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

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Senator Murray Crane CT MassaC hui
sets was lest IN the capitol today He
vas on the house Of representatives.
side OF the biz building an dcou!j ut
find his way out. The first seen 0:
/ him vas when he was wandering
! around the dOOrw@y Of the sergeant
aCarIn, On the ground floor CT the
capitol, underneath the house CT repro
/ GentatiYIS. Several people spoke u
! him. SaW hEn 90 off in a northWe st
'r!y direction, and then saw him come
back again, look around, gaze at the
doors and the n make for the elevator
: marked, For Members ard the
: Press"
! please help me-" begged The Massa
chusttts senator. 81 have beer W0n-
Grr.ng around the house OF represent "a
tives Tor half e1 hour looking for Jim
Nann's office" he said to the elevator
man.
By tiat time the elevator was up
at the third floor The operator re-
VerGcd the machine, dropped down to
the ground floor and then gently and
proudly led the chairman CT the joint
| cCmmittee Oh the Inaugural to the
! office Of Representative Mann, OF Hi
nois, minority leader Mr.. Mann's Of
! fice, by the way. is noted for the ex-
IRENE ilaccessibility of it's situation
Col. Carol A. Devol has been nomi-
mated as a brigadier general in the
ouartermaster corps. United States
army, to tcke 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, 18th
infantry, in September, 1879. In. Aug
ust, 1896, he was transferred to the
quartermasters department with the
rank of captain and reached the grade
Of colonel in September, 1911. lie
saw considerable field, service in the
Spanfsh-American war and in the Phil
| ippine insurrectiOn, 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 Maj Gen. Aleshire,
Col Goethals and others.
The senate has agreed to a bill, al
ready passed by the house, authoriZ-
| In no of hn
cash rewards to civilian employees of
! the department for valuable sugges-
tons tending to economy in manufac-
turing, improving the products or
otherwise aiding the manufacturing
end Of the navy departments opera
| lions.
! A couple of years ago Congress pass
ed bill Of similar purport for the ben
eft of civilian employees in the army.
it Is understood to have worked well.
| Battleship tests with the new "gy-
| roscopic" or battle" compass, reports
| to the navy department show, have
demonstrated that it not only Is a vast
| improvement over the magnetic COM
pass, but that it will pay for it's cost
and installation within two years in
4 the amount of coal saved. That saw
| ing would be accomplished, it is stat
| ed, because a steadier course can be
maintained by the use of the new
compass, and therefore changes in
speed to regain Roadway would be
| greatly reduced.
"The 'gyro' compass Is not yet
| wholly satisfactory, mechanically"
! the report. confesses, but when the
/ remaining defects have been corr \ t.
| ed and it is capable of standing up
| to it's work for long periods, its 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
gained when warships were steaming
! in squadron CT were engaged in for
! nations or evolutions.
Orders have been issued by the
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 a
course of hydro-aeroplane flying. They
will make use Of the machines now
at the flying school and afterward will
take over the new tractor hydro.aer',-
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. !
II. McLeary already have qualified for
their pilots licenses. and it is expect |.
ed that Lieut.. l.. H. Breroton will take |
the test for his license il few days. |
Within a short time Lieut.. ]. D. |
Park will make the trial for his IL |
cense This will complete the list of
pupil officers now available in the de- !
partment for the flying squad
TT~l. A.