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THE ARMY

Few people realize that the great
est development in aerial transporta-
tion has taken place since the war,
remarked an Army air chief who, like
many other officers of aerial naviga-
tion, Is a strong advocate of a united
air service under control of the Army
and Navy. and co-ordinating with
commercial aerial transportation. SO
that in time of war maximum results
may be accomplished.
Officers of the present separate air
services appear united in the belief
that in the scattered system now in
effect much effort is being wasted and
the service retarded. 1t is also their
belief that commercial aviation, while
in it's infancy, should receive more
governmental encouragement. Further.
they believe that il the air service be
made a separate entity, the standardi-
cation of parts and the unification of
plans and methods would alone mean
a material saving in the cost of pro-
ductfon.
An industry. air officers say, that is
devoted to the manufacture of air
craft for an Army and Navy will not
be sufficient to meet the needs of
country for national defense. When,
pertinent has been devoted to the de-
velopment of aircraft for commercial
use as has been expended for mill
tary purpose, they believe aeronau-
tics will undoubtedly pay. and will be
able to support the necessary indus
try without assistance. The question
of national defense is ever present
lieve it is necessary in the near fu-
ture to develop aerial industry, by
consolidating the various air services,
and for the present to use what is
now available.
Army and Navy officials agree that
the late war demonstrated the ne
cessity of aircraft They claim, how
ever, that a number of military and
naval authorities have not yet grasp
ed the possibilities of aircraft in war
fare and recent developments, revo-
lutionary as they are. are no indica-
ton Of the extent to which aircraft
may be used in future operations.
The creation of a separate "air serv-
ice." they say. which will operate inde-
pendently of the Army and Navy, will
not eliminate the necessity of Army and
Navy aircraft. The training Of infantry,
cavalry and artillery and their operation
in time of war demands aircraft which
will be under control Of commanding Of
ficers Of units. The same condition
will obtain in the Navy.
ments retain control of their respec-
tive air services. the only points Of
contact with the industry or with the
department charged with their Gre
alton and maintenance will be in mat
ters of production and developme mt
Of aircraft for military use. This CO.
ordination can be gained by a war
plans division and by an experimental
department in which the Army and
Navy would have adequate represen-
tation.
Officials of the War and Navy de-
uartments are elated over report
that has just become authoritatively
known. to the effect that Secretary Of
War Weeks will shortly communicate
his views to President Harding on the
question of merging the bureaus in
terested in aerial navigation, and that
Secretary Weeks is in favor Of a sin
gle air service. 1t is believed that
Congress will indorse this unihcation
and thus avoid the confusing demands
of the two services.
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THE NAVY

"All information we receive from
England and Japan would warrant
stressing the matter of aeronautics
in our own country as a means, at
least. of military protection, II moth
ing else" This was the gist of Sena-
tor Keyes' views on the advisability
of furthering national defense by
establishing a naval bureau of aero
nautics.
Senator Keyes and Representative
Hicks have each introduced bills COW
ering the establishment of this naval
bureau Of aeronautics. The opinion
of naval experts regarding such q
bureau is that this forward step
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procedure of the Vice President and
that the plan will work out to tne
benefit of the public service. ,s-crp
ee:h
In every administration thePe lis
some senator who is supposed to ,be
particularlys close to the President
and in a measure to voice his views
and wishes on the floor of the Senate.
This practice will not be chang66nt
is SAID. and the republican leaAeo,
Senator Lodge. will be looked upon
as the man to occupy that position In
this administration. Naturally,iitf2s
will be SO. it is pointed out. because
the Vice President is debarred from
debate, and the majority leader VIII
have to make public expression Qf,the
disposition of the executive toWsEd
President can be potent in privat3
council and can be Of especial service
in communicating to the cabinet the
status of legislation as 1t goes
through the various stages of5cnp.
n St.s
e;o;is
Some of the new members of the .ad-
ministration are coming to realize a
fact which is well known to all heads
Of departments who have served in
the power of patronage dispensatfon,
although an asset. is not altogether
an unmixed blessing politically The
tremendous pressure for patronage
now being exerted bids fair to &C.
centuate this fact. 1t applies e6 rffe
President and the heads of alh.de.
partments. Experience has shown
that where one friend is made by the
dispensation of patronage a dozen
largely upon the tact and diplomacy
of the appointing power whether dis
gruntlemen leads to detection The
most conspicuous example of theiriu-
herent possibilities of party factienal
strife was presented in the Garfield
well known to al
students of politics. Is 1as
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1t should seem strange that a Presi.
dent who does not know what, the
eight-hour law means as applied to
his office. but who begins work early
and often continues late into. the
night, should have to apologizezfcr
sense requires every desk-bound man
to avail himself OF. President Hard
ing's favorite exercise is golf aifd A9
he said himself, it is as necessary to
him as food. Yet he Is sensible OF kbs
fact that some people are SO copsti1
tuted that the report of the Presf-
dent keeping in physical form BY this
kind OF exercise sayors to theuRsaf
playtime. If he should play at ten.
mis- In his own backyard nothing
would be thought of 1t. but II he eets
into q motor car and visits thes9n3e
course for an hour or two in thA attn
ernoon. this fact seems more pro@Ir
nent than his spending three h06fb
after dinner a& hard work in his aa2Dos
.SCopyFight ls2l, b ne Washingtsa stsr.l
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COL. SCHINDEL BURIED.

