Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
be co-ordinated and modified in time of
war.

war.
Must Not Wear Service Cap.
The chief surgeon of the Philippines Di-
vision having reported that the wearing
of the service cap on occasions when
troops are exposed for any length Of time
to the direct rays of the sun is detri-
mental to the health of the command. the
general commanding has directed that
the service hat shall not be worn in the
Philippines on duties involving suoh ex-
posture.
New Army Ammunition.
The army ordnance bureau has recently
adopted new ammunition for the infantry
rifle, the principal change being in the
form of the bullet. which is decreased in
weight from DO grains to $50 grains,
and is given ID much longer and sharper
point. Taking advantage of the diminu-
ton in weight the velocity has ,een in
creased from 100 feet per second TO
200 feet per second. which the fineness
of the point, by reducing the resistance of
the air. allows to be sustained for all
practical ranges. notwithstanding the
dilllnution i'll weight.
Misfortunes of an Officer.
Allan Lefort. late a lieutenant of Coast
Artillery. has been transferred from the
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
TO the Government Hospital for the IN
sane.
Promotions in Pay Corps.
An examination will be hello May 1 in
Washington for the promotion of those
assistant paymasters of the navy who
have served three years in that grade.
Those on the Pacific coast and attached
to the Asiatic station will be examined
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Effect of Transfers.
General orders just issued by Gen. Bell
Chief Of staff, direct that no officer of
the army shall hereafter be transferred
from one corps or arm of the service to
another when the effect of such trans
fer will be to place his name on the lineal
list of the corps or arm to which he is
transferred above that of any officer
whose name at any time prior to the
transfer has occupied place on the rela-
tive list above that of the officer trans
ferred; but this rule will not operate TO
prevent the transfer of an officer that
his name will appear above that of an
other officer who was originally his senior
on the relative list but who shall have
been reduced in lineal and relative rank
by sentence of court-martial
In the compound of the United States
legation at Feking six tablets have been
placed in commemoration of American
soldiers who lost their lives in the Boxer
campaign of 1900. This inscription is on
each tablet: THE government of the
United States has placed this tablet to
commemorate the service of the officers
and the men of the United States Army
Navy and Marine Corps in the relief of
the legations in PekinS. The tablets
also contain roster of all the men VINO
were killed or who died during that
memorable campaign.
Gen. Barry Coming Home.
Brig. Gen Thomas II. Barry. CONAN nd
ine. the army of Cuban pacification. has
been granted one months leave of alb
sence. with permission to visit the United
States.
Badges Part of Uniform.
To inquiries which have reached the
War Department the reply has been mada
that campaign badges are now part of
| the uniform of an officer and the fact
that they have been adopted rs a part of
such uniform makes 1t necessary for off,
GERS to wear them as required in the case
of the insignia of rank. The department
has adopted design made by the artist
Millet for the civil war badge. The OBJ
verse contains a head Of Lincoln, together
! with the motto. with malice toward
none, with charity to all" The reverse
side contains a legend, The civil war,
1861 to 1866" surrounded by d wreath.
Salutes Indoors.
The question having arisen whether a
cadet at a military school should. when
| wearing sidearms.. uncover on entering
| the room of an officer, it was held that