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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-09-04
DADS FINISHED.

She new streets now being graded
>the aid of hobo labor around the
setery Hill are nearly finished.
3 are. three of these streets or
ways, the shortest of which con-
with AuXier avenue near the
street railway crossing, and
70 the top Of the Cemetery Hill
rircuitous route. Another has
Rded from the end of Elm street
e Derriana, to be known as
get, which will connect round
With Sycamorng some Tet to
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-09-04

festival at Green
w. NJ. Clarke &
Jim Starr and family
( Lindsey Cyrus, Fro
Dave Compton, OF Sm
tended the pie supper
night. y
Bud Taylor has retu
visit with relatives In r
Harvey Preeee called
Burchett Sunday.
Riley Shannon and j
OF Pleasant Ridge, ate
School here SUM
Miss Martha
this week havin
Miss Earsel
Fannie CornweAls we sh
Efhal an1 MA
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-09-04
\scHooL BANQUET

Z the Sunday .hool OF
Tch South rtnined
10 n gra banquet
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Retirements IN Army.

An unusual number of retirementl
among high ranking onicers of the army
fall In the next year. As . result the
President viii have an opportunity tc
appoint two major generals and at least
one brigadier general. The retirements.
in the order OF their occurrence, are az
follows:
Col. william Lassiter, infantry, on duty
At San Francisco, Cal, January 1s.
Brig. Gen. Eli d. Hoyle. commanding
the district of Luzon, January -.
COL Rogers Blrnie. ordnance depart
.ment, on duty at the New York Arsenal,
Governors Island. April 5.
Mai. Gen. Arthur Murray, commanding
the Western Department, April =.
Col John c. Greshem. cavalry, on duty
at the headquarters Of the Eastern De
partment. May s.
Col william r. Blauvelt, attached to
the Tenth Infantry, Canal Zone. May II.
Col. John-L. Glenn. quartermaster corps.
on duty in the once of the quartermas-
ter general, August Il. ,.f-
Col. OHM c. Gresham, cavalry. on duty
at headquarters Of the Western Depart
ment. September Is.
Col: Charles n. oConnor, cavalry, on
duty with the inspector generals depart
ment at the headquarters Of the Central
Department. October g.. 90
Col. Henry Kirby, infantry. Washing
ton, d. c.. October 20. ~, -. ~ -
Col. F. B. Mccoy, Thirtieth Infantry.
on duty at the Preside OF San Francisco,
October .. - -'-.- - r'S's -
MaJ.eGen. William II. Carter. COM
manding the Hawaiian Department. No
vember 10. r., 49,.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Eberle Coming Here.

The Washington Navy Yard Is to un-
dergo a change Of administration shortly
through the return of Capt Hilary
Jones. the present commandant to sea
duty following q course at the Naval
War College. Capt Jones will be sue
lceeded by Capt Edward w. Eberle, now
In command Of the cruiser Washington.
Changes in the personnel to be deter
mined by the department in the near fu-
ture involve the positions Of eomman-
dants at Norfolk. Portsmouth. N. H, ahd
Puget Sound, the commanding officers OF
the Connecticut and Washington. and Of
war college OF Brazil at Rio de Jsneiro
under authority conferred by q recently
enacted joint resolution OF Congress The
|commandant positions at Portsmouth and
Puget Sound have been vacant for sew
eral months, and Il had been expected
that they would have been filled long
before this, and the place at Norfolk be-
came vacant several weeks ago on the
transfer Of Rear Admiral Nathaniel r
Usher to duty as commandant at New
York. The command Of. the Connecticut
became vacant recently upon the trans
fer Of Capt John J. Knapp to Washing
ton for duty as q member OF the naval
examining and retiring boards, and COM
mand Of the Washington Is about to be-
come vacant by transfer of Capt Ed
ward W. Eberie to duty as commandant
at the navy yard, Washington, succeed
ing Capt Hillary p. Jones, who will go
to the naval war college and thence to
sea duty. Two officers are TO he selected
for the instruction duty at Rio. A pay
oficer is to be assigned to the hospital
ship solace, in accordance with a recent
decision OF the Navy Department
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Washington Navy Yard

