New-York tribune., 1910-06-22
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
eopcial Exercises Planned at
Summer Camps.
rrrom The Tribune Bureau.l
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rpy AND AEROPLANES.-T
-s,-v OF the regular army VIII have some
oa'a.. exercises during the mannuvres at
rarious camps this summer The cav
the NOT been particularly favored in
49, ,espect. and the officers believe there
tbs = - some effort made to have def
siv nv programme carried out In the first
n~ o,e Of the important changes TO be
p'ASs--,orsted in cavalry exercise Is the In
i-o in the movement of the mounted
c. Hitherto most Of the marching OF
~ has been at walk. Hereafter the
,,-;ll be increased. Greater celerity IN
pa movements is desired In order that
.,obg,itv of the mounted troops may be
U-o,a5 Ue Last year il was planned to have
A extensive cavalry manwuvres, but
80 ~. nero not sufficient funds This year
,,l1 he carried out in detail at Chicka-
NN - park. where the full 1lth Cavalry,
- has been preparing for this work,
:, 20 7aken out in the field in three col
&C widely separated by distance. and
- will be operations under modern con-
....s ~ test the means Of communication.
g. has never been done with the latest
.--i.es Of signalling, which now include the
VS. ,eianhone and the wireless telegraph.
IN no IN ali respects practical demon
= ton of the signal corps outfit, and con-
f,s.-or,e interest attaches to the result
~. ,,-oeramn1e at Pine Plains is equally
.-..rss,tng including. as Il does. the troops
- she New York National Guard. which
es,s year will take part with the regular
<.-,os at that place. There has been some
-.nac+s-ien that at Pine Plains or some of
- other camps IL would be possible to
.s,,,e the aeroplane. In the future military
s.,,s nj which the experts place much con-
900 OF course, the flying machine will
L.yA q restricted use, and for the present
I'll he employed only for observation pur-
sss There is little expectation of prac-
.sl results from using the aeroplane 10
s,,, high explosives. The military authori-
-es recognize that as a possibility which
-,sv he realized some day, but for the pres
-. .re-a are many obstacles IN the way Of
,ss DEVELOPMENT Of the flying machine as
q, srgine Of destruction. Whatever is at
,enr,ed at any Of the camps this year will
be IN the direction OF perfecting the system
.f esrial observation. There are too many
risks 10 be incurred by carrying high ex-
-losives aloft, especially in any such guam
,i-v as would DO much damage upon i'm
rom flying machine in motion would be
5fsssrrous 10 that vehicle, and il is this
which constitutes the chief difficulty
NOT TO Re REINSTATED.-The nine
cadets at West Point dismissed from the
ssder1v for hazing Cadet Sutton were de-
--ived Of an opportunity for reinstatement
by the failure CT the Military Committee
of he House TO take action to-day on the
resolution providing for a court martial
AT meeting. which was expected TO be
me last Of the session, Representatives
sdauson. Of Georgia, and Borland, Of Mis-
sour. argued in favor Of the resolution. but
ne cornmitteee voted TO let 1t lie on the
table The names OF the cadets dismissed
nst summer are William T. Rossell, jr.,
Harry G. Weaver. John H Booker, jr.,
Albert E Crane Richard w. Hooker, jr.,
Jacob S. Fortner. Gordon Lefebvre, Chaun-
cev c. Devere and Earl W. Dunmore.
The IDAHO BEST HITTER-The bat
feship Idaho is 10 enjoy for year the
coveted honor Of being the best hitter in
the American navy A comparison of the
shooting performances of the bettieships
this year vas made public to-day at the
Navy Department. The Idaho made a
score with her guns OF 46.121. The South
Carolina gets second place, with a score
of z25S5 and the Wisconsin third. with
score Of AIS The battleships are COM
petng for trophy, their rank depending
not only on the hits Of the guns but on
their work with mines and torpedoes.
While the target practice has been finished
by the batIleships, only a few have done
The required mining. OF these the Wiscon-
sin stands at the head, with a score OF
s5S94; the Maryland second. with 1885,. and
The West Virginia third. with 22.26i- OF
the vessels competing for the cruiser
trophy Tor gunnery the Charleston now
leads with a score Of p .G75. In the competi-
don for the gunboat trophy the Mayfower
stands at the head. with q score OF 6.6l2.
Among the vessels competing for the tor
pede trophy the PrebIe is the victor, with
q score OF g0s2s. The Rowan is credited
with score Of only 0-055-
The record for the battieships is as fol-
lows