New-York tribune., 1910-11-01
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Abolition of Navy Pay and Con-
Struction Corps Talked OF.
rFrorn The Tribune Bureau

Washington, octoefI "l-
CORPS MAY BE ABOLISHED--NaNa
officers are stirred UP by the report tna'
Secretary Never, on his return TO NaShhie
ton. viii give consideration TO certain rec
concentrations which have been in course
Of preparation during the last fe~ "eeNS
having 10 do among other things. with the
abolition of the naval construction CORPS
and the navy nay corps. The proposition Is
10 merge those staff branches of the naval
ee.ahlishrnent with the line after the man
,er Of ,be amalgamation of the old naval
engineer corps with the line, as the resul'
of 5aliherstions hy board of which MI
Roosevelt was president. The results OF
she r,,a-rine of the engineers and the line
bax-a not heen entirely satisfactory TO the
olaer officers of the abolished corps They
now find themselves without important
duties dev-olving upon them. ana most OF
them ere voluntarily retiring Fenulhs
legislation seeks 10 have them earned Oh
the active list as additional numbers ana
their rlsces filed by the promotion OF junior
officers.
Some of the naval constructors and pay
masters are desirous of having the pro-
posed smalgamation Of those corps take
effect This can only he done. OF course
by legislation Those in favor of 1t heneNe
would
,-exstious hne and stan controversy. espe-
cially as il viii give line titles 10 pay
masters and constructors The idea is to
have the officers Of the present corps trans
re--ed TO the line. and the duties of pay
masters and constructors performed by line
oAscers detailed for the purpose ms
would rrobahly not interfere with the TWO
bureaus, which are under. respectively the
r,svnaaster general and the chief construc-
tor
Some of the naval constructors Will op-
pose the plan as doing away with an I'M
rortant profession for which they have
been specially trained. This objection might
be overcome. however. if the naval con-
structors who are made line ofncers are
kept or naval construction duty. ana II
each year a certain number of Junior line
officers are designated 10 perform naval
construction duty exclusively
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders
Lave been issued:
ARMY.
,-sn-afn GORDON \ DUNCAN. Sd Infantry.
Tennessee National Guard, to garrison
school Fort McF'hcrson- ~,
Captain ERNEST NJ. -REEN Z. from 9TH TO 81
s,aptaIn MILAN h wALDRoN. from 23d to
FoIIoviis assignments Of officers coast artillery
Iecently pT'mGte1 -, res;sei LIST:
First Lieutenant CHESTER r. SNOW. 10
rsi 1T e,,fenant SAMUEL, T MACKALI 18th
Iufantrv. upon eIiratl"n OF 4eeNe 0t al
y-.-sf Tisi,te1snt HOWARD r. sAALLry. from
ID 20 sth CavalTy 9 - 1I51I5T rnI,ipIl9eS ,t5rR,
Ill. ist Field ARTILLERY. 20 san Francisco
seccnd Lieutenant ROBERT 9. r GoETz. I'd
cavalry. from Fort sam Houston TO Fort
1enres II absence. Major CHARLES WILL
cox. medical corps, TWO months IIt'Ll
,enoher 10. FIRST Lieutenant CHARLES W
First Lieutenant GEORGE F BAILEY. %
.rsnTarv /: First Lieutenant WILLIAM T.
CARPENTER. coast artillery. four months
uron relief from duty in Philippines
NAVY
Rear Admiral : r CoMLT, 10 navy yard.
r.,e,fenant a5iaTs''5@ W T rARRANT. Navy Derart-
Ensign sii R g ''lf G1FFFH. detached the Nebraska
continue raval hospitsl. Boston --..-
Ensign L 4. CAUSEY. detached the Virginia :.
e Fore River shipbudiHs COMPANY, . l. .!uincy'
Midshipnaan c. ". MAGRUDER. orders 10 duty
Midshipn1an ] F sHAFROTH. orders TO duty
7ttfng out the SteTrett revoked
Assistant Surgeon A H. Dodge. uneKpired por-
tion Of leave revoked. to naval hospital Las
Pa inspector 7. 5. JEwETT. detached navy
ysrd Nea York. 10 navy yard. Philadelphia
MOVEMENTS OF WARSFIPs.-The fol
lowing movements OF vessels have been re
ported II ne NAVY Department.
ARRIVED
oct oE-T'he Tacoma. At Guantanamo.
Oct Za-The AlsT. Hampton Roads. the
celtic. Boston, the Princeton. 4 ANA
uala. the IVana. Rockiand. Me. the
North Carolina. at Portsmouth. X H the
south Dakota. 7ihurou- tho Smith. the
Flusser. the Lsmscn and the Reid. at Hamp-
Roads.
Oct 36-The Delaware. ~ Sevall Point. the
Dolphin a. Key West and Havana the West
Virginia and the MARYLAND Mare Island
Light.
SAILED
o. 2a-The celtic from Cape r1d BAY for Bos-
ton: the South Dakota from Mare Island for
Tihuron. Cal. the Smith the Flusser. the
Lamson and the Reid from Baltimore for
Hampton Roads
Oct 30-The smith. the Flusser. the IamSon
and the Reid. from Hampton Roads for New
York City. the Wheeling and the Petrol.
from Gibraltar for FunchaI. the Delaware,
from Norfolk for SeUaH Point: the Triton
from Norfolk for Washington. the Dolphin
from Havana fer Santiago de Cuba the
West Virginia and the Maryland. from Mare
Island for Mare Island Light. the Patuxent