New-York tribune., 1907-07-24
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Plans for Establishment Of Zig
Hospital Completed.
lFrom The Tribune Bureau

for the establishment Of a large army general hos
pital and medical station in tho District of Column
bia, beyond the Soldiers Home. have been COM
pleted. A hospital building is now under Construc-
ton and is expected to be finished in about six
months. 1t IS intended to remove to this place the
army medical school, which is now accommodated
in the Medical Museum the Smithsonian res
ervation. There will also be established two COM
panes of the hospital corps for the purpose of in
struction and demonstration. There will be post
graduate school for the benefit. not only Of the
newly appointed assistant surgeons, but for older
officers who desire to take up some special study
or pursue line Of scientific investigation. This
general hospital will be the largest of its kind
under the government, and when completed there
Will be, counting the quarters, laboratories, and
so on. something like one hundred buildings The
site selected IS a commanding one overlooking the
national Capitol and IS intended as memorial OF
the late Major Walter Reed. surgeon 10 whose
efforts in Cuba We're due the extinction Of yellow
fever. The first OF the surgeon commandants in
charge Of the new institutions viii be Major Will
lam H Arthur, who entered the medical depart
meut in 1881.
NAVAL HOSPITAL. .,EEDs-The naval medical
officers hope TO obtain some legislation at the next
session OF Congress which shall he beneficial TO the
hospital corps of that branch OF the navy. The
corps needs reorganization and an increase The
situation is such that good men are not re-enlst-
ing and il Is difficult induce others enter the
service. the conditions are to-day. the pay Of
the members OF the, hospital corps cannot lie In
creased without special act of Congress. The pay
or all other enlisted men Of the navy can be altered
10y executive order Something will have tc be
corps men II is ais" intended by the head OF the
corps To renew the recommendation I'm favor Of the
establishment Of dental corps similar TO that in
the army medical dtuartmcnt There VIII be an
effort made also % obtain authority for the en-
plovment II women nurses. principally at naval
hospitals at home and abroad. These nurses have
proved Of great value at the army general hospitals
In the United States well In the Philippines.
CRUISERS FOR THE PACIFIC The United
States Steamship Washington, on returning from its
European trip with the sister ship Tennessee. will
~ PRO Efr-rr r.
ships were surveyed before they Went abroad with
view 10 being ovarhauled their return. The work
on neither ship amounts 20 much. but fl IS cousid-
cred I" h" necessary ia order 10 maintain th' sea-
going efficiency of the vessels The Tennessee viii
be repaired at the BOSTON Navy Yard It win prob
I ably not De ne'essury 20 dock the Washington at
Brooklyn ~ thc ship was docScd just before going
o. Europe. TIL, big auuored cruisers are destined
for service I'm the Pacific.
YACHT FOR MISSOURI MILITIA The con-
verted yacht Uuutress. with a displacement -
eightv-two tons. has bcen assigned o. the use -
the Missouri Naval Militia The vessel has been
turned over TO the com!uaudaut OF the I.easu.
Island Navy Yard, where the necessary repairs are
to be made and tho vessel Is otherwise TO bc put
into commission for her new duty. \ from
the state militia win take the vessel around the
Atlantic coast TO the Gulrpf Mexico and NJ the
Mississippi River.
ORDERS SUBMARINE BELL SIGNALS-Ad-
miral Cowles CHIEF OF the equipment bureau OF the
Navy Department.. following the lead Of the light
house service. to-day gave orders for the equip
meDt OF five battleshus ten GOLFERS, six torpedo
boat destroyers, the converted Yacht MayuoVcr and
the dispatch boat Dolphin with tho system or sub
marine bell signals to assist in difficult navigation.
! FLAMES on WAESHTPS.- plan of reducing
! the danger Of fire on board ships Of is now
the subject of some important tests which are
! being conducted at navy yards. II has been sug-
/ gested by OF the naval officers that paint
used on shipboard would communicate fire. and an
effort IS 70 be made to obtain paint which is not
| infammable The ordnance officers believe that in
! time OF war the contact Of a shell with the side
| OF a ship might possibly cause ignition when no
! other damage wrought, and this by means
| Of the paint with which the structure is covered
The ordnance officers the naval proving ground
| at Indian Head, Nd will have erected structure
! which resembles the side of ship and covered
with such paint Is used iu the service. By this
| means IT is expected TO determine by practical
means and in a definite way the extent to which
| there is danger from fire account Of the in
| fammablitY Of paint.
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders have
| been issued;
! Colonel GEORGE LIE ROY BROWN. 2eth Infantry de-
tailed professor Of military science Peacock Military
School, san Antonio upon retirement from active
Major HARRY L HAWTHORNE. coast artillery CORPS
Captain JAMES " WANDREW "a infantry. from
temporary duty as qHarterInastsr at Seattle
70 general hospital Washington Barracks.
A'tS tenants cIARENeE FhRNHAM 4th infantry. if
and sYLyEsTER EoNNAaFFoN, 3D. an ~ Infantry.
10 national match. Camp Perry, August %. as range
officers.
and ] MAXWELL, commissioned
Lieutenant Commander W. r. SHOEMAKER, 70 bureau
| OF navigation. Navy Department, August /
Passed Assistant Surgeon " 5 HoEN, detached from
Philadelphia. 10 the California.
Passed Assistant surgeon " RAcKUs, detached from
Passed Assistant Surgeon F NJ MUNsoN detached from
the Medical School Washington, 10 the Phila-
sSRna' sSand ana "a'''''''' '1'S navy '1'0 'DSs'
| Assistant Surgeon II L. KELLEY, detached the
hospital Washington, TO the Constellation. and
additional duty at naval training station. Newport
/ Paymaster G; BROWN. Jr.. await orders.
Paymaster PIGMAN, Jr. detached from the Iowa.
July 81. home settle accounts await orders
Assistant Pnymaster @ p SHAMER detached from the
Almirante survey expedition 70 the navy pay Of
flee, Washington.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.-The following
movements OF vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED
July 2O--The Huntress at League Island
July 21-The Whipple and the Wasp at League Island
the Stranger al Pensacola.
July 22-The Wolverine at Duluth. the Charleston AZ
Puget Sound the Dolphin at Gloucester the Worder
at Pine Beach the olympia at Newport and the
Helena Che-Foo
July 23-rhe Ouiros at Che-Foo.
SAILED
July 2O-The from Camden. n. j. for League
July ol-The Perry, Mare Island for Puget Sound
the WhIpple from Norfolk for League Island.
July 22-The Wolverine, from Ashland, Wis., for pu
luth Mimi: the Charleston. from Victoria fol
Dolphin from Boston for Glou
cester, Mass: Worden, from Norfolk for Pine
Beach. Va; the Georgia, from Cape Cod Bay foI
Newport.
July 28-The St Louis from Sandy Point for Val
paraso. Chilli
SUMMER IN ROME.