Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Details to Ordnance Department.

detail In the ordnance department has rec
commended for redetail both Of the officers
with previous service, Capt. Herman w.
Schulz, Artillery Corps. and First Lieut..
Walter G. Penfield, 14th Infantry. and also
nine of the seventeen officers who took the
examination. These nine are:
First Lieut.. Charles NJ. Wesson, Sth Cav
airy
First, Lieut.. William P. Platt, Artillery
First Lieut.. Guy e. Carleton. Artillery
First Lieut.. Richard' C. Marshall. IT,
Artillery Corps. .-.,,a.,,
First Lieut. Thomas B. Doe, Artillery
First Lieut. Lloyd P. Horsfall. Artillery
Second Lieut.. Charles A. Meals, 18th. In
Second Lieut. Norman F. Ramsey. 9th
Second Lieut.. Richard C. Burleson. 18th
Cavalry. 100
ommendation for filling fourteen present
and prospective vacancies IN the grace OF
captain in the ordnance department, eleven
of them existing at the present time, and
three to occur through the expiration IN
July of the tours of duty of Capt. harry d
Jordan and First Lieuts. Glen F., jerks
and Frederic w. Hinr1chS, IT., IN the oro-
nance department
Twenty-one officers were eligible for the
fourteen vacancies in the grade OF captain
their seniority in the service the choice fell
upon the following: Capt Schulz and Lieuts.
Penfield, Wesson, jerks, Hinrichs, Hay-
kins, Plat Carleton. Colley. McNair'
OF these Lieuts. jerks, Hinrichs, HaW-
kins, Cooley, McNair, Moody, Allen, Dill
lard and Seagrave, now serving IN the oro-
nance department, will receive their cap
tainces at once; the other officers Will en-
ter upon their service in the ordnance de-
partment with the grade of captain upon
July / next.
1t is of interest to note how officers who
are graduates of the Military Academy and
those who are not have Jared In the rec,
concentrations concerning this technical
service of the ordnance department. VI
the seventeen men who took the eXamina-
ton for detail in that department three
were not graduates of the Military Acad-
envy, and of these one was recommended
OF the fourteen graduates eight were rec
commended. OF the twenty-one officers
eligible for detail to the grade of captain
in the ordnance department seventeen were
graduates, and four were not OF the seven,
teen graduates twelve were recommended
for captaincies and five were not. OF the
four non graduates two were recommended
for captaincieS and two were not.
The present eligibility for captaincies, due
to the passage of the artillery bill, of those
first, lieutenants now serving In the ord
nance department who have been recon-
mended therefor will cause their new rank
to date before that of some of their seniors
in the army at large who Will become
captains of ordnance on July next, put
this reversal of seniority, it is stated, Will
be temporary only, will commence to dis
appear upon the expiration of detail OF
those now in the department., and will dis,
Such reversaIs of seniority said to be
inseparable from detail system, prospect
i've of selections for merit, and will cease
to occur only when the detailed officers
reach those grades in which intervals be-
tween successive details are no longer re-
qured.
Convicted of Disrespectful Conduct.
First Lieut.. Leonard ]. Mygatt, 10Th In
fantry, was recently convicted by court
martial at Parang, Mindanao, P. l., of the
charge Of conduct to the prejudice of good
order and military discipline. and sentenced
to be reprimanded and to forfeit $25 of his
pay per month for three months. 1t was al
legged that Lieut. Mygatt wrote letter to
the military secretary, Department OF Min
danao, concerning Col. ]. F. Huston, 18th
Infantry, which letter was in its criti-
insubordinate and disrespectful to Col. Hus-
ton, and conducive to INSTRUMENTATION, dis
obedience and the destruction of good or
der and discipline IN the command OF the
said Col. Huston,
Gen.. Bliss, the department commander,
in reviewing the proceedings, said:
on b ana as
relates to forfeiture Of pay is RENTED In
administering a reprimand the reviewing
authority would remind Lieut. Mygatt Of
the serious blot which this trial and con-
viction places upon the record of an Of
ficer of known ability. And 1t Is hoped that
his otherwise commendable enthusiasm and
again lead him to forget his military status
and obligations, or that entire official re-
spect is always due his superiors in the
been issued reieasng ofls Lieut. a Myeatt rom
arrest and restoring him to duty"
Two Warships to Be Sold.
The steel schooner Clearwater having
outliwed her usefulness for naval purposes
is being appraised by a board of naval
officers with a view to her sale to the high
est bidder. The shearwater was built by
the Atlantic works at Boston in 1887, and
for several years past has been used by the
naval militia Of Pennsylvania as a training
ship. She Is 1903 feet long, Is feet broad
and feet draft, and has displacement of
100 tons.
TIE nautical school ship Saratoga, also
stationed at Philadelphia, has been con-
amount of expenditure which would be
necessary to put her in condition for con-
tinued service. That conclusion will doubt
less lead to an order in the near future to
have the vessel sold to the highest bid
der.
To Examine Officers for Retirement.
The Secretary of the Navy has detailed
a board of naval officers to meet at the
Navy Department on the LIST prox. for the
examination of officers for retirement before
July / next, in accordance with the pro-
visions Of the personnel law. The board
consists Of Rear Admirals R. D. Evans,
c. M. Thomas, Asa Walker, r. NJ. Berry
and W. H. Emory, with Lieut.. Commander
C. l. Hussey as recorder.
Launch Of Scout Cruiser.
The Navy Department is informed by the
Fore River Shipbuilding and Engine Com
pany of Quincy. Mass, that the scout
cruiser Birmingham will be launched at
its shipyard Wednesday at noon. Three
vessels of this type have been contracted
for, but the Birmingham is the first one
ready for launching. She will be christened
by Miss Mary Campbell of Birmingham,
Ala.
For Protection Against Gunfire.
Naval surgeons attached to ships-of- war
have been engaged in an Investigate ton of
the method of protecting the ear from
injury by the vibrations Of heavy gun fire.
1t has been found that there is grave dan
ger of permanent injury, and perhaps
death, by reason of the unprotected ear
Of those stationed in turrets or In the neigh
borhood of big guns There are several
devices for the protection of the ear, and
some Of these have lately been under ex-