The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-10-02
ANNAPOLIS WANTS
NAVAL LABORATORY
EFFORTS RENEWED TO HAVE
MR.. DANIELS APPROVE THE
SITE recommended
EDISON FAVORED NEW YORK
Washington and Yorktown Also Are
Pushing Their claims--Two Million
Dollars Have Been Appropriated
for the Institution.

Washington.--Citize Of Annapolis,
official and unofficial. have renewed
the fight to make certain the location
OF the new naval experiment and re-
search laboratory In the vicinity Of
the naval academy. The selection Of
n site Nas referred by Secretary of
the Navy Daniels to the naval CON
sulting board. and that body. by
vote which was unanimous except for
that Of Thomas A. Edison. had rec
commended that II be located Just
across the Severn river from the ma
val academy. That report was in the
hands Of Mr.. Daniels just before the
United States entered the war. and
the beginning Of the work of com
structing the laboratory was post
poned.
II was assumed that Secretary Dam
iels would accept the recommended
ton Of the board, TO which he had
referred the matter. but all attempts
10 make him state his decision def
nltely have been unsuccessful.
Edison Favored New York.
Mr.. Edison favored site on the
water near New York city, holding
that the matters Of prime Importance
we're proximity To the experts i'm that
vicinity and material and equipment
which the laboratory would need. A
strong fight was made for Washing
ton. its claim being supported strong
ly by Admiral Griffin. head Of the bu-
real Of weights and standards. Bal
timore also wanted to have the labo-
ratory. but II Is understood that az
Annapolis has been recommended by
the consulting board. II will Withdraw
its claim so that the Maryland con-
gressmen will present a solid front
for Annapolis.
The advocates OF Yorktown. Va.
are the latest to enter the lists for the
location Of the laboratory. For York
town IL Is claimed that the government
has ample ground available and that
war vessels Of the greatest draught
can enter the harbor and approach
the wharves without difficulty.
Annapolis Arguments.
A great many strong points are
claimed for the Annapolis site. where
the government has already establish
ed an experimental laboratory at an
expenditure Of about 100000. and
where IT has ample grounds for its
indefinite expansion. Satisfactory
conditions OF water and surroundings
are claimed for Annapolis. with sit
uGtion which lends itself to complete
defense in case Of war. The absence
Of the proximity Of large city, with
sewerage contamination of the water
and pollution OF the air through
fumes. is urged as another advantage
for Annapolis.
The strongest argument, however,
which is presented for Annapolis as
the location Of the laboratory is the
coordination Of the work with that Of
the naval academy. and. particularly,
that OF the postgraduate school,
whose work has been renewed after
the war. and which is to be steadily
enlarged and expanded. Secretary
Daniels has expressed great interest
in postgraduate education in the
navy, and II is proposed to work for
n condition where every officer will
return after some years OF sea duty
In some special line.
II is pointed out that an expert
mental and research laboratory here
would he Of tremendous value. en-
abling the student officers 10 do
great deal Of special and research
work and making possible the employ
ment of the experts of the laboratory
as lecturers at the post graduate
school.
Congress has already appropriated
the sum Of S2,OO00OO for the labora-
tory. so that II will be constructed
upon an ambitious scale.
For Recognition OF Nurses.
Renewed efforts are being made by
the national committee TO obtain
rank for nurses to have passed in the
senate the hill introduced by Senator I
Jones OF Washington providing that /
nurses In the army nurse corps be I
granted rank as are medical corps .
officers.
Under the terms of the bill. nurses .
would receive relative rank, includ- .
ing commissions and increased pay or
emoluments. The bill. which careful
ly subordinates the nurse 10 the medi-
cal corps, follows the example set in
Canada and Australia. where rank
has been granted army nurses with
conspicuous success. according TO its
champions.
Relative ranking as provided in the
bin follows; Superintendents. as ma
Jors; assistant directors, captains;
chief nurses, first heutenants; nurses,
second lieutenants.