The social activity Of the washington
Navy Yard will be considerably accelel
rated by the advent Of the new com.
mandant and his wife, Capt. and Anrs
Eberle. The present commandant, Can't
Hilary P. Jones. is a bachelor.
Taking advantage Of the spring-likS
weather in Washington, there were nany
callers at the yard on Monday, although
the wives OF the oficefs on duty there
are not yet observing a formal day Al
home. With the return OF the band
gayety will again be resumed.
Mrs. George Barnett, wife Of Maj. Gan
Barnett, commandant. u. s. II. C., has
closed her country home In MARYLAND
and returned to marine headquartsr1 10
the winter.
Mrs. Eberle. wife Of Capt. T. W. e.
erie, u. s. N, who will relieve Cap2
Hilary P. Jones, o. 8. N, as conmau'
dant OF the navy yard, has returned q
New York after brief visit to her sisted
Mrs. Knapp, wife Of Capt. J. J. Knan1
U. s. N.
Lieut.. Commander William r. Sayles
jr., and Mrs. Sayies. who have been with
Capt Theodore A. Baldwin, jr, U. s. A.
and Mrs. Baldwin, have returned to theAi
home in New York.
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. Leigh q
Palmer entertained in honor Of Nm
Margaret Alexander, Of Atlanta, Ca
Rear Admiral z. H. Gheen. U. s. N
and Mrs Gheen gave a party for thei
daughters, the Misses Gheen-
Misses Ruth and Alice Garland. wht
have been in Washington for the weddin1
of Miss Mary NJ. McCauley and Assistant
Constructor Herbert s. Howard, U. 8. N.
have returned to their home in Boston.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Bristow for Funston.

Following the announcement that Brig.
Gen. Hugh L. Scott, now assistant chief
Of stan, will succeed Maj Gen. w. w.
latter's retirement one week from to-
morrow, Army circles are wondering who
will be given the rank Of major general
as the result of the change A brisk fight
between Senator Bristow, Of Kansas, and
the White House, may result from an
attempt to confirm any other nomination
for the billet than Gen. Frederick L.
Funston. an idol Of the sunfower State.
Succeeding vacancies in the grade Of
major general have afforded an oppor-
tunity in the last three or four years
for the friends of Brig Gen. Frederick
Funston to suggest, II not urge, the
nomination of that officer to q major gem
eralcy, and Senator Bristow, Of Kansas,
has been particularly active in the pre-
sentation of Gen. Funston's name for
consideration. The prospect that Gen.
Scott viii be detailed to duty as Chief
of stan may be considered by President
Wilson as a sufficient reason for the ap-
pointment Of that oficer as a major gem
eral, vice Wotherspoon, in which event
Gen. Funston's appointment as q major
general would have to be deferred until
next year, when a vacancy In the higher
grade viii occur on April q by the retire
ment Of Gen. Murray and, again, on No
vember - by the retirement Of Gen. Car
ter: but, inasmuch as Senator BrfAoW'a
term in the United States Senate expires
on March 4. he may not be willing to
intrust to his successor from Kansas the
appointment Of Gen. Funston. Mr.. Bris-
tow has on several occasions vigorously
announced his determination to have Gen
Funston recognized, maintaining that he
should be relieved Of the title Of per
petuai brigadier,@ which has been ap-
Piled to that officer In sympathetic
jocosity. Senator Bristow may threaten
70 block the confirmation OF any other
officer than Gen. Funston. who is nomi-
mated vice Wotherspoon. On the other
hand. Il has been considered at the War
Department and at the Capitol that the
Chief of Star OF the army should have
the rank Of major general. and this would
Justify the Precedent in nominating and
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Garrison Wants Increase.

Without making any specific recon
mendations as to how many troops should
be added to the regular army, it is un-
derstood that the Secretary of War win
call the attention of Congress to the i'm
portance Of an increase in the strength
of the army. The Secretary, after 6
careful study Of the needs of the, garri-
sons At Hawaii. the Panama Canal. and
the Philippines. has reached the conclu-
sion that the time has arrived when Con-
army. In. providing for an sadeduate
mobile force on the Panama Canal
one regiment. the Fifth. Infantry, will
sail for the Canal Zone on No
vember Is. and another regiment Of
infantry. probably the Twenty-ninth In
fantry. WIN so to the canal early in the
spring. To complete the force on the
canal II will be neeesssrysto. :, d q resi-
ment. OF cavalry and g battalion Of field
artillery from the small force OF regular
troops which remains in the United
States When the Thirtieth Infantry,
which hasSbeen ordered from the Preside
Of San Francisco, n Plattsburg, N. T.,
arrives at Its new station there win then
be in the Eastern Department only the
Second Cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen. one
squadron Of the Fifth Cavalry at Fort
Myer. the Third Infantry at Madison
Barracks and Fort Ontario and Batteries
d, 3. and F. OF the Third Field Artillery,
at Fort Hyer. On the Western coast there
VIII be remaining one battalion OF the
Infantry at Vancouver Bar
racks and the entire Tweaty-first Infan-
try at the same post. All. the rest OF
the mobile army win either be on the
Mexican border. at Vera Cruz, or on
foreign garrison In addition to this
there is- shortage in the coast ardnsry
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

