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this week as students at the Command
and General Staff School for the 1887
course. 73 were Infantry officers, ~
from the Calvary, % Field Artillery,
90 Coast Artillery, 10 Air Service, 10
from the Corps of Engineers, from
the Chemical Warfare Service,
Quartermaster Corps officers, from
the Finance Department, Ordnance
officers, from the Signal Corps.
Judge Advocate General, 3 from the
Adjutant Generals Department,
medical officers, and IA from the
Coast Artillery School. or this list,
the following are now on duty In
Washington: Maj. Byron Q. Jones,
Air Service, officer chief of Air Serv
ice; Maj. Raymond A. Wheeler, Corps
of Engineers, Assistant Engineer Com.
missioner, District of Columbia; Maj.
Gordon r. Young. Corps of Engineers,
Office chief of Engineers; Maj. William
~ Porter, Chemical Warfare Service
Office chief of Chemical Warfare Serv-
ice; Maj. Aueustin NJ. Prentiss, Chem
ical Warfare Service, Office chief Of
staff. ca; Capt. Carl Halla. Finance
Department, finance office United
States Army; Lieut.. Col. II. +. Jor-
dan, Ordnance Department office
chief of ordance: Maj. Bethel w.
Simpson, Ordnance Department, office
| chief of ordnance; Maj. Stewart w.
| Stanley. Signal Corps, office chief
signal officer. and Maj. William A.
Turnbull, Judge Advocate Generals
Department, on duty in the office,
chief OF the militia bureau.
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SUCCESS OF BOOK
THRILLS PUBLISHER
San Francisco Man Says His Re-
ward Is Seeing Neglected
Work Recognized.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April l6.-The
greatest thrill that comes TO a pub
Usher is to see good book. after
being snubbed early in life, finally
with the passing years begin gain
ing recognition through sheer merit
from discerning readers.
SO believes Alexander Robertson,
who has devoted Sc years of his lie
TO the business, and he gives as the
basic reason for the thrill the fact
that the publishers literary judG-
ment is verified and a deserving au-
thor reaps reward In fame.
A good book, in his opinion. eVen-
tuaily will win its place although
10, 25 or even hundred years may
pass.
Publishing the works of unknown
authors is a personal weakness in
which Robertson has indulged. 1t is
said of him that he never refuses
to publish a book with sufficient
merit out of fear it might not sell.
Edwin Markham's Man With the
Hoe George Sterling's The Testi-
mony of the Suns and "A Wine of
Wizardry," works of Joaquin Miller.
Da vid Starr Jordon, Ambrose Bierce
and many others received first pub
lication at the good offices Of Rob
ertson.
The dean Of San Francisco book
men. as he Is known. believes the
bookworm is vanishing. To the radio,
automobile, daily newspapers. week
ly and monthly publications and the
motion pictures he attributes the loss
of interest in bound volumes.
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United States Military Academy, who
may hereafter be appointed to the
United States Naval Academy. or to
United States Military Academy, shall
not be counted In computing for any
purpose the length of service OF any
officer in the Navy or in the Marine
Corps"
Literally speaking. it is contended.
this means that only service at the
Naval Academy is excluded in the case
of midshipmen and that the time
on board naval vessels during the
Summer cruise period is not excluded
by the law. Lieut.. Coontz, who is
widely known not only in Washing
ton but throughout the Navy, filed his
claim for the purpose OF securing a
legal determination of this question.
which affects not only his, but the pay
status of all other officers Of the
Navy who were appointed midshipmen
after March 4. 1918. Lieut.. Coontz, It
is believed, will ask the controller
general to review the action on this
case, whose decision will be awaited
with considerable interest throughout
the service.
Capt. Byron A. Long, now in COM
mand of the u. S. Antares, will be
relieved by Capt. Harold f. Cook.
The former will be assigned to duty in
the third naval district. Capt. Wilson
Brown, who has been on the u. s. S..
Omaha as aide on the staff of the com.
mander of the destroyer squadrons of
the battle feet, has arrived in Wash
ington to take over the command of
and also for duty as naval aide to the
Chief Executive. His duties on the
Omaha will be taken over by Capt.
Merlyn G. Cook. who is now on duty
in the Bureau of Naval Operations of
the Navy Department. Capt. Milton
s. Davis, now in command of the
L. :. S. Medusa, will be relieved by
Capt. Manley Fl. Simons, jr., who is
now a member of the staff of the
Naval War College. Capt Davis will
be given shore assignment. The
Capt. Adolphus Andrews, will go to
Geneva as a naval expert at the ap-
preaching naval disarmament confer
ence. Capt. Donald c. Bingham, now
in command of the L. S. s. Dobbin,
will be relieved by Capt. Frederick X.
Naile who has been inspector OF ord
nance in charge of the naval ammu.
milton depot Fort Mifflin, Pa. The
former officer will attend the next
class at the Army War College. Capt.
kurtz, announced above as the relief
of Capt. William u. Leahy, detail Of
ficer in the Bureau of Navigation. re-
ported last week at the Navy De-
partment for duty. AS stated above.
the transfer will not become effective
until some time in May. Comdr. John
s. Mccain, on duty in the Bureau of
Navigation, and who has taken
prominent part in framing the navy
line personnel bill. has been assigned
to command the L. $. S. Sirius, re-
lieving Comdr. William p. Gaddis, who
will be assigned to command the.
u. S. S. Arctic. The duties of Comdr
Mccain in the Office of the registrar
Of this bureau will be taken over by
Lieut.. Comdr. George w. Hewlett,
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MASTS OF DOUGLAS FIR.
Navy Accepts Equipment for Re
building Frigate Constitution.

