
national matches to be held at Camp Perry,
Ohio, beginning August 10, has been re-
ferred to the Attorney General. The War
Department recently decided adversely in
this matter The contention of the latter
department was not satisfactory to the Navy
Department, and al the suggestion of the
latter Attorney General Bonapartc Will be
To Test the League Island Dock.
The new drydock at the League Island
navy yard is reported to be ready for test.
1t has been recommended that the L. S. S.
Kearsarge be designated for use in that
connection, in which case ii will not be nee
essary to send the kearsarge to the Boston
navy yard for docking, as originally in
tended.
Dried Foodstuffs on Warships.
Tests of dried milk, dried eggs and COM
pressed oatmeal conducted on board war
ship, with a view of obtaining Information
under actual service conditions, have dem
onstrated that these edibles are. practically
good when cooked when fresh, and
from which the dehydrated article is not
readily distinguished. The naval officials
believe that these edibles in their dried
and compressed form will prove of great
advantage on board naval vessels in trop-
ical waters far removed from the sources
of fresh supplies OF TINS class OF food. The
naval bureau of supplies and accounts is
considering the question of putting dried
provisions, now packed in barrels, into
suitable forms of bagging. which will be
substantially waterproof and which, IL is
believed, Will better enable storage and be
more easily handled.
Young Men Behind the Guns.
Generally speaking, the average age OF
naval gunners who participated in the re-
cent target practice of the Atlantic fleet
was remarkably low. Statistics showing the
ages of gunners on one of the battles hips
which is probably a fair criterion of all OF
the gunners, have been received at the
Navy Department. OF the Pinch gun
pointers, including trainers, the average age
of twelve men is shown to be 246 years.
The four Pinch gun captains averaged
23.3 years of age. OF the ST men in the
12-inch crews, in addition to the pointers
and gun captains, the average age was II
years. The average age of the - G-inch
gun pointers, not including sighters was
| 23.3 years. The average age of Is 6-inch
| gun captains was 223 years, and the o.
| inch gun crews, numbering Is men, had an
| average age of 90 years.