Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Examination to Be Held tor
Army Surgeons.

hold two connective examinations for the
appointment of young physicians as as
sistant surgeons in the army. There are
now twenty-five vacancies in the grade of
assistant surgeon, and it is hoped that a
large number of these will be filled as the
result of the examination which will be
held April 20 and July 20 at various places
in the United States
The passage of the first examination en-
titles the young physician to admission to
the Army Medical College in this city as
contract surgeon and he is then given
nine-months course in military surgery.
| If he successfully passes the course at the
| medical school he is then given another
examination which, if he passes. entities
him to a commission in the regular army
as assistant surgeon.
| 1t is required that all applicants shall be
citizens of the United States shall be be-
tween twenty-five and thirty years of age,
shall sbe graduates of medical schools ie-
| gally authorized to confer the degree OF
| doctor of medicine, shall be of good moral
| character and habits and shall have had at
| least one years hospital training or its
| equivalent in practice.
Permission to appear for examination
April 90 or July &c. 1907. can be obtained
upon application to the surgeon general of
| the army at the War Department.
Passing Of the Blue Army Wagon.
| The old familiar blue army wagon is no
more it having been officially discarded.
| like the blue civil war uniform, in favor of
| the modern olive drab. Ever since the
United States had army wagons blue was
| the color they were painted. 1t was color
| that appealed to the patriotism of the SOL
diers and was the pride of the teamsters.
No matter how hard the service, how
| long the trip or how muddy or dusty the
roads, the wagon always retained enough
of its original color to be quickly recog-
nized as belonging to the army when it
hove in sight. Blue had come to seem as
much a part of the service as the wagon
itself.
Now that olive drab has been adopted as
the regulation army color because of its in
visibility 1t has become necessary to alter
| the color of the supply and other wagons
| SO that those vehicles should be in harmony
with the general color scheme of the army.
| 1t is said that the order changing the color
of wagons was carried out with regret at
many posts and that several old soldiers
| said during the proceeding that it was al
| most like attending the funeral of an old
| friend.
Publicity Of Court Martial Cases.
Owing to the confusion and embarrass-
| ment that has frequently arisen because
of the policy of suppressing information re-
garding military court-martial cases the
War Department has found it advisable to
amend the army regulations SO as to pro-
woe as 1OllOWS. lTldfS ny general COuTtS-
| martial, including so much of the proceed
| ings as will give the charges and specifica
lions, the pleadingS, findings and sentence,
and the action and remarks Of the review
| ing authority, will be announced In orders
| issued from the War Department or from
| the proper division or department head
quarters. If the charges contain matter
which for any reason is unfit for publica-
| ton, such npatter will be omitted from the
order, but copy thereof will be promptly
furnished by the reviewing authority to the
commanding officer Of the post at which the
officer or soldier is confined, to be included
with the papers required by paragraph 945
| to be sent to the commanding officer of the
post or military prison where the sentence
of confinement is to be executed"
Summer Cruise Of Midshipmen.
The members Of the present second class
of the Naval Academy may not go to sea
| this year with other associates at Annapo-
| lis. There is a lack of ships for that pur-
pose, and it is believed that it may be i'm
! possible to send all Of the $50 midshipmen
| constituting the corps at the Naval Acade-
my on the annual summer cruise. If ac-
| commodations afloat cannot be provided, 1t
| Is considered that the present class. which,
| by next summer will be the first class, may
well be left at home. The members Of that
class have had two successive cruises in
| the summer and are fairly familiar with the
work at sea. Then, too. it will be only
| matter Of eight or nine months probably
before most Of them are prematurely grad
uated and sent to sea for the two years
service afioat before final graduation. The
ships for the summer cruise Of the midship-
men have not been designated. 1t Is set
! tied. however, that the cruise will include
| long visit to the jamestown exhibition
Strength Of Gun Crews.
The Navy Department has decided to re-
duce the streigth Of some of the gun crews
on ships Of war. The permanent crews of
three-inch guns will consist Of three men
and the crews of smaller caliber guns of
| two men each. 1t is ordered that full crews
for the secondary battery guns shall be de-
tailed from battle stations not manned for
| torpedo defense
Another Vacancy in Navy Pay Corps
Another vacancy has occurred in the navy
pay corps by the resignation OF Paymaster
Walter T. Camp. U. 8. n, who has-been
attached to the u. s. s. st. Louis. The
vacancy viii be lled by competitive ex-
animation.
Testing Submarine Signals.
| Capt Adolph Mark. supervisor OF naval
golfers at Baltimore, has made report TO-