Evening star., 1924-04-27

two officers should be promoted.
being done by the bureau of engi-
neering on the radio telephone sets
at the Brooklyn navy yard the COM
tnanderS of naval craft will be able
TO talk TO the yard Installation Of
similar set of radio telephones will
shortly be made at Guantanamo and
Newport.
First reports from the tests of
The water-recovery apparatus at the
naval aircraft factory, Philadelphia,
"a, for use on the airship Shenan
.oah indicate that this apparatus is
cry successful. At three different
ir speeds, with the engine upon
f-hich the tests were made operating
I $50 horsepower, the recovery of
}+ater was about 10 per cent greater
IAN the weight of fuel burned. The
Vater-recovery apparatus will be in
allied on the engines OF the Shenan
eoah to condenSe the water Vapor
-'om the eXhausts of the engines.
Installation of the fire-control sys-
m was recently completed on the
s. =. Raleigh at the New York
ard, and this vessel is now shaking
own in Chesapeake Bay preparatory
an extensive cruise abroad. The
aleigh. which is considered the lat
( word in light cruiser construction
= I'd equipment. visited Annapolis dur
& the week, where the midShipmen
~ the upper classes inspected the
:lip.
Orders have been issued during the
asst week by the Navy Depa armept
.lieving a number of ship com
landers in the battle fleet who are
ue TO come ashore this summer. The
title feet came north Tuesday. While
le scouting fleet is due in northern
a
flag officers will be relieved from
Guty at this time. but there are an
unusually large number of captains
e.ld commanders now on sea duty who
&c due for shore assignments.
On the retirement of Rear Admiral
s. Carpenter. Supply Corps, L. S. ~,
ay Is, his service as commi ssioned
ficer will not only exceed that of
ny officer who has ever served in the
upply Corps of the Navy, but on this
ate he will be the ranking officer OF
he Navy by precedence. The total
srvice of Admiral Carpenter as an
ficer of the United States Navy is
,rty-Slx years and nine days. Some
the most important matters with
-hich Admiral Carpenter has been
injected during his long serv-
in the Navy are the establishment
the cost-accounting system, the
lvy, establishment of the general
Is, the preparation of standard
IVY specifications, the establishment
the cost accounting system, the
lprovement of disbursing methods,
q classification of naval material
I'd the development of the Navy's S
: ethod of making shipments by rail
I'd by water.
'uthority for the erection of a
uring mast for the airship Shenan-
.ah at Camp Lewis, Wash, has just
en- granted by the Secretary of the
IVY The mooring mast, which will
of the portable type, Will serve as
shore base for possible operations
the Shenandoah with the fleet in
e Pacific, well as d Pacific ter
,inal for transcontinental flights by
ther the Shenandoah or the airship
-3 now in course of construction
Germany for the United States
lie Navy Department will begin the
: ection of the mast in the near
;Iture.
The work on the L. 5. :. Colorado,
hich was sent to the New York navy
.rd for the installation of certain
.ansmission cables, is progressing
.tisfactorily. and it is believed that
lis work will be completed not later
IAN June Is. Standardization trials
nd celebration will follow, and the
Zip will then proceed to the Pacific
join the battle fleet.
Due to the excellent progress of
lie work on the u. s. S. West Vir-
inia, now at the New York yard un-
.rgoing installation of extensive fire.
ontrol equipment, it is believed that
ais vessel will sail from Hampton
.oads, Va, about June Is, carrying
avail Representatives to the Olympic
ames in France. Upon the compile
ion of this duty the West Virginia
ill continue her shake-doWn cruise,