The Washington herald., 1916-06-15
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Secretary of War Baker has followed
the example of his predecessors in the
War Department by disapproving legis-
lation which proposes to regulate the
method Of directing the work of govern
ment employees, particularly insofar as
such legislation tends to impair the out
put and operation OF arsenals and other
plants under the control o: the War De
partment.
Representative Clyde H. Tavenner. Of
Illinois, Is the father Of d bill which
would make 1t illegal for any officer in
charge of employees Of the United States
to use a stop-watch or any other time
measuring device TO make a study Of q
job between the time it was started and
the time it was finished The bill would
also impose a fine of 500 or six months
imprisonment for the payment of any
premium or bonus for rush" work.
The Tavenner bill is generally credited
with having been presented in the inter
ests of union labor. Its prohibition
against the timing of piece work is gen.
orally held to be bad from the depart
ments point of view. as 1t acts as a re-
straining influence on any effort to fix
an estimate of the amount Of time neCes-
sary to do a given amount of work.
Mr. Baker informed the Speaker OF
the House that the Tavenner bill would
be unwise and its enactment would be
"a grave misfortune to the public and to
the employees Of the government" partic-
ularly at the Watertown Arsenal.
Second Lieut. S B. Kennedy. formerly
stationed at the Marine Barracks at Mare
Island, Cal. has been placed in charge of
the Marine Corps camp at San Diego,
Cal, which has been almost stripped OF
its forces by the recent ordering of ma
rines to Santo Domingo.
At the present time. the marine camp
at San Diego includes about twenty-five
short-term men and number OF casuals
The fourth regiment of marines. under
Col. John H. Pendleton, has already left
San Diego for the East, where the men
will embark for the voyage to Santo
Domingo.
The fourth regiment includes about go
officers and enlisted men and these men
have been organized into a maCine-gun
company, a signal company, a landing
gun company and two infantry battalions
OF three companies each. The arrival
of the fourth company will increase the
marine forces in Haiti and San Domingo
to about 5000 men.
For every man who takes the course
of training at any Of the Official citizen
training camps of the army during the
summer. the government must pay out
Sl1.74 for uniforms, according to figures
made public by the War Department.
The uniform to be authorized at the
coming training camps, with the cost of
he various articles worn, follows: Cam
paign hat, S2l; one hat cord, cents;
two olive-drab flannel shirts, ST: two
cotton olive-drab breeches, s234: pair OF
leggings, so cents; pair of russet shoes,
$3.50
According to provisions governing the
training camps, the rockies will be al
lowed to purchase their uniforms, If they
so desire. but army officers estimate that
there will be large number of the stu
dents who will not do so. In such ca Sc
the used uniforms will be packed up al
the close Of the camp period, returned to
the nearest quartermastcr depot. where
they will be thoroughly cleansed and rem
ovated and laid away until needed again.
Commanding officers of the various
camps will be held responsible for the re-
turn of these uniforms.
The sum Of sse.90O will be required
to erect five magazine buildings at the
Frankford Arsenal, together with the
necessary fences, barriers, railway
spurs, sewer lines. lighting connec-
tions and other improvements, accord
ing to an estimate submitted to Con-
Eress by Secretary of War Baker.
The existing magazines at the