Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-24

| once by hanging and then by endeavoring
| to cut his throat with q knife.
him alleged that he did mutilate the
following articles of uniform clothing
issued to him: One olive drab blanket
valued at $685.
| This blanket was used by the prisoner
| to make a rope with which he endeavored
| to hang himself. Guyer was convicted
i by court-martial and sentenced to serve
three years in prison. The term was re-
duced to one half by the reviewing au-
| thority.
The Navy Department has arranged to
| spend about $25OOoO in the purchase of
several million gallons of fuel OIL This
| is the first purchase of the material for
| ships which will carry liquid fuel, either
as an adjunct to coal or to use exclu-
sively 1t will be necessary ultimately
to build one or more tank ships In order
I to keep torpedo boat destrOyers and bat
| tleships supplied with the oil when they
are not convenient to a base of supply.
1t will also be necessary to erect steel
tanks at various places. including Brad
ford, r. l.; Guantanamo, Cuba; San JUAN
P. r.; and probably Charleston, s. c..
| where ships may replenlsh their eA-
! hausted stocks Of oil.
Ships Going to Chile.
The first division Of the Pacific fleet,
consisting of the California. Colorado,
Pennsylvania and Washington, will leave
San Francisco August IA for Valparaiso,
Chile, where it is due to arrive Septem-
Der 10, to take part in the Chilean centen-
NAL The division will stop at CHM
bote, Peru, en- route to coal. Upon the
completion of the celebration, the Cali
| fornia, Colorado and Pennsylvania Will
return to San Francisco, where they are
due to arrive not later than October q.
| The Washington will be detached from
| =, n1sG 1naf of n q
proceed to Hampton roads, via the Strait
| of Magellan. The Glacier Will accom-
pany the division as far as Chimbote
The itinerary Of the cruise of the At
lantic battleship fleet to european ports
this fall has been announced at the war
| Department -,
| The sixteen battleships of the fleet will
leave their respective home navy yards
about November /, and mobilize az q
convenient point in midocean from which
the cruise will be begun. The fleet Will
cruise until it becomes necessary for the
divisions to separate to visit the various
ports included in the itinerary.
The policy Of the Navy Department Is
to divide the fleet into divisions in order
to afford division commanders as much
experience in handing their vessels as
possible. After visiting Mediterranean
ports the battleships will mobilize at GID.
raltar, December 20. Christmas day Will
be spent there. December 81 the fleet Will
leave for Guantanamo, where it Will ar
rive about Janaury Is.
The cruise of the torpedo division. con-
sistinng of the new torpedo destroyer s
Smith, will be Independent of the battle
ship cruise. The destrOyers will leave
New York November j. and Will Visit
Ponta Delgara. Leghorn, Algiers ana
Madeira, returning to San Juan, P. r.,
January IL. The cruiser Dixie will ac-
company them as tender.
The battleships will visit Mediterranean
ports according to this schedule. The
Connecticut and Michigan to Villefranche
and Naples, the Delaware and North
Dakota to Toulon and Genoa. the Louis
lana and South Carolina to Phaleron Bay
and Alexandria, the Kansas and New
Hampshire to Alexandra and Phaleron
Bay, the Georgia and Nebraska to Bar
celona and Lisbon. the Rhode Island and
Virginia to Marselille and Lisbon, the
Minnesota and Vermont to Naples and
villefranche, and the Idaho and M1ssis-
sippi to Genoa and Toulon The tender
Yankton will go to Ponta Delgada. Vile
franche Naples and Medeira, the hospi-
tai ship Solace to Algiers. Lisbon and
Gibraltar, and the supply ship Culgoa to
Lisbon and Gibraltar.
Slow in Paying Debts.
Uncle Sam is sometimes very slow in
liquidating his Indebtedness. That fact is
shown in the case Of Brig. Gen. Harry
H..
who has just convinced the accounting
officers Of the Treasury that he is en-
titled to s24O.1O for services rendered
nearly forty years ago.
The record shows that Anderson served
as captains clerk In the navy from
March, 1868. to August of that year, and
also from October, 1863, to March, 1854
Then Anderson entered the army as
captain of the 9Th Volunteer Infantry. He
was made a second lieutenant in the
regular establishment in May. 1867. Set
Element was made by the accounting Of
| fcers without knowledge of the fact that
Anderson served as cadet at West
Point from July, 1864, to January, 1866
six months and eighteen days. Recognize
| ing service as cadet as service in the
| army the controller now holds that Gen..
Anderson is entitled to $40.
This IS the amount he will get at last.
| If interest were allowed it would run up
| to more than $500. but Uncle Sam allows
no interest on such claims. Gen. Ander-
son is an Ohioan and was retired in the
spring of 1907 on reaching the age OF
| sixty-two years.