New-York tribune., 1910-09-19
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Explosion Will Not Check the
Use of Petroleum as Fuel.
From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. September

accident the battieshiD North Dakota
resulting from explosion of OIL will not
be permitted to check the development of
the use of petroleum as an auxiliary fuel on
naval vessels. The designing officers Of the
department feel that in the course of ex-
periments accidents are inevitable in the at
tempt to use an explosive fuel. just as in
the case of developing gunpowders and
high explosives. The department already
has pointed out that the North Dakotas oil
burning plant was a reproduction of those
used in some foreign navies. AS a matter
of fact no less than fifty ships, large and
small, are fitted with these burners, and th
wonder is that some similar accident here
tofore has not occurred among them The /
lesson learned in the case of the North |
Dakota is that the settling tank. containing /
four hundred gallons of oil. should at once |
be removed from the ffreroom to some con-
venient place where any small leakage |
from it would not be exposed to heat suffi- |
cient to set the oil aire. Such leakage, |
either from a defective pipe or a broken |
glass gauge. occurred on the North Dakota, !
and unfortunately the tank so situated
over the highly heated boiler top that the
escaping oil flashed into fame
TRYING TO DISLODGE PROJECTILE. |
Efforts of the last few weeks TO dislodge |
the projectile which remained in the Finch |
gun after the premature explosion at Fort
Monroe on July q have resulted in failure. |
and It now looks as though the removal of
the stubborn protective will prove a difficult |
problem for the coast artillery. When the |
breech block was blown backward among |
the men who were firing the gun the pro-
iectile wa hurled forward II feet and 9
inches from the mushroom head of the
/ breech block. There it has stuck ever
4 @i- into al
part of the powerful gun. A new breech
block has been fitted to the gun and at
tempts have been made to dislodge the
projectiIe by small powder charges. These
! have been Intellectual, and the coast artil-
| lery is now looking around for another
method of removing the obstacle.
! INSTRUCTION TOUR FOR EMBRYO
! ENGINEERS-FO Following a course adopted
year ago for the further training of the
embryo engineer officers just graduated
from West Point, the War Department will
| send to Rock Island, H., within the next few
! days the eleven members of the class of 10
who were assigned to the engineer corps.
| There they will study the engineer projects
in that vicinity and prepare theses on the
/ inspection, for submission to their superiors-
! The stay at Rock Island will be concluded
on October 20 when the eleven officers will
go to Memphis to spend the time between
that date and November Is in studying en-
| gineering work at that place On Novem-
ber - they will start for Panama, to be
on the isthmus until June Is, 1911. After
their return TO the United States they will
go to Pittsburg to study Ohio River i'm
provements. and later-about a year from
this time-they will return TO Washington
for years instruction in constructive
engineering.
The fifteen members of the class of '09
assigned to the engineer corps have just re-
turned to Washington from a similar tour.
It was the first of its kind. and officials
OF the War Department are more than
satisfied with the success of the plan of
acquainting the young officers with the
work of the corps.
CAPTAIN ROWLAND ORDERED TO
REGIMENT.-Captain Charles r. How
land, of the 21st Infantry, who was promi-
nent recently as the judge advocate in the
military court of inquiry into the Browns
vile affair, has been ordered to rejoin his
regiment in the Philippines. His four
years detail from the line to the judge ad-
vocate's office is about to expire.
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders
have been issued:
ARMY.
Lieutenant Colonel JOHN. c. F. TILLSON, 18th
Infantry, to Whipple Barracks.
Following promotions coast artillery announced:
EBWARp ]. TIN TIMBERLAkE. to major
Captain GUY G. PALMER, 18th Infantry, TO
Fort Bayard, examination for retirement.
Captain EDWIN Y. BOOKMILLER, 9th In
fantry. detailed professor of military science
Boston, take effect October 10. vice Captain
Captain GEORGE D. ARROWsMITH. 9th In
Francisco, sailing November for Philip
Captain CHARLES r ROWLAND, 21st IN
fantry from Washington to San Francisco. |
First tn eneRa8f ,s no 8f' AsA a GH 9TH In
fantry. detailed to fll vacancy in signal
at aG'PS Fort 'G D. guy a Russell. RUSS October IS ,s
First Lieutenant WILLIAM R. STAND1FORD.
signal corps. assigned to 9TH Infantry to |
take effect October 16.
Second Lieutenant BERNARD ROBERTSON
PEYTON, assigned to 1st Field Artillery
Chaplain WILLIAM G. sTTvERsoN. sth Cav
regiment sf m Ia at Fort Robinson,
Examining and SgPerysins Dental as-5i surgeon ee
pital. Presidio OF san Francisco TO Columbus
Barracks, vice Dental Surgeon HAROLD .. |
SCOTT. to Fort Hamilton.
EASTMAN medical fa4% eSrRS a5{esn fsIF
5th cavalry, month ana fifteen days:
captain CLARENCE L. COLE. medical |
ffflS HENRY 20 G. 1 r. NoRRiss, medical reserve
corTs one month and nineteen days.
NAVY
Commander p. ". KELLOGG. detached the
Naval War College: to command the Indiana
Commander J. D. NJ DONALD, to duty as in
spector in charge OF 1st Lighthouse District
Portland. Ne
Lieutenant Commander F. L SAWYER, to duty
as inspector OF ordnance, e W. Bliss Com
pany. Brooklyn
Lieutenant Commander F N FREEMAN, de-
serve torpedo divisions and the Atlanta. navy
ward. Charleston,
Lieutenant Commander P SYMINGTON. de-
tached Naval War College; 10 ONCE naval
intelligence, Navy Department
Lieutenant s. !. NJ. MAJOR, detached Naval
War College: to Bureau Of Steam Engineer
ing.
Lieutenant ]. F. HELLwEG, detached E. W
Bliss Company. Brooklyn: TO the New York |
Shipbuding Company, Camden. ". J., in |
connection with fitting out the Burrows and
TO command when placed in commission.
Ensign W. e RENO. when discharged the
Naval Medical School Hospital. Washington; !
to duty in connection fitting out the Terry. |
Paymaster Clerk r. H M'CULLOCH. appointed |
to duty at naval station Cavite.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS-The fol- |
lowing movements of vessels have been re-
ported to the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
Sept 16-The Cesar the Potomac and the Pom
tiac at Norfolk; the Hull. the TruXton. the |
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