New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-20
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Cost of Quarters for Officers IN
Tropics Cut Down.
From The Tribune Bureau. J
Washington, August


Washington. August IL
ARMY CONSTRUCTION IN THE
TRoPICS.-A limit has been placed on
the amount of money to be spent for the
construction Of quarters for army orlce's
In the tropics The House Committee on
Military Affairs reduced the estimates VI
the War Department 5000 each IN inc
amounts estimated for quarters TOT gen
eral officers and for cOlOnels fixing tne
limit of cost at 5000 and 5000. respec-
lively. The limit placed on the construc-
tion Of quarters for an officer Of the rank
Of captain, or below. was fixed AT sf'VV'
which is s. 900 below the departmental eS-
Inmates
The duartermastcr general Of the army
believes il is possible TO build the quar-
ters within these limitations, and' there-
fore. the Senate Military committee o'u
not oppose the House provision. How
ever. General Aleshre believed II "ou'u
have been better to have waited until the
experiments being conducted with ne"
method of construction for the tropics
had been thoroughly tried out. Formerly
the posts in the Philippines were OF nipa'
a palm leaf growth which looked ike
leaves. and of reeds. Some buildings we're
built Of wood, but the ants ate the Wooo
and the buildings had TO be reoullt OF
brick
AEROPLANE FLEET TO ASSEMBLE.
"A fleet of seven aerOplanes VIII be gain
cred at the army aviation field at Cohege
Park. Md, this week. Included III the
number are two new machines when
have never been accepted by the govern
ment. One is a weight-carrylhg aero
plane-a sort of aero-Cart horse-aho 'he
other is a swift, small. scouting macmne'
capable Of making high speed through us
small wing surface and big engine anu
for that reason most risky In operation
The two army aeroplanes which were
being employed in the army manPuNrcs
IN Connecticut and New York Will be re-
turned 10 College Park during the week
and put into thorough order. so that the
signal corps may be able TO resume INC
training OF number of young aNa'ors'
Army officials believe the passage OF inc
pendiug bill allowing extra pay LOT tne
officers detailed to the flying SQUADS WIN
do much TO stimulate the recruits IN tiis
branch of the service, The flying on'cers
have been told that their Insurance must
he cancelled on account of the extra hsZ-
.rdous nature Of their employment ana
consequently they feel under the neces-
sity of having some other provision ioi
the support of their families IN case Oh
accident
r. ~
have been issued:
ARMY.
Name Of Major DANIEL w. KErCHAM. gen
ersl staff placed on list detacne6 ony
August Is and name Of Major FRANZ n;
FERGUSON, coast artillery fe''o''O
First Lieutenant WILLIAM p. WILSON CO.. TSr,
artillery, to coast artillery scnooi' ror'
Monr%e' a 5SP}eaiO captain LEONARD D:
WiLDMAN. signal corps: mrs tnLee unR,WSR
First Lieutenant FREDEhlOh HH-''
coast artillery one month
Ensign z. W. FRoADBENT. detached NAVAL
Academy: tic Virginia - c,...r,.
pnsian G. G. HITCHCOCK; the Geors No.
Ensisn 4. L l.. M $.dS5s6 o''a'"'' '"'
v.i 6rasSS n u MCAUGHBY. orders August IA
~, y, Iey paa,.,,,n O T HURDLE. detached the
Vermont; home. await oroers
MARINE CORPS.
So, ,i.u,.nant c A. Z. KING. detached
beadouarters, Marine Barracks NorloiA'
MOVEMENTS OF wARsHlPs-The
following movements of vessels nave
been reported to the Navy Department.
ARRIVED
August 1.-THE Wheeling, at Puerto as a.
the Terry al Newport; the fo'oihac,
Torfolk ward the Scorpion, at Constan
,inope, the Lebanon anG !,a une st san
Itngd. the sterling at Newport News
~ Sisvrak. the Perkins, the Wake, the
.terrett. the Patterson 'ne A'i'''''"
Auvnsi Is"rhe Cuigca, at Tompkinsvile; me
orion. at sewan Point, 'n s,d he Iro-
ouois. at san Diego: the Pa ,ts san
Delaware Breakwater' the S~'u'"' 60
Fran IacTh. Rainbow. at Chefoo; the bl
Cano, at Marking
SAILED.
Aug 1s.-The Terry. from New YORK S SsT,
Ward for Newport; the Lebanon, Ir pntomac.
sI SoTfoik for Tansier Sound; the
Peinbow, from Tsingtau for Chefoo' en- sn.
california from San S EorfSS for ~ shak
az down cruise: the Sterling. from NOT
toIk for Newport News; the Ne" Jefsey
the Rhode Island me M M,s'I }or Hampton lam
Dnsd.. the Patterson. the Ammen, the
burrows, the Monaghan ana the Irppee'
from Rockport Mass ioi H,tS ~
Atlantic fleet; the Titan, the flori1d .ne
delaware the Louisiana and the Kansas
ZION, Newport for Hampton Roads; tn"
Reid. the Flusser. the hanson, the Pres
IN the smith, the Drayton, the Mccall,
- psuIding the Roe. the Terry, the
Wake from Newport for exercises with
Atlantic fleet; tho Patapsco and the
NaVrak. the Perkins. the sterrett and the
Panther. from Newport for Norfolk; the
Cnlgoa, from Newport for New YORK the
Cesar, from Sewail Point for Portsmouth.
L. 1e The III from Newport for Boston
the Potomac. from Norfolk for IHns er
sound: the Petrol. from Puerto Plata Tor
Guantanamo, the Nicksburg, from mare
stand for san Diego.