New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Fe


NAVY YARD -CONsOLIDATION-So impor-
tgnt instructions being sent 10 those I'm
r.. Al the navy ward Brooklyn. and the incident
shows tho policy favored by Secretary Metcaf in
regard the system Of consolidation A circular
~ Instructions issued to the bureau chiefs and
transmitted to the various raw wards Is n the
foHnving effect: An expenditures for TELEPHONES
anc telephone service under the departments cog
rizznce shall be limited toward securing one com
r.oa irterCon-muniCating telephone system for
each ward and station. Where separate depart
rent iutercommuncaung systems now exist they
shall not he removed or extended by the purckas Sc
oT Lease n additioual apparatus and shall he dis
caryied soon condition becomes inefficient The
Thone systems he hereafter installed under its
1urtsdiction without us express authority. In
YARDS OF STA ions where there IS at present no one
common system II IS the policy Of the department
Pc ',a - III Iallte with the pro
visions q the naval regulations one common tele-
ARMY SHORT OF SURGEONS medical
department Of the army is soreIy pressed for Of
fcers in the Junior grade. There are now twenty
SIX vacancies I'm the position Of assistant surgeon,
with the prospect of four five additional places
hv reason Of designations on the part of officers
who believe they can do better outside the service
There have been an unusua, proportion of resigna-
tions In the last two three years due the
poor prospects Of promotion and the failure of
he legislation which has been repeatedly urged by
the War Department as necessary for the mainte-
ns another in july at the principai military posts
lar. there are only fifteen applications that, in
event the existing vacancies viii not begin 10
be filed by this years examinations. Much CON
Germ is expressed by 1he surgeon general Of the
the situation. which, in the shsence Of the legs-
erogine steadiy worse It Is i,scoaragenlent to
Junior medical officers and fails 10 indH-e candi-
dates TO apply for 1ppointne II.
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders have
been issued:
ARMY
A from FOrg
sloeu'a to Fort sheridan, thence 10 Jefferson Bar
Captain cA 17 BRQMwTEbL and First Lieu
rj-.a-s berare board a. m fnfIdjng Kew York
Fo9rag second eutenan5s aTIiIery corps before
board a Fort Wadswcrth for eSaninat.9n for
BAKER. ANDREW V JACKMAN. RICHARD I
WyfRs WII.LiaM PATERsoN GEORGE II
TERRELL. NYRON :. Grassy. NED 3. REH-
NOPF. WILLIAM N DAVIS. MALCOLM P AN-
4T sS FRAET lEC9Gfs I xf41s fAI
HINKLE MARK L IRELAND. 81 ARIES l.
~ 5E nDW 2lTH = FAR!Y i HALbhH I
ToMPklNS, LLOYD =. MAGRIDER, NATHAN
GaTFU-O0T5 T5FTRy Y T6PsFY J0SFPH
GREEN. ALEXANDER G. GILLESPIE. JOHN
Second Charge s9E 3 a1%F Work sA at Pa
burg Barracks. relieving First Lieutenant YIN
CENT N ELMCRE. Jr. 5th Infantry.
Second Teg'e2agt aARRT / MORSE erery eoTP,
nepsato- 70 sEag3.Pa'I9n for G Pr9mG'9n - ro-,
sT6,,F Va In ,Esocaea % l3is nome Macon
ard report 70 surgeon general for annulment OF
Captain CLIFFORD GAME 70 1st Infantry
The following infantry esgnments OF hTsf Meqfenahts
10Th HUGH a PARKER. 70 11th. CHARLES W
TILLeTSoN, 70 lathi WILL =. WILLS, 70 9th:
ARTHUR T DALTON, To 22d: OHIO r MI
IRA SMITH. to llths JAMES f. WARE, TO
First Lieutenant PETER VREDENBURGH, from 2sth
FIRST Iieutensnt HUGH A PARKER. from nth to
FIRST 15eu'e5ant ARTHUR s CowAN. from 18th to
FIRST Lieutenant JAMES 2. WARE, from Path 18th
TffentrF-
captain 2 CLOVER to board Of inspection and sur
I.feuteusr- r7rn'nander W. G MILLER, the Min
,ss.s.sur surgeon Y 7 MLEAN from Naval Hos
rltaI o the nav yard. Boston
F'arraaSter y. r. ROGERS. detached from the Buff
fa0. 20 nav ward. Mare Island
from the Celtic; 20 the Buffalo.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS-The following
movements Of vessels have been reported the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
February 1.-THE Arerhusa Norfolk: the Chicago.
~ Acajutla- IL" Wasp. Al BrunsTick the Scor-
pio1, - KEY West
February 1.-THE Faducah from Pensacola FOR Guam
Maine. the Kentucky the Nank-
ton from Ponce for Guantanamo.
FeHrGers 1s-The Alabama The Illinois the Indiana
and tie Iowa from Cienfucgos for Guantanamo.
CHURCH LAYMEN'S UNION FORMED.