Evening star., 1923-08-12

investigation of airways for obtain
ing information for the Route Infor-
nation Series" which is being pub
lished by the office Of the chief OF air
service. For each section OF the air
ways system, which average from 100
TO 200 miles in length. a loose leaf
sheet 8 being printed One side of the
sheet gives inforrha tion of the route
for one direction and the other side
covers the same subject for the op-
posite direction.
Fifteen air service stations are car
rying on this work. At the present
time twenty seven sections OF the
proposed system have been reported
on, and II is estimated that about IT'S
sections will be covered in this same
manner.
Removal OF the Finance School from
Fort Hunt, Va. to Washington, D. c..
, was completed yesterday. The next
class probably will not be held until
sometime in October. due to the sum-
mer training now going on. The en-
rollment of the next class will largely
| be limited by the availability of
transportation funds. but il is hoped
that there viii be a larger attendance
OF men on duty in the 6th, 1th. Sth
and 9Th Corps Areas at the next class.
The first five corps areas have had
larger representation at the last
few classes because. being near the
school. mileage costs were lower. thus
enabling a larger number of men to
attend. There will be only three
classes held during the current fiscal
year, as the summer training season
has lnterfered with the holding of
the first class Each class term is
or twelve weeks duration.
Col. f. J. Williams, executive officer,
office of the chief Of the militia bu-
reau, recently returned from a short
observation trip of National Guard
activities through North Carolina and
Georgia The colonel is greatly en-
couraged over the general situation
of the guard and the units which he
saw were working hard.
He watched the training Of the in
fantry units of the North Carolina
National Guard at Camp Glenn. y. c.,
and at Fort Bragg he observed the
maneuvers of the field artillery of
Alabama, Louisiana and Florida and
the Mississippi engineers. Before re-
turning to Washington, Col Williams
witnessed the training of the Georgia
National Guard infantry at St
simond's Island.
Maj. Gen. w. A. Holbrook. chief Of
| cavalry. is rapidly recovering from
an operation performed at Walter
Reed General Hospital and will re
! turn to duty shortly.
NAVY.
| Installation Of a new type Of dis
ti!llng plant aboard ships of the Navy
which will materially decrease the
| fuel cost Of fresh water and add pro-
| portlonately to the cruising radius
OF the fleet is being made by the bu-
! reau of engineering.
| According to figures recently COM
piled by Rear Admiral J. X. Robinson.
| marked economies have resulted on
| the ships which have been equipped
! with them. During the competitive
year l92I-19o2 the Nevada averaged
253 gallons Of fuel oil per hour at
anchor. The next year. with the new
! plant the same ship averaged lie gal
! Ions per hour. a saving of Sc per cent.
| The Maryland is given as another il
averaged 23s gallons of fuel oil an
| hour in port, she now is averaging <
| $50 gallons, a saving Of "a per cent.
This showing was made in spite of
the fact that the Maryland. a new
ship. had originally the latest example
of the old type installation.
! In the case of the coal burners the
Arkansas and Florida are cited They
have reported a reduction of coal eX-
penditure OF from twenty eight to
! thirty Ave tons day down to seven
teen or eighteen tons. about two
thirds OF this saving being attributed
to the new distiliing plants.
! The bureau announced in this con-
| nection that designs have been com
J pleted for low pressure plant
| similar to the one used on the bat
1 tleships for use on destroyerS. One
: Of these will be built and tested fully
| on a destroyer as soon as funds are
available. 1t will be a plant of 12 oo(
j gallons daily capacity using auxiliary
| exhaust.
| Six destroyers anchored in the
| Potomac during the funeral cere-
monies for President Harding LEFT
! Thursday for Hampton roads They
We're used to transport the men from
the Hampton roads training station
| who formed part of the military es-
cort in the funeral procession. Each
of the dstroyers carried a hundred ad.
| ditional men.
| Increased interest on the part oi
! the enlisted personnel in the Navy
education study courses is indicated
| by the latest reports received by the
| department, which show a marked in
| crease in the number of men taking
| advantage of this opportunity.
! Among the battleships at last re.
ports the New Mexico stood first il
the number of men enrolled with 3t
tper cent of her complement taking tht
! courses The Kennedy and the Kid.
der tied for first place among the de.
| stroyers with 33 per cent enrollmen'
and the naval air station Al Pensa
cola has the best record among tn,
shore stations with % per cent.
On several ships very thorough
educational course is planned, making
use of the various courses rnishet
by the bureau OF navigation.
On the after smoke pipe OF th'
| cruiser Cleveland, white =" signi
flying excellency in engineering. ha!
been painted and the enlisted men Q
her engineering force are proud!
twearing a similar symbol. The engi
neering trophy for performances dur
ling the year 1922-1923 was AWARDED
the Cleveland. and both Capt. J. X
| Taussig and Commander w. D. Greet
ham, both OF whom had commanded
her during the year. Will receive let