Evening star., 1921-04-03

high piunging gun-dre and~Nsr@
bombs as they have been agAfua& Or
pedoes and mines. 1t will be hens.
sary to change our deck armor to NEE
the new menace This has beesT con
by American officers in the des3kH o
our new capital ships. They heliev
il will be a difficult matter for adv0,
Gates Of scrappins battaeshipe to de-
stroy such a ship when she is undo
way protected by screeaing ships hi
own aircraft and by anti-afrcraftSdp'
fensive batteries.
Many naval officers do not beiiev
that spectacular bombing OF oa<nsst,
ships. undefended. can be consideret
conclusive with respect TO the ABOLISH
ment of the Navy. even though all tn
ships are sunk. They say IL wfli how
ever. furnish US with valuable de6
with respect to the placing of srmoS
on the ee',Ns OF ~ - preS~c nj
against the penetration of seria,
5sRg
RS~seSeit Itfts Radio CeNsersAtp.
In the past the policy of the Nav.
Department embraced limited CEN
soi ship over certain me sSa ges trans
mitted by the naval radio. The de
partHent. according 10 the ststeneHf
of Acting Secretary Roosevelt. fHels
that censorship is repugnant to tn,
ideas and concepts of the American
people except in times OF nationa'
emergency. II is Furthermore felt tina,
censorship. even of a limited nature,
implies a departmental sponsorship
for those messages which are permit
ted to be sent. In view of the fac
that no national emergency exists ~
this time. the department has removed
all restrictions over the press ant
other commercial messages sent by tht
naval radio. disclaiming thereby at
sponsorship for any messages thuf
sent
More Bodies Found sa France.
Men of the Cemeterial Division, whs
are searching every square foot o.
the battlefaeids in France. have fount
dead. of whom 1S2 are positively
identified. according to the statemeni
of the quartermas er general Of thu
Army. There are forty six bodies no
ca pa BILE of being identified. but o.
these there are seven which still havt
possibilities of Identification. OF al
the bodies thus located. fifty we.S
found in the vicinity of the cemeter.
at Romagne. and were reburied the,
in the beautiful plot which will bt
a permanent American memorial
This materially reduces the list o.
missing. and as soon as possible thu
names of those bodies that were
identified will be sent to the relatives
Recently twenty-eight bodies wert
inspected by medical officer on theii
arrival from overseas at Hoboken
n. j.. in order to check up as to this
care taken in preparing them fol-
their last journey. II is reported
that i'm every case the bodies were
found to be treated with all possible
professional skill and care.
Outdoor Horse show.
Opportunity will be afforded the
public next Sunday to witness an out.
door horse show in Potomac Park
Such is the announcement Of the
American Remount Association, which
will give the fifth impromptu ex.
hibition. weather permitting, at the
west end of the polo field at 3 o'clock
In the afternoon of Sunday. Apri
the public; post entry. no entry fee
Ribbons will be awarded for nrst
second and third places in each class
Judges will be appointed by the chair
man of the sports and competitions
committee of the American Remount
polo pony race. 100 yards and return
ladies' saddle class, judged on con-
formation. manners and style of go-
ing at walk. trot and canter: park
hack, judged on conformation. man
ners. styles of going at walk. trot
one three-foot jump. open jumping
class. gate jump. three and one-half
feet; stone wall, three and one-half
feet; in-and-out. three and one-half
feet: twice around. judged on per-
formance only: and open jumping
class. gate jump. four feet: stone
wall. four feet: in-and-out. four feet:
triple bar, four feet: once around.
judged on performance only.
To Get Active T--i-i.z.
1t is proposed to give line commits
stoned officers who are qualihed and
naval aviatois fif y day 'fis . -atn-
ing duty at the naval air stations To-
Gated At Rockaway Beach. n. Y. Hamp-
ton Roads Va. Pensacola. Fla Great
Lakes, IT,; San Diege. Calf. No or
reservists for active training duty
where the distance from home to place
of training exceeds $50 miles. Where
no mileage is involved, commandAnts OF
naval districts are authorized to issue
orders to reserve officers for active
training duty. AS the four-yeAr en-
rollment period Of thousands Of reserve
Officers is expiring. the reserve force
division is now engaged in examining
officers records and deciding whether
or not they are to be re-cnrol ed. Of
ficers who are not to be re-enroiied will
not be given active training duty. nor
will an officer be given training duty
for a period extending beyond the ex-
piration of his current enrolment un.
less his re-enrollment has bcen author.
lied by the bureau of navigation, the
officer signifies in writing his intention
to re-enroll. and arrangements are made
By the commandant Of a naval district
to re-enroll him on the vessel to which
he is attached for training. s.
Afrplane Attaeska.
In an ofiicial communication to the
Navy Department on the subject OF
aircraft, Admiral Hugh Rodman~ q.
8. r.. chief of the
United States Pacific fleet. adds ref
erence to the ENTHUSIASTICALLY con-
troversy. He says: The airplane
advocates almost always seem to take
it for granted that the battleships-
will be near the coast. hence in the
radius of action of the airplanes.-
Such is not my conception. The bat
tleships will operate many hundreds
of miles off shore and beyond the
In addition to this a fleet will not
only have airplane carriers. but air.
planes Of their own to combat An
enemy. No doubt many of the Brit
ish advocates Of the abolition OF bat
tleships have in their minds the con-
dtiens pertaining to the late war,
where capital ships operated prtn-
in a small compass In the
North sea not far from land. Even
So none was injured by airpianes"
Reduction Of EnfisteA Men.
Owing 10 present financial condi-
tions Secretary DENLY will be satis-
fed with 100000 sailors and $4,000
4. H. A6k-