New-York tribune., 1908-01-27
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
staff Officer in High Command
General U'fstOn IN Philippines.
TFronn The Tribune Bureau
....-.s.,- lam

Washington.
GENERAL WOODS SUCCESSOR-Hajor Cen
eraI John r Weston will take command o. tns
Philippine division. relieving Major General Leon
ard Wood ar Manila on February 15- General Wood
viii return this country bv way Of Europe. re-
naming there SIX months before he relieves Major
General F d. Grant a Governors Island. New
York Harbor. the headquarters Of tho Department
Of the East. General Weston IS one OF the best
known and most popular officers OF the army. hs
vas counissary general OF the army during ana
after the with Spain and in that position IN
creased the reputation which he had gained In fne
field as a chief comunfssarv. In latter position
he brought order ont Of chaos I'm the food supply
OF the army in Cuba and az Moutauk Point He
also duty much OF the time IN New YORK
City, where he carried on with enthusiasm tnvaus-
bIe experiments to better the subsistence OF sol
diers He developed the system OF cooking IN ths
field and was a warm advocate % any system which
gave troops better provisions while they were away
from their garrtsons. He believed that the cooking
range could and should be kept close to IN. frtns
line The policy which he established IN this 70
spect has been carefully followed and developed by
his successor Brigadier General Henry c. shsrps-
General Weston will probably take with him TO
his duty, senior aid. Captain Malvern Hih
Barnurn a New York man, formerly On duty az the
Military Academy and expert IN small aims
practice. He will also have on his staff Major
Hugh J. Gallagher, who IS General Weston's chief
commissary and who was formerly on duty IN
Washington the assistant IN the Office OF ths
comuissary general Major Gallagher was also the
first purchasing officer OF the Isthmsan Canal Com
mission
TURBINES VS. OLD ESGINES-aruch interest
is taken in the forthcoming trial trips OF the scout
cruisers Birmingham and Chester The latter viii
occur on February Il and the former on March
over the usual course or Rockland, Me- These
are the Of the type 70 be tested the third snip
the Salem. under construction ar Quincy. Mass.
having been DELAYED, with the prospect that IL will
be some before the vessel will be ready for
the trial run. The Chester Is equipped with the
Parsons turbine. and the Birmingham has the ord-
nary reciprocating engines. The trips will afford
an opportunity OF direct comparison OF the two
types OF marine propulsion ships OF otherwise
Identical design and displacement The ships will
then be held the Atlantic Coast pending the
completion OF the Salem. and theye will be con-
Quoted a series OF runs, with view to tabulatins
statistics respecting the relative performance OF
the two types OF turbine and the recipTOcatIng en-
gine the Salem being equipped with the Curtis tur-
bine These trips, which are likely TO be held IN
the present year are expected have considerable
influence in determining the engineering policy OF
the Navy Department in the matter of battleshiP
equipment hereafter. 1t viii be the first oppOrtu-
nifty the Navy Department experts have had to OBJ
tain trustworthy and comprehensive information OF
correlated value.
WINTER DUTY IN ALAsKA-Captain H b
Black an officer OF the coast artillery corps. who
has been assigned to duty with the signal corps.
will make a remarkable winter trip in Alaska Cap
tain Black duty in that territory In charge OF
certain telegraph lines He will make the longest
winter trip by dog team which has ever been
dertaken by An army officer. The trip IS made for
the purpose OF inspecting the telegraph lines IN
winter and the officer viii be accompanied by
sergeant Of the signal corps Captain Black and
the soldier started from Valdez January L. and
will visit various points in tour over a route
which will return them to Valdez early in April.
after having travelled 1000 miles. The chief signal
officer of the army says that Captain Black is
titled 10 much credit making trip OF this sort.