The Washington herald., 1915-11-18
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docks and shore stations is not gem
orally approved by Officers on duty at
the Navy Department and members OF
the General Board. Rear Admiral Ed
wards has always been regarded as an
extremist in advocating the enlarge
ment of navy yards. One of the MEM
bers OF the General Board remarked
that IL all OF the recommendations con-
tanned in the report made by Admiral
Edwards to the Navy Department were
carried out, the entire navy would De
ashore.
The General Board during the admins
tration Of Secretary Meyer. worked out
a plan for the development Of navy
Yards II was based the needs OF
the fleet in a general plan for defense
against an attack in the event of war.
This plan was called for the adjustment
OF a number Of the small yards and the
esta blishment OF few large yards The
only change in the situation that mas
taken place since then. that will make
some of the small yards available. has
been the development OF the submarine.
But this does not call for much increase
in the equipment of the small yards. 4
number Of them could be used for sub
marine bases. but aside from this a ma
jority Of the officers who have given
consideration TO the problem are in favor
of few large yards.
President Wilson has been invited to
attend the annual drill given at Fort
Myer for the benefit of the Army Relief
Society which takes place on Friday.
Dec. 3 Mrs Hugh l.. Scott. wife Of
Gen. Scott Chief Of stan. is chairman
OF the committee on arrangements and
she is being assisted by most Of the
ladies at Fort Myer in making plans
for the affair.
Col Wilbur F. Wilder. Fifth Cavalry.
is arranging for one of the most notable
exhibition drills that has even been Civ
en- at Fort Myer At the close of the
drill there is to be n tea and dance in the
administration building and the affair
promises to be one of the events OF the
season at the post. Similar affairs will
be held at most OF the LARGE army posts
in the United States. Hawaii and in the
Philippines. and Mrs Scott is ambitious
to raise a larger fund at Washington
than in any other place for the society.
She Is very hopeful of securing the at
tendance Of the President and possibly
some of the members of the Cabinet
Advices have been received by the Ad-
jutant General of the Army Of the ar
rival OF the transport Logan at San
Francisco. There were on board forty
officers. including Maj. Gen. Carter. Mai.
| Sheriff.. Corps Engineers: Capts. Lister.
Quartermaster Corps: McCleave. Burnett.
Infantry: Fales, Twenty-fourth Infantry
Lieuts. Wells. Malone. Infantry: True,
Twenty-fourth Infantry; Capts. Hanson.
Kremers, Mount, Lake. Register. Reddy,
Medical Corps: Lieut.. Riley, Medical
Reserve Corps; Stallman. dental surgeon.
acting dental surgeon: Kennedy. Hospital
Corps; serseants FIRST class, SENEGAL,
| Butler, Cushman, Eble, Taylor. James,
Elccck, Stevens, Pollard, Luhman,
Moore, Cook; Sergeants Cassaday,
Rosser, Bledsoe, Oberg: twenty-seven
privates, Duty Sergeant (first class,
Mimms: furlough. two privates; sick.
four privates: discharged. army nurse
corps). Mabel Berry; Ethel Tack, Ethel
Williamson. duty companies c and ],
Twenty-fourth Infantry; enlisted, Z5:
| casuaIs, post noncommissioned STAN, 9;
Quartermaster Corps, So; Ordnance De-
partment, ;: Signal Corps, Is; Engineer
Corps, 9; line, 73l; sick. 81; general priso-
| ners, S.
Navy officers reported at the depart
ment yesterday: Capt Kenneth Meal
| pine, inspector OF machinery works at
Newport News. on leave. Lieut.. Com
mander c. S. Kempff, U. s. S. Jupiter. on
leave. Lieut.. John II. S. Magruder. IT., U.
8. s. wyoming on leave. Ensign S. c.
StengeI. U. 8. S. Michigan, on leave, and
Boatswain L. II. Cutting, Norfolk, on
Il leave.