New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.
Establishment of Military Coast
Guard Contemplated.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.l
u-oabintrtOu. Abr

TAKEN-The establishment of an aue-
auate coast guard, To be composed OF the
revenue cutter service and the ltfesaVihg
service. the men of the latter to De
trained for defence work in the coast
artillery. such as mine laying ana ope'
ating the big guns during what IS no"
their annual furlough. the new service 10
be under the War Department and part
of the military establishment, is one OF
the radical changes under consideration
by the new administration. This step
would OF course involve the transfer OF
the revenue cutter and the lifesaving
services from the Treasury to the War
| Department
The advisability of amalgamating the
revenue cutter service with the navy has
been suggested at various times. and IL
has been urged that the revenue service
with its trained commissioned and en-
listed personnel and It's swift vessels
would make valuable auxiliary to the
feet. The idea OF matchmaking both OF
these services with the army Is wholly
new. but one which i'm many respects
recommends itself to those to whom it
|
lifesaying service would not be changed,
of course during the navigation season,
| but the personnel would be. save that
perIod of enforced idleness which now OBJ
tains each year after navigation closes.
What may constitute a step In this d.
rection Is the order issued By the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to-day, at the In
stance or with the sanction of the Secre-
tary Of War. which order provides that
the revenue cutter service shall cooperate
with the army engineers in removing OBJ
| structions I'm navigable waters, thus ex-
tending it's present function Of destroying
derelicts The function OF removing OBJ
structions in/navigable waters other than
the open sea has always been connned
exclusively to the army engineers.
EXTENSION or THE MANCHU
LAW. Army officers are greatly excited
over the. prospect that the so-called
Manchu law, restricting the time COM
pany officers may be absent from their
commands on detached service, VIII be
| extended TO include field officers. The
War Department was much opposed TO
|
pectod change OF station Of more than
thousand officers, incidentally depicting
the army mileage fund. Objection TO the
Manchu law came for the most part
from officers adversely affected, who de-
sired to continue on agreeable duty. The
majority. who had not been so favored,
were inclined to view the law with
hearty approval
The confusion caused by the act was
only temporary. The situation has been
| adjusted. and il is now realized pretty
| generally that the law is a benefit 20 the
personnel and a real contribution 10 the
efficiency Of the military establishment
1t is natural. therefore. that there should
be suggestions of an extension although
! It's original purpose was TO reduce the
number OF absentee officers who should
serve with companies, troops ana
batteries, where their presence was
necessary to the training of the men
There is less reason for the application
OF the principle 70 higher ranking officers
than captains. but there are examples
even among lieutenant colonies Of officers
who have not been much with their regi-
| mental commands. II is held in some
quarters that there would be an adj
vantage IN bringing within the scope Of
the detached service law majors and lieu
| tenant colonies OF the line. This prob
ably will he taken up by the House Mill
tary Committee when 1t is organized.
| ORDERS ISSUED. These army and
! hlgn hggn iCEtlglt
! ARMY
! Colonel EDWIN =. PENDLEToN. from 23d
Infantry and attached 18th Infantry,
Lieutenant Colonel AMOS ". KIMBAG.L Gusr,
| termdster corps, 10 Hot springs Army anu
Navy General Hospital.
Fold A,tilIlTry arm: A ps1yvI,xc from, s,b
| TO lst Field Artillery arm, August :, sailing
| from san Francisco. August -. for Honolulu
| FIRST Lieutenant ARTHUR u. DALTON. 10Th
| Infautry. VIII be assigned 10 a company by
: his regimentsl commander on expiration
| present leave. .
| First Lieutenant ROBERT ". ACHEsoN, coast
!. artillery. fIom 10Th Company, coast artil-
icry, 10 unassigned lisi ..
| First Lieutenant SIDNEY IL GUTHRIE,
| coast artillery from tT,h COMPANY TO un-
| assigned list 10 Fort Monroe. a. Instructor
coast artillery school.
SHARPE. infantry. fifteen days: Major
| HUBERT l. WIGMORE, corps Of engineers
| twenty one days: Captain LOUIS j. VAN
| sCIIAICK. I4th Infantry. one month from
| April Il: Second Lieutenant HAYES A.
| KRONER. 9Th Infantry. one month.
NAVY.
Lieutenant HATSEY POW ELI. detached tho
| South Carolina. home, await orders.
Lieutenant q. D. TOMBSTONE. detached the
Connecticut. naval hospital: washington
! Lieutenant Junior Srade) w. l.. BEEbLER,
| Naval ACADEMY, Annapolis
J Ensign & @. STRICKLAND. detached the
! Kansas; naval hospital. las AniInas.
4 Passed Asgl,.aut surgeon NJ. AMES, 10 navy
yard. Boston.
| ceivlng ship at New York: tho Alabama
Machinist T. ". JENKINS resignation ac-
copied. 10 take effect May ;.
| Machinist T. r. Lt,NSE. detached navy yard'
| Charleston. April 30. the Kansas.
| Payinaster's Clerk u. W. SHrMAKER, sp-
| pointed: the Panther.
| MINISTER'S clerk J. u. DEARMIN, appoint
ed; the Idaho.
Paymaster's Clerk :. u. CALDWELL ap-
| pointed tho North Dakota.
Ensign -. X KELLER, TO the Barry
| Ass'sta " surgeon J. \. BASS. detached nava'
! hospital, Canacao. l.. l.. home. await orders:
Assistant Surgeon c. L. THOMAS, detached
tha Helena; home, await orders
| Paymasrer v 5. JACKSON. detached naval
station Olonsapo: home await orders.
| Carpenter \. BLEDSoE. detached the Monad-
nock: home. await orders.
| MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.-Thes
| movements OF navy vessels have been re-
ported:
ARRIVED
| April is-The Tallahassee AT Norfolk yard the
South Carolina al Norfolk yard. the solace
and the Yankton ~ New York yard; me
Wyoming at Tompkinsyil,e; the Celtic at
Boston.
SAILED.
April II The Tallahassee. from Washington
| April Is-rhe South Carolina. from Hampton
Roads for Norfolk: the Florida and the North