The Washington herald., 1918-07-14
Army and Navy News

Army and Navy News
The following-named officers "a In,
Medical Corps are relieved from duiY
in the Hawaiian Department and viii
proceed to San Francisco. Cal. ana
report by telegraph to the sdjutan
general Of the army for instructiousI
Lieut.. Col Herbert c. Gibner an<
Maj. Charles N. Watson.
Col. Edward c. Carey. Infantry. na-
tional army. is relieved from his pres
ent duties at Camp Travis, Fort Sam|
Houston, Tex. and will proceed II
Camp Dix, Wrightstown, y. J.. report1
ing upon his arrival to the command
ing general for assignment 10 dutr
with the 1851 Depot Brigade
Mai. Norval II. Pierce, Medical Re-
serve Corps. 10 relieved from duty Il
Camp Grant. Rockford. III. and wisI
proceed TO Cape May. y. J. and Il
port in person 10 the commsnd.ni
ofiicer. United States Army Gcneral
Hospital No. II. that place. for dut
with Base Hospital Ne. lis.
Capt George R. Cisrk hes hec1
nominated by President Wilson 10 n
judge advocate general In the nuvy1
with a rank Of rear admiral for 4
term OF four years.
Under a ruling made by Mai. Ger
Kenly. director of the recognized. on
officers who have qualified ss juzi1
military pilots, will hereafter b. give
appointments in the military lAerc
nautics division. At present there Il
many officers in the non-9ying =, anc,l
Of the service. which includes all =
, illustrative and stan work. aud lad
are sfoot for requiring all oricers
on such duty in Washington to lea:
. TO fy. A flying field now bein|
established near this city probsbq
will be used for that purpose
The flying qualification rule sH-'i
only TO the aeronautiCs divisioj
which is the operating end Of II
service. II does not include officers 4
the aircraft production division.
which has been assigned the task 4
turning out in quantity the machine
for the use OF American airmen.
Te guard troops stationed 4
camps and cantonnents from dis
case carried by mosquitoes an
flies. the medical department OF IN
army has installed a system OF pra
vention which is safeguarding nd
only the soldiers. but also civilian
living in the neie ehborhood OF tram
ing camps
There is attached to each camp
division surgeon who is responsibi
for the health OF the camp. As
sisting him is a sanitary inspecto
who has the assistance of a ssnitsr
engineer and from 100 20 2oa IN
listed men who are continually eni
ployed in work designed to protet
the health of the soldiers. .
Special attention is now beit
given in all camps to cleanin= q
spots where mosquitoes and Aie
breed. In some cases IL has hcr
necessary to dig channels
streams, drain swamps. and put 7
elaborate ditching systems m orde
to clean up stsgnant pools On
streams. In those cases whcr.
has been found impossible - I'M
practicable TO drain swamps snd 9
do other work OF a similar rstur.
there has been installed a Syst~i
for keeping these slow-movir.
streams and still bodies Of wsts
covered with oil. At all points wit
IN the camp where there Is IN
slightest possibility Of mosquito.
or nies breeding daily spraying ,
oil is done.
Arrangements have been comrlrts
with the Federal Public Health Scr'
ice TO carry out a similar pro-;al
in the territories adjacent 10 N
camps. The Health Service has asrc-
TO MI bogs. open streams. and drai
swamps and continue the oil sr-p,
ing for q distance of l mile aroui
all camps.
special arrangements have h'r
taken to prevent the spread of d.
case by flies. With the approach Z
the ny season a general order ~
sent to all division surgeons aud 9TH
health oficers to take ali necess5i
steps to prevent the breeding os N
Instructions were given on the
posal Of materials that were lik
to become breeding spots. Arrpn
ments were made to protect all ~
from fies. With this end in via
all buildings in which food Is pr
pared or stored were screened. II
entrance TO the buildings have be-
vestibuled. An added guard is d
placing Of nytraps in all buildinE
An average OF 5000 such traps ha'
been placed in each camp. More IN,
2.No.co square feet of screening h.
been placed in all camps.
The Navy Department is inform,
that Guy Casey. fireman. FIRST clas
United states Navy. died July s fro
a fractured skull caused BY a "a
down a hatch aboard the L. :.
Pittsburgh. On enlisting on Decenh
.. 1914. at St Louis. Casey gave as d
next Of kin his mother. Mrs. Menei'
I, Menke. s25 North Sixteenth street. s
Louis.
The appointment OF Willis d. r;
lard as major In the Ordinances z
serve Corps. to rank from June
1915. Is announced. He is placed
active duty and win proceed 10 Was
ington. d. G. and report IN pctS
TO the Chief OF Ordnance. iS4
street northwest for assignment ]
duty.