The Washington herald., 1916-12-25
Army and Navy News
Hest Service coinmn is city.

ie Wnether the House Military Commit
tee win recommend that every able bodied
male citizen of the United States be
drafted for military training depends on
two men. a poll indicates.
THESE two men-both Democrats-are
believed to be dissatisfied with the pres
ent National Guard system They are
Representatives Hull, of Tennes ssee, and
Nichols, of South Carolina.
Representative Hull said recently that
the testimony OF Gen. Scott, chief OF
stan. In favor Of the universal military
training system. had left him open 10
conviction.
OF the thirteen Democratic members OF
the committee eight are frankly opposed
TO the principle of any form of compul-
sorry military training. Six Of the seven
Republican members favor the plan.
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Diplomas have been awarded to six
teen commissioned men Of the Navy who
have been In attendance at the Naval
War College since January 1 last
The presentations were made by Reer
Admiral Austin M. Knight, president OF
the college. following a brief speech. Aft
er the exercises, Rear Admiral knight,
assisted by his daughter, Miss Katherine
g. Knight, gave a reception to the on
GERS and their wives.
| Those receiving diplomas and their as
oiBhhhcntS IOHOW.
Capt. Harry MOL P. Huse to Naval
Examining Board, Washington; Capt Al
bert p. Niblack. to the Naval Genera.
Board; Capt Edwin A. Anderson. as su-
pervisor Of naval auxiliaries, Norfolk;
Capt Joseph l. Jayne, to command naval
aeronautic station, Pensacola; Capt.
| Sumner e. W. Kittelle, to command the
Georgia; Commander Charles r. Preston,
to command the coast torpedo force, Pa
cihc Fleet and the Milwaukee; Com
mander Thomas T. Craven. to command
the sacramento; Commander Luke Nc
Nance, Naval War College stan; Sur
geon Dudley N. Carpenter, duty at train
Ing station; Lieut.. Commander Walter G.
Roper, unassigned; Lieut.. Commander
Allen Buchanan, Naval Militia ONCE,
Washington; Lieut.. Charles Belknap, jr,
/ ONCE Naval Operations.
Lieut. Herbert e. Kays, aid to COM
mandant, Narragansett Bay; Lieut.. Rich
ard p. Mccullough. navy yard, New
York; Lieut.. Lemuel M. Stevens. navy re-
cruiting ofice, Chicago. and Lieut. Hal
loway H. Frost, unassigned.
Plans of the Naval General Board for
the development of various navy yards
are being considered by Navy Depart
! ment oficials in connection with the re-
suits Of the study Of the situation made
by q special body of officers, Of which
Rear Admiral Mayo is the head.
| The general boards plan for the de-
velopment Of the New York Navy Yard
lcontemplates its development to the lin
1t Of its capabilities as the main supply
! base for the feet in time of war, with
special reference to shipbuilding and ship
repair facilities and with the recommen-
dation for the acquisition of an addi-
tional site.
| The board believes that the navy yard
at Charleston should be retained as a
subsidiary base and its development lin
tied to utilizing the yard for repairing
and maintaining reserve destroyers and
! torpedo vessels on the Atlantic coast
The navy yard at Puget Sound is rec
| ommended as the main repair and SUP
ply base on the Pacific coast, while
Pearl Harbor is to be developed as the
main outlying permanent base in the Pa
ciic.
1t is proposed that the navy yard at
Boston shall be retained in its present
status as a subsidiary base until two
principal Atlantic bases have been pro-
vtded to care for the fleet
The Mayo board will also receive the
report OF the logistic committee on the
subject Of storehouses, provision for which
must be made now In anticipation Of
the accumulation of fuel, clothing food,
and other supplies to meet the require
ments Of war. 1t is urged that funds
be now appropriated for increasing the
storage facilities at New York, Philadel-
phia. Norfolk, Puget Sound, and Mare Is
land.