The Washington herald., 1915-03-14

caIly. reproduction "f the design Of
the Pennsylvania.
The new designs have taken into con-
sideration thu. development Of submarine
attack, and there has been special pro-
vision for underwater subdivision 70
IocaliGe the effect OF the explosions. II
is believed the conditions have been luiLy
Inet The latest phase of naval deVei-
OpInent in European waters. the success
ful determination uf the German sur-
marines. j. viewed with keen interest
BY III" naval authorities. That
some thing viii, II l..Ls been expected as
the inevitable consequence OF the acti'-
:ty and effectiveness Of the submarines
The navy is 10 possess Il dirigible bal
loon. provided an acceptable proposal Is
received in reply TO an invitation for pids
shortly to b. mad" by the bureau or
supplies and accounts. The AVIATION
o.tirr of The Nav Department has pre-
rare,I specifications for diriSible of the
Vadctta typo. complete. with the neces-
sary power plant.
Tn. balloon will have the following
dimensions: i length OF Us feet. height
OF - ic..l, AMI a width OF - feet. 1t
will have a capacity Of 1850 pounds Of
,ou,I ard with that Iull load must be
camille % an ascent of at least 3.c" feet
v-itEnU, d;Spos;t OH OF ballast and = de-
s,..,,, a; rh.. I.r1.. of at least six feet per
Sc, ond from the altitude of 500 feet.
The sDcCiflca tons also call for TWO Npal-
Io,neftcs' Tn,. dirigibie will have twin
s,.raws on, uf III" rvquirements Is
,,.rformnnc,. on the trial trip OF fifteen
rifles in q puffy wind without stopping.
'rne Giri-iDic must possess speed OF
tvcnt;-l., g miles PEI hot ana must ne
abb to make Il. fui! speed continuous!
ror to nOurS. There Is an apProprla-
rin,, Of sTr,L,sJ for .,e"unautics IN the
navy, ar compared with s3oo.pro Whl"n
CONGRESS has appropriated for AVIATION
i'll the Amy.
TN" Army Ord aI.Ge Department as GSt
has taken 10 steps for requirement o!
arInorrd motor cars under the Item IN the
army appropriation act sppropr!ating $t''-
80 fur that purpose. Contemplated tests
~ rlotor-driven vehicles TO determine
their .uitability :or drawing field artil-
Ierv and other heavy loads for military
purposes in THE country have been de-
lad by nondeiive OF the vehicles at
Rock Island Arsenal. in the vicinity OF
which place the tests will be held
one of the vehiclc1 - four-wheei-
.irive truck. and 1t is proposed 10 use 1t
also IN connection with experiments 20
ASCERTAIN tI4t Dcs( VI bioNSNSi44S
By metal shields the men and machine
guns carried thereby. Probably the mill
tary service will require al least two
PES OF armored motor vehicles-one a
. comparatively light high-speed car ior
recon n:.issaTcc AID raidIng purposes. car
ryin- two machine guns and ammunition
therefor. AID the other It heavier anu
slower vehicle, carrying. perhaps, two =
men guns.
I'll. Paymaster General OF the Navy
has .ssGed u circular letter for tine IN
formation and guidance OF discussing OIL
Gers Of the navy pay corps charged With
withholding the normal income tax ana
the accountability for the amount SO
withheld Hereafter no aisburs!ng officer
will withhold at the source any tax unit.
the amount actually paid by him TO an IN
dividual during the calendar year IS IL
excess OF $500 or si,VJc. according 10 the
exemption claim. lnasmuch there are
many transfers Of officers. il is probable
that in many cases the accounts will not
be carried by the SANE pay officer for the
full calendar year. and this would affect
the individual also whenever pay off,
er il deta ched within tine calendar year.
IL such instances the officer who has u
taxable income must make his own re
turn 10 the revenue officials.
T.Ie special committee, Consisting ~ tHe
chairmen OF the House and Senate Naval
Committees and tho naval CHIEF OF ord
nance. to inVestigat. the cost OF an ar
NOR plant mas made its report 10 Con-
gress IN accordance with legislative de-
mand X will be necessary to have the
aid OF engineers and metallurStsts 10
formulate plans in detaiil No attempt
is made TO give the cost of buildings or
equipment. THE estimates are made for
a Io.1C-tor End q 2UGS-ton plant. The re-
pairs and maintenance OF the former
would cost ses4.1G2 4 year and OF the
latter T,Gi.i$S u is estimated that the
probable cost OF ar1lor in a 10.00p-ton
pia Z when operatin IN full capacity
woIld be about $685. a tong and that in
q 20 t-rl-toD plant s2So.
There mas not been IN many years so
much prosperity in recruiting for the
establishment. In the
Navy Department some consideration
has been given to closing certain re-
cruiting offices. but it has been con-
GUIDED that this IS not necessary and isl