Evening star., 1924-08-31
Navy.

| V,
! plete his fourycar detail as chief OF
the bureau of medicine and surgery
November 80 or the appointment OF
| his successor, will be one of the frs,
! things taken up by Secretary Wilbur.
As Admiral Stitt will not become du,
for retirement until July %, 1881. h.
| would. in the event OF his reappoint-
ment as bureau chief complete his
second tour of duty occupying this
status.
AS the vacancy approaches, severaI
names have been mentioned which
| may be considered by the Secretary in
naming the officer for this duty
| among who are: Capt. c. II. T.
| 1owndes, who is in command of th..
Naval Hospital at Washington. D. c;
| Capt. Norman J. BlackWood, L. S n
commanding the Naval Hospital, New
| YORK, y. y, and Capt Robert NJ. Ken
, nedy, L. S. n, who is in command o.
the Naval Hospital a Annapolis, Nd.
| Approval has been given by Tho
Navy Department OF the orga nization
| OF battleship divisions which will b.
| effective October /. 1924, as follow
DIVISION }: Pennsylvania (fagl, Arl-
| zon, Oklahoma and Nevada; division
! =, New Mexico ttiagJ, Idaho, Missis
sippi and California tfor tactic
| training): division ), West Virginia
'hag), Colorado, Maryland and Ter
nessee.
The names of the two vessels re-
| Gently acquired by the Coast Guard
! Tor use as floating bases have been
changed from Gen. Allison and Lib
| orator to Pickering and Moccssin
! respectively To perpetuate the name
| or two of the early vessels of IN,
service. The old Pickering was on
| or the eight cutt ers which joined
| the naval vessels in 1898 in onc-a
tons in the West Indies aeairst
| FRENCH commerce and the privatcer-
sailing under authority of he French
| Republic
| The Pickering was the most active
| ana effective vessel of the entire feet
and had tragic ending. After max
| ing tow cruises TO the West Indies
| and capturing 10 prizes. one Of which
had - guns and 2o4 men tthree times
| the force If the Pickering), she sail
| ed third time, on August 20. 1900
! from Newcastle. Del, in company
| with the frigate insursent. and moth
| ing WAS ever heard of either vessel
IL was supposed that both were lost
| in heavy gales. which prevailed at
| the time. The former Moccasin was
! built in 1864. and rendered useful
| service in extending aid to distressed
| ing the Smithsonian Institution III
making scientific Investigations
| Rear &iniral +. c. Billiard. com
| mandant II the United States Coast
| Guard, accompanied by o. a Maxam
| chief. division of operations head
| quarters, visited the headquarters Of
| the NTH district and d large majority
| of the stations in that district during
he LAT rf nf IaS
! ferenoes were held with the district
| superintendent and the officers ir
| charge of all stations concerning
service matters and operations AG-
| miral Billiard was favorably V impressed
| with the fine Sc rvice spirit prevailing
! throughout the district and with the
/ condition Of affairs.
! Lieut. Comdr. Edward H. Smith.
| who is abroad to extend his study
! of oceanography. recently visited tn"
| Mercantile Marine Department of Jhe
| British Board OF Trade. He was cor
| daily received, and explained to tn"
! officers of that organization the oper-
ations Of the international ice patrol.
United States Coast Guard headquar-
ters has received d letter from the
| board OF trade expressing their ap-
! preciation of the visit of Lieut. Comdr
| Smith and of the information which
| he gave them. They also expressed
! their high regard for the able and
| efficient manner in which the Coasr
| Guard carries on the service of in
| ternational ice patrol.
Albert A. Narcotic is the FIRST Coast
! Guard man undergoing training at
| the Newport r. l., training station 10
achieve the title Of honor mar" OF
! his company. composed of men pre-
! pairing for service in the Coast Guard
! and the Navy. During the World
] War he was with tho UnitSl States
! Army. With the 1st Division he saw
/ action AZ st. MihieI and in the Meuse-
! Argonne offensive, having six cita
/ tions for valorous action
| SO successful has been the recruit
ing drive for Coast Guard recruits
| staged by the Coast Guard and tho
| Navy recruiting service that the Ct
| forts OF the latter were discontinued
| August so. At present there arc 1.@h2
vacancies in the service. as follow:
| Seaman branch. 222: radiomcn G..
engine room force. s24; special, 1se,
| messmen, II.
| Three naval planes from the Nsyai
! Air Station. san Diego. Calf. hay"
just completed the aerial photographic
order TO get comprehensive photo
graphic map of the oil reserves the
mapping planes aScended 70 5000
feet and the photographs were nadc
| from this point of vantage
According to Lieut.. +. II. Wyatt.
L. :. ". who had charge of tho work,
| difficulties were encountered in f'yirG
over San Joaquin Valley similar -
those that might have been expert
or IN, fIrfr, @ri.a y0t frrY
| Here the ground temperature ranged
| well over 100 degrees. while at
height of 1000 feet the pilots OK
| perienced even more excessive tenn
| peratures This excessive heat not
| only caused the pilots much discom-
! fort. but the unusual atmosphere
conditions of rough and bumpv air
made plotting a difficult task. Com
! pared with the ordinary methods OF
ground topography. considerable say
| ing of time was effected by mappinc
the naval oil reserves from the air.
| Under the direction of Rear Al
| miral F.. T. Arms, S. c.. and Lieut.
| NJ. J. Kirwan, L. S. N, the Navy has
| developed at Hampton Roads, Va,
one of the largest and best equipped
| refrigerating plants in the country.
: Assisting the aforementioned Of
| ficers arc MIR. Draper, civilian super
| intendent of the cold storage plant.
| and Mr. Boyle. food inspector. VIII
! has been. detailed from the Bureau
! of Animal Industry, Department ~
/ Agriculture.
The plant. which is a four-stor!
| brick and concrete building, has
storage capacity of Il 900, 900 pounds.
| An ice-making plant is attached t.
/ ii which has a manufacturing capsC-
/ ity of so tons of ice per day.
| AS the plant is ma aintained there Is