Funeral services for Col. s. j. B.
Schindel, U. s. A., who died suddenly
Friday morning at his home in the High
AFTERNOON at st. Margaret's Episcopal
Church. Interment was at Arlington
national cemetery. Members Of the
class of 1898 Of the United States
Military Academy acted as pallbearers.
Col. Schindel was born in New Jersey
United States Military Academy at
West Point June Is. 1889, from the
state Of Pennsylvania. His wife was
a daughter Of former Mayor Glenn Of
Atlanta, Ga
At the time of his death Col. Schindel
OF the onice Of the chief Of star Of
the Army and was under instruction
at the War College
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ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
ByCapt Arthur Duncan.

Of Gen. Pershing in advocating an
annual survey to determine the physi-
cal and mental fitness of our youths
throughout the nation is of particular
moment. Compulsory physical exam
nations in many of our schools has
n a sense demonstrated the wisdom
Il this step. The Army and Navy have
, done their part in the building of
men. and it is now up to the nation
at large to do its part. The plan to
build UP the youth of the nation ply
sically is from. commercial view
point big forward step toward
greater production and increased ef-
ficiency. The matter OF an annual ply
sical examination, according to Gen.
Pershing's statement. is "a serious ma
tional question. and should be met
Immediately" An annual physical
examination Of young men. the gen.
eral believes, would mean much to
the country, because it would point
out to the young man his shorfcom-
ings and. lack of physical develop
ment"
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Better Business Methods.

