Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-28

has any decision been reached as to
whether the ships shall come to New
York or Hampton roads their return
to the United States.
Soldiers Identification Records.
All enlisted men of the regular amy
on duty at various posts and stations in
the county will be sent by their COM
| handing officer at the earliest practicable
date to the nearest military post that is
equipped with apparatus for making iden-
LITIGATION records, according to orders is
| sued at the War Department. After the
completion of these identification records
| they will be forwarded to the adjutant
| general of the army. Medical officers are
| enjoined to exercise special care to see
that the identification photograph and
/ Photographic negative are satisfactory
and that the fingerprint record is as
| clear and complete as it is possible TO
make it.
Good Record of Battleship.
| An official report of a full power trial
Of the armored cruiser West Virginia off
Point Conception. Cal. June ID. just re-
ceived at the Navy Department showed
! excellent results. The trial was for four
hours and the speed per hour made by
the ship was 22.47 knots. the contract
| speed OF the vessel being % knots The
| engines showed revolutions of 13l.3S per
sion for a considerable time.
Cruise of the Midshipmen.
The Naval Academy practice squadron
Will remain in the north until the latter
| part of August, when it will return to
| Hampton roads.
| The itinerary is: Arrive Newport r. l..
July 81 leave August T. arrive Boston
| August 8: leave August II. arrive Ports
|
il. arrive Bath. Me. August l6: leave
| August 49, arrive Hampton roads August
| %: leave August ~, arrive Annapolis
August q.
The squadron will leave New London
| each Monday morning while in that
vicinity and will return each Friday after
noon. The midshipmen so on leave Au-
gust %.
Naval Retirements Expected.
| Naval officers are manifesting the keen
est interest In the report which will be
made next Wednesday by the special
| board of rear admrals engaged in con-
sidering the officers who are to be selected
out under the plan which was applied
| for the first time last year in the system
| of aiding promotion. TIE interest of
naval officers is divided among those who
expect to be promoted and those who
stand a chance of being selected out or
transferred to the retired list in advance
| Of their time.
Against Naval Inventions.
An important memorandum has been
issued at the Navy Department which
provides that hereafter no invention made
by or patented by any person employed in
| the naval service or under the Navy De-
partment will be adopted or used in the
service; nor will any board be appointed
20 no f,fi1i nd vail of
such invention for naval purposes, without
the previous approval of the Secretary.
In Honor of War Secretary.
Brig. Gen. Potts. commanding the De-
partment of the Gulf, has announced that
Camp William H. Taft will be the name
of the encampment at Chickamauga, Ga,
which begins in July.
An Important Pay Ruling.
An important decision based on the pay
provisions of the army appropriation act
has been rendered by Assistant Control
Ter Mitchell of the Treasury Department.
1t is to the effect that the retired enlisted
force of the army. and incidentally the
marine corps, is entitled to the same
method of pay according to grade whether
a man was retired before May II or after
ward the date Of the passage of the in
crease of pay bill.
Interruption Of Alaskan Wireless
Service.
Misfortune has attended the efforts OF
! the Signal Corps to complete the chain of
army wireless telegraph stations in
| Alaska. which it was hoped would be in
operation next fall. The commercial YES
sci carrying the wireless equipment for
the station at Nome recently ran into an
innh off, hict no hnl
| flooded and the electrical equipment in
jured. Without the Nome station working
| the chain Of wireless stations has break
| which cannot he spanned by the two sta
! lions on either side.
| Excluded From National Matches.
In an order issued at the War Depart
ment officers above the rank of captain
and civilians are excluded from shooting
| in the national team, Individual and the
| pistol matches to be held at Camp Perry,
| Ohio, this summer. The order is in ac-
| cordance with the act of Congress APP
proved May ID. 1903.
Sailor Commended for Gallantry.
! Warm commentator has been given by
the Navy Department to Seaman Charles
| Peters for gallant conduct on board the
| naval vessel Dart as it was landing along
side a float at Vallejo, Cal, May 81 last
The report regarding the matter showed
| that when 1t became apparent that the
! boat could not avoid striking steamer
nearby Peters advised two women pas
sengers. sitting on the port side aft, to
fall down on deck, one Of whom was
saved by the timely advice The other
woman failed to heed the warning and
fell overheard. and Peters promptly went
to her rescue, resulting in serious injuries
to himself, though probably being the
ha UC0 ms
act" the departments letter of COM
mendation says. was of that self-sacri-
| ficing type of heroism which the general
public has learned to expect from the men
who wear the uniform of the enlisted
men of the navy