The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15

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 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
n 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 % be spared.
mo man in the navy is willing in wal
time to do anything that a woman car
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.
Wherefore it is requested and di,
rected that the officer in charge of
each division of the bureau of supplies
n accounts make 4 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 it IS to be distinctly understood in
this connection that applications from
individuals for sea or overseas service
will not be necessary-the n 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 a special engine oil which is to
be known as the Liberty aero OIL"
1t was developed by the fabrication
branch while the latter was still Il 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.
Its development is due to the energy
and skill of a staff of men who worked
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. It 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 IS
cents a gallon, and also a system for
retaining oil already used. In %
days Captain May supervised the rum
ming of 81 engine tests in a laboratory
where five engine tests a week would
be a complete program. These en-
gines were run with different kinds of
oils and each oil was analysed and
measured 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. 1t will cost about one
fourth the price Of castor oil, saving
the government perhaps 100000 a
year. A system Of retaining used
oil was developed and at least 50 per
cent can be made fit to use again.
The national var labor board has de-
cided against establishment at this
time of a minimum wage to be applied
generally throughout industry. 1t
adopts an attitude firmly opposed both
to unjust profits OF. the part of capital
and unreasonable demands on the part
Of labor, stating that capital should
have only such reasonable returns as
will assure it's use for the worlds and
the nations cause, and that the physi-
cal wellbeing of labor and it's physical
and mental effectiveness. in a comfort
reasonable in view of the %exigencies Of
the war, likewise should be assured.
The board declares the war to be an
interregnum in which the wheels of
industry should turn only in the COM
NOR cause and for common ends, and
neither for unjust profits on the part
of capital or unfairly inflated wages
for labor, stressing maximum produc-
ton as the paramount necessity and
unselfish cooperation as the prelimi-
nary essentials to this accomplishment.
There is a reaffirmation by the board
Of thp %nrincin1a thot tho w-nrl-or iS on.