Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-03
ARMY And navy

ACCORDING 10 report maze 10 the
War Department by Colonel COSBY
the engineer officer in charge Of pub
! lie buildings and grounds, the statue
Iof Commodore John Barry, the naval
hero of the revolution. probably will be
completed and ready for formal tiedi
cation next Spring Congress in lgH6
appropriated $4,000 each. FOR memo
rails Of Commodore Barry and John
Paul Jones. and the latter msnori1
has been erected in Potomac Park al
the foot of Seventeenth street. II was
dedicated about year ago.
The delay in the case of the Barry
memorial is due partly to the success
| full opposition of the Irish-American
| societies to the design of Andrew
oConnor, originally accepted by the
congressional commission, after an
open competition by Irish-American
artists, and subsequently, rejected as
unsuitable.
In November, 1911, a contract was
made with John j. Boyle, New York
sculptor, who was personally selected
by the commission to prepare design
to meet the wishes of the various or
CARNATIONS directly interested in per
petuating the memory Of the revolt
tionary naval commander.
/ The design submitted by Mr.. Boyle
was commended by a committee of
artists consisting Of Paul j. Bartlett,
Walter Cook and Whitnet Warren,
and was approved by the c0mmfssion.
| Its principal features are & 'bfofIze
statue OF Barry IN the Uniform Or a
commodore Of. the United States navy,
standing on marble shaft, at the
front of which is marble figure bf
Victory. A knoll In Franklin Park
near the Fourteenth street side was
selected by the commission as the site
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Army and navy officers composing
the board of directors Of the Panama
railroad have. decided to keep the pa
mama railroad in operation after the
Eopening of the Panama canal. at
Hest until it has been demonstrated
whether the line can be operated
Eprofitably That decision carries
with it the continuance of the steam-
Eship line between New York and Co
Ion as a necessary part Of the canal
system
The navy department has failed to
Find any USE for these vessels, but
Secretary Garrison believes that even
Lie they are not patronized as freight
and passenger carriers, the ships can
be, used as Golfers to keep up the
store of 100000 tons of coal which is
to be kept in the zone to supply the
needs of shipping using the canal. &
The Panama railroad has been used
largely for the transportation OF sup
plies along the cahal route. There is
no reliable data for an estimate Of the
traffic that may be expected when the
construction work on the canal Is
Ecomplefed. q !
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An important change, in this years
|progfnIn OF /, the = Atlantic battlesfiip
fleet is under co1sfd Iteration at Z the
navy department and will be settled
by Secretary Daniels on his return to
Washington next week 1t Involves the
complete abandonment of the project
ed grand naval review IN the hafb0r
of New York city in October and the
substitution of practice cruise of the
entire fleet across the Atlantic for ev-
olutions and exercises, and visits OF
divisions of the fleet to various Medi-1
terranean and other. European ports.
5. This years plans for the fleet were
arranged by Secretary Meyer before
his retirement in March, and up tol
this time the only modification of the
plans made by Secretary Daniels was
the addition Of a foreign cruise of the
fleet next January:
Fl is understood that the omission
of the New York review this year and
an earlier cruise to European waters
than had been contemplated are the
leading features of a revised itinerary
illst submitted to the NAVY department.
by Rear-admiral Charles j. Badger,
commanding the fleet.
To protect war secrets of the United
States involved in naval ordnance
manufactured under private contract,
the United States government will
vigorously prosecute the Injunction
suit recently instituted at Brooklyn to
restrain the E. w, Bliss Company from
exhibiting or selling to foreign coun-
tries torpedoes similar to those which
the company manufactured under con-
tracts for the United States Qavy.
Government officials regAd the suit
as an extremely important test of the
extent Of secrecy the United States
military establishment may exact from
private contractors The suit is
brought under both the contract stat
ute and the national defense law for
bidding any one diyulging military Sc.
crets of the United States.
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The establishment of a home for
aged widows of soldiers Of the Civil
War is in contemplation by the Legion