The Washington herald., 1918-11-22
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Army and Navy News

The Navy Department reports the
following deaths:
Lieut. winfred Henry Asa Pike. jr.,
U. s. N, died November Il, of pneu-
monia while on duty abroad. Mother.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Pike, s34 South Virginia
street. Reno. New.
Ensign Fred Edward Ries. U. S.
Naval Reserve Force. died November
IS. as the result OF wounds received
from an explosion OF a shell cap
while on duty in foreign service.
Mother. Mrs. Angeline S. Ries.. $40
North avenue. Aurora, Ill.
I The Navy Department is informed
that the U. S. S. Ophir was destroyed
| by fire on November II In the harbor
OF Gibraltar. The Ohpir was en- route
| to MarseiiIes, France. laden with
army supplies when the fire broke
out, and she was forced to return
| to Gibraltar Both ship and cargo
were a total loss, and two members
of the crew lost their lives.
The following men were lost:
Guy Alton Comstock. engineman
| (second cIass) L. S. Naval Reserve
Force. Father, Mark Herbert Com
stock, 1873 Forty-sixth avenue. Oak
land. Cal.
Oscar Wilson. engineman (irst
class. L. S. Naval Reserve Force.
Brother. William Wilson. Bedford
Hills, n. Y.
A flag was presented to the 375th
Regiment, U. S. A. by DIR. Jose c.
Barbosa, at San Juan. p. r., on
October 80. DR. Barboss made a pa
triotic speech in presenting the flag
and il was accepted on behalf Of
the regiment by Col. Frank c. Wood
its commanding officer.
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood posted
the following appeal TO men of the
Tenth Division at Camp Funston on
November s:
Even IL an armistfce is signed
it does not mean the end Of the war
1t simply means that the terms Of
, peace will be discussed. They may
, or may not be agreed upon. The
work and training of the division
will go on with the same energy
and spirit as heretofore.
There is nothing in the present
situation which justifies a change Of
procedure on our part-and as SOL
diers it is our duty to carry on
without reference to an srmistice
until we receive instructions to the
contrary"
The pay books adopted for the
overseas forces will not be used in
this country, The old card system
( will be used except in the expedi-
; tionary forces. and undoubtedly will
be the system relied on when the
army reverts to peace status
The new pay book is of great value
under conditions brought about by
service in France. especially in con-
nection with paying the sick. the
wounded. and those at leave areas
I There was a delay in obtaining the
books from the French publishers
and the system was not put into
effect until November l. The large
number of books needed. about L.
100000. made the problem of paper
labor and transportation one that
took weeks in the solving.
Advices to the Navy Department
from London are to the effect that.
through Admiral Sims, Lieut.. Comdr
George Barr Baker has succeeded in
0 'AA'NNAAAS lAiNA NoSt0 AdNlliAltS lOI the
transmission of newspaper dis
patches from American correspond
ents in France
On October the chief cable CEN
sOr in London issued an order di-
recting that messages from Ameri-
can correspondents addressed to the
United States direct and dealing eN-
clusively with the American forces
and bearing the password of the
field censors should not be further
censored or diverted to the press bu-
reau in London. Commander Baker
now reports that a new order just
issued by the London censor directs
that all messages without eXcep-
ton" from American correspondents
in France addressed to the United
States direct and bearing the pass
word of the field censors shall be
transmitted without further censor
ing or diversion to the press bureau
Thirty-two million six hundred and