Evening star., 1909-06-20
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.

The submarine Narwhal the largest fr
the United States Navy. has been the
with appliances which cause it to rise
| to the surface in case of accident to the
| machinery. The company is experiment.
ing on new propulsive power. The
same type. four of which have already
been launched. The craft have stood
submersence to depth of 10 feet.
Assembling Fourteen-Inch Gun.
The forgings for the fourteen-inch gun
being made for the navy are completed
at the Midvale Steel Works and will be
entirely assembled within the next few
days and delivered to the Washington
,, gun will be mounted al the Indian Head
proving ground and kept in reserve.
Military and Civil Jurisdiction.
The Secretary Of War has approved an
| opinion rendered by Judge Advocate Gen
eral Davis in the case of a military pris-
oner in confinement at military pos,
under a charge of desertion who was SUI
rendered to the civil authorities for trial
on another charge.
While the terms of the fifty-ninth arti-
Gle of war are to some extent mandatory
in character, said Gen. Davis they
have never been regarded as modifying or
affecting the operation of the rule tf COM
lty which prevails whenever two indie
pendent criminal courts have jurisdiction
of the same person or case the rule hein =
that the authority whose jurisdiction first
attaches, by service of process, still re-
tains jurisdiction until It's claim has been
completely satisfied. In tie case In refer
ence the prisoner was held under charge
of desertlon. His confinement under that
charge constituted the beginning of mill
tary prosecution for the offense of deser-
ton. When the application for his sur
render was received 1t would have been
perfectly proper for the commanding Off
Ger of the post where the accused was
confined to have advised the civil au-
thorities that a prosecution had already
been Instituted, and that in the operation
of the rule of comfy it was his duty to
retain him until the claim of the military
authorities had been satisfied"
Cape Cod Ship Canal.
Secretary Dickinson has approved the
plans of, the Boston, Cape Cod and New
York Canal Company for the construction
of sea-level ship canal between Massa-
chusetts bay in the vicinity of Scussett
beach and the head of Buzzard's bay at
Monument river, subject to the super
vision of the district engineer at Boston
The project involves the construction Of
two jettles. the dredging of approaches in
Barnstable and BuZZards bay and the de-
posit of the eXcavated material. The ap-
proval Of the department was based upon
reports from the army engineers that no
navigation interests will be adversely
affected by the proposed canal.
New Aid to Gen. Bell.
Capt Charles d. Rhodes of the 9th
United States Cavalry. now with his reg
iment in the Philippines, has been or
dered to proceed to this city without de-
lay for duty with the general staff CORPS
He will become aid to Gen. Bell. chief
of staff. in succession to Mai. Milton r.
Davis, 10th Cavalry, retired on account of
disa bility.
Candidates for Army Medical Corps
More than 200 applications have been
received by the surgeon general of the
army from medical college graduates who
desire to take the examination to be held
here July T. for admission to the army
medical corps. This is the largest class
ever examined. and the results are viewed
with satisfaction by the army medical au-
thorities. The graduates of the Army
Medical School this Yer We're commits
stoned as first lieutenants in the army
medical corps few days ago. This ac-
cession of commissioned officers by the
corps reduces the number of vacancies in
that branch to seventy-seren. which Is
destined to be increased to about 10 or
ll5 by casualties and by the authorized
increase of the corps in January next.
Changes in Fleet Program.
Changes in the summer plans of the
Atlantic fleet have been made by Rear
Admiral Schroeder. comma nder- in chief |
The record target practice WILL be held in
Cape Cod bay instead OF off the Virginia :