Evening star., 1924-02-24

ana and lie BE. Colt. Rhode Island.
Those Who wsr" appoin.ed afS y Iiepree tse
sapn,atiT.s speakii[ Waiter +. Dineberger.
Caiifornia: James V. McClintoc. Okla
boma. clark Burdict. Rhode lslah"'
Werbert ]. Dranc. FLORIDA, and James
n Mr,irc. Pennsylvania.
annroximateIy s2.000,o00 for machin-
ei, indicates that Chairman French
of the Navy Department apProPrlA-
tion subcommittee has made care
is understood that the suocom1nittee
vent as, far as it could ana Keep
within the law. That the machinery
of some of the battleships Is in PAD
condition is brought out oy the taft
wyoming and Florida have been or
dered ont of the line of the maneuEers
and are now in port. A Dill now pena!ns
before the House committee Whlcn
nroyides an increase in the, amount
~ money which can be expended upon
a battleship from 100000 to sooo,ooo.
However this must be passed belore
the appropriations committee can re-
port out sufficient funds when Will
make these four vessels effective. IL
is estimated that It will require the
aynenditure of about S1l,O0O,OQ0 TO
put these battleships in condlt1on 10
90 10 sea and operate with the heet.
Althoggh the ,;,mSsr mafy DeParis' OF piams foT
the modernization OF the machinery
of these four vessels, the most favor
able plan provides for the conversion
of the ships into oil burners, which
can be accomplished, it is stated, by
installing In them the boiler and ma
chinery Of scrapped ship. To con-
tinue them as coal burners. which
would require the replacement OF new
boilers, would cost more than the In
stallation of oil burners.
AS of February 16, the total
strength of the Navy was sb.6!2 en-
listed men. Since July I, 1929, the
enIistments, but a deduction Of 266,
due TO under age and physical dis
ability discharges. make the net nrSt
enlistm eiitS number 16,i31. Inc 1oi-
cruiting stations securing the most
first en1istments for the year up to
the week ending February IA; Kansas
City, 1852; Philadelphia, 965; Atlanta,
s32; Los. Angeles, $40, and Raleigh,
+: Reports reaching the Navy Depart
ment this week indicate that excel
lent results have been obtained In
the experiments conducted on the
cableship Dellwood with the Sonic
depth finder on her cruise from Seat
tie to San Pedro. The records OBJ
tanned with the Sonic depth hnoer
were compared with a deep-sea lead,
which were similar within 2 per cent.
This similarity in findings, 1t is be.
lieyed, is due to the installation OF
the apparatus on a concrete base.
Both the War and Navy departments
are making a careful study Of this
apparatus. The U. S. 8. West vir-
ginia, Z. s. S. Chaumont and the ..
rs. S. Litchfield are now being
equipped with this apparatus.
The Navy Department has prepared
plans for a new air-cooling system
for the engine room of the Wyoming.
This will consist of q refrigeratinE
plant. which will cost from $1,000 to
$4,000.
In recognition Of his work in the
International rife matches, Sergt.
Morris Fisher. U. s. NJ. c., was award
ed the j. Miller Frazier championship
trophy at a recent dinner at Phfla-
delphfa rendered to American cham
pions in all lines Of sport. Sergt.
Fisher won the worlds rife cham
pionship and established all worlds
records. (which were previously held
by the Swiss rinemen.