The Washington herald., 1918-05-14
Army and Navy News

Seaman Elmer Dinnes ArnOld, VINO
, was in charge OF q naval gun crew
on the American steamer Chincha
when that vessel was attacked re-
Gently by q submarine, has been
commended by Secretary Daniels.
After Arnold's gun crew had fired
eight shots the submarine sub
merged. 1t was the second time a
U-boat had attacked the Chincha.
Arnold enlisted at indianapolis in
1915. and his sister. Lillian Evans.
lives at Carmel. Ind.
william +. Horning, 200 Eleventh
street northeast; william C. De
Ravenel. jr., 1851 Riggs place. and
Clarence A. Smith. 1925 Nineteenth
street. have been appointed second
Ilieutenants. Aviation. section. Sig
nal Reserve Corps.
Mortimer r. Gordon, 1771 Second
street northwest. has been apoint-
ed q frst lieutenant in the national
army.
Donald d. Fitzgerald. 231O Tracy
| place, and Guy Pearson, % Chan
ming street, were graduated from
the oficers' Training School al
Camp Dix, wrightstown. n. J.. and
will be appointed second lieutenants
\ in the army as soon as vacancies
occur. Both are assigned to the
field artillery.
Curtice n Hitchcock. assistant
secretary Of the Council of National
Defense, and of the advisory COM
mission. has resigned to enlist az
a private in the coast artillery.
Mr.. Hitchcock. who is a graduatt
of the University of Vermont, waf
formerly of the Washington stan
of the New York Times. and is ar
expert on labor matters. He wat
the representative OF the Council
OF National Defense on the recent
tour Of the British labor mission,
headed by Sir Stephenson Kent
which was conductedNunder the aus
piccs OF the council. and a few
1 weeks ago declined an important
administrative post in thesRsw la
Dor administration -
New contracts for twenty-five
steel freighters of the Isherwood
| type have been awarded by the
Emergency Fleet Corporation. This
feet will aggregate 204,600 tons,
1 "NlNS VIII OF ssouO lOIS
the others OF s.4OO tons. They will
be built by the Carolina Shipbuild-
ing Co, OF Wilmington, n. c.. and
the Union Construction Co. Of San
Francisco.
going tugs and for three 3,5OO-ton
wood ships were also awarded
whitney Bros, OF Superior, Wis
will build the tugs and the Wilson
Shipbuilding Co.. OF Astoria, Greg
the wood ships.
The Department of Agriculture
authorizes the following:
The enemy is out-eating us in po'
tatoes-out-p US. Here are
the igures-per capita weekly con-
sumption:
| Quarts
United States ...............- 2;
Austria Hungary .............
1 Germany 10
We can beat them at their owr
lfood-whiCh really isn't theirs: iti
a native American crop. We mus
eat more potatoes and that righ'
soon, or much of our record crop oi
last year will be wasted. Potatoes
are plentiful and getting cheaper
Eat them instead of bread. Figh
the enemy with potatoes.
Under paragraph 8. G. o. 1s7. W
d. 1917, a soldier who refuses q
submit to an operation or medica
treatment can be tried by court
martial only when he has been phys
ically examined by each OF th'
three members OF the medical board
therein provided and when eacf
member Of such board concurs IL
the finding that the operation ol
medical treatment is necessary e
enable the soldier properly TO per
form his military duties oops J
A. G., 3O4.4, Feb. 81, lsls)
President Wilson was urged yester'
day by Secretary Hollister. Of th'
Democratic National Committee, and
Arthur F. Mullen, Democratic Ma
tionaI Committeeman for Nebraska
to make arrangements so that sol
diers overseas may cast their yotei
in the coming congressional cleo
tions
The new army regulations provide
for voting by soldiers in this coun
try. but deprive an those abroad oi
their franchise because army oficer,
are said TO believe balloting would
interfere with military activities.
The Presidents callers were saiC
to have urged MIN TO consider the
regulations very carefully before ap.
proving their operation so far as thu
| expeditionary forces are concerned
The large number OF men who will
be abroad when the elections are helt
and their effect on results in the
States by loss OF their votes were san
TO have been emphasized.
The regulations have been criticised
in Congress both because OF the pro
hibition of overseas voting and also
it is alleged. because they conffic
with several States laws and actually
would operate to deprive soldiers il
this country OF their ballots.