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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-04
ARMY ORDERS.

Lieut.. Col. Eneste v. Smith, Seventeenth In
fantry, Is transferred to the Sixth Infantry
Leave granted Capt Harry T. Matthew. Quar-
tGmaster Corps. who viii sail for his new station
October 5.
Mai. Peter ". Dawson Twenty-sixth Infantry il
detailed a member of the Board Of Road Com
missionas for Alaska Ice First Lieut. Louis A.
Kunlg. infantry, relieved.
Second Lieut.. Arthur r. Christie. infantry, il de-
tailed in the aviation section Of the Signal Corpa
and rated junior military sviatoF with tho
rank of first Lieutenant.
Leave for ten days il granted Ffrse Lieut.. David
D. Hogan, Medical Reserve Cora
Second Lieut.. Leslie MacDll Coast ARTILLERY
Corps. is detailed IN the aviation section and rated
a junior military aviator with the rank Of first
lieutenant.
So much Of paragraph s. Special Orders. No g.
As relates to Second Lieut. Philip r. Faymnnvlle.
Coast ARTILLERY Corps Is revoked.
Capt. Guy L. Qualls. Medical Corps. Win report
to the governor Of the Panama Canal
Capt Alfred P. Uishur, Medical Corps Win pro-
ceef to the Canal Zone and report TO the COM
rsrding general. United States troops for duty.
Fint Lieut.. Clarence Z. Partridge Ordinances
DEPARTMENT, will make four wits to the works Of
the Z. l. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company,
near Gibbs.own, n. J.. to inspect material for tbs
Ordnance Department
Leave for ten days IL granted First Lieut. Angus
tus B. Jones. Medical Reserve Cor&.
First Lieut.. James W. Hart. Medical Reserve
Corps will report to the commanding ohoer, waah-
Ipgton Barracks. d. O.. for duty.
First Lieut.. Frederick II. Mills. Medical Re-
serve Corrs ut Jackson Barracks, La, 10 assigned
to Fort Apache. Ariz.
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fore It closes. Gen. Scott returned June
8 from inspection of the camp and he
was enthusiastic in his praise of the
work that is being done there. He den
clared that he thought that the SYSTEM
OF training militia field artillery employed
at Tabyhanna will do much to develop
this arm Of the National Guard
The National Security League sent let
ters to the clergymen of New York re-
questing their aid in the nationwide
campaign to secure adequate preparation
for national defense. The single pur-
pose Of the league" the letter stated. ''is
to create public sentiment to which
Congress will respond by adopting the
defense plans prepared by the military
and naval experts and which are ample
for national security" Copies of the let
ter were also addressed to officers at
West Point and Annapolis and at the
army posts and upon the battleships Ac-
companying 1t was an abstract from the
report issued by the general hoard of
the navy and the general staff of the
army
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Testing Air on Submarines.

Tests have just been completed at
Newport on board one of the subma-
rines under the direction of Comman-
der Yates Stirling, Jr.. U. S. N, in COM
mand of the submarine fiotilla of the
Atlantic Fleet. These tests have had
to do with the publication of air on
board submarines, and the board Of Of
ficers which made the observations and
kept the records was submerged for sew
en- or eight hours.
The report is favorable to the appa
ratus. which was designed a year or
more ago and which was provnionally
installed for the purpose Of ascertain
ing 10 what extent the method might
be sufficiently useful to be generally
applied. 1t is stated that there Is I'M
doubted necessity for some changes on
board submarines by which there may
be a more dependable supply of pure
air, and undoubtedly the system which
has been tested will be adopted even.
tually, with some notifications which
are described as advantageous.
The tests In this direction were
inausurated about three years ago. when
considerable attention was given on the
subject by Naval Constructor William
McEntee, now on duty at the Washing
ton Navy Yard as construction officer.
and Passed Assistant Surgeon Z, w.
Brown. now attached to the U. S. s.
Raleigh. Some recent experiences oc-
CURED also in Philadelphia, when an in
ventor imprisoned himself for about sew
en- hours in a tank to demonstrate his
process of chemically purifying the air
in submarines. The demonstration was
observed by Naval Constructor Lloyd
Bankson, L. S. N, who Is on duty at
the Cramps Works as experimenting
constructor This process is not re-
ported as especially new or as contribu-
ting much of Importance to the sub
ject. in which material advances have
been made under the bureau Of construc-
ton and repair during the past two or
three
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West Point Notes

