New-York tribune., 1908-08-20
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Both Services Making Special Ef-
forts to Get Recruits
TFrora The Tribune Bureau


rFrora Tribune Bureau -
Washington August u
INDUCEMENTS TO ENLIsT.-The officers who
are in charge of recruiting for the military and
naval services are showing much more activity IN
this sort of campaigning than ever before In the
army one of the methods has been that OF
establ hing branch recruiting stations In the puoc
parks with the idea of interesting unemploYed men
who frequent those places in their idleness- IN
the navy this plan has not been followed but an
eIa borate pamphlet pIentfuly illustrated with
haIftone pictures. has been publlsheo' giving an
account Of the advantages of enistlng IN te navy
These have lately been distributed to ensled men
with the idea that they shall be sent to their
, <-iands at home One of the unusual efforts made
bv an army recruiting officer is the publication
each month of eight-page paper Wh'cn IS mus
trated with reproductions OF photoRraphs VI '
diers and their Surroundings The officer WHO pup
fishes this prints an edition OF nearly Io'op eopleS'
which ba sends regularly addresses furnlshed
him by the postmasters in the TWO states i4ici"u
in the recruiting district Ihese hdNes 0'e -
- non who are of an age suitable for enlist
mont This activity the part or the army ''i'A
- ,,i+i,s- officers is bearing excellent results
and there is considerable competition between the
two services as to which shall accomplish 'he lio,e
The method of advertising too. mas ensaseu tie
same sort of enterprise. ingenuity anu an ~ ~
e, manifested by the big advertisers OF the country
.1-o1DINc. MAGAZINE DANGERS--A test has
been held on board the United States steamship
Iowa with system of cooling the magazines VIZ
is stirred snokeless powder The lhIroduc'i'" u
that ammunition has rendered II necessary '' " :
the tsnDerature OF the powder magazines On oos,.
sb,e Of war nv thirty degrees or more Ihls couu
have been done 10 less extent by simply Aeepis
tho hot-water pipes away from the Inaea%l''eS' o
when il was recommended. as II was Iroih '''i'
sr,-,oe sources that the temperature be lowered
to 10 degrees in the magazine, II was apple-
cia4 tod that some special provision shouid De
made The bureau of construction ana repair dp
rlied itself to the problem. and one OF the hoE'i
constructors who had served with the AuahLi'
feet was selected to design and superintend tne
installation of an experimental system Ihe Iowa
r-os seIacted for the purpose. and the method Is
one of several types of injecting cooled ar INTO tue
magazines A careful observation Is oelHs ii''''i
tanned on the Iowa, with view 10 asceFtaiHliS i
the system is satisfactory in all respects II II
-. g. ao,,irarnants and the low temperature is
s;toire1 +he system will be installed on all the
now ships of war being added to the designs VI
the vessels under construction as well as paeu oi
the vessels which already in COMMISSION
..,,EDrCOs, MUST BE MODERN.-rhere will
I'll. he No attempt hereafter to reduce the
,ropriation of $4,000 which for several years ha5
bAan the annual allotment by Congress TOT tie IL
brarv of the army surgeon general oIHce a. 'iie
Iast session Of Congress attempt was made 10
reduce this appropriation TO 5000 ana tte 'euu'
tion was resisted with much vIgor py Ihe i'
a4;o.1 oe7cers who were interested in MAINTAIN
ing its collection of professional publications II -
considered important that the TnedlcaI HOI -
kent ND 10 its standard. 1t is the largest anu '
eoirred OF it's kind in the world, and 1t Is neces
sarv 10 purchase many books at the time thfy are
,-tnte4 as they are not afterward obtalnaUIe- II
is for this reason that there Will De "a'cIl
in Congress 1T the next session 10 see ' -
.to .~onon,ists deprives this library of the funos
which the army surgeons say are anSoiu'e1s -,
sary in keeping the library UP TO us cele''I00
standard.
ORDERS 1ssUED-The following orders have
been issued:
Captain ROBERT s. oFFLEY. Both Infantry to van
fssff2 RsTog sEdesa sm Es55f 955s s1
raay list and First I, L!sqtsRant @BoanI ofp
MAGRTDER RoBERT RoT gRa''fneS n NOLAN Is cavalry
general hcspita washington "a ETorr 1etn In
fantTg george " WALAGE tsfp, sfa InFan55H Inf 10Th
P4Ta EafsnlrT HUHs i& q PARER 5RfaRf set6
oIh infantry TO Fort Leavenwortl, examination for
s.coDS LFpmI'i9n I9fcant EMIL P LAURsoN th Cavalry
cuba TO Fort Ethan allen Alien 1i.,,anant o1,sEY
s,s granted d captain GEORGE GIBBS signal
extended September Is
NAVY
lieutenant Commander J J. RABY commissioned
Ensign F. DODGE detached the "hlppie' continue
,,srn n1'a. O. PIcKsNs from proving
Ensign G II SHAW. detached the Fox: 20 the Whipple
MidshIpnIan F.. r. LEONARD. detached the California
Mi1sb,pnfan ] " DU BOSE, detached Naval Academy;
Nft6sbinuen j. c. FIUNSAKER and X l. HILL de
tsched Carolina report commander ln-chie
Pacific fleet .- e..,
September 80. vice Faymaster K h ohh wait
first lieutenant c s MREYNoLDs, commissioned in
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.-The following
movements CT vessels have been reported TO the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED
Aug I7-The Nero at Bradford R /: the West VIZ
ginIa and the Maryland al California city: the
Scorpion Guantanamo
Aur IsITne Mississippi Provincetown the Prairie
North River, New York City; the Chester at Brad
ford, r. l.
Aug 1.-THE Virginia and the Maryland. from
Island for California city
ls-The Rocket, Washington Norfolk. the
wolverine. from Harbor Springs for sheboygan: the
Prairie from Tompkinsyille for North River. New
York City.
About 25th inst the Yankee Nina. Piunger
Hist Octopus. the Tarantula. the
Vtpe- St-inEham. the Barney the De Long. the
Thornton Iingey will rendezvous BuZzards
Bay and ater make cislise along New England coast
Portland Ma