Evening star., 1909-06-06
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Medical Supervision of Athletics.

! Medical Supervision or AtnleIlcS'
| Systematic physical training of mid
shipmen at the Naval Academy. as recon-
mended by the naval board appointed TO
consider the subject, has been strongly
indorsed by the medical officers OF the
navy.
while the bureau. in the MAN," says
the surgeon general lis in hearty sym
pathy with the recommendations submit
| ted by the board, 1t Is recognized that
consideration must be given. in adopting
routine of physical training. to the I'M
portance of the comparative values OF the
subjects taught at the academy, ana tnat
1.-The time assigned to physical training
should be fixed necessarily with reference
| to the time assigned to other SUBJECTS
but it would emphasize the extreme I'M,
portance of having a definite value and
| Importance in marks assigned to this
course so that no midshipman could al
ford to neglect 1t without jeopardizing his
| final standing in the class.
1.-The bureau is impressed with the ne
cessity, in connection with physical train
| ing of having an accurate medical super
vision over midshipmen pursuing any spe-
! cial exercise. such as track work, rowing
| etc; this supervision to comprehend. hrst.
| an accurate estimation by the medical Of
! flcer of the physical fitness of midshlp-
| man for such work, and second. the Su-
pervision by that officer to be OF such
| nature a. to determine whether such attn
| particular reference to its beneficial or
| harmful results. 1t is surmised that many
Of the heart troubles. functional or 9TH
erwise that occur In mldsnipmen MAY
have their origin in the in1ud1clous pur-
suit of some form of exercise lnappro-
pirate to the individual concerned
THE bureau would particularly empha-
size the Importance of careful suDer-
vision over such midshipmen In Whom
such troubles arise with respect 10 the
| character and degree Of physical train
ing adopted by them.
| 'The extreme Importance Of inculcatlne
| in this BODY of midshipmen, designed 10
| be responsible officers in future. compre-
| hensive ideas regarding the value OF ny
giene and sanitation in relation TO serV.
| ice efficiency, as we'll as the value OF
| forming a liking for the habit or eAer-
else is manifest; and, with respect TO the
| latter, it is unquestioned that the con-
ditions on modern men-of-war exact
! degree of nervous energy "hlcn o,'s
| those whose physical condition Is OF
| high order can comply with without ac-
tual breakdown: hence the great import
| ance of intoxicating this habit carry III
the career Of the naval offlcer. Naval
and military hygiene has now assumed
SO prominent part or naVaI orsasiI;a- ;ss
| ton and the proper observation or us
| PRINCIPLES is so essential to military Ell.
| ficiency that the bureau considers IL Oh
| the greatest importance to prescrloe tna. IL
these young officers shall be sufnclently
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| giene and sanitation to enable them 70
| intelligently cooperate with medical OF
fcers in regulating the living and haolts
| of the men who will later be under their
| command.
! ..The bureau has finally to recommend
| that the report Of the board be approved
and that the suggestions contained there-
| In, regarding improvements in the course
of physical training at the Naval Acao- sa
emy, be carried out as far as practlca-
| BILE"
Promotion of Capt. Davis.
The President has directed the appoint
ment of Capt. Milton B. Davis. 10th
United States Cavalry. as judge advocate
with the rank of major. Capt. Davis Is
member of the general staff corps, and
is aid-de-camp to Maj. Gen. j. F. Bell,
chief Of staff. He Is from Minnesota
| and was graduated from the United
States Military Academy in June. 1880.
He has been attached to the 10th Cavalry
since December 1904, and has had con-
siderable hard service in the Philippines
and elsewhere with that regiment.
| The vacancy in the judge advocate
generals department will occur on the
| 14th instant. by the statutory retirement
Of Col. Edgar s. Dudley. stationed a.
West Point. n. Y. and the promotion. a,[ OF
| Lieut. Col II. c. Carbaugh to the rank
of colonel and Of Maj. Frank l.. Dodds
to the rank of lieutenant colonel
Cant. Davis will be retired In few days
in consequence of disability incurred IN
the line Of duty. He will be succeeded as
major and Judge advocate by Capt. Bev-
erly A. Read. 9th Cavalry. now on duty
at San Antonio. headquarters of the De
jartment of Texas.
Retirement of Capt. Feeter.
Capt George E. Feeter, 7th Infantry,
has been placed on the retired list on
account Of disability incurred in the
line of duty Capt. Feeter is from New
York. During the Philippine insurrec-
ton he served as a private in Battery
| A, 1st Connecticut Volunteer Artillery.
In May. 1899. he was appointed second
lieutenant. 10Th United States Infantry.
fantry, February 2S, 1909. He has been
recently stationed with his regiment at
Fort Wayne, Mich.
Summer Battleship Maneuvers.
Owing to the delay in getting the bat
tleships of the Atlantic fleet ready, the
program for the summers work has been
set back accordingly. The tentative pro-
gram provides that the sixteen battle
ships shall arrive at Hampton roads as
soon after June II as possible. The fleet
will be reassembled very much as it was
| on the return from the world cruise, ex-
cept that the New Hampshire, Idaho and
| Mississippi will take the places of the
! Kentucky, Kearsarge and Illinois, which
were placed in reserve for repairs, and
the Maine the place of the Missouri, tenn
| porarily. On the 18th the fleet is sched-
uled to proceed to sea for drills and ma
neuvers outside the Virginia capes. An
| chorage is to be made at night on the
| southern drill grounds partly for exer-
else in anchoring together and elementary
night exercises. This will be new fea-
| ture.
The remainder of the program is as fol-
| lows: June "a. return to Hampton roads;
| June % leave Hampton roads for New
England ports, to give liberty and spend
| the Fourth of July: July > ships will dis
perse to various New England ports-Bos-
ton. Marblehead Gloucester. Rockport,
| Portsmouth, Booth bay. Penobscot bay,
Eastport: July 7, feet reassembles at
for Provincetown, Mass: July 10. arrive
at Provincetown. Mass. for drills and
exercises: August 5. leave for Hampton
| roads: August 8, arrive at Hampton
| roads; August IA. leave for southern drill
grounds: August 10. commence record tar
| get practice.
| The target practice will continue for
| several weeks. being a combination or
| spring and fall practice and during this
| work the fleet will probably move of the
| Virginia and North Carolina capes IN
| search of rough water. Reports indicate
| that not more than half of the ships can
| leave their yards even by June ~. OWING
| TO this delay 1t IS considered doubtful
| whether much work of value to the fleet
| can be accomplished on the first part or
the program for drills and maneuvers OUT
| side of the Virginia capes up to June "a
| The next part Of the program will begin