New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
In ARMY AND NAVY
Nauat Officer Reprimanded By
Secretary Meyer.
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FAILED TO TAKE TEST-The Secre-
tary OF the Navy has had occasion to renrf
mand one commissioned officer and NAV
administer similar rebuke to others, The
oinlcuity arises through the failure Of GER
1aii oII'eers 10 take the annual physical
test IN the calendar year iusi ended If
vas prescribed IN orders originating at the
white House and promulgated from the
eurean OF Navigation that every commits
stoned petty and warrant officer Of the
navy should walk or ride the prescribed
distance at some time in the calendar wear
IN the majority Of cases officers took
prompt measures TO comply with the re-
9uirement' choosing their route and means
OF Ioconotion. In some cases officers de-
layed taking the test until the last two
weeks IN December, and those on duty in
washington wera confronted with lev
streets or country roads in worse condition
some or the officers, therefore, were caught
without having performed this duty within
the period named in the order Others
were cautioned against walking or riding
by their medical advisers, and still others
nave failed &c take the test for reasons
"hlcn are now being considered by the
department, to determine If they may be
accepted as sufficient In one case an Off
Ger has been informed that his excuse is
not acceptable. and he will be required 70
undergo the test without delay with the
understanding that il shall be credited to
the year 1903 and shall not excuse him from
the test Of 1910. There has been some con-
sideration of ordering these officers before
courts, but 1t is probable that the Secre-
tary Of the Navy will regard the situation
as fully met by letters of reprimand.
NAVAL ESTIMATES.-The revised esti-
mates OF apOrOrria tions +fa er-
tablishment, to correspond with the pro-
posed redistribution of the duties of the
bureaus, were submitted to Congress to-day
by Secretary Meyer. The aggregate is $12,-
S66,122 more than the original estimates
sent in soon after Congress convened.
MORE FOR PEARL HARBoR-To pre-
vent a serious setback TO the development
of the Pearl Hafbor (1awaiD naval station
through exhaustion Of the regular appro-
priation Of S1,000000 by February l. Sec
retary Meyer to-day sent a deficiency estt-
mate OF 100000 toward completing the
dredging Of the 35-foot channel for the sta
ton Secretary Meyer hopes to have the
station ready 10 take care Of the fleet by
July !. 1872. The general plan OF piers
and slips, sea walls. railroad, water system,
power plant, storehouse and machine shops
there already has been approved.
NEW KIND OF SAILoR.-How the
character OF seamen has entirely changed
in the last ten fifteen years is pointed
out in a statement by Secretary Meyer
TO the House Committee on Naval Affairs.
What the old navy wanted said Mr..
Meyer, was sailor-a man who had been
before the mast man who could run up
the mast with readiness. unfurl the sails
and be an all around man. What the navy
wants to-day is not that class Of man who
is set in his ideas, but we want young men
who can be trained 70 manage the mechaui-
cal features OF a modern battleship- An
inland man is often better than man from
near the sea, because he comes with no
preconceived ideas and learns what he is
taught. He should have the faculty for
acquiring knowledge of electricity, meciaan-
icaI and machinery work, because cur great
batteships to-day are nothing more or less
than greet big moving machine shops"
TO JOIN ASIATIC FLEET-The cruiser
New Orleans under Commander Rodger
Wells now at the Mare Island Navy Yard,
has been ordered to Join the Asiatic fleet.
She viii proceed via Honolulu, Guam
and Yokohama. On the arrival OF the
Pacific feet at Honolulu. about February /,
Rear Admiral Sebree, the commander in
chief. will transfer his flag from the Ten
nessee to the California or the South Da-
kota. The Tennessee and the Washington
will then proceed direct from Honolulu to
the Puget Sound navy yard, where they
will be put in trim for the trip around the
Hcrn to join the special cruiser squadron
On its visit to Buenos Ayres On the occa-
sion OF the centennial celebration of the
Independence of Argentina
HAzING PENALTY TOO SEVERE
The military authorities deprecate the pro-
posed restoration by legislation to the Mill
tary Academy Of any Of the cadets dis
missed from that institution for alleged
hazing. They say that in the interest of
discipline. regardless of whatever extern
uating circumstances may be proved in be-
half of the young men, Congress should re-
train from retreating. The Secretary of
War and the superintendent of the Mill
tary Academy do favor, however, a modi-
fcafiOn OF the existing law so as TO au-
thoriZe official discretion in imposing pun
lShment IN the case OF cadets found guilty
of hazing, is has been urged editorially in
The Tribune 1t is appreciated that that
term may be applied 10 all sorts OF mis-
conduct OF widely varying degrees of vio-
lation OF the academic rules, but under the
law the authorities at West Point and the
Secretary OF War have no power TO mod
iry tne penaity. II the CADET mas ha2ed,
he must be dismissed The only way out
OF the difficulty is to disregard what may
properly be classed as haZing in order that
the cadet may not suffer the severe pun
ishment of dismissal. If any of the dis
missed cadets are restored to the Military
Academy, however. it will be. il is feared.
harmful 10 discipline at West Point, ac-
cording to the Eiew expressed by the head
Of the institution, Colonel II. L. Scott.
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following orders
have been issued:
ARMY
Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM z. CRAIGIIIIA
corps OF engineers, 10 Washington report
TO Secretary Of Commerce and Labor as en-
gineer secretary of Lighthouse Board. vice
Colonel THOMAS L. CASEY. corps of en-
gineers. report in person TO chief Of engineers
for duty.
Following changes IN stations and duties of m
spectors general ordered: Lieutenant Colonel
FRANCIS Il. FRENCH, from the Philippines
March 10. TO san Francisco: Major TEREE
r. RIVERS, from Department OF Texas. TO
San Francisco, sailing April for the Philip
pines: Major MOSES q ZALINSKI, quar-
termaster, from Office quartermaster general
January IL. TO New York City and assume
charge general depot Of quartermaster's de
partment, relieving Colonel WILLIAM S.
PATTEN. assistant quartermaster general
Captain FREDERICK @ LAYTON, 18th In
faHfry. rom Fort Bliss his company at
the Presidio. of San Francisco.
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