New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Man Assign Only One Company to
Each Mortar Battery.
nv Telegraph To The Tribune
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r- ARTILLERY COMAIANDS.-For some
+ts-s has been under trial IN of the artf-
- s,s--4rts near New York the system of having
-, ,o-,panies Of coast artillery assigned 10 a
- mortar battery. The arrangement mas
- - very unsatisfactory. according TO the com
ts,re officer who has now suggested relief from
- -s+Dstion which places two captains in the
-,-,spd one necessarily IN a subordinate posi-
-. T has been suggested that II would be IN the
...-ss- both Of efficiency and economy to assign
,-,osnv OF 17s men iwth one captain and three
-.s,a-,ts TO each battery. instead Of two COM
- OF S men each Such an arrangement
> ,-oDosed would permit OF the 126 gun and
,-<a- companies being assigned 70 RS oiIferent
,...s-4ss and thus greater amount OF the ar1iia-
- ,o,,l5 be placed in service than at present.
= therefore, the coast defences would be to that
- ?, q less unprepared state than now The
-. =. company suggested IS not considered too
80 being only sixteen 1en in excess OF the
-s-rth n 4 light battery and twenty-four men
- ,g +he strength Of coast artillery companies
surtnE the Spanish var
v.RKIrG MTDsEIPMEN.-The authorities at
- Naval Academy have come upon q scheme Of
80 r.i6shfprnen 10 save themselves labor which
- assl should he made unnecessary by studious
,,Iscat5on during the previous term It has been
-ssre5 tFat each term be considered by itself. and
=. markings OF one term shall not be counted 10
~ credit of the work Of the succeeding term The
-s- order which has been promulgated Is the re-
,s5s excellent marks in subject in the first term
= asls~t that subject in the second term the good
- n the first term compensating for the de-
z.ssncr in the second term.
oRDERs IssUED-The following orders have
beer issued ,-x
v..,r GOLDEN l. = RUGGLEs. ordnance department
ss.s5 professor n ordnance Military Academy vice
qss1.ers5t CooneI EDWARD P O'HERN. captain.
&C sTns2s ssss AILIso, 18th Infantry now at camp
Enmer craE5o[st 70 e2-1 2T47R S0EETax 2o-5 m
fsnry detailed stgl9l e9rIs uT3RITs e 5ns CAMP ,
torn SeIaG 5- = 4azs - af 81 ti fiT+ - Te,tensnt re
Captain I0EE Z - .z[S1>1S a. E5sfs s-tie-T.
second Laea1enan-z INNS F SWIFT l2th CaTslEy:
4 PoPE q Ca7alry. redetaiied student officers
ss nol1s1 -s-ar1 T6E5T {, PEGRAM Ist Cavalry de-
tae5 ASSISTANT ooer Il charge training school for
o29 9zf f8s1saaH5 7 FAeCIs A RUGGLEs 18th Cavalry.
70 oes sss 2SPTz y " '4- I f2 medical reserve
so-3s 5z-siles member examining hoard Leaven
worth wee captain JAMES BoUF3EzE medical corps
R A5a5 ANs T5 s9.5s9 70 ss5ssd s @ Aggas' s Msrs Il
sssis-art Surgeon =. HAYWARD. detached Camp FL
Hott Z recruiting station. Pfrrshurg
MOVEMENTS OF wARsHIPs-T following
movements Of vessels have been reported TO the
Nay Department
August sEe T5uFsZ- - Ga-ainer.s Bay, 49,.
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- -&Col-Ls- 81 TC--r--7T+S : =
Aarass Ie3-hs Des sioass. Al Guantanamo; the VOL
SAILED.
August s-The wolverine from Milwaukee. for South
,s-+ NsTr y7rlz- iaa AFsvf7ozsr rom Santiago
cubs fr san Juan: The Scorpion from Boston for
Aus, ies - R2gala from n. P2Tsn2g5a = 6 for
azaiss!9aes naraI station. c4vts rs
6sise-sd % MASSACHUSETTS Nautical school ~