The Washington herald., 1917-06-07
Army and Navy News
Rest seryIee Column in CIty.

The United States government prob
ably will accept a new aerial bomb,
designed by Lester p. Barlow, 30 years
old. OF Pennsylvania, according 70
Representative Tilson, of Connecticut,
to the members Of the House, Bar.
low was at one time a member OF
Villas army in Mexico, and 1t Is said
that his invention, now being tested
at Sandy Hook, will be of invaluable
service In the determination Of sub
marines.
According to Mr.. Tfison young Bar.
, low, who IL now working In behalf
OF the United States government, first
conceived his invention while In charge
! OF munitlon plants for Villa Before
perfecting 1t Villas attitude toward
4 this country became hostile and Bar
low left Mexico. He sui .hs
idea for the new weapon & -
Department and tests vefe gNse
quently made at Sandy Icns q .
said that II destroyed s, gtlsf 8
around II within a radius seL
4 Mr.. Tilson said that II ssea; ng
device could be made to uetos.s-ts ne
charge with terrific force under water
when dropped from any height from
an aeroplane, thus promising to be
an effective weapon against subma-
rines.
T have seen the drawings of the
OHc lHtg hIt no" EuD-
which Is on the same principle as
| this model, which Is for land work.
There IL timing device on II so that
Il can 90 TO any depth under water
before exploding. The explosion is
experiments show. II II hits any solid
substance on the surface or under the
| water II will detonate instantly, but
II simply going down through the
water, the. machinery will set it on
at the designated depth"
Lack Of equipment and Of instruc-
| tors. 1t was asserted yesterday. rather
than defects in the personal qualifica-
tions of the men. Is the real reason
why the "weediag out" process must
be applied TO. the ranks of the students
at the reserve officers training camps.
Oficers in charge of the camp re-
ceedingly. They assert that IL the
wholesale discharge OF men becomes
necessary. IS now. seems possible.
those who have to go will be selected
for trifling devisttons from camp re-
quirements and rules, and not that
they consider the individuals lacking
| in qualification TO make good officers
Army officers at Plattsburg admit
that the War Department is not COP
| ing with the numerous demands for
| equipment and instructors that come
pouring in from all parts of the coun-
try Many companies in the Platts-
burg camp are still without their
necessary equipment Some compa nies
from New York have TO drill with
rifles borrowed from other companies.
Other companies are drilling with
bayonets fixed in their rifles. owing to
the lacK OF belts and bayonet scab-
! bards.
Col. Wolf. tke camp comma nder. has
sent repeated requests for more equip
ment.
Maj. Richard Derby, Medical Re-
serve Corps, has been in Plattsburg
in connection with the campaign ne
Is conducting throughout New York
State to enlist physicians in the Med
| ical Corps. which is still short. At
the Plattsburg post hospital there is
\ urgent need foT more surgeons while
| in the city Of Plattsburg itself there
are four officers of the Medical Re-
serve Corps who have not been order
ed into active service.
Brig. Gen. Clarence r. Edwards.
commander of the Northea stern De-
partment, with headquarters at Bos-
ton, who has arrived on an Official
trip to the Officers Reserve training
camp, reviewed both the New York
ana New England men as they started
| from the post grounds on their frst
two and a half hour hike under heavy
marching orders.