New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Nay Ask Change in Lac against
Hazing at academies.
from The Tribune Bureau
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INTERPRETATION OF "HAZING.' G.'-The mill
tary authorities may ask Congress at the next
session TO change the law which prohibits hazing
at the Military Academy and Naval Academy II
is felt that the law is too restrictive and man
datory and fails to allow that discretion either at
West Point or Annapolis Washington which ii
is now realized would be advantageous As the
statutes provide the Secretary of War must
issue the order OF dismissal II the cadet at West
Point is found guilty of hazng, and the same law
holds for Anna polls The only way out OF the diff
Guilty for the Secretary Of War to decide that
there was no hazng In the cases before
him. Under the regulations Of the Military Acad-
emy II is difficult for the authorities 10 draw the
line and under the phraseology Of the rules of the
Academy II would be easy enough to fasten hazfng
upon a cadet for any sort Of mischief and II
would be equally easy for cadet confronted with
charges to insist that he was not a hazer
sYSTEMATIZED WARSHIP FITTINGS.-The
bureau of construction and repair Of the Navy
Department is at work specifications to estab-
lish uniformity in the minor fittings and fixtures
of ships OF The plan goes into details that
the nails bolts hinges locks, etc. used IN
whatever way on board vessels Of shall be Of
a design and dimension prescribed in carefully
dra wn requirements. Most of these articles will
bear the initials ~. s. N" wherever it Is pos
sible TO apply such insignia The articles them
selves however will be of the types used in the
commercial world. In this way it will be possible
for firm in New York to bid on these supplies
whenever the contract is to be awarded for them.
may be stationed.
To SCOUR NAVY YARD CHANNEL-There
will be sent to Congress at the beginning OF the
next session by the Secretary of the Navy report
submitted by joint army and navy engineer board
in relation to the improvements necessary at the
Mare Island navy yard. The report finds that IL
is possible permanently to improve the approaches
10 the yard and to maintain those improvements
at cost of about 10000 that the Mare
Island ward be accessible to the largest YES
sells OF war. For several years IL has been Ques-
tion whether the yard should not be closed and a
new plant established elsewhere in San Francisco
Bay. Various propositions and several experiments
have been made to keep the channel clear OF silt.
which washes down from the hills. but hitherto IL
has been considered impossible to do this. The
new plan makes use of hydraulics in securing the
bottom of the channel and / regarded by the engl-
neers as destined to be effective
NE-w SHELTER TENTS-The War Department
has authorized test with a new shelter tent 10
take the place of the device at present used oy
the army and organized militia. The new tent is
composed of sections. each TO be carried Dy man
as part of his personal equipment in the Held IL
is so arranged that any combination Of these sec
tions may made and as many as eight men can
construct a tent in which they would all be shell
tered. Two with their respective sections
construct shelter for themselves The new tent
Is so designed it will be much lighter to carry
than the present shelter sections and Is OF
+eria1 which will not cost much In addition
the dimensions OF tent thus constructed will be
larger than the present tents
ORDERS IssUED-The following orders have
been issued:
Following changes IN ordnance department ordered
Major WILLIAM s PIERCE from Washington to
Major cfSHRENcE c WILLIAMS from South Beth
Madr hs HbRE f eth Infantry from
.o1 ry WATER M5 c2es TRsToS retired detailed with
organized militia Of Alaeama
Lie san. and Second Lieutenant GUY Il. wYMAN.
III I5eGeenan, GaTa1 e GHRfs41AS BACH and Second
- mounted service school Fort Riley OCTOBER
Captain WILLIAM P. PENCE. coast artillery. from
Army and Navy Genera! Hospital. Hot Springs
Captain EDGAR coLLIEs Il 9Th ; Infantry to general
hospital PTs'iqs INV o7 sTT Coast s-tr,.-
First Lieutenant JAMES E WARE. 14th Infantry to
First Iieutensnt CHARLES " GORDON. Jr 9Th In
fa1try detailed professor mltary science Car
Leaves Of aDssnss; Major General LEoNARP Ar wooP
E J Ri Sfsn!Fs ssye s' 70 SSa1 So
Lieutenant GRAHAM PARKER. coast artillery
Captain J. B. MILTON. detached yard. Mare ISL
dore J. NJ. ROBINSON. retired. 70 home.
bqanR hTosraphie Once Norfolk vice
Lieutenant Commander c WEBSTER. retired. TO
Acting Assistant Surgeon L MANN Jr-. naval
hospital, Newport.
Pavmaster G. NJ STACKHOUSE. detached navy yard.
Norfolk to navy yard. New York
Passed Assistant Paymaster 5 = BARBER. detached
navy yard. Norfolk. TO bureau OF supplies and ae-
VULTE C. P. MEYER and B PuRfEAR. Jr COM
missoned in marine corps
MOVEMENTS OF wARSHIPS-The following
movements of vessels have been reported TO the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED
AUG s-The Nina and the Pfunger Newport the
aharerda az Bradford: the Intrepid. at Mare Island
Chicago at Provincetown the Prairie. Tonnp-
| kinsvtiie.
| Aug s-The Olympia the Hartford and the Arkansas.
- for ProvincefoVn
49, Newport for Provincetovvri.
ethe Pentucket the Povhatan. from Newport for
York; the Nina and the Piunger
/ Newport; the Intrepid, from
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