Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-29
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS

small arm Capt VIM. A. Phillips of the
ordance department has been ordered to the
Sandy Hook proving ground for duty per-
tanning to experimental firings to be con-
Quoted with the magazine rifle, caliber 80,
model of 1903 with view of determining
what changes are advisable In the gauge.
Ordnance Department Promotions.
The death of Col. John E. Greer of the
ordnance department will result in the pro-
motion of Lieut.. Col. Andrew H. Russell to
be colonel, Maj. VIM. w. Gibson of the
general staff to be lieutenant colonel and
Capt. VIM. H. Tschappat to be major.
Naval Promotions by Selection.
full investigation is being made, 1t IS
said. at the instance of President Roosevelt,
of the question of promotion by selection in
the navy, the executive desiring to dscer-
tain the practicability of that method Of
advancement in the commissioned grades
of the active personnel of that branch of
the government service. 1t is said that tho
general proposition meets with the favor of
Rear Admiral BrownSon chief of the bu
reau of navigation, who is expected to make
some reference to the subject in his forth
coming annual report. Those pp)sc3 to
the system, and it Is said their name is
legion, contend there is possibility thet
Congress will look with any sort Of favor
on the proposition.
Marine Camp on Canal Zone.
For strategic and other purposes the
camp of the marine battalion on duty in
the canal zone will be retained at Bias
Obispo for the present. Accommoda lions
| there will be made sufficient to comfortably
care for the officers and men stationed
there. 1t was recently recommended by
the commanding officer of the marine bat
TALON that new marine barracks be erected
on site selected on the Sabanas roads.
about one and a half miles from the rail-
road station. in Panama, but an investiga-
ton of that location developed the fact that
1t was not large enough to accommodate
the garrison.
Capt. Pillsbury's New Detail.
Capt ]. E. Pillsbury, recently assigned
to duty as a member of the general board
of the navy, has also been appointed
member of the joint army and navy board.
That board considers all matters relating
to the military and naval defense of the
country.
Infantry Going to Annapolis.
Orders have been issued by Gen. Grant.
commanding the Department of the East,
for the 23d United States Infantry at the
jamestown exposition to proceed to An
napolls, Md, by battalion at convenient
periods for target practice at the Naval
Academy range.
Trial of a Naval Scout Ship.
The Navy Department has been advised
by the Bath iron works that the naval scout
ship Chester will be ready for trial some
time in November or early in December.
Interest attaches to the event for the rea-
son that the Chester is the first of the three
new vessels of this class to be tried.
Army Discipline for Sailors
The unusual anomaly Of an army court
sentencing to dishonorable discharge en-
listed men Of the navy recently occurred
In two cases of ordinary seamen under
treatment at the Fort Bayard Hospital,
New Mexico. The court sentenced these
men to dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
Of pay and confinement at hard labor for
ten months. situation Of this kind Is
unlikely hereafter for the reason that
tuberculosis patients from the navy here
after will be sent to the Naval Hospital
for the treatment Of such diseases at Fort
Lyon, Gel
Record for Wireless Telegraphy.
new record has been made In wireless
telegraphy by the navy. for it was reported
70 the Navy Department yesterday that the
wireless telegraph station near Savannah,
Ga. picked up message sent from the ar
mored cruiser Pennsylvania approaching
San Francisco from Honolulu The best
previous record was made by the Wash