SEATTLE, Wash. April Is. R).--
Masts and rigging spars on the his
toric frigate Constitution. which is
being rebuilt at the navy yard at
Boston, are to be of Douglas fir grown
in the Pacific Northwest.
The United States Navy accepted an
offer of the West Coast Lumbermens s
Association to give the Constitutions
masts and spars from a new forest
which was seeded half a century after
the frigate fought her last engage
ment in 1912.
A portion of the fir will come from
Bainbridge Island, Puget Sound
named In honor Of Commodore VIII
liam cambridge, who commanded the
Constitution in all her important en-
gagements except that with the Brit
ish frigate Guerriere.
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Army andNavy News

1t has also been suggested to pay
flyers $75 per month for a period of
three wears and upon the expiration
of this time to increase this monthly
flight compensation to 500. regard
less Of rank. The chief objection to
this suggestion, however, is the TACT
that an officer would be entitled TO
this compensation during a period
when he would not engage in flying.
The main objection voiced in Con-
gress over the present flight pay
schedule is that there are certain
officers who are now receiving flying
pay that is greater than that OF OIL
GERS who do considerable more flying.
It is for this reason. il was stated at
the Capitol this week. that there
should be some drastic change In the
law and the executive regulations so
| revised that actual fight will be more
directly connected with the compen-
sation therefor
Cant. Clarence s. kempff. COM
manding the L. S. S. Seattle. who will
be relieved by Capt. Charles S. Free
man. now at the Naval War College,
will be assigned to command the y.
s. S. Nevada. Capt. Frank H.
Brumby. in command of the New
Mexico, will be relieved by Capt. Will
liam d. Leahy, who Is now on duty
as detail officer in the Bureau of
Navigation. Capt. Leahy will be re-
lieved some time in May by Capt.
Thomas r. kurt8 who will likewise
be relieved from command of the l..
:. S. Galveston. Capt. Paul b. Dun
gan. in charge of the engineering eX-
pertinent station at Annapolis, will
be assigned to duty the navy yard,
Pearl Harbor. Hawaii. Comdr. Allan
S. Farquhar. executive officer of the
u. S. S. Detroit. will be relieved by
Con1dr. George II. Laird, who has been
ordered detached from the Naval War
College. Comdr E. d. Stanley, S. C.,
will relieve Comdr. Ben ID. MCGEE,
s. G.. on June ! as the supply officer
of the aircraft squadrons, scouting
feet. on the L. S. S. Wright. Lieut..
Thomas +. Byram. 5. c., was retired
for physical disability on March 81,
1926
The claim filed recently by Lieut..
Kenneth l.. CoontZ, l.. s. ~, for
longevity increase in pay on account
of service rendered by him as a mid
shipman on the various Summer
cruises in which his class took part
has been disallowed by the general
accounting Office. In disalloWing this
claim the general accounting office
quoted the act of March 4, 1913, which
provides that the service of a mid
shipman at the United States Naval
Academy. or who may hereafter be
appointed to the United States Naval
Academy. shall not be counted in
computing for any purpose the length
of service of any officer in the United
States Navy. AS cruises as midship-
man on board vessel are essentially
a part of the instruction and training
of mdshipmen Complementary to
their work at the Naval Academy,
such service is precluded by the act
of March 4. 1913. in the computation
of longevity pay"
1t is contended that those in the
general accounting Office who settled
this claim misQuoted the provisions
of the basic law on which the claim
was based namely. the act of March
4, 1918, which actually reads as fol-
lows:
Thereafter the service of a mid
shipman at the United States Naval
Academy, or that of a cadet at the
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definite terms were it possible for the
military authorities to approach any
Semblance of general agreement on
this subject, in which event Congress
would authorize al revision of the
additional pay schedule for the haz-
ards of flight. Unless both the War
and Navy Departments are able TO
arrive at a general agreement on this
question. it was pointed out this week
Congress will be compelled to take
the matter into its own hands. AS it
Is absolutely necessary to preserve
uniformity of compensation for mill
tary and naval aviators
1t has been proposed to eliminate
entirely flight pay and separate
assignment to flying duty from all
forms of additional compensation.
The placing into effect of this pro-
posal. it is insisted by the airmen.
will not only make ii difficult, but
impossible. to secure flying officers.
On the other hand. those advocating
The abolition of the uniformity of
compensation for military and naval
Ayers point out that the hazards of
flying are not greater than some of
the other activities OF the military and
naval establishments. such as duty
aboard Navy submarines.
The authorities who are engaged in
studying this subject are in ii guam
dary as to what should be done. .Ac-
cident insurance has been suggested
and considered, but TO this proposal
a, storm of protests have been re-
ceiVed from the unmarried Junior
officers. who. not desiring Insurance.
prefer a suitable increase in current
pay. One of the numerous special
boards which have been appointed in
the War and Navy Departments to
make special study of this ques-
ton suggested that flight pay be
placed on a per diem basis. with some
thing like SO every day in which
flying occurs. regardless of the num-
her of flights made on a particular
day and regardless of the rank of
the flyer Considerable merit is at
tacbed to this proposal by the de-
partmental authorities as one which
will establish the desired uniformity
Of flight compensation. which would
he payable only for the day when
the flight is made. Ultimate con-
gressional action, it is believed, Will
he based along these lines. This sys-
tenn of flight compensation, it is eX
planned. pays an officer for what he
actually accomplishes and leaves TO
his own judgment the disposition of
the funds thus acquired.
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Evening star., 1926-04-18

