New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Efforts 10 Retain Retired NdJGt Of-
fccrs on Scholarships.
from The Tribune Burear-l
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.,..l, e.rr,r, COMMANDERS Navy De
nartn,ent Is besieged with letters from peiS7 "
g. vor1, vim are interested in preserving the re-
,.,ons ~ the retired naval officers who were lot
r,erlv detailed the command or the Scil'o'iiif'
such as the St Mary's at New YORK. the E-ht
nrfse al Boston and tho Saratoga at
IL, Tho retired naval officers who have been
on this duty. including Commander u = fid"u.
NJ tho St Narv's are not hereafter to be assisneu
A.. ,,,,,, IN connection with the scholarships They
,,iu have a status Of leave Of absence and II Is
made known at the Navy Department tl't t'iS
action is in the line of tho Presidents pohcy 10
crnuny as few retired officers possible on acu'e
duty. Il makes n difference 20 the lndiNllufi Ut
Gcers of sso A year The officers themselves are
not receiving much sympathy from their asSoci-
etes in the service since most of them get nearly
as much from the state government under which
thev serve as shey do from the national govern
mcnt for retired pay. and although they are COM
uandars they are In receipt Of income which
amounts 20 that Of admiral AT the same
time II is appreciated I'm the Navy Department
that there Is an advantage in having naval Of
fcers whether the active list or retired
formally detailed to the cJmmand Of the school
ships II gives those institutions distinction and
influence especially in foreign waters. which they
would not otherwise possess. and ii is considered
that the detail is recognition by the govern
ment Of usefulness OF these training places OF
for positions IN the merchant marine.
in addition which the students always avail
able for duty board ships. Secretary MetcaIf
will give no Indication OF his recommendation IN
the matter. but effort will be made 10 induce
the Presiden; to make an exception in favor OF
.he scholarships the rule which discoura ges the
employment Of retired officers active duty as
far possible There is excessive demand for
active officers and the burt of navigation is en-
counterng great difficulty r obtaining officers for
duty with the ships which going commIs-
sion.
THE DEARTH OF ARMY OFFICERs-The
quartermaeter general of the army has called al
tention the fact that there is a serious de-
ficency Of officers in his corps. He has made ap-
plicat!on for the detail of line oi.cerS To duty IN
The quarternaster's apartment hut this request
BE- complied with without taking away from
the line officers who cannot he spared from their
regiments. Much tn, condition prevails in
the other army corps and it is probable that
during thc present session of Congress effort
will br made 70 reurganize all the special stan
branches in the same way as was accomplished in
behalf of the ordnance department This Will have
tht. cf increasing the omyissioned person.
mel extent and OF regulating the detail
officers special stafr duty. 1t is gener-
ally recognized now by army officers that the de
tail system applied To the staff corps has de-
fects which were anticipated by some critics be-
fore the system was adopted
ORDERS ISSUED-The following orders have
been issued:
ZION y. VANCE. 3th Infantry: HENRY II ZEN
HAM. 2Ji tntaatry. and HARRY NJ HALiDNtN.
Major GEORGE L. PICKETT paymaster. To san Fran
IL f0f p '7r,giE non For i5I5 SIsi,v detailed s
menloer of general staff yorp~- vice captain GEoTE
HrTCIfESON. general staff "a bis regiment
ing s~:,ite Columbus barracks Wee First Leu
tenant JOHN n CoWAN. str Infantry. t. his CON-
Captain ANDRE w. EREwsrsH;, from ath to 18th In
capiSIn ilaFroN e. hINNt;Y iron, =5Jh to 9th In
first I15u,en,nt George F. JrENEMANN. assistant
surgeon Fort Mcdowell
First Irntsnari LEON ROACH. 10th infantry. TO
cruiting service al Coamt1s barracks
Ca2taia FRANK e. BAKER assistant surgeon. u Fort
,.spta7n EDMUND u. SHoETLDGE. assistant surgeon,
contra va +i s,r:eon THOMAS = WALKER. from Fort
OG. tE,rrc tn tho Philirp'aes
NAVY.
nidsbiprran \ G. STIRLING. detached ftoJn the
Prujr and resignation accepted.
Ensign SAIIN detach"L fr''a t'te Chattanooga 20
IieuiSn;,nt J. II COMFORT. detached from the cIeve-
land: t, command the VtIIaIobos
Iieutsnsut \. ANDREWS. detached from the Villa
Iubos: home
W MI.EAN. detached from naval station
at Ga vitc: 10 command the Cleveland
J. T. NEWTON detached from the CieNe-
Fl e. GEARING. to naval station
IiVir.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSUtPS.-The following .
OF var vessels have been reported to
the Navy Department:
January a3-The Yorktown. at MaEdalena Bay
SAILED.
J,r,arv a.-Thc Arcthusa Rio dc Janeiro for
Buenos Ayres the D@s Mones. from BAY +u.H.
MIA cd ont a