Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
Winners in Naval Target Practice.

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Final merit in small arms target piao
tice of the five leading vessels Oh INC
navy during the year places them III ZIG
Glowing order:
The torpedo boat Chauncey. the gun
boat Wilmington, the torpedo ooa.
catur. the cruiser Colorado and the
Cunboat Helena The Chauncey WINS the
trophy in the Pacific fleet. the tIopny
for the Atlantic fleet being stlii nAu Wy
the Missouri which won II In i'oo sliSS
which time there has been no oppoi
funity for competition. The 1igures OF |
the report of the practice sho"ea
decided improvement in small arms "a
get practice in the last three Seasons,
the average point per man In &c lyoo ~ ,vt
1GOS:S; in 1907 80 735, and In lSoo, o"'10''
Christmas in the Philippines.
The War Department has made the
usual ARRANGEMENTS for forwarding to
the Philippines Christmas packages III
tended for officers and enlisted men OIL
the army. navy and Marine Corps serV-
ing in those islands. Such packages
should be consigned to the general super
intendent Of the army transport SerV-
ice at San Francisco. Ihey Shoulo NC
plainly addressed and should not exceed
twenty pounds in weight. Perishable ar
ticles are prohibited. The freight or eA-
press charges to San Francisco must be
prepaid.
Death of a Sailor.
The Navy Department is informed that
Hans r. Anderson. a coal passer on the
battleship Vermont, died of typhoid fever
yesterday and will be buried at Cavlte
today His next of kin is James Henson,
an uncle, of Ludington, Mich.
Bids for Naval Supplies.
Bids were opened at the Navy Depart
ment today for railway rolling lift
bridge at the navy yard. Washington
u. c., and for four turbo-alternatOrs tor
various navy yards and for laundry
equipment at the naval hospital, Norfolk
The lowest bidders In each case were: /
For rolling lift bridge, the Strobel Steel
Construction Company of Chicago, at Sl4,-
$50; for the turbo- alternators, the west
inghouse Machine Company OF New
York, at 1895, and for the laundry
equipment, the Troy Laundry Machinery
Company of New York, at 1892.
Army Bands Cannot Compete.
The authorities Of the War Department
have decided that the law prohibiting
military bands from taking outside en-
ployment in competition with civilian
bands applies not only to the band as an
organization, but to the Individual men,
DerS tnSTeOI DIS Well III VI
the action OF the department it is stated |
that the members of army bands have been |
recently granted substantial increase OF
pay in consideration of the outside pa !
tronage, of which they were deprived by |
the restrictive legislation relating to out |
side employment.
Army Orders.
Maj. Frank G. Mauldin, Coast Artillery |
Corps will repair to this city and report
to the inspector general Of the army for
temporary duty in his Office.
Second Lieut.. Jesse D. Elliott, 9Th In |
fantry, will assume charge of construc- |
ton work at Fort Lincoln. n. D.. relieving |
Second Lieut.. Bowers Davis, 9th Infantry. |
First Lieut.. Charles l.. Fisher, Coast |
Artillery Corps, is ordered to examination |
for promotion.
Capt. Henry II. Moore, Philippine |
Scouts, is relieved from treatment at the
Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot |
Springs, Ark, and will resume status Of
absence with leave.
Good Firing of Big Guns.
The 44th and 143d companies of Coast
Artillery Corps, at Fort Washington, Md.
at the fire command practice at Fort Mon
roe, Va, September 10. made seven hits
out of eight shots fired at two targets on
the one tow line moving at the rate of
dUoul I'VE IIIilcS liOui a. AdA6CS OO-
tween GOO and 5000 yards.
This is one of the best reports of fire
command practice that has been received
by Gen. Murray, chief of Coast Artillery. |
Col. William II. Coffin was in command
for this practice. Capt. George +. Con-
molly commanded the 44th Company and |
Capt. John L. Roberts the 143d Company.
Felt Slippers for Cavalrymen.
Officials of the War Department are In !
war department to equip the cavalry |
with felt slippers as part of their field |
kit. AT the maneuvers just closed Off !
GERS who witnessed the Manchurian cam
paign and who saw what a physical and
moral asset was the use of straw slip |
pers among the Japanese cavalry, whose |
methods were virtually those of mounted
infantry, expressed enthusiasm for the
felt slippers furnished to a portion of the
French cavalry. They say that the fresh
ness of the men after a few hours rest IS
result of the wearing of these slippers
was astonishing.
japanese Warships to Visit United
States.
The japanese cruisers AshO and SOya
are under orders to visit the United
States. according to latest advices from the
orient. The date of the visit has not yet
been nXeU, Dut II Will PROBABLY De early
next spring. The cruisers will start rom
Yokosuka and will said for San Francisco
making a call at Hawaii en- route. After
short stay in San Francisco bay they
will visit Puget sound ports and Victoria
and Vancouver.
1t IS now ten years since Japanese
warship visited the Pacific coast. the
last one being the old cruiser Hiyei. The
Asho and SOya are two former Russian
warships the first-named being the cruiser
Bayan in which Admiral Wirens fought
and from which We're laid the mines off
Port Arthur which did much damage
to the Japanese fleet during the Russo
Japanese war. The SOya is the resur-
rected Russian cruiser Variag, built at
the Cramps shipyard which, together
with the CorletZ, was lying in the Che
mulpo harbOr at the outbreak Of the war. |
both being sunk in the first dash of the
japanese fleet.
Clamor for Service Badges.
The War and Navy departments are
being deIuged with applications for CAM
paign badges from persons who served |
in the volunteers during the civil war
and in the war with Spain. These EN-
blems are issued only to members of the |
services and are made part of the uni |
form, so that cavalryman who served |
in the Indian campaign and who would |
not get badge representing such serv- |
ice may not obtain it il his present tour |
nf dciy with the marines This has |