The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-22

The navy department has released
/ from office and shore duty the regu-
lars of the navy and the reservists and
has assigned them to active duty with
the fleet. Their places as clerks win
be taken by women wherever possible.
Rear Admiral McGowan, paymaster
general of the navy, issued the order In
connection with this change in policy.
Every man released from shore duty,
whatever HIS rank or rating, adds just
one more to the fighting force" says
this order. every man of every rank
and rating desires, of course, to get to
the firing line as soon as his services
ashore can be spared.
mo man In the navy is willing i'm war
time to do anything that woman can
do as we'll; whereas no officer can be
expected to be content in any part Of
the shore establishment unless engaged
upon supervisory work so important In
its nature that it cannot properly be
delegated to any person of lesser rat
ing.
Wherefore 1t is requested and di-
rected that the officer in charge OF
each division of the bureaufOf supplies
and accounts make a careful and cFifi-
cal survey of his personnel, both COM
missioned and enlisted, to the end that
the paymaster general may know how
many and which men can be spared
leithout geriously Interfering with the
work These reports Ill inelld not
alone reser4ists hut regulars we'll
and 1t is to be distinctly undet stood la
this connection that applica tons from
individuals for sea or overseas service
win not be necessary one and
only object being to carry on the work
here and at the same time release the
maximum number of men for duty at
the front"
The Liberty motor, developed by the
department of military aeronautics, is
to have special engine oil which is to
be known as the Liberty aero OIL"
It was developed by the fabrication
branch while the-latter was still part
of the signal corps. 1t is a mineral
oil and will be used not only on the
Liberty motor but on all stationary
cylinder aircraft engines of the army
and navy.
It's development is due to the energy 3
and skill of staff of men who worked 7
exclusively on the problem for a year.
Capt. o. ]. May, who deserves greatest,
credit for its production, so exhausted
himself by his labors that he could
not recuperate from an illness and
died.
When the aircraft program was an
nounced in 1917 no one in authority
had a definite idea as to the proper
kind of fabrication required. There
was no uniformity. For every engine
there was a specific oil. Some en-
gineers insisted on castor oil, others
mineral oil, still others castor and
mineral oils mixed. 1t was estimated
that 100000 gallons Of castor Oil,
costing So per gallon, would be re-
Quired and that quantity was not avail
able.
Captain, May and assistants set out
to develop a suitable lubricant for the
Liberty motor at an average cost Of 70
cents a gallon, and also system for
reelaiming Oil already used. In %
days Captain May supervised the rum
ming OF 81 engine tests in a laboratory
where five engine tests week would
be a complete program. These en-
gines were run with different kinds Of
oils and. each oil was analyzed and
before and after tests. The
work required ceaseless vigil. Alti-
tude tests were made In an alright
building capable Of having the air
within It partly exhausted.
From these tests the Liberty aero
oil developed. It will cost about one
fourth the price of castor oil, saving
the government perhaps $11.o00,O00 a r
year. system of reclafii1ing used
oil was developed and al least 80 per
cent can be made fit to use again.