Evening star., 1924-10-26

familiar with this course OIL IN
struction and that they be placed
in charge of the group OF enlisted
men who desire to study it. Th'
essen papers in this course Will b'
forwarded for correction and grad
ing to the Information Section One,
of Naval Intelligence, Navy Depart
ment, Va hington. ID. c.
The converted yacht Niagara, com
manded by Capt. Paul Blackburn
L. S. n. will make a survey of th'
coast of Venezuela and the Gulf OF
Venezuela for the purpose of max
ing naviga tion charts for the Hydro
graphic Office of the Navy. Capt +
b. Bassett, photographer of the
Navy. in announcing this project, ha:
stated that on the completion of thi:
survey the Hydrographir Office vii
publish accurate and reliable chart:
which will permit not only vessels ~
the Navy, but tho " of the merchan
marine as well. to navigate thes,
treacherouS waters with safety.
The Niagara is 2S2 feet long, has =
draft OF II feet and displacement o
$500 tons. She was built in lS9S anC
was purchased by the Navy during
the World War. She is equipped viii
the newly developed sonir depth
finder. which measures the depth o
water by sound from the bottom.
Immediately after the election The
Secretary of the Navy will take VI
the selection of an Assistant Secre
'iry of Navy Surgeon General of tn,
Navy, and the general policy of tn,
relief of flag officers. a large numbel
of whom, under the present policy
at a ayl RI MO- y,
in June. Also Admiral Cooutz
ccmmander-in-chie cf the Cnits'
States fleet, will complete his two
years CT service as commander ul
the fleet on August %, 1928
The fleet will be in Hawaiian
waters during June. and under TIL,
program of the Navy Department
will sail July l for Australia, pro.
vided, of course. that the necessary
fuel allowances for the next tisca
year are made. ON February Il II,
scouting fleet will sail from the Cana
Zone up the Pacific coast. The Eas'
Coast force is due at san Pedro ol
February %. and upon the moAiliza.
tIon of the entire United states iloet
at this port they will sail fuI
Hawaiian waters. The scouting fee
will remain with the battle ncc,
from April - to June Z. Due to tn,
relief of officers who are due. To com,
ashore in June. the East Coast ship.
Will leave the canal by June ~ ant
they will be in their home yard:
shortly thereafter
The claim is made that the relieI
of the fleet commanders, includins
the commander-in-c chief, all within :
period of five or six weeks does not
increase the efficiency of the Nav,
S<sh 1,,l.
gested under which % per cent of the
commanders of the fleet be relieved
every three months. Though this ar.
rangement would probably disturb
the private affairs of every officer il
the Navy II lis admitted that. il .youfc
make for efficiency
Animated discussion is going on il
the Navy Department on this subject
and 1t is believed that a new genera
policy will eventually be developed
The new cuartel type of barracks
for which Congress has already an.
nronriated s3s5.000. will first be con
structed at Fort Benning, Ga. Il i.
expected that actual construction oI
theSe new buildings will begin about
December l. When completed the,
Il
long, 500 feet wide and will hous,
an entire regiment at war strength
IL Is believed that sooner or later
there Will be some important change,
In stations of the tactical organiza
tlons OF the Army. 1t is understood
that the policy of making the regi
mental posts the minimum will no
apply throughout the Army, although
this Will be done in a great man,
cases. In naming the stations Of tn,
regular establishment. the War De
partment VIII be governed as far a.
possible by its training activities
Whlch is now recognized as the chic,
function of the Army. Although huiI
on economical lines, the buildings
which will shortly be under course n,
construction at Fort Bennins, will h.
model IN new construction for th,
entire Army in developing this new
program.
work on the Memorial Doughbo,
Stadium at Fort Benning is progress
ing so rapidly that it Is expected tba,
the field will be ready and mart ~
the stands compile i for the accom-
modation of those who will atten,
the nome games during this season
"hen hnlshed the stadium will sea
anpro&imately 5000 people. Gowd,
fleid' the Fort Benning base bal
nelo' named after the veteran New
orh "iahts catcher. who served witt
the 42d tRainbow) Division i,
France, will be ready some tirnt mi.
Fall 'i'i'
l"ehty-htnc distinguished civilians
representing various lines of indus
.rial activity. attended the construc.
tloh conference, which was couyenet
at the War Department this week
Inc defense test held on Septembe,
l. pertained particularly to person.
mel. but this confo renee was initiated
win the Idea of testing the defens.
pian with respect to construction.
ohe OF tne hrst questions which wa:
brought up was construction and tn,
pest immediate test was to acuuain
ciNlilahS. who We're chiefly intereste,
IN construction during the war viii
the War Department plans and to re
their reaction. From them it is OK
pecled TO receive constructive criti
cisin winch VIII be important in tn,
Iurther development of these plans
me following attended the confer
ence: r. \. Simmons. president Sim
mons Boardman Publishing Co: Fran
CHS Blossom, W. A. Starrett, vice pres
ident Starrett Bros: Peter Junkers
ield: vice president, Mcclellan & Jun
kersteid; William II. West, w. San
GERS Davies, Evan Shelby. A. NJ. Stew
art w: j. Whitson of Stone & Web
ster' all of New York City.
thar@s E. Denny. vice presiden,
New York. Chicago and St. Loui
Railroad. and J. II. Alexander. vice
president. Cleveland Railway Co.. O
cleveland. Boston was representa-
by Frank NJ. Cunby. Leonard Met
calf and j. w. Willcutt, while the 81
representatives from Washington. L
e, were Gen. II. c. Marshall. Col.
Don III. Sawyer and Arthur O'Brier
and +. F.. Cassell, John Donlin an
John r. Alpine. The others were job
w. Cowper Buffalo; Prof. A. n Tai
bot. president American Society q
Civil Engineers. Urbana, ILL.,; Il. "
Rice, president American Institute @