New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
NaUaI Officers Object to Long Stay
in Guam.
From The Tribune BureauI

from The Tribune Hureau.1
Washington, July -.
EIGHTEEN MONTHS ENOUGH-Whle the eli
mate Of the island of Guam is said to be good
be expected in any tropical country, naval
officers who have duty there believe that
Is dangerous TO make details there longer than
eighteen months. The extreme isolation of Guam
is It's most unfavorabe feature contributing to
talgia and promoting ntempsrance. Trade winds
blow the island. which has Of about
two hundred square miles, and because OF the alb
sence of mounteins retard their force. save II
from the disagreeabe and enervatng climate pr
vang in larger islands in tropical ATTITUDES. The
Spanish used the island recuperative station
for those who became incapacitated by reason Of
long residence in the Philippines. About 70 per cent
of tho population OF the island lives in the
of Agana. within Of less than square
miles Since the American occupation methods Of
hygiene and sanitation have been introduced. and
the town has been rendered almost free from dis
ease. The streets cleaned daily garbage is re
moved, and tho large numbers Of swine which used
10 the streets have been banished TO ranches
on the island The appropriation by Congress for
tho establishment Of leper colony at Guam has
resulted in reducing the number Of originally
segregated Iepers from hfty-one 70 seventeen
Repeated and careful examination by medical Off
GERS has confirmed the diagnosis in these cases II
IS believed that leprosy is well in hand and will
decrease from year 70 year Drilling and practi-
rally all wo.k are performed in the early morning
afternoon which renders those taking least
liable sun exposure. So n1snv safeguards are af-
forded against tropical disease that almost the
ONLY cases reported OF officers incapacitatsd
are associated with excessive indulgence in alcohol.
The naval officers attempting TO obtain suit
able supply or water take the place of the open
well system in The project contenplates
the construction Of a dam IN the hills about a mile
from the town. and II is appropriated by the
government for that purpose an abundant supply
OF good water can be obtained
sEvENTY-FIvE PEP CENT OF HITs-on
Fort Monroe. held battle command service prac-
tice Four OF the heavy gun batteries wers
manned and the firing conducted AZ ma
terial target moving at about seven miles an hour
at minimum range Of about five thousand yards
At the command, Commence frngr' OF the battle
commander all the batteries opened fire the
target t7O feet by 81 feeD and at the end Of Two
minutes and thirty the four batteries had
fred twentv-four rounds Eighteen clean holes
we're counted the target az the end Of ths
practice showing that these batteries battle
command unit had scored 75 per cent OF hits The
batteries firing were 10 and 1R inch-sour 10-'nch
and five 12-inch-guns, The fret shot OF the series
was delivered from Of the 12-nch guns in
twenty-five seconds after the target was assigned
Thereafter the shots from ali the batteries con-
tnued to fall on the target rapidly that II vas
practically obscured by splashes-
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders have
been issued.
Major ERNEsTE V. SMITH; lntnnt-y recently pro
noted. detailed 70 MI vacancy IN paw department.
MAJOR SAM Ell p EOc OchES.A@h' from otn 70 s'h
Major EIvIN r HEIBERG. e;h Bat
talon. PhnpPlne Scouts -,---,--,, .,,..,
from Fort socum San Francisco, sailing October
Frs, iiIeutsnan' GEORGE R cLAYToN, medical re-
serve corps. nov al San Francisco from further
duty IN the PhlPPlnss 70 Tort tI D - a Russell 5s
from Fort Ethan Allen 10 Fort Riley -
Leave Of absence: Major THOMAS W WINSTON.
cosst artillery. ono month from August l
ing station san Francisco. to The Pennsyivsnis
Lieutenant Commander 5. ROBIsoN, detached the
Pennsylvania. home. await orders
Lieutenant F. II SADLER. detached the De Long 20
duty with the strugham. and to command that
Ensign " o. WALLACE. dstachsd the De Long: 10
Ensign z r. ARMSTRONG detached the Adder 20
Fore River 6hlohuildlng Company, quincy
( Passed Assistant surgeon 2 c. WHITE. oetached
naval torpedo station. Newport: to naval hospital
Narragansett Bay.
Assistant surEeon G 2. CLARK detached naval hos
pitA!. Newport. 10 the eo4Aee
MOVEMENTS OF wARsHIPs-The following
movements Of vessels have been reported 70 the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
July 22-rhe Marietta at Colon.
Ja Th. PaiEs a, Boston ARD n. ,S
Olympia. tho Chicago. tho Hartford and the Tono-
pRh. New Haven the PatuNent. al Quincy; the
wolverine. a chicago: the PatuNent. az Province
town. the Porter at eR2i'sn R9i,29
yorktown Esqumalt FOR Port Townsend
Wash. tho FarENent. from ProvinoetoV'n for Quincy
Trovincetown. Marietta. from Colon for Guants-
tho Patuxe1t from Quincy for ProvfncstoUn;
the Porter. from Frovincetown for Boston
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