New-York tribune., 1910-01-14
IN ARMY AND NAVY
ce,erol DuuaH Upholds Phil
ipmne Scouts.
ram The Tribune Bureau
washington. January j

IL :
-r~rRAL DUvALLS REPORT
criticisrn has at various times
.5 -be War Department from mill
.,4horities in the Philippines con-
- the philippine scouts, whose val
connection with the regular army
islands ha. been seriously ques-
- m one CT the duties on winch MAJOR
~sI X. p DuvaH. commanding the
-'..,.-rine Division. has been engaged Is
..o-oueh inspection and inNestigalio"
10 scouts. His conclusions are en-
Z. on fhe side Of the scouts, although
Lss discovered some defects whlcn
" - he corrected. He says in his off-
-, -e,o-t. u ask the War Department
10 -, support in all matters tending
-, 70 abolish the evils but to in
20. - the world Of good now existing IN
- .srs;-able body Of troops.
1.-,-al DuvSlFs appeal is taken as
:, nrotest against the favorable con-
ess.-.-,cn which has sometimes peeH
-, ~ criticisms which have come from
-. philippines Of scout organization ana
lining. He has evidently impressed the
..',borities in the War Department with
=. necessity of taking the word or ahc
s..ndinC By the principal representative
:. s-u,v administration al Manila one
:, .re improvements which General bu-
.,n believes would he advantageous is the
,,nointuent Of more majors Wlth tie
.,oy,s 10 be selected from the oest quaH-
sns csntsins eligible He says II amounts
solemn need 10 have practically al
,eo ror,ns1ies under the constant super
,.is;on Of q major. In any changes which
,-e made in the personnel. General bH-
~ saws great care should be taken noI
=, chow discrimination against thls most
sos,r-inc clzss Of eficers- He empha-
.i-es tie fact that they should receive
S,,s consideration for their efiiclency anu
.-o-, IN which he has discovered a pro-
,o,,,5 and common soreness among then'
A.. co,,7i,ion which VII be radically anne
l5o-sted'' by him.
RECRUITING BY NAlL.-fhe bureau
- Navjzstion has established an oftoe up
,ov-n IN New York City to try out me
methods Of obtaining naval recruits pJ
mail Offcers recently outlined 10 tH7
Havv Department plan for dlstIlou'l-i7
circulars in neiEhborhooos not oroiildiily
reached BY naval recruiting partes- 10 tLils
end. the names and addresses OF eAslDle
,-arIug men VIII be obtained from IriehuS a.
ready in the service. The bureau mas
sent 70 every snip blanks on Whlch sucH
names may be recorded To the addresses
-,,us obtained will be sent circular let
rers setting forth the advantages OF en-
Hstnlent This proposition VIII De IoI-
rou-ed nv \ series of other letters, and a
careful record viii be kept OF the results
This is the first time the method has been
50 Systematically tested An applicant
>or enlistment viii be invited 10 proceed
- The nearest naval recruiting station.
where Il viii be possible 10 identify those
s7tracted 10 the service BY this method.
ARMY WIRELESS TELEPHONE -
Within 4 month the first wireless telephone
line 10 enter Washington viii be in
operation. As was the case with the first
telegraph line 10 the capital, the govern
menr will stand sponsor for the movement.
TIE wireless telephone line is now being
constructed by the signal corps OF the
army One terminus will be in the quar-
ters Of the corps or Pennsylvania avenue,
and the other VIII be al the Bureau OF
Standards a little more than three miles
szsy. The corps has taken up the subject
q wireless telephony with a view to
esuipping the army with the most modern
It's fu7 the purpose OF testing apparatus
and possibly for The development OF some
1kdzx ne-, that IRE experiments will be
made.
HAZING AT WEST POINT. - Three
Vest Point cadets have been found guilty
ef hszing, ii Is reported here. and their
dismissal viii follow the approval Of the
sentence BY the Secretary or War. who
hss no discretion II the matter No an
nouaeemeat Of the names Of the three
cadets VIII be made until Secretary Dickin-
son returns from Porto Rico and has had
;ims 10 act Il is understood that the
CADETS we're members of the third class
and we're found guilty Of hazing members
Of the fourth class.
ASK PARDON FOR DESERTER.-Men
Of prominence in Western Pennsylvania are
working 20 procure q pardon for Frederick
Baker, a former marine, who is now seTv-
ing life sentence for desertion 10 the en-
smy IN time Of war. To-day the case was
taken Up with Secretary Meyer by Senator
Oliver. Representative DalzeH and Repre-
sentative Cooper The Secretary referred
tae callers 10 Assistant Secretary Winthrop.
Nhen seventeen years old Baker deserted
from the Charleston AZ cebu 10 the Fill
pines He was convicted on giving himself
ID IN 1900, and has been a prisoner at San
Francisco. II was urged in his behalf that
&c was mentaIlr, unbalanced and has been
sufficiently punished.
ORDERS ISSCED--The following orders
tsYe been issued: