Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-03
ARMY eosslr IN wAsnINeroN
Current Events Cleaned from the
Army end NnvY ReRIater.

current Events Cleaned from he
Army and Nnvy Register.
Preliminary examinations will be held
at the various army posts In the United
States for entrance into the Army Medical
corps. The examinations will take place
on January II and It is hoped that ali who
successfully qualify for appointment will
be appointed to the medical reserve corps,
prel' minary to their attendance at the Army
Medical school. Those who succeed in pass
ing these examinations win be appointed
to the reserve corps as fast as use can be
made OF their services. This will have an
added advantage Of giving candidates for
permanent appointment some actual ex-
p~erience in army medical work before join
ing the next years class at the Army Med
ical school, the regular term OF which
opens in october. There are fifty-seven
vacancies in the medical corps, and, as the
class at the Medical school this year num-
bers about thirty. there will still be a
number OF vacancies without regard to re-
tirements or deaths which may occur in the
meantime.
It is also doubtful at the present writing,
in so far as one may know Of congressional
sentiments, whether the bill providing for
600 additional line officers will be favor
ably considered in the next session OF con-
gress. The war department will make an
effort to have the bill passed by the house,
but II is foreseen that the brief period
for congressional work will Interfere with
special service legislation. The measure may
have the benefit Of the support OF the militia
Influence, owing to the fact that the provi-
sion of extra officers to take the place of
those on detached duty will result In bene-
fit to the organized militia. It will furnish
the state troops with regular officers de-
sired in that direction as instructors. Re-
quests received for the services OF army
Officers for duty in connection with the
militia have been denied necessarily OF late'
owing to the fact that the commissioned
personnel Of the army could not be drawn
upon to the extent contemplated, aithough
Il is appreciated in the War depart
ment that militia is entitled 70 the
hest IN the way Of military In
struction which the government can
afford. II may be that congress Will ap-
prec,ate the justice of the provision for
additional officers to FIJI the places OF
officers on detached duty. There Is GER
tainlv no question Of the need and II is
altogether a matter of sentiment at the
canital ana the opportunity Of enactment
Some consideration has been given lately
~, tho exnerts in wireless telephony to the
sound which will carry the greatest as
lance II has been found by the naval
officers who have been examining the
racords that the steam siren under seven
ty-two pounds Of steam pressure VIII emit
a blast which may be heard \forty miles
Next to that comes the steam whistle the
sound Of which is carried twenty miles
Among the softer sounds which carry d
considerable distance is the whistling buoy
installed under the lighthouse board Whlch
has frequently been heard for a distance
of fifteen miles. AS a result of this in
vestigation it has been able to determine
the wave frequency which is most favor
able to wireless telephony.
Tables have been issued showing what
goes to make up the china and glassware
allowances for the officers and enlisted
mems messes in the navy. The tables are
based on the number of officers or men
attached to a ship or station In the case
of the officers an annual allowance of Is
per cent is made for breakage and any
amount in excess of such sum Is paid by
the officers. In the case Of the enlisted
men, they receive 5 per cent more Than the
officers TO cover breakage, wear and tear
The War department has received the
record in the court martial case of First
Lieutenant william ]. O'LoughIin, Thir-
teenth infantry, on duty at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, where the court convened.
The officer was tried for alleged false
guard report, failing to turn out patrol as
ordered, and failure TO visit his guard
properly. The sentence is that of dismissal
and the case will, in the usual order Of
things, go to the president.
IF TAFT is ELECTED.
What IL Will Signify for the Country