The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-04

ing officers will be welcomed by the
president and by the secretary of war
az washington. They are to visit the
United States Military academy at
west Point for special ceremonies In
their honor.
a public dinner for them will be held
on October % at the Waldorf Astoria,
In New York. General Dawes is to be
the principal speaker. Among officials
Of this and foreign governments who
VIII be present are Secretary Mellon,
Secretary Weeks, Secretary Hoover,
]. Mayhem Wainwright, assistant sec
rotary Of war; Mai. Gen. James @.
Hartford, acting chief of staff; Cover
nor Miller of New York, Admiral Sims,
Maj. Gen. Tasker IA. Bliss, Ambassador
| Jusserand, Ambassador Geddes, Baron
de Cartier de Marchienne, Belgian am
bassador, and Senator Vittorio Rolandi
Ricci, Italian ambassador. General
Pershing will attend II he returns from
France before October %.
Armistiee Tree to Be Planted.
Planting of the ''armistice tree" on
| the grounds of the Lincoln memorial
will mark the opening of Armistice
week, November 7. The plans for
the memorial tree planting TO mark
the calling of the conference on the
limitation of ornaments by President
Harding are being completed by Col.
G. I. Sheriff. of the department of
public buildings and grounds and the
| American Forestry association. which
will have charge of the tree planting.
The tree, an American elm. which
4 will fit in with the landscape plans
4 of the architects In charge of the
\ grounds about the Lincoln memorial,
4 probably will be placed at the Twenty
4 third street entrance to the memorial,
4 just on the edge of the drive that leads
to the Potomac river. This part Of
the grounds is nearing completion
rapidly.
I'VE are calling upon the entire
country to plant an 'armistice tree
some time during the week of Novem-
Der T." said Charles Lathrop Pack,
president of the American Forestry as
ISOLATION.
"A tree on the grounds Of the Lin
coin memorial will be particularly
fitting mark for generations to come
of the date upon which President
Harding called the limitation of arms
conference, as we'll as for the date OF
the signing of the armistfce. An
American elm, selected by Colonel
Sheriff., is particularly appropriate as
typifying all that is best in American
ISM"
Nays Land Work During the War.
Activities of the Bureau OF
Yards and Docks-World War, 1917
1854 history of naval shore con-
+ struction, has Just been issued by the
Navy department.
IT is an illustrated book of more
than 500 pages, bound in green cloth,
and In its "a chapters 1t sets forth
the workings of construction bureau
in Washington under the high speed
and high pressure conditions during
hostilities.
The work of the bureau of yards
and docks is a function less known
to the public than most other
branches of naval activity. 1t is a
fact, however, that without an ade'
ouate "shore establishment" the navy
would quickly lose its effectiveness.
The fleet must have its dock yards
ard bases, where 1t may put In FOR
repairs, renewals, supplies, fuel and
complement. 1t must have its hos
pitfalls. In time of stress the navy
must have its training camps In ad.
vance of those for the army, as acts
of war at sea precede those ashore
under such conditions as prevailed In
1917. Naval communications must be
safeguarded by efficient radio stations
The navy yards are. In effect, small
Industrial cities, and their structures
and waterfront improvements, known
as public works of the navy. are un,
der the cognizance of the bureau OF
yards and docks, so far as building
and maintenance are concerned. This
bureau is, In fact, responsible for all
naval public works, both at the yards
and at lesser stations, and the pres
ent history serves as an illustration OF
the importance of its work in connec.
tion with the vast naval expansion
which the World war brought about
While the book is written primarily
from the Washington point of view,
attention being devoted to matters OF
appropriations. planning, and official
supervision, there are sufficient re.
n Al.
pictures in plenty. to convey sense
of the reality of the effort made.
Details Take Chapters.
/ Chapters are devoted to the war ex-
pansion of the civil engineer corps,
and the bureau itself; to the rapid
provision of environments and schools
FOR oO0 OO1 recruits: to the establish.