The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
Army and Navy Comment

The semi-annual report OF the Army
Athletic Council. for the winter and
spring, 1914-l5. United States Military
Academy. has just bene issued. Col. c. De
1 w. Wilcox, L. S. A, is president OF
the Athletic Council. In the financial
sta tement it appears that the cost of
| football for the athletic year. July l, 1914.
/ to July !. 1915, was sl6.2i7, of which 1855
was spent for coaches and practically the
same amount for guarantees. The cost
of baseball was $3.50, of basketball
s2.C05, and of hockey sji7. The smallest
expense for any sport was the SIS spent
for golf. the second smallest being polo
with So. In this report may be found
| n list Of all those who have won the
initial A. since 1891 inclusive. given by
classes. The class of 1912 leads in this
with twenty-one names, closely followed
by 90. 'OS and 10 each with twenty
The class OF Is is already in the list with
eleven names, as are II with seven and
Is with four names. Any one who has
kept up with academy athletics can
scarcely read this a. list without feel
ing a thrill on seeing such names as
Merillat. Devore and others conspicuous
in the reports of the great sport achieve
ments of the academy and on having the
scenes in which they won distinction
brought before the minds eye.
G. Arthur Bell IN charge of the Bureau
of Animal Industry has heard that there
was a possibility Of the government
horse-brec ding activities being transferred
TO the War Department. on the theory
that the work belongs there. as the army
knows the type of horse it requires for
active service. Mr.. Bell said of the work
of his department: We find a constant
growth in the desire to patronZe our
horses. but unfortunately we are ham,
pered by the lack of sufficient money
In 1913 we had forty-one stations, to
which !,5J7 mares were bred. In 1914
iorty-three stations were in service and
20l3 mares were bred. Because our ap-
preparation was cut We had to reduce
the number of stations to thirty-seven.
Notwithstanding this, there have been
bred to date more than 1900 mares and
when the returns for the Morgan horse.
which left the Middlebury (Vt) depot
late. are all in there will be more than
1000 mares. or an average of about nifty
five maIes per horse. as against forty
seven in 1914 and thirty-eight in 1873
This year Congress appropriated only
$4,000 for the raising of stock from
thoroughbred and trotting sires in charge
of the Bureau of Animal Industry. In
1913 the amount was $4,000. and in 1914
horse-breeding purposes and the Car
added 100000 from his private purse
The Naval Board of Inspection and
Survey for Ships of the Navy Depart
ment is making a survey of all the Amer
lean merchnat vessels with a view to
their use by the government in the event
of war. Every ship which flies the
American flag is being taken into con-
sideration. its tonnage. condition. speed.
etc. noted. together with it's availability
as an auxiliary of the United States
navy. The survey will include the YES
sells on the Great Lakes as we'll as ocean,
going ships. The government already
has in hand complete list of the Ger
man merchant ships, as well as the two
warships. now informed in American
waters.
The Twenty-seventh Infantry will go
to the Philippines directly from Gal
weston. through the Panama Canal. in
the transport Buford. which is expected
to sail August 70 1t probably will not
stop at San Francisco, but go direct to
Honolulu, and on its return trip will
bring back the service passengers for
whom there is no room in the regular
transport, estimated at 400 in number. /
BY sending the Twenty-seventh Resi-
ment on the transport. it is estimated
that saving of 10000 will be made
in transportation. This deprives the
Twenty-seventh Regiment of an opportu-
nifty to see the San Francisco Fair.
Federal officers say that probably 1000
men have been enlisted on the American
side of the border to fight for Carranza
and Villa. Eleven Mexicans have been |
arrested at Laredo. Eagle Pass. and |
Del Rio, Tex, charged with enlisting |