Evening star., 1907-05-05
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS|

| greater Importance is the fact that a sen.
| sible period of time-never less than q
| month and often longer than three months
must elapse before artillery ht rses trans
| ferred from one section to another can be
acclfmated. so that If such horses were
| brought rapidly by rail from the interior
| OF the country to northern or southern
| posts they would be unserviceable for a
| long time.
Off for The Hague.
Brig. Gen. George B. Davis, Judge advo-
cate general of the army. who Is one of the
delegates of the United States to the COM
| ing peace conference at The Hague has
| left this city for West Point. N. Y. where
he will remain with his two married da ugh
ters until he takes his departure on the
| 9TH instant on the steamship Cretic bound
for Naples. He will be accompanied to
Europe by Mrs. Davis and they will prob
ably not return to the United States until
next fall.
Status Of officers in Cuba.
The status of army officers on duty in
Cuba has been definitely settled by the
War Department to be that of officers
temporarily absent from their regular sta
tions in the United States One effect of
this decision is that these officers may
draw the usual regulation allowances for
fuel AMI light.
Inspecting Navy Yards.
Rear Admiral Hollyday, the new chief Of
yards and docks, Navy Department, has
just completed an inspection of the navy
yards at Philadelphia, New York and
Charleston and expects shortly to make
similar inspections of the navy yards at
Pensacola, Key West and New Orleans.
ALI the Bids Excessive.
All the bids recently received at the Navy
Denartmanf ha of k,,Nd
ings at the new naval training station near
Chicago are in excess of the appropriation
of 100000 available for that work. Capt
Ross. commandant of the station, has been
In consultation with the officials at the Navy
Department with a view to amending the
plans and specifications SO as to reduce the
total cost or to leave the matter open until
Congress shall have an opportunity to in
crease the appropriations to the extent Of
$25o,OO0. 1t is stated that the price of labor
and material has Increased fully 80 per
cent since the estimates for this work were
originally submitted to Congress.
Two Naval Vessels for Sale.
The Secretary of the Navy has decided to
sell the transport Lawton and the cid
wooden steam vessel Marion. now at Mare
Island Cal. at auction to the highest bid
der. There is a question whether the Law
ton is entitled to American registry and the
determination OF that point will materially
affect her marketable value.
Decisions Regarding Pay.
Recent decisions of the War Department
are to the effect that a naval paymaster's
clerk is entitled to interment in a national
cemetery and that clerks employed by dis
bursting officers of the organized militia
may not be paid out of the state allotment
4 of he onf ofJ
1903. and the act of June %, 1906
Changes in the Transport Service.
The army transport Fitzpatrick will be
placed on the route between Newport News
and Havana beginning with the trip of May
10. and the transport Sumner, now engaged
in that service, will be employed in trans
porting the military cadets from West Point
to the Jamestown exposition early in June
On the completion of that service the Sum-
ner will be laid up for repairs.
Testing Automatic Pistols
On the recommendation of the special
army board, convened at the armory at
Springfield, Mass. to test automatic pis-
tolls. three troops of cavalry will be sup
piled with the Colt automatic pistol and
three troops of cavalry with the Savage
automatic pistol, for test in comparison
with the Colt double-aetion revolver now
used by the service The Colt and Savage
pistols are of American manufacture and
were selected for service test in preference
to a number of other pistols submitted by
German and English manufacturers.
Columbia Out Of Commission.
The cruiser Columbia, which recently
finished a cruise in the West Indies, was
placed out of commission yesterday at
the navy yard. League Island, Philadel-
phfa, and her officers and crew transferred
to other vessels.
Passing Of an Old Warship.
The Navy Department has selected the
United States gunboat Newport to take
the place Of the old schoolship ST. Mary's
with the naval militia of New York The
st. Mary's was built in this city in 1874
and is one of the Oldest ships in the navy. |
She has @outlived her usefulness for naval
purposes and will be put up at auction to
the highest bidder
Midshipmen at Jamestown.
The first and third classes Of the Naval |
Academy will go to the jamestown exposi- |
tion June 10 next, which is Georgia day
and they will probably act as the escort OF |
President Roosevelt, who is to visit the ex- |
position on that occasion. This trip of the |
will follow the graduation |
exercises at Annapolis, which occur this |
year June 8.
Has Pride in His Mule.
Homer Davenport, with his Arabian |
stallion, and Gen. Castleman, with his Ken
lucky thoroughbred, are not alone in their /
claim to the superiority of their respective |
horses in the matter of endurance and |
for a sustained march OF great
length. A resident of Toledo. Ohio. has
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