Better Business Methods.
1T has long been realized that the
system of purchase under the War
Department is cumbersome, compli-
Gated and costly. This situation has
not been improved despite legislation
that was intended to simplify the sys-
tenn by the provision in the act Of
June 4. 1920. There is no central head
of purchase. although there is a main
office to which all information con-
corning contracts is supposed to 20,
that of the assistant secretary of war.
There is still what is known as de
entraiZinlg," with the result that
bidders must wait a long time to learn
the result of bidding for Army con-
tracts. proposals being opened at
various places all over the country.
There Is no way of regulating prices,
and the entire method is unbusiness-
like and Improbable.
In the Navy Department centraliza-
ton was observed with striking sue
cess during the war and since, with
the result that there is Legitimate
competition. Biders know what to ex-
pect. and are able to secure informa-
tion of value to them and of adyan-
tage to the government. If Congress
can derive accurate statistics by way
of comparison it is likely to insist
that the War Department adopt a
similar method of purchase. 1t is nos
sible that the establishment of a Joint
procurement bureau for the purchase
of supplies for all the government de-
partments would result in improving
even the efficient purchasing methods
now in use by the Navy
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would not require great changes in
the departmental organization of
aviation. and it would require no
change of organization outside Of the
Navy Department.
Unlike other bills establishing bu-
reaus in departmental organization.
this particular bill does not call for
the appropriation of single cent by
Congress; 1t will. in fact, save
good deal of money by bringing about
greater efficiency in the administra-
tion of aviation. For three years
prior to 1914 naval aviation was han
died. as a matter Of experiment, in the
bureau of navigation. When the world
war began aviation. for want of a
better place to put it, was transferred
to the Office of naval operations. 1t
Is evident that aviation has much out
grown the organization originally
prescribed for its administration.
The director of aviation "a mis-
nomcr. so officers say) is still in the
office of the chief of naval Operations.
but aeronautical activities are dis.
tributed among a dozen or so diyi-
slons, none of which comes under the
direct control OF the so-called direc-
tor of aviation.
aviation has progressed in spite of
this state Of affairs. but it has been
oniN oN inc splendid spirit of Cooper
alton shown by the bureau of nayi-
cation and the great effort put forth
by the office of naval operations to
make the organization function prop
er1v.
The forming Of the bureau of aero
nautics i would simply mean the brin~-
ing together into one office OF the
aviation personnel. under one officer
VINO could direct and co-ordinate their
eHor's. and who. having coenizance
of the whode field of aviation. cou1d
be held definitely responsib1e for its
eftciencv ard progress
1t is renorted that this bi,1 bae mo,
the annroval of the national advisory
corn1itfee of "Aronautics ard those in
authority in WASHINGTON.
Ne" Training Station mt San Diego.
Contracts which mark the begin
nins OF the work of development of
permanent naval training station
at San Diego. Calf. for which Con-
lars in June. 1920. have been award
ed at a cost of approximately nine
hundred thousand dollars. The time
limit for completion of the work is
one year Another contract was
awarded at the San Diego site for the
ere erec'ion OF hangar for sea planes
ana the necessary pavement in and
about the structure at a cost of about
one hundred and forty-nine thousand
dollars. The hangar is to be of as
oestos-covered metal. white on both
sides. and is to be finished in two
hundred and thirty days.
The land comprising this site was
given the government by the city
of San Diego. 1t was formerly leased
by the Emergency Fleet Corporation
and. according to the opinion of
members of the congressional COM
mittees, who recently examined the
site. is particularly well adapted for
the purpose for which it is to be
used.
On another tract of land in the
city of San Diego recently accepted
for naval purposes, win be construct
ed an aviation field and also the
largest naval hospital and medical
school in the United States. Plans for
the medical school call for complete
institution with equipment equal to
that of the foremost medical schools
in this country.
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Popularity Of Training Camp.

Attendance of students at the re-
serve officers summer training camps
is shown to have increased from 3.30O
in 1917 to 5000 in 1920. This wear the
camps open June 16. and more than
1900 students at colleges and uni
VersitieS throughout the country have
indicated their desire to attend This
number will be augmented by APP
proximately 1000 high school pupils,
who are also eligible to attend the
summer camps. of which there are
seventeen. 1t is contemplated by the
War Department. that citizens
camp" will also be authorized to be
held this summer. The citizens
camps were Of pre-war origin and
proved of inestimable value in the
preliminary training of men who lat
er took an active part in the war,
many of whom, on account of this
training. were enabled to secure en-
trance to the officers training camps
and later became commissioned Of
fcers either in the Regular or emer-
gency Army.
The following training camps will
be open next summer: Infantry,
Plattsburg barracks, N. Y: Camp
Knox. KY: Fort Sheridan. ILL.,; Fort
Smelling, Mimi: Fort Logan, Col;
Camp Lewis. Wash. Cavalry, Fort
Ethan Allen, VT; Preside Of Monte
rey, Calf. Field artillery. Camp
Knox. KY. Coast artillery. Fort Mon
roe, Va; Fort Winfield Scott, Calf.
Engineers. Camp Humphreys. Va.
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Increased Hospital Facilities.

