The Washington herald., 1916-08-23

IN vie" OF the elimination OF lue lteA4
for the extension Of the dry dock at the
Charleston Navy Yard, the Navy Depart
ment. by virtue Of the naval appropria-
tion act OF this session of Congress
possesses authority and means for the
construction OF only two dry docks-one
at Philadelphia and the other at Nor
| folk.
The Bureau of Yards and Docks has
well in hand the plans for the Norfolk
dock. and IT is expected that the nnaI
borings will be completed within few
weeks It is the intention Of the naval
authorities to invite bids about Septem-
Der l. and it is hoped that the contract
will be awarded early in October
The contract for the dock al Philadel-
phia will be awarded later. Plans for
| this dock also are well under way. and
the next important step will be the de-
cision as to location.
The docks at Philadelphia and Norfolk
will be of the same concrete type and
general dimensions-l.O0O feet in length,
with an inner division which makes II
possible to separate the dock into two
sections
Mai. Gen. Funston has announced the
tentative assignments Of commanders OF
| eight Of the new divisions Of the Ma
tional Guard Before the appointees
ments must be confirmed by the War De
partment. Some OF the commanders still
are awaiting their commissions, recently
signed by the President
The divisional assignments follow
Ninth, Brig. Gen. William l. Sibert;
Tenth. Brig. Ger. Charles G. Morton;
Eleventh, Brig Gen. George Bell, jr.
Twelfth. Brig. Gen. H. A. Green: Thir-
teenth. Brig Gen. James Parker; Four
teenth. Brig Gen. G. Adams; Fifteenth.
Brig Gen. William A. Mann, and Six
teenth, Brig Gen. Edward H Plummer.
Headquarters of all of the commanders
have not yet been designated Gems. Bell
and Morton. however. will be stationed at
El Paso. Gen. Green at San Antonio,
Gen. Parker at Brownsville, Gen. Mann
at Laredo, and Gen. Plummer at Nogales.
The Treasury Department has prepared
plans for a new vessel to take the place
of the old coast guard cutter Manhattan
| in service at New York. Bids for the
construction of the vessel will be asked
for within the next month.
The new cutter Will be l20 feet long,
with a 25-foot beam and a 101-2-foot
draft. She will be equipped with 700
horsepower engine, and her boilers will
be arranged for oil burning. She will be
equipped with radio and will have the
latest type of furnishings for vessels OF
her service. 1t is expected that the ves-
! sci will be ready for service some time
early in the spring.
The old cutter Manhattan. which the
| new vessel will replace, has been in active
service forty-seven years. She was built
at Chester. Pa, and was launched in
1873. Her hull. built of iron, has resisted
age and has enabled her to keep in serv-
/ ice.
A feature Of the new cutter will be the
shape of her hull a. the bow, which viii
enable her to break thick ice. She will
be Of inestimabfe value in service about
! New York Harbor in the winter months.
Capt Guy V. Henry. OF the United
States Cavalry, son Of the late Gen. Guy
| V. Henry has been detailed as Comman-
| dapt of cadets at the United States
Military Academy, TO succeed Capt
Morton F. Smith of the Sixteenth Infan-
try. who died recently. The assignment
gives him the rank and pay of lieu
! tenant colonel.
Capt Henry was born in an army tent
at Red Cloud. Neb.. Indiana agency,
January 2S. 1875, with the thermometer 40
degrees below zero: He was graduated
from the Military Academy in 1895, and
served in the Spanish War in the Philip
/ pine insurrection. He reached the grade
| of captain in 1904. and was aid to the
| President from November 1905 TO August
1905. when he was sent 10 France for a
years course at the cavalry school at
Saumur On completing the course, he
was attached to the Thirty-tirst regiment
| of Dragons in the French army for a
month, then returning to the United
States.
The naval gunnery trophy for the
cruiser class has been awarded to the
L. S. S. Galveston. Of the Atlantic Fleet.
This is the third consecutive year thai
/ the Galveston has won this trophy.
Eight vessels competed in the class. The
Galveston obtained a score of SI,759. The
New Orleans. of the Pacific Fleet. was
second with a score of 1856