Evening star., 1923-06-03

| navy means not only their loss to
our own fleet, but loss to the EN-.
1 pire Of industrious and loyal sub
t0cts."
The othss suggestion came from
Rear Admiral Mark Bristol. COM
mander United states naval detach.
ment in Turkish waters and An1eri.
can high commissioner, who ad-
vanced the possibility Of enlistihg
high -class Russians in our Navy,
which could be done by the expedient
| OF having the Secretary waive the
| regulations now in effect which pro-
hiBit the enlistment of aliens.
| While the department has disap-
proved the suggestion, as 1t 10 not
desired to make any exceptions to
the present policy with regard to
citizenship requirements for the first
enlistments, the proposal was re-
ceived with considerable interest.
| Admiral Bristol pointed out that a
eoneidera BILE number OF highly edu-
| Gated. intellectual Russians could
be obtained at his station. who would
become efficient American sailors
and eventually good American citi-
zens If given the opportunity" He
advised that IL the enlistments were
[ made khe recruits be sent inmedi-
ately over for duty in American wa
ters. so that none OF this class of re-
at least until after a tour Of duty In
home waters
Washington is to have for Shrine
week the. most extensive exhioftion
| Of naval aviation activities the bu-
feau has ever attempted.
| Details of active flying units from
the feet air forces were ordered here
and the souadrons of scouting and
torpedo planes began 70 arrive Fri
day to take part In the aeriaf exnl-
bition OVER the Potomac, and de-
a.-;t ma
QGantico.
| Among the events scheduled are:
The laying CT a smoke screen from a
Navy plane over Potomac PARK,
demonstrations of radio telephone
from, the air, bomb dropping. aerial
combat, aerial photography and for
All types Of Navy and Marine Corps
planes are included in the exhibit
tioh at the base OF the Washington
Monument, which has already been
a drawing card for thousands of ad-
vance visitors. This exhibit includes
the huge NC-4. the first TO take q
flight across the Atlantic.
The Navy now has it's own aerial
mail service between Washington and
Hampton Roads. A new DT-4 plane
started this week. making daily
this provide a rapid transit for all
official communications from the de-
partment to the Hampton roads base
and to the Norfolk navy yard. but II
i will provide practical endurance
tost for the Wright T-2 engine with
which the plane is equipped. II Is
desir I'd to determine just what Its
merits are and to eliminate the 'bugs'
as speedily as possible.
Commander Newton White, until
recently assistant naval attache at
! London. has returned to the capital
and will report with naval intelli-
gence for temporary duty when his
present leave of absence expires.
Lieut.. s. H. Quarles, L. S. N, who
has been attached to the bureau of
| aeronautics since its organization two
years ago. has rendered his resigna-
tion from the Navy effective June 15.
He has accepted a position man
ager of a manufacturing plant.
Teams for the four Navy balloon
crews which will be entered in the
national elimination balloon race at
Indianapolis on July have been Sc
lscted and ordered TO engage in prae-
tice flights with free balloons in
preparation for the race. The teams
are as follows; Team No. l: Lieut..
Commander J. P. Nor1eet and Lieut..
J. B. Anderson; team No. 2. Lieut.. l..
J. Roth and Lieut.. r. B. Null: team
No. 8, Lieut.. ]. B. Lawrence and
Lieut.. F. W. Reichelderfer; team No.
I. Lieut.. F. B. Culbert and Ensign
L. B. Bark.
Secretary DENLY returns today from
Detroit a full-hedsed Shriner ready
TO participate in all the activities OF
| ton Decoration day, making the trip
to his home town for the express
purpose OF crossing the hot sands"
there.
! Official cognizance OF the works of
| the naval communication has been
! taken by the commander in chief of
! the United States battle fleet. The
| following message has been received:
| The commander in chief considers
cation Office of the Navy Department
excellent and an improvement over
! last year"
| Illustrative of the Improvement in
| the service Is the report of the recent
! relay of a message from Cavite Pearl
| Harbor. via San Diego, In less than
| two minutes. record made possible.
/ of course, by having the set up" at
! SanDiego all ready for the relay
Another interesting report to the
! directors Office tells of a radio freak
that happened recently. a wireless
/ message flashed from Cavite to San
| Francisco was picked up direct by the
| operator IN the central Office and
copied in advance of the station to
which it was being sent. This mes
! sage carried a distance of 1880 miles
! over land and sea and was copied
| without an error.
{ Just at present, however, the serv-
! ice is having its troubles. The static
season is on and during the last
| month serious delays have occurred in
handling routine business. practically
| all circuits being affected. with the
/ exception of the Washington-San
Juan service which has been excep-
tionally good. Transcontinental traf-
| fic delayed over twenty-four hours