Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-30

Tests Of wireless telephone devices are
being continued in Washington by Officers
OF the signal corps. Communication is be-
ing had between a station on the Mills
building and one at the bureau OF standards
on the Pierce mill road. Several kinds OF
instruments are being used. For the most
part they are devices which have been
purchased and then assembled into COM
plete apparatus at the signal corps labor
atory. The results so far have been salts
factory.
TWO vacancies are to occur in the grade
of field officers Of the infantry. The
first will be that OF Lieutenant Colonel
H. L. Bradley. Fifth infantry. on duty at
Plattsburg barracks. N. Y. on August "a
and the other that of Lieutenant Colonel
S. A. Wolf. Twenty-eighth infantry, on
duty at Fort Smelling, MINI, and who is
number in hts grade. The latter officer
has been granted leave of absence until
october 10, when he will be transferred
from the active list. The retirement of
Lieutenant Colonel Bradley will serve to
advance Major w. L. Buck. Tenth infan-
try. and Captain Samuel seay. Twenty
third infantry. to next higher grades.
Major Buck was patient in the Walter
Reed General hospital for six months,
when he was ordered before a retiring
board here but he regained his health to
such an extent that he was not required
to present himself before the BOARD. II
there are no casualties to cause promotion
before tho retirement OF Lieutenant Col,
onel Wolf in October, his transfer from
the active list will promote Major d. H.
Plummer. Third infantry. now on duty
in the Philippines, and Captain J. T, Dean,
Tenth infantry. who Is on duty at the
Army War college and who, OF coures.
would become a major In the Third in-
fantry.
One OF the greatest problems with which
the military authorities have to deal is that
Of keeping employed those serving SEN
fences of confinement at military prisons.
Whenever any effort is made to relieve
the monotony of their lives by instituting
system Of useful and productive employ
ment, the labor unions rise up in wrath and
make point of the deprivation wrought
| by convict labor. 1t is now proposed TO
engage in the manufacture of shirts at
the United States military prison at Fort
Leavenworth. There is no statutory
prohibition to interfere with suon a pro
ceeding. This particular labor is not
| likely 10 Do IN COHpeLAtlOn WIN OulblOe
labor and 1t Is not contemplated to sell
the product, which Will be used in keep
ing up the stock of the institution. The
objection to this class of employment
has gone 80 far as to seek to prevent the
employment of garrison prisoners on such
work as rough painting and bricklaying
although that labor is not In competition
with outside labor, as II is the kind OF
work which must be done in order to keer
an army post and its buildings in proper
repair and If such work were not done
by convict labor 1t would have to be done
by the labor of troops. There is every
reason for giving employment to the mil
itary prisoners at Fort Leavenworth. as
It is essential to the discipline and health
Of the prisoners.
1t was intended that the articles furnished
by the ordnance department for the new
infantry equipment should be sent to troops
at the various camps for practical trial
but it has been found that some OF the ar.
tcles cannot be manufactured In time L
Ecarry out this purpose. 1t is hoped by the
ordnance office that there will be no diff.
leulty in getting a supply Of sufficient pro
portions to equip the infantry troops al
the camps at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind.
cadero. Ind. between September IS anC
October 16 1t is desirable to have the entir,
equipment 80 far as these ordnance articles
are concerned, furnished for trial insteaG
!, of attempting anything in that direction
with only a part of the equipment. Sons
trouble has been encountered in obtaining
the aluminium canteen and It Is importan
that in many tests OF the new equipment
this article be used since its relation to tn,
remainder OF the equipment could not b,
! properly worked out with the present can
teen as a substitute The work on thu
manual for the new infantry equipmen
, Twill probably be completed during the mex
two weeks and Captain John L. De Witt
: Twentieth infantry and Captain NJ B
, Stewart Eighth infantry, who have beer
intimately concerned In the investigation
into the subject and who have been com
: piling the manual will return to their regi
} ments, the former officer going to tn,
) Philippines and the latter to the presidi,
r Of Monterey.
A board OF officers has been appointe,
to meet at the War department on Angus
20 for the purpose OF making recommends
tions for filling existing vacancies in tn
general staff corps and vacancies whicl
will occur between now and December 81
1911 by reason Of expiration OF details O
promotions of future incumbents. Tn
board will consist OF Major General Leon
ard Wood and william II. Carter, an,
Brigadier Generals Albert l.. Mills, Charlie
, l. Hodges. and William w, wotherspoou
There are now two vacancies caused b
. the relief OF Lieutenant Colonel Waite
L. Finley, thirteenth cavalry, and of Cap
tain Michael ]. HsnIhan, Twenty-fifth in
|. fsntTy. All the colonels of the genera
, staff will be relieved from duty from tina
corps before the end Of the next year
Colonel Montgomery M. Macomb, Sixt
field artillery, will be appointed brigade
general on November H. next, on retire
ment OF Brigadier General Albert L. Mye1
and the details OF Colonel Stephen c
Mills, inspector general, will expire o.
August Is. 1911. Colonel George S. Ander
son, Ninth cavalry, October 2, 1910, an
Joseph w. Duncan. Sixth infantry, Au
gust 10, 1911, Lieutenant Colonel lie
. Febiger Sixth infantry, who stands mum
Der 1 on the list OF infantry officers o
his grade. wifi probably be promote
within a few months. when his detail 4
1 the general staff will cease The detal
OF Major Daniel H. Boughton. Fifth cav
i airy, will expire on May %, 1911 Majo
Hirst. March 2s 1911; Major John F. Nor
d rison. Twentieth infantry. August u.s. 1911
{ Major Henry c. Cabell, Fourteenth in
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