West Point, July 3.-Capt. and Mrs.
Goethals are away. Capt. Cocktails ac-
companying his father. Gen. Cocktails,
to Panama. where he expects to visit
for six weeks. and Mrs. Goethals to
Watertown with her family, where she
will stay until her husbands return.
when they plan to take trip to the
San Francisco exposition.
Gen. and Mrs. McCrea. who have
been the guests of their daughter.
Mrs Tschappat. for several weeks.
have gone to Sacketts Harbor for the
summer.
Mrs. Hodges. wife of Gen. Hodges.
has been the guest of Col. and Mrs.
Townsley for several weeks. Her son.
Cadet Hodges. member of the fourth
class. is recovering from appendicitis.
Mrs. Tschappat entertained on Fri
day afternoon with two tables of
bridge as a compliment to Mrs Peirce.
wife of Col. w. S. PIERCE, and Mines.
shaw. Coleman, Glade. Bell Gallagher,
Wildrick. and Oldfeld. Prizes were
won by Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Oldfield
Col. and Mrs. PIERCE have been stay
ing at the hotel for a few days.
Col. and Mrs. Townsley. Mrs.
Hodges, and Col. and Mrs. Walker
were the guests of the State park
commissioners at luncheon given on
Saturday at Bear Mountain Park to
open the season there.
Miss Julia Fiebeger gave tea Sat
urday for the Misses Caswell. Cook,
De Ronger. Epson, and Worthington
and a number of cadets.
Col. and Mrs Townsley entertained
at dinner on Wednesday evening for
Mrs Hodges. Gen. Darlington, Capt
and Mrs. Ennis. Miss Ennis, Miss
Townsley. Col. Smith. and Maj. Runcie
Recent visitors at West Point were
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In the event that Congress should
ort of reserve army Fort Myer would
iecome one of the large training sta
ions of the country. 1t is possible
hat Fort Myer would be the head
uarters of a division of over 10000
eservists, drawn from district COM
rising Maryland, Virginia, and Penn
wlvania.
OF course, no definite plans can be
formulated by the War Department
Until Congress passes some legislation
,ublic sentiment appears to be drift
he toward the Swiss system and 1t is
bought that Congress may respond to
his popular demand and provide for
he raising of a reserve army. Mill
ary authorities are of the opinion that
Congress should adopt a military
Iolicy of this character the regular
Irmy should be used as training
brce.
One of the plans discussed at the
Var College for the training of re-
eryists would be to divide the coun-
nv into districts. with mobilizing
Joint as near the center of the dis
riot as possible. These modifying or
raining points would be located at the
xistirfg military posts and Fort Myer
vould fit into the scheme very nicely
N all probability there will be a regi-
1ent of cavalry. field artillery, and in
antry from the regular army sta
Toned there. When the reservists are
ent to Fort Myer the regular army
epiment would be distributed among
he ORGANIZATIONS of the reserve army
S instructors and trainers.
By recent experiments it has been
o,1nd that recruits can be trained more
spidly when they are worked with regu-
,r troops than by any other system.
his scheme is now being used in the
,struction of field artillery OF the Ma
onaI Guard. A model camp of this
ind has been located upon the Toby
anna field artillery range. Militia offl-
ers and enlisted men of the guard field
rtillery are being sent to Tobyhanna,
here they are worked in pairs with the
OCULAR field artillery. AS soon as an
fficer or enlisted man of the guard
demonstrates that he can take care Of
is station in battery. the regular
rops out until the entire battery Is
tanned by militia officers and men.
To a certain extent It is thought that
lis scheme of training can be used in
le other arms of a reserve army as well
the artillery. 1t is for this purpose
,at Fort Myer will be used if Congress
reates reserve army. The members
the general staff are not agreed as
whether it would be the best policy
have the reservists go into training
Or one period of six months or to dis
-ibute the period of training throughout
NO or three years. Some of the officers
mink better results could be obtained
reservists could take intensified train
u for three months in the first year,
40 months in the second. and one for
ne third, after which they would pass
ito a force of trained reserves and only
called to the colors in the event of
ar 1t is known that Secretary Car
ne training of citizen soldiers and that
e believes that this can he done in six
aonths. In this proposition he viii have
ne support of the general staff. tnd-r
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Hibben Pleads for Defense.