One thousand new beds will be avail
able within six months for .tubercu-
lar veterans of the war at Fitz-
simons General Hospital, Denver, Col.
This is a result of the signing of the
fiji lst deficiency bill, in which Con-
gress appropriated $4,000, 900 from
war risk funds for the enlargement
of the hospital. Plans and specifica-
tions are being prepared for the in
crease in the hospitals capacity. aft
er which sealed proposals will be
called for.
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Use of Army Animals.

'The best animals for army pur-
poses." says Field Marshal Sir Doug
las Haig, of the British army, "are
also the most valuable for agricul-
ture, commerce and sport" This truth
has an important bearing on any
proposition for the encouragement of
breeding particular types of horses
not result in economic loss as long
as they are equally available in civil
lian or military employment. There
is no question about the immense
utility of the draft animal-the or
dinary farm horse and mule-in both
peace and war.
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have indicated that they will submit
separate minority reports. The investi-
cation which was tbs ontcSme ON OF ierv
of the Navy from Rear Admiral w. s.
sims, U. s. N, on Certain Naval Les
sons of the Great War" began on
March 9, 1920, and ended on May 2S.
1920.
From fifteen to twenty Navy officers
in the grades of lieutenant and lieuten-
ant fjunior grade) and ten ensigns are
to be assigned to duty with the Asiatic
fleet. The assignments are to be made
during May, June and July. and will NIL
tours of duty of officers in these grades
now on the Asiatic station.
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Signal Corps, Camp Alfred Vail, n. ].
Motor Transport Corps. Camp Hola-
bird, Md; Presidio of San Francisco.
Ordnance, Aberdeen proving grounds,
Md. Air service. Fort Sill, Okla.
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Of the natives know. Yap is sur
rounded by an atoll, but Is itself OF
volcanic origin. The only good har-
Dor of Yap is Tomil bay.
The club to which the natives be-
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Advoate. Phy.ie.l Survey.

With Q national record Of 26 per
cent Of illiterateS among our recent
draftees. and 50 per cent showing
physical defects. the recent statement
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Department Investigation.

The subcommittee of the Senate COM
mittee on naval affairs. of which Sem
ator Hale is chairman. that held ex-
haustive hearings on the Navy Depart
ment's conduct Of the Navy in the world
war, will report to the Senate. Chair
man Hale stated that the report Of the
majority will be filed, probably early in
the extraordinary session of the Sixty
seventh Congress. The minority mem
bers, Sepators Pittman and Trammel.
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rections:
First. The distribution systematic
economic side
Second. The chemistry of food man.
tfacturlnS processes-the chemical
side
Third. The production and agricul-
tural side of foods.
Some of the problems to be studied
appertain to milk. the price margin
between producer and consumer. de-
termination of a basic standard of
living. cost of producing agricultural
commodities and world aspects of the
food supply.
The milk problem is a subject of
first-grade Importance in public
health. In China the woman nurses
the child until it is three Or four
years old, and then transfers it to the
general diet of the community. In
this country the child is weaned be-
fore it is a year old. and becomes
dependent upon the domesticated COW.
to greater or less extent. until ma
turity is attained.
The Milk Problem.
With the development of urbaniza-
tion, the dependence of the child upon
the COW becomes more and more diff
cult to maintain. The per capita con-
sumption of milk in cities falls The
more intense the struggle for exist
ence- the lower the milk supply of the
industrial classes. The substitutions
of other foodstuffs for milk and the
results thereof. are important prob
lems.
1t will be necessary. in the first
place. to make a comprehensive study
of milk production from the stand
point of agriculture and economics.
One such investigation for one small
area was carried oct during the war
by the tri-state milk commission,
whose sittings have already been sus-
pended. Otherwise. in every section
Of the country. the discriminating OF
the price of milk was compromise,
not a decision.
The production of milk is particu-
larly exposed to the operations OF the
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Island of zap Inhabited
>by 1000 Care-Free MaIays

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BY BEN MckELwAY.

