Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
To Take Physical Test.

To Take Physical Test.
Twenty-four officers in the Department
of the East, which embraces all the posts
In this vicinity. having stated their pref
erence for walking fifty miles in three
days rather than riding ninety miles
within the same period OF time. Gen.
Wood the department commander. has
Issued orders to govern the performance.
The tests will be conducted september
%, "a and 25, regardless of chmatlc con-
dtions, and the participants Will wear
field dress uniform, consisting OF caIn-
paign hat, service or khaki coat ana
breeches, with leggins and rlsset leatne.
shoes. Medical examinations VIII be heio
Immediately before and Immediately 1oi-
lowing the test.
The officers. who will take the test at
the places indicated, are as follows:
Coffin, Fort Washington, Md: Lieut. Col.
William c. Rafferty,. Fort Howard. Md. :
Maj. Elmer w. Hubbard Fort McHenr!'
Md.
Townsley, Maj. Thomas Ridgway. Mai.
Isaac n. Lewis, Maj. John d. Barrette.
Maj Thomas w. Winston, Maj William
R Smith.
At Fort H G. Wright, n. 1;ICo n;
Frank Baker. ordnance department: Col
Adam Shaker Maj. Wilmot f. Ellis.
At Fort Banks, Mascot. Robert n
Patterson; Mai Charles G.. Jameson. ord
nance department; Maj; George BiaRe'S'
At Fort Jay, n. Y.-Col. William ii.
Comegys. pay department.; Col. Clarence
Deems, Lieut. Col. Albert c. Blunt, Nal.
Walter A. Bethel. judge advocate: Nal
George T. Holloway. pay department.
Mai Charles A. Bennett, Maj Writ Rob.
inson. Mai. Ebert E. Parsons. Medical
Corps, Fort Jay. N. Y.
Except where otherwise stated all the
above named officers are attached to the
Coocf Artillery
Mai. Gen. Wood and his staff will take
the ninetymie ride at Albany, N. Y, be-
ginning October TO- Other officers in the
department who have consented to DEM
onstrate their horsemanship will ride
from Fort Ethan Allen. VT, later In the
month. The officers who will take the
'hike'' with Gen. Wood are Col. G. 8. An
derson, general staff; Col. H. o. s. Hell
stand, adjutant general; Col. ]. N. ALI
son, subsistence department; Col .. b.
Mitcham, ordnance department; Lieut.
Col. 1. w. Lttell. quartermaster's de-
partment; Lieut.. Col. NJ. F. Harmon
bert Cronkhite, Coast Artillery Corps;
Lieut. Col. ]. A. Hull. judge advocate;
Maj. Robert 8. Smith, pay department
and Capt. John r. Proctor. aid de camp
Sailors and the Sunday Laws.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer. in a let
ter to the former Secretary, John D.
Long, president Of the New England Sab
bath Protective League, promises to In
vestigate the alleged violation OF the
Sabbath protective laws of Massachus-
etts by the sailors of the Atlantic fleet at
Provincetown last summer and also to
take action that will prevent the recur-
renee of such alleged violations.
Rev. DR.. Martin D. Kneeland, score
tary of the league, made report to
former Secretary Long in which he stated
that noise, confusion, drinking and liquor
a license town
games, sports and pugilistic encounters
as we'll as open stores, shops and gen.
eral business, had characterized the Sun
days when the sailors were ashore.
Acting on the report Mr.. Long wrote
to Secretary Meyer a letter, in which he
said:
MAY not suggest that the department
issue an order that while the ENLISTED
men Of the navy are to have the relaxa-
ton of a nationally liberal Sunday they
should IN every port conform to the law
Of the State in which they are and should
respect the uSages OF the order-loVing ano
law-abiding people Of the neighborhood.
and that the commanding officers should
see that this order is enforced
In his reply Secretary Meyer wrote:
"I am fully in accord with you that
Sunday ought not to be a wide-open day
offending the good people of a community
with riot and disturbance. shall tnvesti.
gate the matter and endeavor to control
future occasions by an order drawn upon
Coming Military Tournament
Mai Gen. Wood, commanding tho De-
partment Of the East. has issued orders
for the military tournament to be held at
Albany, N. Y. in conjunction with the
Hudson-Fulton celebration. beginning
September %. From West Point a COM
plete army pack train will march to the
tournament. Other troops to take part
tnclude one squadron Of the 10th Cavalry,
from Fort Ethan Allen, four companies
Of the 9Th Infantry, from Plattsburg ana
Fort Jay, n. Y; q battalion OF the oath
Infantry, from Madison Barracks, lew
Fort Myer. Va; Company A, LIST Bat
talon Engineers, from Washington bar
racks, D. c., and Company c. Hospital
Corps, from Fort Niagara, N. Y. -,
All the troops at the tournament Will
be under the command Of Col. Calvin
D. Cowles Of the 5th Infantry. The or
ganizations ordered to take part have
been especially selected for their effi-
cheney. detachment Of bakers and
cooks from the government school at
Washington barracks, under Capt. +. ].
Rooster. commissary, will give daily ex-
hibitions of their work and Will supply
the soldiers with bread. The troops Will
be equipped exactly as they would be for
campaign In the Held.
LAS the tournament" says Gen. Wood.
is to be purely military one every
duct affairs that all who witness the
work Of the troops may be impressed. not
only with the efficiency, but with the
general excellent qualities of the person
mel, and material Of the United States
Army.
THE competition is to be. as largely as
possible, between organizations, rather
than individuals. and is to be limited. as
far as practicable. to purely military
events. The troops participating will be
on basis Of field service as to equip
ment, and every effort will be made to
have the troops make the most creditable
appearance possible. both individually
and collectively. In short, the whole en-
campment should be simple and military
IN appearance, and the conduct Of affairs
should be as smart and snappy as 1t is
possible to have it,
Meeting Of Military Surgeons.
The meeting Of the Association of Mill
tary Surgeons at Washington October 8
g. Z. and is expected to be one Of dis
tinct Importance to the profession. There
will be a symposium on naval problems
the organization Of the medical depart.
ment and the sanitary service of the flee
under present conditions and what or