Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-29
Army and Navy

The position of the battleship fleet ships
fixed upon for the voyage is as follows;
First squadron, Rear Admiral r. D.
Evans, commanding; first division, Rear
Admiral r. d. Evans, commanding; l,
Connecticut, Capt H. Osterhaus; 2, Kan
sas Capt. c. e. Vreeland;. 8, Vermont
H. Switzerland; Z, Rhode Island, Capt
r. Wainwright.
Second division. Rear Admiral W. H
Emory. commanding; 6, Georgia, Capt
H. McCrea; 6. New Jersey, Capt. w. H
H. Southreland; Z, Rhode Island. Capt
J. B. Murdock; 8, Virginia, Capt. s
Schroeder.
Second squadron, Rear Admiral C. M
Thomas, commanding; third division
Rear Admiral G. M. Thomas. command
Ing: 8, Minnesota, Capt. ]. Hubbard; TO-
Ohio, Capt. c. w. Bartlett: II. Missouri
Capt c. A. Merriam; IL, Maine Capt
l. G. B. Harber. Fourth division, Rear Ad-
miral C. S. Sperry. commanding; 13, Ala
bama, Capt T. E. D. w. Veeder; a.
Illinois, Capt. j. M. Bowyer; 10, Kear-
sarge, Capt. H. Hutchins; 16. Kentucky,
Capt w. G. Cowles.)
Auxiliaries: Culgoa, Lieut. Comdr
j. B. Patton; Glacier; Comdr. w. s.
Hogg; Panther, Comdr. v. s. Nelson
Yankton, Lieut.. w. r. Gherardi.
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senate a list of decorations sought to be
conveyed by foreign powers to American
officials. A list of them Is given in our
congressional report. Included in the list
is gift of large silver urn presented
by the central American republics tc
Commander r. T. Mulligan, now on duty
| In the navigation bureau, who was In
command of the Yorktown when the fric-
tion arose between the central American
republics last summer, which he was
largely instrumental in removing.
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The increase of tuberculosis in the navy
has been deplorable, says American Med
| icine philadelphia, November). but in the
old sailing. ships it. was practically un-
known. although the sailors were badly
treated, much overcrowded in the dark
| Ill ventilated lower decks. had bad food
and were not so. carefully selected as
now 1t goes on to say:
"The more the conditions are improved
the worse the disease becomes. but the
| explanation Is evident. The effect OF al
! the improvements seems to be ruined by
the steam heat which is Introduced
throughout the ship. The old style sailor
breathing cold air, and never living ir
heated rooms, was apparently so vigor-
Gus from this cause that he was not In
| jured to a great degree by any of the fac
| tors usually considered harmful. OF
course he had other diseases, and cpl
denies of ship fever were now and ther
dreadful, but the cold air prevented tuber-
culosis. The same phenomenon has beer
observed In farmer families who become
prosperous. build modern overheateo
and overlighted houses, and then battle
with diseases unknown when they lived
! In the old drafty cold log house. In Other
words, cold is not only curative. but pre-
ventive. 1t may be the only factor
needed in the early stages when incipi-
ency is merely suspected The old life
| of the sailor was formerly regarded as
curative. Suspected cases were sent or
long sea voyage for that purpose, bui
they promptly get worse In the hot, mod
| ern ship"
| A remarkable use of the finger print
system of Identification, introduced into
the adjutant generals office by Major
General Ainsworth. occurred the past
week. In October there was found float.
ing In Manila bay the body of man sup.
| posed to be soldier The corpse was
swollen and partly disintegrated. but II
was possible to take prints from the
fingers of both hands These were for,
warded to the war department and there
placed under the microscope and com.
pared with various sets of prints in the
many thousand on file. with the result
that a positive identification was made
of the dead man, who was John F. Ray
He enlisted at Angel Island, CAL, last
June and had been In Manila but few
days when he lost his life.
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His Lawyer-The trouble is that they've
got half dozen witnesses who saw you