board, Of which Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt IL the head, IL practically COM
plete as 10 matters dealing with the line
but no final decision has been reached as
to recommendation Of q method OF Insur-
ing dow Of promotion In the stan. The
report viii recommend the establishment
for the line OF an active reserve list to
which selected officers annually win be
Transferred from the active list, the ON
GERS 80 transferred not to be IN line Of
promotion. but subject TO assignment to
certain duties. II is proposed to trans
fer to this list every year i've captains,
thirteen commanders, twenty lieutenant
commanders. and eighty lieutenants,
thereby creating us vacancies above the
grade Of Junior lieutenant, and these
transfers will be irrespective Of the
number of vacancies occurring annually
IN the line by reason Of retirements and
grades below that Of captain would be
made by q board Of five captains, and q
board Of ive rear admirals would review
the selections Of the captains board and
also make selections for transfer from
the grade OF captain. The method pro-
posed already Is being criticised as ad-
bering In principle to the pluclxing sys-
tenn, which has been 50 violently attacked
in and out of Congress. and IL Is asserted
thAt - oetNeen the present ana proposed
methods there merely Is a distinction
without q material difference. It is ap-
preciated that selection of officers for
relegation to q list on which they would
be suspended from promotion and yet be
subject 70 performance Of duty would
cause Rs much trouble as the selection
and transfer OF officers from the active
to the leisure Of the retired list The
stan does not seem to be able to agree
upon method OF maintaining q flow of
promotion Of stan officers. II the active
reserve list were adopted along with pro-
potion OF stan officers with running
mates in the lIne. It would seem that pro-
motion In the star would be accelerated.
but II appears that some desire also to
apply a system OF elimination to the staff
II Is this controversy as to the stan that
Is delaying agreement upon and submits
sion Of the report"
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Fifth Cavalry Changes.

The following changes in the assiEn-
ments OF officers OF the Fifth CayaIry|
are ordered to take effect November Il
1914: Capt Harry o. willard Is as
signed to Troop H, Fifth Cavalry, and
VIII proceed at the proper time to join
that troop; Capt Lewis Forester is re-
lieved from assignment to Troop H, and
wiz proceed at the proper time to Fort
Myer, Va, and report to commanding
oficer. Fifth Cavalry, for duty. Coct. q,
War d.
Leave two months and fifteen days
about December 20, 1914 to First Lieut.
Robert N. Barton, Fifth Cavalry CSoy. q
War d..
Second Lieut.. Edwin 8. Blackwell. ir. :.
Fifth Cavalry. from treatment at the
general hospital. Fort Bayard, N. Mex.
to Fort Bliss, Tex. for duty with a troop
of Fifteenth Cavalry COct- ., War d..
Second Lieut. Francis c. " Crowley,
Fifth Cavalry, will proceed to Fort Lo-
gan' Colo, and report in person to coz
manding officer OF that post with a view
to his examination to determine his fit-
ness for detail in the aviation section OF
the Signal Corps Nov. ., War d..
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
STOP Jap AVIATOR. !

In view Of the vital importance TO our
Far Eastern situation Of the Pearl Har-
Dor naval base IN Hawaii, the foIloWins
dispatch from Honolulu takes on peculies
and sinister signidcance:
Honolulu. Nov a-TWo Japanese avia-
tors making exhibition lights here were
stopped By the police today after -
hrst flight A conference followed imuo-
diately. attended by MAJ. Gen. W. n
Carter. commander Of the Department. 0f
HAWAII; Rear Admiral c. B. p
moore U. s. n. commanding Of fh8
naval station at Pearl Harbor; Gov 1u-
cius e. Pinkham. and other officials
None would discuss the confsrence.
The German gunboat Geir still II in
the harbor under repair, and the Japan
ese battleship Htzen and the cruises
Asama are In the ofing. It was sur
missed the possibility Of sending or r.
ceiving signals might have caused the -
ton"
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Armor Plant Probe.

Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, chief OF
ordnance OF the navy, has been added to
the committee, consisting OF Senator Till
man. chairman OF the Senate Naval Com
mittee, and Representative Padgett. chair
man OF the House Naval Committee, to
investigate and report at the next ses-
sion Of Congress upon the cost Of erec-
ton Of an armor plant to enable the
United States to manufacture its own
armor plate and specIal-treatment steel.
capable Of standing all ballistic and
other necessary tests required for use in
vessels Of the navy. at the lowest possible
cost to the government. taking into con-
sideration all of the elements necessary
for the economical and successful opera
ton OF such a plant The committee was
provided for and required by the naval
appropriation act Of June 30 last, which
law specified that the chairmen Of the
two naval committees should compose
this armor-plant committee with "one
naval oficer to be selected by the Sec
retary of the Navy" that ofiicer being.
appropriately and as was anticipated, the
head of the Ordnance Bureau The com
mittee will leave Washington about No
vember Is or II and visit the three armor
plants in this country with the intention
OF making an investigation, which shall
be an original one without reference to
the information hitherto acquired in the
same direction and independent OF pre-
yious conclusions on the subject The
report Of the committee viii contain the
estimated cost Of a plant and site sum-
Client to accommodate a plant having an
annual output capacity Of 1900 tons. and
also a plant having an output Of 1900
tons, and also an itemized statement of
the estimated cost of the necessary build
ings, machinery. and accessories for each.
together with the estimated annual cost
and maintenance Of each and the esti-
mated cost Of the finished product Con-
gress has appropriated 5000 to pay the
expenses OF the committee. and II is ex-
pected that the report viii be ready dur
ing the first month OF the coming season.
Army and Navy Register.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Retirements IN Navy.

Eight rear admirals come IN for rs-
tirement from active service during I0lk
among them Rear Admirals BadKnr.
Cowles, and Beatty; The retirement ~
In order Of their occurrence, follows:
Rear Admiral George s. Willis, fnEpes-
tor Of engineering material with STA
ton at Philadelphia, February q. (AddF
tional number in grade)
Medical Director E. H. Green, president
OF the naval examining board and board
OF medical examiners. April Is
Rear Admiral R n Doyle, commands.
in-chief Of the Pacific reserve feet, ~ a.
Rear Admiral John R. Edwards, com
mandant navy yard, Charleston, 8. c.,
July 8. additional number in srade)
Rear Admiral Walter C. CowieS, cou-
mander-tn-chief OF the Asiaktc neet,
July IL.
Rear Admiral C. B. 7. Moore, csnu.u-
dant Of the naval station, HonoRnln,
July ..
Pay Director John N. speeI, sDscs-f
duty, Navy Department, July %.
Rear Admiral c. J. Badger, general
board and army and navy court board
August 6.
Pay Director Reah Frazer. IN char
OF navy pay of1ce, New York, August =.
Rear Admiral Alfred Reynolds. pref
dent naval examining and retiring boards,
September Z.
Pay Director Mitchell C. Macdonald. on
duty at naval hospital Yokohama. Sep
Rear Admiral F. E. Beatty. commander
third division, Atlantic feet, November s..
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Commissions for Students.

Issuing temporary commissions as sec
ond lieutenant or cadet In the regular
army is among the plans for graduates
Of the students' summer military camps
that are being discussed by the General
Staff OF the Army. The camps last year
were such a success that the Secretary
Of War has decided to make them an i'm
portant part Of the work in an educa-
tional line to be done by the army. For
the past five or six weeks the question Of
the future OF the camps has been under
consideration both In the War Depart
ment. and at the War College. In all
probability the length Of the school ses-
sion win be extended next summer to
threesmonths. which will permit broad
ening of the scope Of the'work done.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Strength of Army.

The returns for the year ending June 3o
1914. showed a net increase Of 2l07 enlisted
men in the authorized strength Of. thl
regular army. the total being 4.sS3 Officer
and sz,ST enlisted man. There were an
proximately ASS vacancies, a decreasN
2.s0s compared with 1913 The vacar
in the Philippine Scouts Increased fron|
- to 81. The officers on detached servicl
numbered 900. There were 102 retired ofnI
GERS on active duty. OF S7.22S enIlstments
n.eu were re-enlistments, marked in
crease IN the relative number. OF tht
whites enlisting 81 per cent were natiye|
OF the United States Regimental recruit
ing was 4 failure. securing only ffty-nvl
enllstmentsl On August p, lslL ther|
were ga cadets on the rolls Of the MIlitarj
Academy.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Service Personals.

