New-York tribune., 1910-08-18
New Construction for Officers
Quarters at Military Posts.
IF'ron The Tribune Bureau
washington. Angus


Washington. August Il.
/ NEW TYPE OF ARMY POSTs-The
army post at Fort Hamilton. New York,
Will have a new type OF military construc-
ton. QrIarterTnaster General Aleshire hav-
ing approved the plans for Il row OF block
of officers quarters providing accommo-
dations for six families in d continuous
structure, instead of the separate houses
which have hitherto distinguished such edi-
! fees at army posts. This is the beginning
! of an important system OF concentration,
of which number of schemes have been
devised in the quartermaster generals Office
and are awaiting his examination.
| General AIeshire is now on an inspection
! trip TO the army remount depots at Fort
! heogh, Montana and Fort Reno, Okla
homa- He appreciates that there is a
great waste of ground at nearly everT
army post because of the widely separated
buildings, requiring much expense in the
construction and maintenance of roads and
walks, sewers and water supply systems.
The item of taking care of lawns alone
at all OF the army posts represents a heavy
drain upon the appropriation for preserva-
ton of military reservations.
Instead of having officers quarters in
| buildings with each family by itself there
viii be apartment houses of six or seven
rooms each, four families to a building
These will be for the bachelor officers and
the small families while for senior Of
flcers there Will be houses in blocks By
this means much space will be saved. The
barracks, store buildings. stables and other
structures on the. military reservation viii
be similarly treated in their architecture
and relative positions.
The first post to be constructed after
this fashion will be the new regfnentaI
cavalry station in the Hawaiian Islands
OF course, it is out Of the question to re
model old posts. but any new work to be
done n the way Of barrack building or
construction of officers quarters will fol-
low this general scheme. /. has cot been
possible for the quartermasteT general to
make an estimate of the saving in expense
which viii be effected by the new con-
struction. but it is believed II will De COT
siderable.
PASSED PLANTATIONS names
Of the enlisted men in the army who passed
the recent examinations for appointment
as second Lieutenant were given out by the
War Department to-day. They are James
A. Stevens. corporal Company f, 18th In
=
Savage. sergeant, nth Recruit Company,
of Columbus. Ohio; Sim L. Peist corporal,
Company .. 18th Infantry, of Far Rock
away, n y; John r. Lynch. corporal.
Troop D. eth Cavalry, of Los Angeles;
ToIbert F. Hardin, corporal, Company c, 1st
Battalion Engineers. of Sedalia Mo:
Claud X. Rhinehardt, corporal. Troop z,
9Th Cavalry, of sylvia. n. C. and Fredericl;
r (yaTciD A
c, of New York
HEROISM RECOGNIZED.-For courage
displayed al the time of the explosion Of
a big gun at recent target practice at Fort
Monroe, Virginia, resulting in the death of
eleven men, certificates of merit were
awarded TO five soldiers by the War De-
Charles G. Parks. Cook Wilmer H Hawk
Private Fred Faulkner, Corporal Will
IAN Bryan and Private D. G. Wigley, all
of the 69th Company coast artillery.
Fsulkners certificate was awarded Tor
: picking up and carrying away a smOul-
dering sack of powder The others ''en-
tered a close place to remove sacks Of
powder that were in close proximity to
burning powder and srnouldering Debris
ARMY.
ORDERS IsSUED.-The following orders
have been issued:
Colonel ALBERT TOD, coast artillery. from
Walter Reed General Hospital, District of
1Oiu0lbld- 70 proper STATION.
from New York City TO Peoria. III. tostudy
gBts I bI IN tS yon TsroT ~i19 n inns fGmsss'0n or
Iieslsnation Of Firsct Lieutenant ROBERT y.
tAhPBEId- coast artillery, accepted to
Second Lieutenant LEWIS H WATKINS, corps
lGatlon Tor promotion thence TO proper sta
t!on- Before proceeding 10 san Francisco
he viii report 10 commanding O. Ger. Scho-
reld Barracks Hawaii Territory, for pre-
scribed test IN horseTlarsllip-
medical corps, one month upon relief from
duty at Fort Robinson. First Lieutenant
CHARLES u. CULLEN, medical reserve
corps Two months Colonel LOUIS BRE-
EHENIN medical corps. four months upon
relief from duty in Philippines: First Lieu
tenant CHARLES H PATTERSON. coast
artillery. and Captain LOT Is BRECHEMIN,
jr-. medical corps. one month
NAVY
Rear Admiral \ T. REEFS placed upon retired
Commander ". NJ CROSSE detached the Dela-
ware: dutr cnmmandant naval station
Iutuiia, and DUTY in command of the An
napohS vice Captain !. p PARKER. re
Lieutenant Y. BA KER detached the Montana:
10 ANNAPOLIS, and additional duty at naval
station. Tutuiia- samoa.
Lieutenant y T GHENT. detached Annapolis,
and naval station. TutuiIa. home. await
A1idshipman B z. PEYToN. detached the Mon
taHa; resignation accepted to take effect
Machlnist ", p, coTHEAN. to navy yard.
Machinist o. +. ORAhER. 10 navy yard. Puget
Sound.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.-Th fol-
lowing movements Of vessels have been re-
ported TO the Navy Department:
ARRIVED
August 1.-THE Prairie at navy yard New
York: the Mars at Newport.
August 1.-THE TennesSc. the Montana and the |
North Carolina at Ear Harbor; the CuIgoa !
the Apache and the Dolphin, Newport I
the Tacoma, at Cape Gracia-a-dios; the (
Bainbridge. the Barry. the Chauncey ana I
the Dale. at Nagas9ki.
SAILED.
August 1.-THE Prairie, from New York City /
navy yard. New York; the Abarenda, /
from Port Said for Singapore.
August 1G-The Rocket. from Norfolk for Indian /
Head and Washington: the Reid, from New /