ESTABLISHMENT of policy oi
X equality between nations. with
its logical results. which are mu
fnoI carSilara f;on and reSnacf
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Herbert Hoover. in nm authorized
abatement yesterday. outlined a
plan for intensive study of the
problems of production. distribu-
tion and consumption OF food.
The occasion for his statement
nrOsc from the recent announce
n,cnt that Carnegie Corporation Of
New York had entered into an
agreement with Leland Stanford.
Jr.. University of California by
which q food research institute il
to be established Mt the unfver-
sity.
1t was Mr.. Hoover who drst nux-
gcsted such an institute to Cnr-
neEie Corporation, and the choice
Of the university for it's home yvns
due In part to the fnct that Leland
Stanford. Jr.. hns received the
great collection Of documentary
material relative to the economic
side of the war which the former
fcod administrator gathered dur.
fns: the war.
Mr.. Hoover describes specfflc
ways In which n scientific and COM
prchensfvc study OF the fUod aucs-
tiOn could he conducted with nm
aim toward practical results. Vhe
statement fOIS1svs.
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BY HERBERT HOOVER.

\hE New Food Research Insti-
tute will devote itself to the
investigation and illumination
of facts in three principal di-
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-12-30
MORE SYNTHETIC GOLD BUNK

Since the days of the achemsts woudbe scientists perfect system for the ansmutaon of the metals the the refinement of gold Recently German cheS put perfected method for the manufacture synthetic god Immediately American left for Germany to get
 closeup view metals which he believed would not be as valuable goodness gold that given by old Mother what the basis Of this fellows con unable gold made ynthetca 1t Just as gold produced from the rocks not go
 But following this German Thomas A. Edson the Wizard Men that he within striking distance of the goal reports that he expects be able to silver from the baer metals Sir William Crooke his believed that all earth matter basis and that atoms divided into finer by eectron these eecons being eemenas consisting of metals of the earth That these elements back their original constituent it would give the manner and therefore, transmuaon of the various could be effected The discovery of rdum to the theory wider research followed but far believe, without the slightest result.
 gold obtained ead the alchemist
 possible produce it, its cost would be great recovery gold from the present tme not
 far Small diamonds have been formed through heat and they small expensive. Rubes but these synthetic not brilliant have they taken the place the real So far only lud by novces have the public regarding the and eectron theories of metallic ransmuaon and improbable that scientist will place himself back the theory of transforming radio active elements radum and then into onum winding with product which gold Th believe be line with the heoy" of London scientist (?) who declared that within house the big British metropolis would adum this metal being spangy with the plaster that placed the wa and from which would enate heat and light The ansmutation theorists that visible been obtained the radum emnaons given off terrific terrific given they exempied less knowledge of radium properties is a surety.
 And the meantime people who laid gold sheks need have worry the will bring enough synthetic gold to gut the market.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-12-30
----s,s----------- ARIZONA PONDER PLANT

A very considerable saving in the expense of mining in Arizona is eX- pected to be brought about by the manufacture, within the state, of all the powder required for mining pur- poses.
 The Apache Powder company's plant near Benson, Arizona, will be prepared to turn out powder imme- diately upon resumption of operations at the mines. The plant will have a capacity from 15 to IS million pounds of explosives per annum. It is esti- mated that saving will be made in the cost, at the present price to the mining industry of Arizona, of no less than one-half million dollars the year. The plant is located on the line of the Fl Paso & Southwestern and the Southern Pacific railroads and under the management of thoroughly com- petent and practical powder manufac- turess, directed by c. E. Mills, former ly general manager of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper company. It is owned jointly by the mining com panies, and the directorate is compos- ed of men representing the larger op- erators.-Douglas International.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-12-30
n Massachusetts, and came to Ari-

in Massachusetts, and came to Ari- zona from Missouri, first making his home in Flagstaff, where he was widely known and respected. For many years he was active in politics in northern Arizona, and became gen orally known in political circles dur ing the early nineties as "Canall of Coconino." He attended as delegate from Coconino county many of the old time democratic conventions.
 Charley Canall, as he was familiarly known, had many friends throughout Arizona, made by his many splendid qualities. Not many men in Arizona had more friends and fewer enemies, and his death will be generally re- gretted. His funeral took place De- cember 18th at Whitney's chapel at 2:30 o'clock under auspices of the Elks oldge. He was a member at Flagstaff.