The marriage Of Miss Marguerite s. lie
Breton, daughter Of Mrs. Alfred LIE Bre-
ton, to Ralph S. Brainsford, Of New York.
win take place Monday at the home of
the brides brother, Lieut.. David N. lie
Breton, y. s. N, in this city. The we'd
ding Is expected to be one Of the most
brilliant affairs Of the early winter sea-
son. Miss lie Breton is granddaughter
Of the late Commander David Stockton
McDougal, an of1cer OF the navy after
whom the destroyer McDougal was
named. She was the sponsor for the de-
stroyer when II was launched at Bath,
Ne, q year ago. Lieut. LIE Breton is an
aid on the stan Of Admiral Dewey, at
Washington.
Word has been received in this city OF
the death Of Capt Ernst Robert Krause,
Of the Imperial German marine infantry,
who IN 1900 married Miss Sarah CrandaIi
Wiltse, daughter OF the late Capt Gilbert
G. Wiltse, q. s. n, and q niece Of Mr..
Steele Capt Krause fell mortally wound
ed In the attack by the German forces
on Antwerp October 6 and died In the
Red Cross Hospital two days afterward.
On hearing OF her husband being fatally
wounded, Mrs Krause obtained A epecfal
permit to see him. but he died before she
could reach him. He was buried at
Malines, Belgium. but the body win be
removed from there At the proper time
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
TEST Is-mCH NAVAL eUz.

A sIxtesn-laeh Flne. the largest
tyre in the AneFieaa navy, -
being tested ~ lhe Indian Head
proving sroundH, neesrding - an
uneonarned rsDsrt whach gained
ereaenes yesteraay. The report
declared u was secretly turned
cut oaly q short tine age from
the washingtoa navy Yard.
The largest FiAes new used IN
the navy are ll-ineh weapoaa.
II is believed that the new type
was designed for the arnamenf
Of the thres baftIeships ordered
eonstFueted by Congress at IT'S
last session.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

the Senate In confirming the appointmen,
OF Gen. Scott as a major general II Gen.
Scott Is to be detailed as Chief Of Stan.
There Is 80 much Senatorial friendiinesz
for Gen. Funston that he IL destined 70
be appointed q major general on the re-
tirement OF Gen. Murray In April II he
is not appointed to the grade on the 70
tirement Of Gen. Wotherspoon this
month. It is. indeed. only the peculiar
circumstances attending the possibility
Of Gen. Scott's detail a. Chief Of tSan
which win operate to defer Gen. Funs-
tons advancement.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
rHYsfCAI TEsrs ORDERED

Through m smeiaI nstiaea-
sion Of the War Departnent. H.
sued yesterday, an smeers of the
army ~ to the rank Of Aator.
within the District ana its In
mediate vicinity, are to report
at the Array Medical H<useun for
physical examinatioa. MAI. Car
roll D. Buck WIN esnducf therex-
aminations.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Army Aviators Injured,

Capt. L E Goodier, IT., U. s. AZ
aviation section. Signal Corps, and GlenA
Martin. well-known aviator, were badly
injured by fall Of close to 100 feet at
San Diego. Cal, Thursday. The accident
occurred near the Army Aviation CAM
on North Island, across the bay From
San Diego. The machine was demon
strating for the government It was said
at the hospital that although their fniu1
ries were serious, both men would 10
cover.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Competition IN Buying.

The stomaehs OF Uncle Sans jackies
are not to be placed at the disposal Of
enterprising marketers Of near-food pro-
ducts which the navy Is constantly be-
ing importuned to purchase Only articles
On which competition can be had WIN be
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Will INSPECT JUPITER

Secretary DanieIs and n num-
ber OF other naval oGieeFs VIII
70 to Annapolis Deeember to
inspect the naval collier Jupiter,
which has Just arrived. from Cali
ifernIa through the Panama
Canal.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Personnel Board Report.

The following forecast Of the report
Of the naval personnel board, Congress
recent substitute for the ''plucking
board" Is contained In yesterdays issue
Of the Army and Navy Register:
''The report. Of the navy personnel
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

troops. As Brig. Gen. q. N. Weaver.
Chief of Coast artillery. stated IN his
annual report. there are not half enough
coast artillery troops in the United States
to man its fortincationa With these
facts before him the Secretary can hardly
fail to see the great need for an increase
In the strength OF the army. It has not
been decided how the Thirtieth; Infantry
Wfil be transported. from the Pacific
that y will be sent by transport through
the Panama Canal
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Eiisc d EmoPean War Seen in iss in Military EslabIIshmenI

eligible are Capts. Glen =. Jenks an1
James B. Dillard. Of the Coast Artillerl
Corps