now assistant detail officer, Bureau of
Navigation. Comdr. Henry T. Mark
land. gunner officer of the II. S. S.
West Virginia. will be transferred to
duty in the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy
Department. Comdr. Reuben r.
Smith. on duty in the office of the
director of feet training of the Navy
Department, will be assigned to com
mand the Savannah. relieving Comdr
Reuben b. Coffey, who will go to the
Navy Department as the relief of
Comdr. John NJ. Smeallie in the enlist
ed personnel division. The latter will
be assigned to Asiatic station.
The following ensigns have been as.
signed TO take the next course at the
submarine school at New London,
Conn: b. o. Matthews, lie Roy Blay-
lock. G.. w. Statt, Horatio Ridout and
W. l.. Guitar.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
ARMY,

Despite the fact that the law pro.
vides that the national matches shall
be held annually, marksmen through
out the country will be keenly dis
appointed to learn that the 1925 rife
classic will not be held. due to the fact
that the House and Senate conferees
agreed to omit the provision for hold
ing these matches from the Army ap.
preparation bill.
1t is understood that in the absence
Of Government assistance this year
preliminary steps have been taken
by the ofYicials Of the Sesqui.
centennial Exposition, which will be
held at Philadelphia, to amplify the
shooting program that had been pre-.
pared tentatively in connection with
the exposition. The failure to retain
the item for holding the national
matches this year has completely
altered all of the contemplated pro-
grams for rife and pistol competitions.
This means that it will not only be
impossible to conduct the national
matches this year under official aus
pices, but there will be serious timer
ference with competitions that here
tofore have been conducted annually
under the auspices of the National
Rife Association. This associations
matches, known as the n. r. A.
matches, have, in the past. been shot
at Camp Perry, Ohio. preceding the
national matches. 1t is yet too early
to announce just what will be done
this year. but the suggestion has been
made that some of the n. r. A.
matches be held at Camp Perry, Ohio.
while some of the others could be shot
at Sea Girt. n. j., and Mount Gretna.
Pa. Some of the matches to be shot
at the latter two places. it has been
ventured. might be in the nature of
the usual events of the national
matches. The hope has been eX.
pressed in rife circles that something
definite will be done along the lines
of the latter suggestion, so that the
American rifiemen will not lose inter
est in rife shooting.
OF the 211 Army officers who were
designated by the War Department
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three months has
precipitated con-
siderable CO m
nlent in congress
sional circles that
there should be a
drastic change in
the law and a re-
vision of eXeCu-
We regulations
" h c h " ould 4
make active fight
more directly con-
nected with the
special compcnsa
ton { n c r. @ f or.
There is no doubt
that joint depart
mental re c o m =
0ation would be
forth innnnninr In
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NAVY.

