The Washington herald., 1916-03-08
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The Herald's Army and Navy Department
and Most Complete News of Service and Personnel Published
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concentration from a regular army
officer will be acceptable to the Ca
madam government The supply Of
officers OF any service that would
qualify them for the grade OF even
second lieutenant is about exhausted
in Canada
Army OFFICERS reporting at the War
Department yesterday were Col Henry
c. Davis, c A. c; Capt Thomas L.
Cook. and Lieut.. Charles O'COn-
nor. NJ. {.
Among the navy officers who re-
ported at the Navy Dep8 rtment yes
terday were Commander D. NJ. Todd. L.
5. S. Dixie; Lieut.. Commander II. Mar
tin. L. S. Aero Station. and Lieut.. John
Greedy, L. 5. s. Culgoa.
Armor Plant Delayed.
Senator TiIlman, as chairman Of the
Senate Naval Committee and author and
ardent advocate of the project to es-
tablish a government plant for the man
ufaCture OF armOr for ships Of war.
is encountering considerable difficulty in
bringing the Senate to his view OF the
Importance of that measure His efforts
TO have his bill considered have been
frustrated repeatedly. and he has mani
tested Impotence which is justified on
the suspicion that the postponement Of
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on the part OF those who did not care
to more directly attack the measure
or who did not wish to bring the bill
to the test Of vote.
In the meantime. the friends OF the
measure have approached members of the
House Naval Committee with the suE-
gCstion that the TilIman bill be taken
up by that body and reported with
view to having II well on its way in
y al or
The answer to this, Of course is that
the bill is Of Senate origin and might
VERY properly he ignored until il reaches
the House with the Senate Endorsement
of it.
There is no special or active opposition to
1t apparently in either Senate or House
although 1t will invite more or less at
tack, notably on the part Of Senator
Penrose, Of Pennsylvania, whose attitude
toward the bill in the Senate commit
tee gave evidence of lack Of sympathy
with the project. He is fortified with
statistics and arguments that are in
tended to convince the Senate that the
bill proposes an extravaganza upon which
the government should not embark, as
well as being a piece Of legislative in
justice to the makers Of armor in this
country. who have built up and main
tanned costly plants for the production
of the material with no excessive demand
upon the Navy Department in the way
OF contract prices. II the Senate passes
the bin, it is likely 10 so through the
House
The armorplste makers themselves, de
spite an impression to the contrary, are
described as not being particularly dis
turbed over the prospect OF having the
government plant as rival. Most OF
those concerns regard their armor-plate
branches as constituting n very small
fraction of their interests; in one in
stance, the armor-plate department rep
resents something less than one per cent
Of the commercial product of the firm.
ARMY ORDERS
| The following assignments a officers o. the
/ Medical Corps are ordered: Col Walter n. Nc
Cav. after his arrival in the United States will
proceed to Fort slocum, n. Y, and report for
! duty
| Capt Lloyd A. Ksfauver, after his arrival in
! the United States will proceed TO Fort Slocum.
n. Y. and report for duty
I Capt Henry c. Maddux. after bis arrival in the
United States will proceed to Fort Myer, Va. and
| report for duty.
The following reomotions Of officers Of the OoSst
Artillery Corps are announced: John L. HOlcombe.
| from fist lieutenant to captain January Il 1873;
James 6. Dussnbury, from first lieutenant 20 cap
tain, January Is, 1916; CALVIN NJ. Smith from sc
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