Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS

drab flannel Shirt will be issued at the
close of the summer season of 1907 to all
| troops. except coast artillery troops. serv-
ing in the United States ATTITUDES where
| WOODEN clothing is required
Mustn't Tamper With Gun Slings.
The commanding officer of a company of
| the It'll Infantry recently made inquiry as
! to whether it would be a violation of para
| graph eighty seven, small-arms firing regu-
| lations. to cut additional buttonholes in
| the gun sling, as was done. he said, during
1 the rifle competition Of the northern
| division in 1906.
war, the officer has been informed that this
| matter was carefully considered by the
! board which revised the firing regulations
| for small arms and 1t was decided not to,
| permit alterations Of any kind in the gun
| sling. He was also Informed that If COM
petitors in the northern division rifle COM
| petition OF 1908 were allowed to cut add-
| tional holes in their gun sings, it was not
in accordance with the spirit of the small
arms firing regulations, and should not have
| been permitted. 81, --=--.-.
New sings are now being manufactured
| and will soon be in the hands Of the troops.
Foreign Warships Expected.
An official list Of the foreign vessels
which are now their way to Hampton
roads to participate In the great naval
| tercentennial shows the following ships:
England-Good Hope, Argyll. Hampshire,
| RoXburgh, all armored cruisers, under COM
| nIand of a real admiral of his majesty's
! navy. will arrive April % and remain ten
| days.
| France-Armored cruisers Klober and Vic
| tor Hugo. under command of a rear ad-
miral date Of arrival and length OF stay
| unknown
| Germany-Armored cruiser Room, pro-
tected cruiser Bremen, under command of
| commodore, will arrive April - and re-
| main eight days
| Italy-Armored cruiser Garibaldi and pro-
| tected cruiser Lguria
Japan-Armored cruiser Tsukuba and pro-
| tected cruiser Chitose, under command of
| Vice admiral will arrive May and remain
| twenty days.
Argentine Republic-Training ship Presi-
dente Sarmiento will arrive April %
Chlle-Protected cruiser Minfstro Zenteuo
| Portugal-Protected cruiser Don Carlos
| Austria-Armored cruiser Sankt Georg.
protected cruiser Aspern. under command
| of a commodore, who Is to be promoted
to rear admiral on May l, will arrive
| April 70 and remain seventeen days
| Brazll-Battleship Riachuele, cruiser Bar
roso and gunboat Tamayo. under command
| OF rear admiral, will arrive April 80
Training Cooks for the Army.
| Gen. Sharpe, commissary general of sub
sistence, has just returned to Washington
| from an inspection of the newly established
| school of army cooks and bakers at Fort
Riley, Kan. which he found to be in an
| admirable condition. Already 400 enlisted
| men have been graduated as fully trained
COOKS and bakers while number of Of
| hcers have received special training with a
view to fitting them to pass upon the
| qualltlcatlons of the army cooks and the
| suff1ciency of the ration. Gen. Sharpe found
a general desire among the younger officers
| to take this special instruction, but some
| difficulty has been experienced in recon-
| W mi Of tho
| studies which the officers are required to
| make In connection with their professional
| work.
| Gen. Sharpe was accompanied on his trip
| by Paymaster General Rodgers ofthe navy,
| who was DESTROYS of acquainting himself
| with the army system of securing meats
! and he was shown the method pursued at
the packing houses In Chicago and Kansas
city in packing provisions for the army.
Naturalization Of Bluejackets.
A question recently arose concerning the
rights of naturalization of naval sailors of
| great Importance to the navy, because of
its bearing upon It's policy. steadily pursued
in recent years, of Amercanizing the sea-
| men. This case involved the right of a
| sailor who had served five years continu-
ously on man-of-war to become natural
| lied The naturaliZa ton bureau of the De-
| partment of Commerce and Labor held
| that the sailor would have to reside at
| least one year in some particular state in
| order to take out his first papers. These
| conditions made 1t impossible for the sailor
to re-enlist and become entitled to the bene-
| fits of the continuous service law a dis
| tlnct loss to him. while for it's part the
! Navy Department lost the services of an
| able seaman. So a test case was made up
| and Judge Archibald in Pennsylvania has
decided that such a sailor may take out
his papers without the necessity of re-
/ naming at shore for year. The Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor has informed
the Navy Department that 1t is pleased to
| accept this decision for it's guidance here
after.
Naval Orders.
| Capt s. c. Lemly, retired, from detached
duty. Navy Department. to home.
Lieut. Commander G. w. Brown to
charge OF the eighth lighthouse district
New Orleans La
Lieut. Commander L. s. Van Duzer from
naval torpedo station, Newport r. +. to
charge of the fifteenth lighthouse district
| st. Louis. Mo.
Lieut. Commander o. w. Rooster. from
| the Iowa, and wait orders.
Lieut. w. P. Scott, from the Missouri. and
wait orders
r. Morgan. F. G. Mckay, j. A. Davis,
J. shovnn. 8. G Burgess. r. H. Neville.
J. A. Price. A. r. Hughes. T. II. Scharf
]. F. Gallalee H. c. LaMotte, e. P Schil-
| ling and ]. l.. Jones have been appointed
| carpenters in the navy from April Is. 1907
Warrant Machinist NJ A. Thormahien
from the Ohio. to the navy yard, Puget
| Sound. Wash.
Warrant Machtnist j. Fitton. to duty at
the works Of the Fore River Shipbuilding
Company Quincy. Mass.
Warrant Machinist c. Hammond, when
discharged treatment. naval hospital, Bos-
ton. Mass. to the Ohio.
Capt w. c. Cowles has been commits
stoned.
Capt G. A. Merriam. from navy yard,
New York. N. Y, to command the Mis-
souri,.
Capt. E. c. Pendleton, from command of
the Missouri, to duty as commandment OF the
| navy yard and station. League Island, Pa
Commander +. c. Bowers has been COM
| missioned.
Lieut.. Commander ]. R. Y Blakely. to
the Wolverine.
Lieut.. L. NJ. Overstreet from the wolver-
ine to the Vermont.
Paymaster j. 8. Beecher and Passed As
sistant Paymaster E. H. Cope have been
commissioned.
Naval Constructor r. Stocker, from navy
yard, Norfolk, Va to duty, bureau of con-
struction and repair, Navy Department.
Chief Gunner 8. Donely has been COM
missioned.
Gunner A. Anderson. to the navy yard.
Mare Island. Cal