Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
army, has gone to Starkville, Miss, to in

army, has gone to Starkville, Miss, to in
vestigate in person the charges made
against Capt. Ira c. Welborn of the 9t.,
United States Infantry, who is military
instructor at the Mississippi Agricultural
and Mechanical College. Capt. Welborn
has clashed with the authorities of the
college, and Gov. Noel of Mississippi has
made formal complaint of statements
made by the officer in the newspapers
which criticised the faculty of the col
lege and have tended it is charged. to
injure the standing of the institution
Capt. Welborn is a native Of Mississippi
and is medal of honor man.
Plans for Costly Notifications.
According to the plans of the War De-
partment the schedule for the fortification
of Manila bay to be provided for in this
years appropriations includes the installa-
ton of six 14-inch, one 1O-inch. four t.
inch and eight 3-inch guns and eight -
inch mortars At Subig bay there are to
be put in two 1O-inch. four 6-inch and
eight 3-nch guns. At Pearl Harbor, L.
H., the program calls for two 14-inch,
two 12-inch and four 3-inch guns and six
teen Pinch mortars. At Guantanamo
there are to be put in six 12-inch, four
6-inch and eight 3-inch guns and eight
Pinch mortars. The cost of sites and
equipments for the defenses of Manila bay
is estimated at $6,4SS, 600. and of guns
and carriages, $780, $40. The same items
at Pearl Harbor are to cost, respectively,
81. 10000 and $693,4OO At Guantanamo
the cost is 81 100000 for sites and $619.-
400 for guns. One 36-inch and eight ~:
inch searchlights are to be installed in the
defenses in Manila bay at cost of
$15JOOO and power plant to cost $34S,-
| 657 and a fire-contrOl system to cost $751;
| OS6 are projected. The total outlay now
proposed for Manila aggregates S., 200 OS6.
Subig is to have one 36-inch and six GO
inch SearchlightS, costing $95, 90: power
plant to cost sos, 716 and fire-control
system costing $143,391. Pearl Harbor is
| to have four 36-inch and five 6Q-inch
| searchlights, costing $131 600; power
plant costing $34,469 and a fire-control
system costing $500 500.
To Fill Thirty Vacancies.
| The preliminary examination for APP
| pOntment to the Medical Corps of the
Army will be held May next. There
are now but sixteen applicants for the
| examination, while there are, with one
recent resignation, five retirements with
in the last few weeks and a pending
| eSignation-fhirty vacancies. Speclai
notices have been sent to all the medical
I journals in the country in the hope of
getting sufficient number of candidates.
Shell Against Steel Turret.
The Navy Department has received
| offers from three persons who have eN-
pressed their Willingness to remain in
side the turret of the monitor Florida
when 1T is shot at by shells of the mont
tor Arkansas in the coming spring. They
are II. A. Tascoe of Glenridge, n. }.
e. u. Riggs of birmingham. Ala, and
d. H. Mills of Bellevue, Ky. 1t is almost
aetdless to say that their offer will be
| declined, as it is not the intention or
the department to risk the life of any
| human being inside of the turret at the
time of the experiment. Animals only
| are to be used to test the effect Of the
| shell attack on the turret. Sheep and
possibly dogs and cats may be utilized.