New-York tribune., 1910-06-30
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Trouble Ahead for Some Infantry
Officers.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau


officers of the army who have been con-
Quoting d campaign in the local newspa-
| pers and elsewhere In behalf of establish
! ing an infantry post in Washington. At
present there are no foot soldiers in the
representation Of the army in the neigh
borhood of the national capital, and re-
Gently when it became necessary to make
/ a demonstration of the new equipment for
| the infantry devised by special board
after years experimenting in an effort
to reduce the burden Of the marching SOL
dier it was found that enlisted men or
engineers On duty at Washington Bar
racks would have to be used for the pur-
pose. Much was made of this in the hope
of inducing the War Department to order
regiment of infantry to Washington.
Washington Barracks is used by the
army engineers as a school for officers,
and the Army War College also is there.
At Fort Myer. across the river in Vir-
| ginia, is a cavalry post Some sugges-
/ ton has been made that infantry might
! be ordered to that place to succeed the
cavalry now on duty there or in addition
! to the force there quartered. The p-opo-
sition to convert Potomac Park. on the
river front, into an army post has aroused
| a storm OF protest on the part OF Leading
citizens, who believe that place should be
kept as part of the public park system
The desire of the infantry officers to
| have regiment of their arm in this city
| is for the purpose Of demonstrating to
Congress that there is such a thing as an
infantry branch The agitation Of the
subject however, is what may engage the
attention Of the War Department authori-
ties 1t has been conducted in a way to
attract considerable attention, and some
of the War Department officials believe
that the campaign is form of insubordi-
nation, inasmuch as the proposal to order
a regiment Of infantry to Washington or
| 10 establish permanently an infantry post
here should be brought about in the regu-
lar way through official channels and nor
! by newspaper campaigning.
ADMIRAL ROGERS RETIRES.-Pay-
master General Eustace B. Rogers, chlef
of the Naval Bureau of Supplies and Ac-
counts, will be placed on the retired list
of the navy tomorrow on his own applica-
| ton, under the thirty years service clause
| of the retirement law He was recently
relieved from control of the Naval Supply
Bureau, although left nominaly in charge
by Secretary Meyer, from whom he diff
fered on matters Of administration. Pay
master General Rogers's successor as chief
will be Pay Director Thomas j. Cowie.
formerly on duty at the Naval Academy,
who for the last few weeks has been in
charge of the affairs of the paymaster
generals office. When he retires Pay
master General Rogers will have the rank
of rear admiral, Junior grade He is from
| California and entered the naval service
In March 1875 He has rendered impor-
| tant service and is regarded as one of the
most proficient officers Of his corps. He
has had nearly fourteen years service at
sea and has held the Office of paymaster
general since November, 1906.
CAPTAIN LYON HEARD-Facing the
grave charge that more than a month be-
fore the shooting affair at Brownsville,
Tex, he began to falsify the ammunition
/ records of his company so that a surplus
/ Of cartridges in the hands Of the negro
soldiers would be unaccounted for, Cap
| tain Samuel 2. Lyon, who commanded one
of the companies Of the 25th Infantry,
which discharged without honor, took
| the stand in his own defence before the
| court martial at Fort Myer to-day. Cap
| tain Lyons counsel. by means of the Off
cial records, accounted for all the ammu-
milton in the captains care until after the
shooting, with the exception Of two hun
drcd rounds That discrepancy, Captain
Lyon declared. was innocent mistake in
accounting, and he said if he had wished
to conceal it he could easily have done so.
| Lyon was formerly enlisted man in the
1st Cavalry. and in sixteen years has risen
to the rank of captain. He has a gallant
war record in Cuba and the Philippines
To-day a score of West Point officers tes-
titled to his excellent record and personal
integrity. The court adjourned until Tues
day.
! FAILURES AT ANNAPOLIS-Out OF
| $50 candidates who took the mental ex-
animation this month for admission to
the Naval Academy only 104 passed, ac-
cording to reports received at the Navy
Department from the examining board.
OF the lie who failed seven were from
the nineteen candidates nominated by the
| President.
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following orders
have been issued;
! Following officers. corps of engineers, detailed
| to superintend construction repair OF
any aid to navigation authorized by Con-
gress in lighthouse district districts in
which they are now serving as liGhthouse .
| 1st and I'd districts; Major CHARLES L.
POTTER. 30 District; Colonel THOMAS
WARD NJ ADAMS 9TH District; Major
HENRY JERVEY, 9TH and sth districts;
Major CHARLES S. BROMWELL, 9th
| District; Colonel WALTER L. FISH, 10th
| District; Major CHARLES S. RICHIE,
11th District; Lieutenant Colonel JOHN
BIDDLE. 18th District; Major JAY j.
MORROW. 18th district; Lieutenant
trict: Major MERIWETHER L. WALK
Err. 10th district.
Following assignments OF officers recently
! promoted ordered Colonel RICHARD II.
! WILSON. to 14th Infantry; Lieutenant
! Colonel ROBERT c. VAN VLIET. to 10Th
! Infantry; Major CHARLES GERHARDT,
10Th Infantry; First Lieutenant AN
FIRST Lieutenant ERNEST B. SMALLEy,
to 11th Infantry.
| Major WILLIAM A. MERCER. 11th Cavalry.
10 home await retirement from active
service, to take effect November 80.
| Captain ERNEST A. GREENOUGH, paymas-
| ter, Seattle. for temporary duty until
arrival of Captain AUGUST c. NISSEN,
to take effect July 25.
! Captain LLOYD p. HERSFALL. ordnance de-
| partuient. Atlantic City, to attend thir
teenth annual meeting of American So
ciety for Testing Materials.
CAPTAIN JOHN r. PRESTON. Goth Infantry,
detailed to fill vacancy in pay department..
TO take effect November ,. vice Captain
HENRY q. LYON, paymaster, who is
assigned ra> 26th Infantry from Novem-
| Der .
| Captain RALPH r. STOGSDALI.. retired.
now duty with organized militia of
Indiana detailed professor of military
| science at University Of Notre Dame, In
diana.
Captain WILLIAM W. HAMILTON. from
|