President John Grier Hibben. of
Princeton University. follows up his
powerful plea for national military
protection delivered at the recent Lake
Mohonk conference with a paper in
the Independent of June IS on The
Colleges and National Defense" In
this DR.. Hibben demolishes many of
Meeting colleges with national military
preparedness. Some of the objections
he thus ably disposes of:
The objection that instruction in
military procedure creates a taste for
war in my opinion represents a very
superficial view. The causes which
produce desire for war on the part
of the people lie much deeper: they
spring from those darker sources Of
national greed. the love of conquest.
and the disregard of treaty obligations
and the rights of a weaker nation. The
desire to prepare oneself intelligently
to serve his country's need at time
of possible peril does not in itself
create the aggressive spirit of war. 1t
serves rather to emphasize the idea of
the seriousness of war. and the Sc
rious responsibility which any nation
assumes which chooses to act as ag-
gressor in so desperate an enterprise.
Another objection is that the ex-
hibition of interest in military affairs
by our colleges at this particular time
will be surely misinterpreted: 1t will
give the impression at least that war
is one of the necessities of national
experience. And 1t is still further
urged that the total indifference con-
corning everything that pertains to
war on the part of great intellectual
centers is in itself protest against
warfare of any kind whatsoever. The
only justification of such a point of
view is the theory that war can never
he UNSUITABLE and that there can be
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wait; let me see the end Of this
race"
But Admiral Won Muller persisted
and his launch advanced close to the
side Of the yacht Then. taking his
telescope case, the admiral placed the
dispatch inside and tossed II on the
deck Of the yacht, where it dropped
at the Kaiser's feet. His majesty
opened it. read the dispatch and turned
pale. A.moment passed. Then he was
heard distinctly to mutter:
well. everything has to be done
over again!"
AS soon as the Kaiser had informed
those standing around of the arch
dukes assassination. the flag was low
cred to half-mast, the race was stop
ped. and the yacht returned at full
speed to Kiel.
What did the Kaiser mean by those
words Everything over again." Was
he referring to the engagements en-
tered into at Konopischt in the middle
of June when he was the archduke's
guest? Was 1t the plan OF an immi-
nent military cooperation? Did he
foresee that NJ would have to negoti-
ate afresh with the new heir-presump-
tive. and did he spprehend difiiculties!
Or had he in his mind some other
plans which was upset BY this unex-
pected death? One thing 70 clear: The
archduke's death threatened to con.
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Fort Monroe Notes

Fort Monroe, July 3-Miss Litteil. OF
waahington: Miss Ellie Hall, of Mobile;
Miss Turner, of Birmingham: Miss Ar
rinston Butt, Miss Mildred Sassold. MIR.
Underwood, and Mr.. Mallan. OF Rich
mond. were weekend guests of Lieut..
and Miss Jemison.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Rose entertained at
dinner Sunday for Miss Jemison, Miss
Wing. Miss Hall. and Lieuts. Baird
Jemison, Wing, and Campbell.
Mrs. c. NJ. Seaman entertained at
bridge" Thursday afternoon for Mes
danes Haynes, Lincoln. Pettus. Tignor'
Masteller. Maddux. Moore. Bradley WI
drick, Pillsbury, Saunders, Pierce. WI.
son. Anderson, Stovall, and Stewart
Coming in for tea were Mesdames NC.
Kenney. Sperry. Rhoades, Pernau. and
Baker Prizes were won by Mesdames
Moore, Masteller, Stewart. and Pierce.
Lieut.. ]. X. Jemison gave a dinner Sat
urday at the Hotel Chamberlin for Lieut.
and Mrs. W. W. Rose. Miss Jemison
Miss Arlington Butt. Miss Mildred Sas'
sold, Miss LitteIl. Miss Ellie Hall. Mr.
Underwood, Mr.. Mallan, Capt. Humphrey
and Lieut.. Doig.
Col and Mrs Stark entertained at din
ner Sunday at the Chamberlin for Col
and Mrs. Haynes. Mrs. Fowler, Capt
and Mrs. Seaman. and Capt Brigham.
Mrs. C. NJ. Seaman was hostess at a
bridge" party Wednesday for Mesdames
Alley, Pierce. Mcneil. Chapman, Cox
McCune, Williford, Hall, Chambers
Chain, Barlow, Ide. Dodson. Clark, Hic'
kok, and Miss Pierce. Prizes were wor
by Mesdames Chapman. Cox, McCune
and Grain.
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Norfolk Navy Yard Notes

