The Washington herald., 1917-08-01
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column in City.

The Post once Department an
nounces. in order to prevent delay
in dispatch and secure prompt de-
livery Of letters. post cards and
printed matter addressed to the
United States Expeditionary Forces
in Europe, to which the domestic
rates of postage apply, it is import
ant that the postagle be fully pre-
paid. Mail addressed to the expedi-
tionary forces should be handed in
at the post ONCE in order that II
may be weighed, rated, and have the
full amount of postage affixed be-
fore the sender leaves the ONCE. I'm
paid letters from soldiers IN the
United States EXpeditionary Forces
in Europe addressed for delivery in
the United States or its possessions
are to be rated with postage due at
the single rate only to be collected
on delivery.
Military interpreters for field and
central bureaus work are in training
this summer at Columbia University.
The Secretary of War and the presi.
dent of the Army War College have
approved the course Students who
pass will be placed on the preferred
list for appointment as interpreters
In the United States army with the
grade of sergeant.
The course was planned in coop
Grafton with the internment commit
tee of the national committee on
prisons and prison labor. The War
Department requested that the COM
mittee cooperate in securing and
training the clerical force necessary
to the raising of bureau OF inquiry
both in the field work and at the
central bureau" This was later sup
plementcd by the request that inter
prefers be trained to carry on trans
lation for the various branches Of
the service.
Among the prerequisites for ad-
mission to the course are a fluent
speaking and reading knowledge OF
either French or German. Students
must take the physical examination
of the United States army, but minor
physical defects will be waived.
Proof of American birth and citizen
snip and of the students loyalty to
the United States must be provided.
thorough investigation OF the his
tory Of applicants will be made. No
Tine was lost in inaugurating the
training.
The course began July II and will
end August II. 1t includes one Ian
guage, four subdivisions in military re-
lations and service regulations, and
typewriting. General practice work
in translating and speaking a Ian
guage is in charge of four or five in
structors. This Is to familiarize the
student with as many different pro-
nunciations as possible.
The internment bureau Of the ma
tional committee on prisons and prison
labor has actively assisted the govern
ment in internment work. Fifty clerks,
speaking thirty-two different Ian
guages. have been supplied for the
special purposes of the Department
of Justice, and have worked under
the supervision of Professor William
A. Hervey. of the Germanic depart
ment of Columbia University. Inter-
prefers have also been assigned for
duty in the camp established by the
Department Of Labor for the mer
taken from the interned German
cruisers.
<ANNOlhllS " oSlldNOl EIhOONf
ber of the Finance Committee of the
Senate, the cost OF the war to this
| country, in actual expenditures, will
total more than $1,000, 100000 for the
first twelve months. His prediction
was ELECTED by the action of the Sec
retary of the treasury, on July "a
in presenting to the committee ad-
ditional estimates for the Army and
Navy of over $5,OO0,OOO,OOO. Approx
mately twice that sum already has
been appropriated. and another $780,
600, coo will be needed within the next
thirty days to continue the policy of
financial assistance to the allies. Sec
retary McAdoo's new estimates had
the immediate result Of postponins
action indefinitely on the War Rev
enue bill, which had been practically
completed. 1t is the prevailing opin-
ion here that the additional revenue
now demanded will be derived from
tmposts on excess profits of corpora
tfnpS ana an