The Washington herald., 1921-08-28

It ts UNDERSTOOD that Wnen the
fleet cleared Gibraltar, the last port
of call before departing for the
United States. the midshipmen's
storerooms were locked ana sealed, |
and during the fortnight interven-
rified the ditty boxes and sea bags
Of their most valuable articles.
Admiral Huse, In command of the |
feet. has instituted o rigid inyesti-
CATION, and Admiral Henry B. Will |
son, superintendent of the Naval |
who will take charge of |
the midshipmen on their return TO |
Annapolis for leave. 10 preparing to I
complete the inquiry before the |
regiment is allowed TO go on vaca-
tion. =.
The Navy Department is expected
to issue a public statement as soon
as some definite conclusion on the
investigation is reached.
The Army and Navy Journal, first
published August 20. 1863. by the
late Brevet Lieut.. Col. William c.
Church, and his brother, the late
Francis p. Church, has changed
ownership. Inc SHurCh ihhSASSeS
in the publication have been bought
by the Army and Navy Journal. 1nc-'
a corporation at whose head is
Brig. Gen. Henry J. Reilly, I. N. G..
Class 1904, u. s N. A. Gen. Reilly
will also act as editor-in-chief. Maj.
c. r.. Baines is vice president and
business manager. L. B. Johns. for
nine years Washington correspond
ka
be in charge of the Washington
Bureau.
The investigation being carried
on at the Naval Academy regarding
the causes preventing promotion 10
full professorship of Instructor
Morris f. Speare will be concluded
within the next three weeks. In
structor Speare has served for four
years in the department Of English
and by regulation. an Instructor
not being named for full profess
sorship at the completion Of four
years is automatically dropped from
the rolls. The instructor claims
| that he Is qualified for promotion
and is entitled to the rating OF full
professor, whereas the head OF the
department of Enlish. Prof. Al
phonso Smith, has failed to recon-
mend the promotion.
The Navy Department has de-
cided that the increased pay Of mid
shipmcn authorized by bill signed
by the President, July IL, 1919. is
not retroactive to July !, 1919. but
is effective from date OF enactment.
A navy disbursing officer construed
the joint resolution Of July 81
1919. continuing appropriations. as
meaning that the payment oateo
from July /. 1919. and his action
necessitated a decision by the de-
partment. Tho pay Of mldshlpmen
is now $3.50 per annum.
The recent discovery that there
was a lost battalion" OF Marines
stationed at Camaguey, Cuba. for
the protection of wartime sugar
stores, was found to be an error.
That battalion, under command OF
Col. Charles S Hill. is stationed at
Camaguey by request of the State
Departmcnt, the same manner
that a detachment of Marines is now
stationed at Managua. Nicaragua
An interesting sidelight on the
CamaEuey question is that under
an old order. established in the
| Maroon administration ten years
ago, American military forces in
Cuba are immune from civil court
Jurisdiction while on duty in Cuba
Members of the recent graduatins
| 1T ACAdGUnN
standing high in scholarship anc
efficiency. are being withdraw
from feet duty and assigned TO in
struction at the Massachusetts In
stitute OF Technology. and at the
Naval Academy, for postgraduate
work. Among the lieutenants as
signed arc ]. Ross Allen. navy
basketball star captain. and Dick
Rush. former football star and high
&C" man at Central High School
this city.
Senator Harrison. of Mississippi
has proposed an amendment TO tn
, military relief bill that every OF
fcer or midshipman of the United
states navy or Marine Corps who
was dismissed therefrom solely be
cause he left such service in ordel
to join, or because he had joined th'
Confederate forces for service dur
ing the civil war. shall be held ant
considered to have duly resigned
and to have been honorsbly dis
-, charged therefrom. and the Secre
tary of the Navy is hereby author
> lied and directed to correct the rec
ords of such officers and midship
men in accordance herewith as
! the date Of such dismissal"
Enemies of the measure main
tain that the records show that tn
. thirty-five, or forty men now con
cerned in, and hoping to benefit BY
/, this bit of legislation. were dis
, missed by the service, and that Il II
: not within the power OF CONFESS Oh
any other authority to alter thu
records.
Senator Harrison holds that tn
object of the amendment is to shov
that the men were honorably dis
charged that such an action Will no
necessitate an appropriation, that 1
is within the interest of jutslce, AM
will help to cement the North ant
J South more closely.