Norfolk, Va. July AIRS. John H.
Dayton and her mother, Mrs. Washington
Reed; Miss Esther Reed. and Mr.. WASH
ington Reed. jr.. left Sunday for New
port, r. l., where Mrs. Dayton has taken
a cottage for the summer.
Miss Marjorie Eldredge has left Tor
Providence, r. l.. to be the guest OF Miss
Olivia Hayden. and later. accompanied
by Mrs and Miss Hayden. she will so to
jamestown for the summer.
Ensign and Mrs George Barry Wilson
left Friday for Washington for short
stay.
Mrs. J. Psulding Murdoch and daush-
tiers, guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Nash. Portsmouth. have returned to their
home in Washington.
Mrs. Archibald II. Scales had luncheon
on the Franklin Friday in honor Of Mrs.
James p. Murdoch. of Washington.
Maj Gen. George Barnett has approved
the suggestion of Col. ]. E. Mahoney that
the marines learn to swim. and they will
be taught at the Norfolk Naval Y. NJ.
c. A.
Miss Parker. of Washington. is the
guest of Miss Margaret Van PatteD.
Cape Henry.
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War of Long-range Firing.

The London United Service Gazette
notes the fact that both by land and
by sea the present war has been largely
one of long range firing. To obtain the
maximum of advantage in trench and
modern sea fighting artillery of the high
est penetrating power and longest range
has been called for.
On sea the allies have brought 15-inch
guns into play. with an effective range
of upward of 1900 yards. while on land
the Germans have produced weapon
which will carry from an emplacement
near Dixmude in Flanders to the port
of Dunkirk in France, a distance which
exceeds twenty three miles. The best L.
inch guns of the British feet, of 80 cali
bers, throw a projectile Weighing $50
pounds a distance of 24.S14 yards. after
leaving the muzzle. with n velocity of
500 yards per second. The l35-inch
guns. of IS calibers. have a nv. Of 200
yards per second, and throw a 1.c5o-pound
shot q SIS yards with an accurate aim.
The 15-inch guns of the Queen Elizabeth
and her sisters throw projectile weigh
ing 1850 pounds distance of q, 1873 yards.
and they have nv. of 200 yards per
second. Given the necessary elevation
the 15-inch guns of Big Eliza" would
throw their projectiles about 5000 in
stead of 1900 yards. The difference, it
will be noticed. is over 100 per cent
Long range firing from ships guns de-
ponds as much upon the form Of the
portfolio of the turrets. batteries and
easements of a battleship, as upon the
weapons they mount. Most OF the ships
engaged at the Dardanelles are what are
known as pre-dreadnoughts and most of
the turret portfolios of these vessels are
cut to give their guns a maximum eleva-
ton OF 1915 degrees only, whereas at
least 30 degrees would be required to al
low the class of ordnance they carry to
throw their shot to the last possible yard
their cOrdte charges would send them.
Other countries. such as Japan, in her
Asahi and Shikishima. have exceeded the
1914 and given their turret guns 10 de-
grees of elevation. while the Italians
have provided some of their naval 10
inch guns in turrets with as much as
35 degrees. The Germans also have pro-
vided some of their warships with facili-
ties for extreme high angle firing. al
though exact figures are not available.
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Army and Navy lettings

