Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-21

Col. John S. Fair U. S. A.. has been
designated assistant quartermaster
| general. and
Assistant Quartermaster pl aced In
| charge of
General. the division
of reclamation and conservation, as
we'll as being retained in his present
position at the head of the remount
iservice of the Army.
The division of reclamation will have
in general way to do with the recia-
nation of all material of the Army that
otherwise might go to waste. This
will mean an enormous saving of
money, and maintenance of a reserve
of supplies at the depots.
| Col. Fair, a cavalry officer. soon after
the declaration of war became chief of
the remount service of the Quartermas-
ter Corps.
! The remount division has gathered
by the department; and has accom-
plished this with a remarkably low
percentage of loss through sickness or
accident. AS far as this division is
concerned there has been no delay in
the Quartermaster Corps.
| The object of Navy Paymaster Nc
lGowan is to secure full supply of
/ everything the
Profit Of Navy will need
! we'll in advance
Navy Contractors. Of the time that
it is called for. But he goes step fur
Their and insists that the Navy pay fair
price and that the contractor accept a
moderate profit.
| The course of the purchasing division
under Paymaster John Hancock. L. S. N,
has resulted in the best of relations with
! the contractors, who on many occasions
have shown their patriotism in making
prices way below the current market.
| The third officers training camps are
drawing to close. 1t is expected at the
| office of the adju-
Third 0ffoerc, tant general that
| the lists of the
! Training Camps. candidates VIII
have passed the test for commissions
successfully will be published by the
/ adjutant general at an early day.
these men is not quite clear. Some sug-
| gestions are that they will be ordered
| back to their commands in their former
| positions, but in the line of promotion
! as vacancies occur; and others express
| the opinion that they should be sent to
| special schools for instruction in the
| branches to which they are expected to
| serve.
| y
I a
the bureau of naval ordnance cannot
| make experiments
i Wanted-A Naval for data for a
Proving Ground. answer the one
built by Germany and now bombarding
Paris. To obtain data for long range
gun it will be necessary to fire many
rounds at high elevations in the at
tempt to learn the behavior of a pro-
iiectile in the thin atmosphere from If
teen to twenty or more miles above
1.-THE earth Without a better proving
ground there cannot be high angle fire
to test gun carriages or recon appa-
ratus, to test decorating fuses or the
guns themselves
! A railroad is quite as vital to the
needs of the Navy as the proving
ground. More than once the plants at
Indian Head have been shut down be-
cause it was not possible to move ma
iterial to it by water, and there is no
iother way of getting 1t.
The railroad, which the Secretary of
the Navy, the naval committee and the
bureau of navigation have recommend
! ed is still a theory; and legislation for
Its becoming reality is not being
Ienacted Every days delay increases
1.-THE danger of more shutdowns next
Il han
again.
Secretary Daniels announced that a
squadron of submarines had during the
past winter cross
How c,hmor;nas ed the Atlantic and
Fight. the other side.
I-boats have shown themselves to be
the greatest commerce destroyers since
the DAYS of the American privateer
and the exploits of John Paul Jones
The British found that their great line
of battleships and their three deckers
could not put down the swift sailing
schooners and ships of the commerce
raiders: and they tried the experiment
of striking back with light frigates
and swift sailing vessels. 1t is possible
| that in these days the allies have
found it necessary or at least possible
to adopt the STACEY of those days and
to employ submarines against U-boats
1t may be said confidently that the
allies have made some such attack
upon the German undersea ships.
The United States submarines sen,
over are among the best that have beer
put in commission: and are in every
! respect equal to anything the Ger.
mans have in or under the sea. Theil
\
handle their torpedoes, which are swift
and powerful. with quite as great celebrity
and accuracy as the Germans. In a gen.
eral way it is understood that subma.
rine on the offensive takes it's position az
lquietly as possible in the track that the
!, U-boats are most likely to follow, and
like a Sioux Indian, waits for it's victim
to come along. Tha rama resolves itaoH