Evening star., 1923-05-13

liaison section Of operations for sew
eral years, turned over his office this
week to his successor, Capt. Chester
Wells. and left for the Naval War
College.
Commander Paul P. Blackburn, who
has had charge of the transport divi-
sion of ship movements. has also been
ordered to the War College, as has
Commander Ralph A. Kock, who for
more than a year has been in charge
Intelligence. His successor. who will
be responsible for the departments
press relations. has not yet been Sc
lected, but II Is understood that 1t will
be Commander Halsey Powell. now in
command of the destroyer Edsall. 1t
VIII be remembered that Commander
Powelrs ship was stationed at Smyrna
at the time the Turkish ultimatum
was issued ordering all vessels of
foreign powers to leave the port.
which for time threatened interna-
national relations.
When the present Information sec
tion was created Commander Kock
was selected to take charge of II,
ana during the past year he has
fostered. in the opinion of depart
mental heads. system that GEN.
tralizes Information about the ac-
tiVtttes of the Navy and makes 1t
available for members of the press
government officials and the general
public. Even more important. these
ofhcials believe, Is the work he has
done In selling" to the service itself
Inc Importance of keeping the public
informed Of what their Navy Is doing
In Its peace-time operations.
Another change of interest here Ia
the transfer of Commander c. r. P.
Rodgers from naval intelligence to
The Hague, the Netherlands, as naval
attache. Commander Russell. now In
operations. has also been ordered to
the War College.
June week. at the Naval Academy
begins June 4 and ends June z with
graduation exercises and the class
cotillon in the evening. There will
be garden party for the graduating
class at the superintendent's home
Monday evening and hops Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
infantry drills and dress parade are
scheduled for Tuesday and Wednes-
day and daily band concerts will be
given.
Marine Corps.
Enter the movies into the wilds OF
Haiti An extensive educational
campaign Is being pushed by the
Haitian government in the mountain
districts of the island. and the Ma
rine Corps Is cooperating to push IL
along.
Statistics show that of the more
than 100000 people in Haiti only
about per cent are able to read
and write. and many of them exist
In conditions of practical savagery
The recent energetic campaign
launched by the government for their
education and civilization is being as
sisted in every way possible by the
American government through its
agents OF the State Department, Navy
Department and Marine Corps.
Most of the actual work being done
in the field Is being carried on by
the marine detachments stationed
there. These workers have found
that so dense is the ignorance ir
| many localities the one method OF
world outside their mountains and
villages has been the motion pic.
ture.
A few film supplied by the Nav.
morale section have been used
| throughout the island, shows beine
given In the open air in all the in.
terror villages. Many of the native.
| believe them magic. but they have
resulted in tremendous wave o
| excitement and a demand for more
| according to reports received at Ma
rine Corps headquarters.
To meet this demand the marine.
! are making arrangements with mo
| ton picture producers here to Dor
| row some of the comedies that IL
| times past have made American audi
| ences "double-up" with laughter, 70
| their work In Haiti. Comedies of tn
slap stick variety are much in de
| mand, as the marines have found the,
are readily comprehended and great.
| enjoyed by the most backward in
habitant of the island.
| This Is supplementary to the worl
| Of establishing schools and othe
means OF education that have beel
| adopted.
Col. George Van Orden arrived II
| Washington Friday from Haiti an,
| will be assigned to duty at head
quarters pending his early retiremen,
An interesting story Is circulatin,