Senator Penrose. of Pennsylvania.
has taken issue with former Presi-
dent Taft and others in their
plan for universal peace and has
characterized as fantastic and nom
sensicar' the hope of and efforts to-
ward, the abandonment of armament as
a means of permanently establishing the
peace of nations. In an address delivered
last week at Independence Hall at con-
vention of the Sons of Veterans Mr.. Pen
rose was emphatic in his advice that We
must be prepared for national defense.
He added: I'VE are not a military ma
ton. We never waged war for agrees
sion or for conquest. But We would be
ridiculous in the eyes of the world and
likely to invite attack and invasion If We
deliberately neglected reasonable de-
fense''
Secretary Garrison intends to accept
the advice OF Gen. Funston as final in
handling the troops on the border. Not
only has he held up at the request of
Gen. Funston the order transferring the
Ninth and Fifteenth Cavalry and the
Twenty seventh Infantry to the Philip
pines. but he has referred all appeals for
additional troops on the border to the
general. On June % the governor of
Texas wired to the Secretary a frantic
appeal for additional troops to guard the
border, and the request was promptly re-
ferred to Gen. Funston Reports of raids
across the border and a generally dis
turbed condition are being sent to WASH
ington with a view to impressing upon
the administration the importance of
Strengthening the border control. But
none of this correspondence Is having any
effect upon the national administration.
for Gen. Funston is competent to handle
the situation.
Arms and the Man notes the fact that
in 1895 Spain fought the United States
with weapons made in large part in Ger
many and loaded with German made
| ammunition. This government ut that
| time, well aware of the provisions of in
ternational law on the subject. made lie
protest. Neither did it take into ac-
! count the fact that certain distinguished
Austrians. obtaining commissions In the
Spanish army. fought against the Unit
! ed States in that war.
Sc favorably impressed with the work
that Is being done at Tobyhanna is Mai
Gen. Hugh l. Scott, chief of staff, that
he is urging the Secretary and the AS
sistant Secretary of War to visit the
! field artillery camp Of instruction be-
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SERAJEVO SHOT ruined
KAISER'S pet scheme.

Special Gable TO The Washington Herald.
= Copenhagen. July 3.-An account be-
came public here today Of what hap
pened on the Kaiser's yacht at Kiel
last summer when the news of the as
sassination at Serajevo arrived.
That afternoon one Of the greatest
races of the season was being held in
Kiel roadstead. and one Of the impe-
rial sailing vessels was taking part in
It. The Kaiser had gone aboard fast
yacht. which was following some dis
lance behind the leading group OF
racers.
Suddenly the approach Of the admir-
atty launch was signaled. A few min
utes more and she was within fifty
yards Of the yacht. Admiral Won Null
Ter. chief of the Emperor's naval cabi-
net. could be seen standing with big
envelope in his hand. The Kaiser was
usibly annoyed at this interruption
In the midst Of 50 interesting = CON-
test and he impatiently waved his
hand. ~ much - TO says :.
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HISTORIC HOUSE
Will Be moved
% Street Landmark to Be
Lowered from Top
of Hill.
ERECTED BY ENGLISHMAN
Washington Entertained There by
First Registrar of the United
States Treasury.
ERECTED BY ENGLISHMAN
BY G. EDMUND HATCHER.

Having stood in the middle of Q street.
between Twenty-seventh and Twenty
eighth streets northwest. for is years
and had the honor of being landmark
for more than a century. the residence
known as Belle Vue" is to be moved
from the crest of the hill to make way
for that particular step of progress
which provides for the extension of Y
street towards Georgetown from the new
O street viaduct over Rock Creek, the
entire work embracing one of the most
important improvements ever inauSurated
in that section Of the city.
Few houses in Washington are sur
rounded with so much historic interest
as this residence of revolutionary times,
for it was at Belle Vue' that Joseph
Nurse. first registrar OF the United States
Treasury during George Washington &
first term, as President. lived with his
family. entertained President Washing.
ton and other notable men OF the day
and transacted much of the financial
business of the country during its first
years as a republic. An Englishman who
came to america as an officer in the
British army is said to have erected the
residence. No brick were being made In
this section at the time, and the English
man brought the brick for the construc-
ton Of the house from England. Wealth
ering the heat Of the summers. the cold
Of the winters. and the storms of more
than q century, these brick are sound
and disable still. Only the mortar gives
indication of deterioration. Otherwise
the house is a remarkable testimonial &c
the solidity and efficiency. not to say
honesty, with which houses were erected
during that eighteenth century period.
RejuvenatinG an Old section.
About ten years ago after Belle Vue'
had become famous In those days q.
the only brick house In this section. anc
as one of GcorFe Washingtcn's favoritt
visiting places. Mr. Nurse sold the
properly to the Carroll family. who re
ts,rcd possession Of II until ISL, when 4
was 'eased 70 s'x years to Charles E
Rittenhouse a leading banker. who wa
associated IN business with Hamilton
FAINT. At the close Of the six-year leas,
in ISIS. Mr. Rit.enhcuse purchased thu
property and much Of it 10 stih owne<
BIZ his heirs. 4rs. TAemAs Hyd0 and Ma