The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-29


from office and shore duty the regu-
lars of the navy and the reservists and
has assigned them to active duty with
the feet. Their places as clerks will
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
No man in the navy is willing i'm war
time to do anything that woman can
do as well; 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.
'Whereforesft is requested and di-
rected that The officer in charge of
each division of the bureau of supplies
and accounts make careful and criti-
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
without seriously interfering with the
work. These reports will include not
alone reservists but regulars as well.
and tits to be distinctly understood In q
this connection that applications from
VIII net be- neeessary--the one and
onIy % 20 carry fEf the work
here and af the same time rei5ase the
maximum number Of men for duty at
the 'front.'"
: The Liberty motor, developed by the
of military aeronautics, is
to have a. 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 VIII 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
and skill of staff of men who worked
exclusively on the problem for 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 am
nounced in 1917 no one in authority
had definite idea as to the proper
kind of fabrication required. There
there was a specific oil. Some en-
gineers insisted on castor oil, others
mineral oil, still others castor and
mineral oils mixed. It was estimated
hat 100000 gallons of castor oil,
costing SO per gallon, would be re-
Iuired and that quantity was not avail
able.
Captain May and assistants set out
20 develop a suitable lubricant for the
Liberty motor at an average cost Of 75
cents gallon, and also system for
.eclaiming Oil already used. In 20
lays Captain May supervised the rum
ling or 81 engine tests In Laboratory
where five engineStests q week would
,e a complete program. These en-
zines were run with different kinds OF
ills and each Oil was analysed and
before and after tests. The
york required ceaseless vigil. Alfi-;f
ude tests were made in an alright
,uilding capable of having the air
within 1t partly exhausted. IL
From these tests the Liberty aero
Ill developed. 1t will cost about one
ourth the price of castor oil, saving
he government perhaps $11;OO0.O00
ear. A system of reclailDing uscd
III was developed and al least 80 Per
ent can be made fit to use again.