Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-10
ARMY AND NAVY

| Senator Murray Crane of MassachI-
sets vas last in the capitol today. He
"aS Oh tie house OF representatives
side OF the big building al dcou!d MT
find his way out. The first seen G.:
him vas when he vas wand ectls
around tie doorway of the sergeant
alarms On the ground floor Of the
capitol. underneath the house OF repro
sentativts. Several people spoke 10
him, saw him 60 eff in a northwest
! erly die elton. and then saw him come
hack again, look around, gaze at the
doors and then make for the elevator
! marked, For Members and the
! Press"
please help me-" begged the Masea-
! chusetts senator. y have been won
dering around the house of represen "a
tiVes for half an hour looking for jim
Mann's office he said to the elevator
man.
By that time the elevator was up
~ the third floor. The operator re-
veFsed the machine, dropped down to
the ground floor and then gently and
proudly led the chairman Of the joint
committee on the inaugural to the
office Of Representative Mann, of Hi
nois. minority leader. Mr. MaHa's Of
flee, by the way. is noted for the ex-
IRENE inaccessibility Of it's situation
Col Carol A. Derol has been nomi-
mated as brigadier general in the
Guartermaster corps. United States
army, to take effect February Is, vice
Gen. George r. Smith, formerly pay
master general, who will retire on
that date on his own application, after
more than forty-two years service,
Col Devol stands number IL in the
list of colonies in the Quartermaster
corps and number ia in relative rank
| in his grade. He is from Ohio and
was appointed second lieutenant, 25th
infantry, in September, 1879. In Aug
ust, 1896, he was transferred to the
| quartermaster's department with the
rank of captain and reached the grade
Of colonel in September, 1911. He
saw considerable field service in the
| Spanish-American war and in the Phil.
ippine instruction, and for several
months has been in charge of quarter
master affairs in the Panama canal
zone.
His promotion to brigade rank was
recommended by Mai Gen. Aleshire,
Col. Goethals and others.
The senate has agreed to a bill, al
ready passed by the house, authoriz-
ing the secretary of the navy to pay
/ cash rewards to civilian employees Of
/ the department for valuable sugges-
4 tons tending to economy in manufac-
turing, improving the products or
otherwise aiding the manufacturing
end of the navy departments opera
i lions.
A couple of years ago Congress pass
ed bin of similar purport for the ben
eft of civilian employees in the army
1t is understood to have worked we'll.
Battleship tests with the new "gy-
roscopie" or battle" compass, reports
to the navy department show, have
i demonstrated that it not only Is a vast
i improvement over the magnetic CON-
pass, but that it will pay for its cost
and installation within two years in
i the amount of coal saved. That saw
! ing would be accomplished, it is stat
ed, because a steadier course can be
Il maintained by the use of the new
compass, and therefore changes in
Il speed to regain Roadway would be
greatly reduced.
THE 'gyro' compass is rot yet
Il wholly satisfactory, mechanically"
i the report confesses, "but when the
remaining defects have been corr Vt
ed and it is capable of standing up
to it's work for long periods, it's in
stallation on all capital ships will re-
suit in greater coal economy and in
mort satisfactory handling of ships"
This last named advantage, the re-
\ port concludes, would be especially
Il gained when warships were steaming
i in squadron or were engaged in for
I nations or evolutions.F
! Orders have been issued by the
I War Department to Lieut. l.. H. Call
and Lieut.. Eric Ellington to proceed
to Palm Beach, Fla, to join the camp
of the Burgess-Wright Company in
| course of hydro-aeroplane flying. They
| will make use of the machines now
| at the flying school and afterward win
take over the new tractor hydro-aerI-
/ plane that is being built for the army
| at the Burgess factory in Marblehead,
Mass.
Reports have been received by the
signal service from San Diego, where
the winter flying camp for the army
| Curtiss f1iers has been established,
that the new pupils there are progress
ing fast.
Lieut.. Lewis Goodier and Lieut.. s.
H. McLeary already have qualified for
| their pilots licenses, and it is expect
| ed that Lieut.. L. H. Brereton will take
| the test for his license in few days.
Within a short time Lieut.. J. D.
| Park will make the trial for his H.
! cense This will complete the list of
| pupil officers now available in the de-
partment for the flying squad
The arrangements for the marriage