Evening star., 1924-10-26
Army and Navy News
By NJ. H. Mcintyre.
NAN Y y.

transatlantic flight the attention of the
general board. which has been nvesti-
SdthS the effectiveness OF aircraft and
ua''ieShips, was centered upon lighter
e1an-air machines. DIR. Eckene~ talked
qui'e frankly to the board on the prog
.'ss Which has been made in Germany
III nroo0cinS this type of aircraft.
Dr- Eckener expressed the opinion
,''"l on account OF the expansive terri
tory of the United States and its ex-
'idSiFc possession of helum gas. a field
was offered for the development of the
Zeppelin type of aircraft not possessed
ny any other country. The first field for
ihe development for dirigibles. DR..
tckener pointed out would be the
transportation of mail overseas. and he
Nentured the opinion that il would prob
ably be some time before passenger
carrying ships would become reality.
IN the opinion of this noted authority
the future fuel of Zeppelins will be
heaNy oil, and that with the improve
snent of Diesel engines, gasoline, as
fucl, would be discarded
Among the witnesses who have ap-
feared before the board are: DIT. :. T..
Stratton. president Massachusetts In
s'itute of Technology; c. l.. Cabot,
president American Aeronautca!
Society; Rear Admiral r. Stocker
tc. c., superintendent Newport News
Shipbuilding Co.; Rear Admiral W. 4.
Moffett. chief of the Bureau of Aero
nautics: Rear Admiral W. Pullman.
|. :. n, retired; Rear Admiral w. r.
Shoemaker. chief of the Bureau of
Navigation; Rear Admiral c. G. Block.
chief of the Bureau of Ordnance;
Rear Admiral J. -. Beuret, chief of
the Bureau of Construction and Re
pair: Rear Admiral NJ. NJ. Taylor,
commander Control Force. l.. 5. Fleet;
Wee Admiral y. r. McCully. COM
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tapts. w. Il. Gherardi. aide to the
Secretary of Navy; A. W. Johnson,
assistant chief of Bureau of Aero
nautics: J. q. Richardson. assistant
chief Of Bureau of Ordnance; \. W.
Marshall. assistant director of target
practices; L. f. Mcbride. &C.. c.
Bureau of Construction and Repair:
T.. $. Land &C.. c.. Bureau Of Aero
nautiCs; Comdr. X. Whiting. L. :. :.
Langley: Comdr. Il. l.. Schuyler. Bu
rcau of Ordnance: Comdr. II. =.
Howard O.. co. Bureau of Construc-
lion and Repair. and Lieut.. Comdrs.
NJ. \ Mitsch"r and IL. T. Bartlett,
ffiureau of Acronautics.
Loretta Lambert chief nurse. L. :.
n. and Genevieve +. Mamel. reserve
nurse. /. =. y. have been ordered to
the I. :. 5. Henderson for temporary
duty to the Mediterranean and re-
VI H. ne snip W Ill tdll al IblZtT I'd,
Africa: RaguSa. JugoSlavia; Naples,
Italy, and Ceuta. Morocco.
Martha f.. Whjtencr. reserve nurse.
L. =. ~. has been ordered to the
Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, y. Y, from
Washington, II. &.
Capt. Frank +. Mccullough lM c..
L. s. ~. has been discharged from
treatment at the Naval Hospital,
Washington, d. G.. and assigned to
temporary duty at the Navy Yard,
Washington, ID. {.
In commemoration of the embarka-
ton of the first detachment of the
"A. r. F., under Gen. Pershing on the
s. :. Baltic in May, 1917, a bronze
tablet will be formally presented to
this vessel on November 8. when the
liner is in New York. The tablet was
designed by Mr.. Seaton Swartout, the
we'll known architect who SpecialiZeS
in war memorials, and is being cast
by the Gorham Company. Maj. Gen.
: James G. Harbord, L. 3 A, retired.
will act as the representative of the
Baltic Society on the occasion of the
presentation. Funds for the erec-
ton of the tablet were raised by
special committee headed by Brig.
Gen. ). H. Wolfe. o. r. c.
Lieut.. Comdr. Edward II. Smith has
arrived in Bergen. Norway, to begin
work with Prof. Bjorn Holland Han
sen, Geo-Physical Institute. in physi-
cal oceanog graphy, and with especial
jrcgard to the practical application of
This science to the needs of the inter-
national ice patrol. En- route to Ber-
gen Comdr. Smith delivered addresses
on the ice patrol and ice conditions in
the North Atlantic before the Inter
national Council for the Exploration
of the Sea, at Copenhagen, and be-
fore Il gathering of the managers and
nj, rir Of nj
Gus steamship lines centering at
Liverpool, and he conferred with Il
large number of scientists, CONNER
cial and steamship bodies and with
the representatives Of the hydro
graphic offices of England, France,
Belgium Holland, Norway, Germany
and Denmark concerning the interna-
tional service of ice patrol.
Lieut.. +. NJ. Webster represented
the Coast Guard at the third national
radio conference, which was held in
Washington last week, serving as u
member of the subcommittee on ma
rinc affairs.
With a score of I.60i to 1880 the
five-man team representing the Ar
gentinc navy was returned the victor
over the team representing the
United States Navy in the interna-
was just held at Wakefield, Mass.
Members of the Navy team which par
ticipated In the recent Camp Perry
competition composed the American
team, while those from the Argentine
navy were from the battleShips which
were brought to Fore River for re-
pairs and overhaul.
ii This trophy was presented in 1913
by the Argentine naval mission which
was sent to the United States in. con-
nection with the building of the bat
tleships Radavia and Moreno, which
were being constructed at Fore River
for the Argentine navy. The shoot
ing events on the program were 10
shots standing. 10 prone and 10 kneel-
ing, at 800 meters. all at interna-
tional distances: 10 shots prone at
600 yards and 10 prone at 1000 yards
at National Rifle Association targets.
, 1t is thu intention of the surgeon
general of the Navy TO recommend the
assignment of five medical officers of
the Navy to duty in attendance upon
Il course of instruction in aviation medi-
cine at Mitchell Field. Mineola. Long
Island, n. Y, beginning in January.
Medical officers desiring to take this
course should make application to the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery without
delay 1t is also the desire of the sur
geon general that flight surgeons, after
performing duty as such for several
wears, take up other work. In view of
the excellent training in eye and ear
conditions, this branch of medicine, it
is pointed out by the bureau, would be
IL suitable one for flight surgeons to
develop.
7 Thirteen naval medical officers have
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