The Washington herald., 1918-01-19
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column I'm the City

northwest, major. Ordnance Reserve
Corps.
Walter F. Baylis, III II street north
west, Eugene c. Green, 2G PennEyl-
vania avenue. and Richard @. Will
Jams, 122 Euclid street northwest,
captains, Ordnance Reserve Corps.
Frank A. Baker, Seventh and B
streets northeast, and George Hussey.
1872 II street northwest, first lieuten-
ants, Ordnance Reserve Corps
Leland p. Hart, 1855 Calvert street
northwest, second lieutenant. ordn-
ance Reserve Corps.
Mason Peters, Army War College,
captain, Quartermaster Reserve Corps.
William A. Scully, 2l17 Connecticut
avenue northwest, and Julien Ashton
Ripley, 1877 Connecticut avenue north
west, captains, Aviation Section, Sig
nal Reserve Corps.
Joseph L. CARL. Isl Hsmlin street
northeast, and Ord Preston. 1S22 r
street northwest, first lieutenants,
Aviation Section. Signal Reserve
CORPS.
Leonard c. Hanna. jr.. 1ls ID street
northeast, and Edward SchOeppe, Ils
d street northeast, second ieutenants.
Aviation Section, Signal Corps.
Willard A. Pollard. Jr.. . resident OF
this city. has been commissioned a
lieutenant in the Civil Engineer Corps
Of the navy. Pollard stood second out
Of 800 contestants in a recent examins-
ton. He is a son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard AverelI Pollard. 1853 L street
northwest. was educated in the public
schools and graduated from Central
High School in 1872. winning a scholsr-
ship at Lafayette College, graduating
in 1916 at the head of his class with
the degree OF civil engineer. Mr.. Pol
lard has been employed by several OF
the largest construction comps nies in
the East.
Training of men for duty as seamer
will be continued by the Lake Carriers
Association at the request OF the Navy
Department, it was determined at the
recent annual convention OF the asso.
citation in Detroit.
Major Robert W. ShufeIdt. L. 2. A.
retired. has been ordered to report for
duty to the surgeon general of the
army. He will be assigned to duty Ia
the Army National Museum here.
"A statesman. q patriot and a gal.
liant gentleman was the tribute paid
to the late Major Augustus p. Gard
ner. former member Of Congress, in q
euIogy delivered in the House yester-
day by Representative Nicholas Long
worth of Ohio. Representative Long
worth was one OF Major Gardner's in
tinate associates in Congress.
Major Gardner, known as the father
OF preparedness" resigned his seat in
Congress after fifteen years service to
enter the army after war was declared
against Germany. At his own request
while stationed at Macon. Ga. with
the rank Of colonel, he was reduced &c
major so he might command fightNe
men.
A bill to name first class
destroyer in the American navy,
the Augustus P. Gardner. was in
troduced in the House by Represen-
tative Britten, of Illinois.
Influenza or shipping fever
caused the deaths of 4,777 army
mules and horses during the last
six weeks. il was announced yes
terday. The animals were valued
at ss35.s75. Losses OF mules and
horses in this country. bought by
the British. have amounted to about
10 per cent. Losses OF horses and
mules bought here by the French
and Italian governments have beer
greater. Since war was declared
by the United States the number ol
horses and mules owned by tho
army has jumped from 66.l45 tc
$4,000.
The veterinary corps also has
shown a large increase. going from
sixty-four officers and no enlisted
personnel before war to more thar
1000 officers and an enlisted per-
sonnel nearly 1900.
The remount service now has a
strength of 900 officers and 1l.OOt
enlisted men. 1t formerly consisted
of one officer and four civilian
clerks in Washington and q small
field purchasing force.
Can't. Robert X. Crank, L. s. n.
died on board the L. S. S. Prairie
which he commanded. according u
word reaching the Navy Department
| Yesterday. Capt. Crank's death fol
| lowed a stroke OF apoplexy. He wal
born in Houston, Tex, December 2S
1871, and entered the Naval Academy
! September 6, 1855. During the Span
| ish-American war he served on tn,
| L. S. S. Merrimac and the L. S. S
| Texas as assistant engineer. In Au
, gust. 1895. he was promoted to passeC
assistant engineer, which rank wa!
: changed by law in 1899 to lieutenant
Junior grade. In 1900 he was made {
lieutenant and a lieutenant command
er in 1906 and a commander in 1912
In October. 1917. he was temporarily
appointed a captain and placed n
/. command Of the Prairie.
Appropriations for increased ma
rine hospitals in various citiei
throughout the country have beer
asked Of Congress by Surg. Gen
Blue, of the navy, who asks sl,[l5. 900
most of It intended to be used in re
modelling and repairing old buildings
Several new buildings and additiona
quarters will be constructed under TIL
proposed plan.
Approximately 10000 civil employs
are entitled to treatment at the ma
rine hospitals, Surg, Gen. Blue said
and the appropriation asked for take
into consideration the Shippinl
Boards plan to increase the merchan
marine by 100000 tons during tn
next year. with an increase OF
least Is per cent In personnel.
The sum asked would be spent OF
these hospitals: Boston. $4,000; Bal
timore. $3.50, 900; Detroit, $4,000; Staple
ton, N. Y. SSsS, 200; New Orleans
500. 600: San Francisco. Sssooo' an
l Savannah Ga Sfb0n00.
! New York hotels. under the Hoover