New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-22
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Lodue Amendment Provides for
Promotion Of Officers.
From The Tribune Bureau.J
Washington, August

PROMOTION FOR CERTAIN ofFl-
CrRs-An amendment 10 the army ap-
rrorrlatlon bill introduced by senator
1o,es provides for the promotion Of GER
,.,, officers in the case Of the consoho8'
.,or Of the pay. subsistence and quarter
masters department. II reads as lo''
lows:
r,-.,.,a.5 That every permanent ohlcor
81 lie consolidate corps ON .ht $50
ist and below the grade OF C'lo'ott tho
bas lost in relative rank iHIvuenm,,o,
;,-ro,,oIities 81 promotion ana Ilt - -,
-, ~ eenarate promotion Witmh {I.
tbrea departments prior 10 tle PdSS!.uIo
az this act may. IN the dlscl etlun ~ ,,r
President and subject 70 rNaIniIl" 20"
I,ronotion as prescribed 10y "a" 80,
I.s7ced 10 higher grade IN the coAsoh-
Nete5 COINS mn 10 and Including tht
grade OF colonel. I'm accordance VIZ" VA
rank he would have been enuueu 1" i'uiH
had promotions been line2l ana ON ON
NS+ tbro,qbout The three departments
consolidated by this act since the Hdt
az his entry into the DEPARTMENT 70 ~,
Re uerraueutlv belonged, PROVIDED, lu'
thor that officers advanced To- n-"'I
grades under the terms Of The precculu1
proyisO shall be additional officers IN
those grades.
When this matter was before the Senate
Senator Warren called attention TO the
question Of cost, and stated that by one
Interpretation it would carry an expense
Of $4,000 and by another a considerably
greater sum The head Of the subsistence
department. General Sharpe. has officially
advised the House Committee on MlhtafF
Affairs that there are only eight ofncers
OF the subsistence department VINO W'uIu
be affected by the adoption OF TINS para
graph. He places the total cost al some
thing less than $500.
The conferrees on the part II the Senate
and the House remember very disuhc'!
the provision inserted in the last army
APPROXIMATION bill increasing the army by
two hundred officers, with an addition Oh
thirty TO the quartermaster generals de-
partment. No one believes that the para
graphs covering this Increase provided for
more than 30 officers. However. by con-
struction placed on the language by me
War Department about forty additional
place. were created. and this has made
s,ch al impression on the conferrees that
they ask for an Official statement from
the War Department giving the exact cost
IN officers and money.
COLONEL HEISTAND JOINS THE
sTAFF.-Colonel II. O. s. Heistand, senior
officer Of his grade in the adjutant gen
erals department. has been ordered 10
duty at the War Department as principal
assistant TO Adjutant General Andrews
He has just had long tour OF service III
tie Philippines It had been intended that
Colonel Heistand should be stationed al
Chicago as adiutant general Of the cen
trail division but for some reason the
plan was changed.
ORDERS ISSCED.-The following or
ders have been issued:
ARMY
Major KENT NELSON. Medical corps from
Fort Blss TO Whipple Barracks, thence
TO Fort LeaVenwOrth
Mo1or EDGAR s WALKER retired ds-
tailed at University Of FLORIDA septem-
c, G JAMES :. ROGERS. infantry, from
"a Infantry. attached 70 1st Infantry, ,
DORRES coast artiIiery. recruiting on
cor. and Captain WILLIAM G. ROGERS
e7th Infantry. one month: Captain ls HOW w
months: First Lieutenant THOMAS +.
CATURO cavalry. fifteen days
NAVY.
Commander y. G. DECKER, Naval War
college. Newport.
lieutenant ,junior grader t. 4. MAX
FIELD. receiving ship al Norfolk,
Lieutenant Junior grade J. II INGRAM,
detached the Maine; temporary duty re-
ceiving ship at Philadelphia.
Eucigns J. II. FALGE, g. :. GILLESPIE
srd J. =. DALTON. detached The Ten
ucsscc, temporary duty receiving ship at
Philadelphia
Ensigns : ELLIOTT BUCKMASTER. Il f.
SAUNDERS, J. Y. DREISoNSTOK and
r. T. BYRD detached from the Ken
lucky. temporary duty receiving snip et
Philadelphia.
Ensicns GARLAND FULTON. =. NJ. ZACH
ARIAS and +. o. MONFORT. detached
from tho Kentucky; temporary duty re-
ceiving ship a. Philadelphia.
Assistant Surgeon !. G.. HOWARD. de-
tscned naval station Guam. Asiatic feet
Chaplain H. VI r. PEARCE naval training
station Newport.
MARINE CORPS
Captain GEORGE VAN ORDEN. detached
headquarters marine corps; marine bar
racks. Washington.
MOVEMENTS or WARSHTPS Tho