New-York tribune., 1907-08-31
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Paymasters Mast Pass Special En-
animation for Promotion.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.l
Uashinpfor August

P2OAOTE
ters have received with qualification the notice tnas
they must prepare themselves to pass special e1-
animation for advancement to the grade of pay IN
spector. Hitherto officer who served through tne
grade of paymaster in the navy has been advanced
il rank when his time came his own record. be-
cause in the Dast this has been admitted sufficient:
TO establish his qualifications That was when pay
masters older than they are now Lately re-
tirements and promotions have been unprecedented
and 1t has happened that officers Of the navy pay
corps are ready for promotion to the grade OF pay
inspector when they have not been more than
eight ten years, and in some cases a less tirne
In the pay corps. 1t is considered. therefore, tha'
the record file TO the credit of Individual OFF,
Ger is not sufficient and that paymasters eligible to
promotion must pass examination, the same as
assistant paymasters. OF course, the time is COM
ing when this early promotion of officers In the
navy pay corps will be pleasant memory, and
stagnation will exist TO such a degree that ap-
pontees to the pay corps in the next few years
likely to find themselves remaining as passed
assistant payTnaSters when they reach the age OF
sixty-four years. and go the retired list In
fact this danger threatens assistant paymaster
unless there is special legislation which shall en-
able the promotion Of all assistant paymasters at
the end OF three years
! 81 ANOTHER DEADLY AUTO.-Army ordnance Of
hcers do expect important results from the
TO take place at the army proving ground
at Sandy Hook and which have TO do with the
firing OF automatic gun mounted on an auto
mobile The test will have TO do largely with tho
gun and much less with the mobile mount 1t Is
( conceivable, OF course. that automobiles In war
may be used as gun carriages, but 1t is believed
that the automobile will, under the best conditions
have a very restricted use in time OF war Jhe
gun TO be tested is the invention OF Cleveland
man. who has had his designs before the au-
thorities for several years. There is claimed FOR
the gun rapidity Of fire which Is represented as
| surprising that OF any other automatic gun so
far there has been no such demonstration. ana al
though this in itself considered as removing
frraQ
titled 10 favorable consideration, it is not however
| a question whether the gun fire from an au-
tonobIle under way" because it IS assumed oy
the experts that gun which is efficient ano "nlcn
the requirements.
WAR METHODS FOR NAVY SURGEONS-The
navy medical officers attached TO ships OF war
! have lately been perfecting what is known as
| battle organization Of the medical staff on war
vessels. This is something which was not taken
/ up in practical way until within the last fe"
months when the surgeon general OF the navy ol-
rected that organizations be perfected with view
| to meeting any emergency which might arise Ihe
! instructions had relation to any or the war
scares which have been circulated during the pres
ent summer They are simply IN the routine Of
/ the preparedness which naval medical officers must
! acquire The reports received In Washington ind-
cate that everything has been put IN condition and
the system perfected every vessel
STILLS FOR THE sOLDIERS-Army surgeons
| have been engaged in a systematic effort 10 OBJ
| tain appliances which may be used in the field
| for the publication OF water. II is appreciated
! that one OF the most important obstacles 10 be
overcome in the field is the danger TO troops from
impure water. At the various encampments which
have been held It observed that the troops
/ were extremely careless in this particular, and
that the militia officers not always aols to con-
the men. who often drink unsparingly of water
which turns out TO be contaminated Several ap-
pliances have been tested in Cuba. among them a
filter designed by an army surgeon. Captain C p
Darnau, and a portable water steTilizer. The pre-
lirinary test Of these devices shows that they are
Of great USE. and several Of each type have been
purchased for further II is probable they viii
| be added 10 the sanitary camp equipment and In
I stalled whenever troops establish themselves IN
the field long enough to require base OF suppnes
| FOR NAVAL. MILITIA sHOOTERs.-The War
| Department Will undoubtedly take steps next year
TO obtain legislation which Will permit the naval
| militia organization to be represented In the na-
| tional matches along with the teams OF marksmen
! from the National Guard 1t is gratifying to the
| department TO know that such desire prevails
| among the naval mtiamen. who this year have
! appealed through the Navy Department as well
J as the War Department for permission 10 attend
the match which is being held at Camp Perry.
! Ohio It impossible to arrange this under the
provisions of the law which permits certain ex-
pendtures from the militia fund for the promotion
| OF rife practice. It had not occurred TO the au-
thorities that the naval Tilit!amen would wish TO
| take part IN such q contest but with the marine
| corps the navy and the Naval Academy each
| sending q team TO the national match. there is no
reason to exclude the naval militia organization.
| ORDERS ISSUED.-The following orders have
been issued:
ARMY.
Captain SAMUEL. F. BOTTOMS. to l61st Company coast
Captan WILLIAM E COLE to s7th Company. coast
! artillery corps.
Captain ARTHUR s CONKLIN TO coast artillery corps
in artillery school, Fort Monroe as instructor.
department o
following officers OF coast artillery corps. from
companies indicated unassigned list:
I Captains CLINT c. HEARN. Hath; GEORGE II.
M'8IANJ-S. S7th, and JAMES M WILLIAMS. s2d.
and First Leutenants HENRY Ii. SCOTT. 51st. and
OF'FMERE HOPE. 26th.
Tho following artillery 20 coast
artillery Monroe. directors and in
in departments specified:
Department enlisted speciallsts-Major ISAAC N
LEWIS. director, and First Lieutenant JOHN O.
STEGER. instructor.
Department Of artlery-Alajor JOHN D. BARRETTE,
director, Captains AI-STON HAMILTON and
JOHN W DULICK and First Lieutenant JAMES
TOTTEN. Instructors
Department Of rnlnes-AIajor RICHMOND P DAVIS. di-
rector. nd Captain WILLIAM =. PENCE, instructor.
Contract Surgeon IL. NEWTON KIERLUFF, from Philip
pines san Francisco
Second Lieutenant SAMUEL NJ PARKER Goth Infantry.
Second Lieutenant JOHN DE b ". GARDINER. 11th
Cavalry West Point.
Major EDWARD CHYNOWETH. 17th Infantry from
Wash TO