New-York tribune., 1917-12-03
Battleship Fund Provides
Prizes for Ninety-one
Crack Gunners
u. S. S. Kansas
Wins Lions Share
The Buffalo and Submarine
Ks Also Participate
in Rewards


The Marjorie Sterrett BattIeship
Fund has begun TO do its bit. To-day
ninety-onc checks will carry to each
member Of the three crews which led
the navy in their respective classes mt
short range battle practice last year
his share Of the annual prize money re-
sulting from the fund established by
the patriotic Brooklyu girl.
BY strange coincidence this IS OK
actly the number OF newspapers which
helped to collect the fund all over the
country. Consequently, each newspaper
may feel that it individually il sending
reward 10 one Of the most expert
marksmen in the United States navy.
/ Under the terms Of distribution laid
down by the Navy Department in ac-
I cepting the interest on the battleship
fund as all annual prize for gunnery
efficiency in the navy nine-fifteenths of
the amount goes to the crew of the
turret of the batteship, two-ffteenths
to the crew Of the broadside gun
mounted on battleship, destroyer,
cruiser or gunboat, and four-ffteenths
to The crew of the submarine which
shall have made during the gunnery
year the highest final merit at short
range practice, as determined by the
director of gunnery exercises and engi-
neering competition.
The Winners This Year
For the year ended June 30, 1917,
these crews were as follows;
Twelve-inch turret No. 2, U. s. S.
Kansas Merit, 124.772.
+ Four-inch gun No. 6, U. S. S. Buffalo
Merit, 245.172.
Torpedo crew, L. S. S. K-S-Merit,
s9.43l.
There are sixty men in the crew of
the KANSAS turret, nine serving gun
No. 6 on the Buffalo and twenty-five on
the submarine KS. No formal presen-
tation will mark the first distribution
of the prize money, for the country is
at war. Those whose generous patriot
/ ism made the distribution possible are
not allowed to know where the men will
be when they receive their prizes The
checks will go to-day in bundle to the
Navy Department at Washington, and
will be forwarded from there to their
destinations as navy mail
The checks, made especially for the
purpose, are of battleship gray, with
the picture OF gun crew slhouetted
in the centre. Each bears the inscrip.
tion: THE Marjorie Sterrett Battle
ship Fund. The income to be awarded
each year as designated in the trust
agreement existing between the Equi-
stable Trust Company and The Tribune
Association" They are drawn on the
Hartman National Bank, where the
fund has been on deposit since it's in
ccption, awaiting the decision of the
( Secretary of the Navy as to its dis
position.
/ Fund Used for Naval Prizes
/ Nearly year ago, when the edict
OF Secretary Daniels made il obvious
that 1t could not be accepted by the
government for purposes of naval con-
struction, the suggestion was advanced
that the fund be invested and the in
tereIt used for naval prizes. The ap-
proyal of the Navy Department was
affixed to this plan and preparations
were made TO turn over the money
subscribed by more than 100000 pa
triotic citizens to trustee. Then
came the war, and in the rush of work
which overwhelmed all departments of
the government the fund was forgot
ten for the moment.
This fall, however, communication
with the Navy Department was re-
newed. with the result that the Eouit-
able Trust Company, of l20 Broadway,
by resolution of the board of directors.
accepted the trusteeship of the fund
with the approval of Secretary Dan
iels. On November a trust agree
ment was signed by representatives Of
the Equitable and of The Tribune and
the sum OF $50, 1857 was turned over
TO the trust company to invest ain
securities which shall be legal invest
ments for trustees under the laws of
the State of New York and
to collect and recover the income
thereof and to pay over and apply the
net annual income and revenue there
of annually" to the battleship turret,
broadside gun and submarine crews
leading the navy in short range battle
practice.
Next year the prizes are expected
TO amount to something over $1,000.
This year. owing TO the fact that the
fund has been drawing only nominal
interest as a bank deposit, they total
s6l3.l7. Divided on the basis sug-
gested by the Navy Department, this
gives each man in the turret crew s6.13,
/ each man in the broadside gun crew
| S9.Os and each man in the submarines
crew s7,43.
The Winning Gunpers
The following are the men whose
accuracy and teamwork brought them
these tokens OF a nations regard:
L. s. S. KANSAS. e. Rock, F.
Jordan, W. NJ. Bishop, Z. A. O'Neil, W.
X. Larson, J. Johns, w. Mcconnell, 7.
F. Slamin, NJ. A. Dombroski, o. +.
Syester, w. A. Gutkese, c. Hissey, +.
A. Derowsky, f. ". Adams, o. r. Bunt-
ing, P. Torcha, W. VI. Arbuthnot, G.
r. Mahoney. A. " Mason, ID. j. Ben
nett, ]. B. Watkins, b. r. Duke. q. W.
/ Courtney, L. J. Iieisler, Il. l.. Foster,
]. Ferry. ]. Kaval, II, Carlsen, G. l..
/ Tobin, W. J. lie Due and G. NJ. Carter,
II. T. Chimpy, J. +. keenan,. +. J
/ German, r. b. Jones, X. A. Johnson, II.
! T.. Luebersm. r. j. O'Toole, o. Cash
/ iers, J. W. MeAvoy, j. Salcyunas, J. +.
| Oliver, 7. NJ. Kelly, X. J. Paul, +. X.