The validity of the payment TO Col.
William Mitchell for his 81 flights
In one day in order to make an
average of the fights prescribed for
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CEALED bids will be received up
, to 10 a.. N. January Goth 1926,
in the Office Of the Assistant Pub
lie Works Officer for one ord
Truck. 'This truck may be seen
in the Fort Yard, lhristlansted,
Bids should b. plainly marked as
follows: "Bid for Ford truck to
be opened 10 a. m. January 26th,
1926" Cars to be sold las is" and
"where is. The Assistant Public
Works Officer reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
Payment must be made, and car
removed not later than February
LIST, 1926.
j. D. WILSON,
Assistant Public Works officer.
, 1926-01-19
Publication.

FIT is hereby brought to public notice
that the Trade mark shown below
: which was registered in the United
States Patent Office, Washington, DC.
ON October %, 1924, in The name Of Cana
da Dry Ginger Ale, Incorporated, Of New
York, N. Y, a corporation organized
and existing under the laws Of the State
of Virginia, and Trademark certificate
No. I91. 1O2 issued therefor, has this
date been registered 10 the office of The
Government Secretary of the Virgin Is
lands OF the United States at st. Thomas,
in accordance with the provisions in the
regulations governing the registration
of Patents and Trademarks in the Vir-
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, 1926-01-19

Entered as second class matter May
26tb 1917 at the Post Office ct Christian
st9d. st. Croic. Y. l. of the u. s.. A. un-
der the Act of Mdrcb 8. 1879
, 1926-01-19

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THE Government of the Virgin
/ Islands will receive sealed bids
up to 3 P. NJ. FRIDAY, FEBRU-
AIRY 5. 1926, for
Estate Cotton Grove and ad-
joining estates.
All bids must be addressed to the
Despatching Secretary. Christian
sted, v. l., and enclosed in a sealed
envelope on which will be placed
conspicuously the words IBID FOR
ESTATE COTTON GROVE', and
must be accompanied by cash or
certified check for the sum OF
Francs 100000 D. w. l. Currency,
or $4,000 u. S. Currency.
The deposit Of the successful bid
der will be retained as a partial
payment on the purchase price, and
will be forfeited in case of failure
to conclude the transaction. De
posits of unsuccessful bidders will
be returned.
The Government reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
) The estates are situated in the
East End Quarter and total APP
proXimateIy 1886 Acres. There is
a concrete house in good repair,
with modern plumbing, and two
large ~cisterns.
There are six miles OF fencing
and water sufficient for about 800
head of cattle.
Bidders will clearly state the
terms on which they offer to make
purchase.
For further information address
the undersigned.
G. P. SHAMER,
DeSpatching Secretary,
Ch~ristjanSted, Y. l..
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-23
STOCK SHOW TO
BE STAGED AT
FARM COLLEGE
Little international Livestock
Exposition Is Planned
For January 10

The Little international Livestock
show, put on by the North Dakota
Agricultural college. will be staged
Jan. 10 at the college stock pavilion
for the livestock breeders Of the state
this year. !.
The Little International is live
stock show that the students OF the
Agricultural college put on entirely
by them selves, and which is modelled
after the International livestock
show at Chicago. The purpose OF 1t
is chiefly accustom students to
showing animals in the right manner,
as we'll as fitting them for the, show
ring. They are given certain number
Of days in which to fit their individ-
ual animals for the show. The judg.
ing of the animals is done on the
basis of the improvement in appear
ancc and condition from the time
that they were taken over by the
students.
Every freshman in the school OF
agriculture is required to show. An.
other feature which gives promise Of
bigger show than ever before Is
that the contest is open to students
from many course who desire to take
part. The pavilion where the show
takes place has been enlarged and
provides more room for the showing
rings and for the audience as well.
Club Sponsors Show
The Saddle and Sirloin club, which
is an organization of students who
take the agricultural course and who
are interested in furthering agricui-
tural causes, is sponsoring the show
and the club president. Clyde Chal.
lev. Lisbon, N. D., wishes to repeat
the welcome extended to farmers Of
the state during the livestock special
last spring, and assure everyone that
he will be received with hearts
welcome and shown a good time.
This year the show comes 1t On
opportune time for the livestock
breeders of the state, as it is staged
during the week that the several
breeders associations meet ut the col
lege. They will also be enabled e
take in the portrait hanging banquet
held the evening following the show
At this time the portrait of Sam +
Crabbe will be hung As the tenth t.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-23

be placed in the "hall Of fame" Mr..
Crabbe is prominent % . breeder Of
Jerseys in North Dakota and presi-
dent of the North Dakota Livestock
association.
Other Attractions
Other attractions ut the Agricul-
tural college during this same week
are the meeting Of the beemen and
the poultrymen, both of interest to
any agricultural man who plans on
attending the show.
There will be anywhere from l25 to
$50 animals exhibited at this years
contest, according to those in charge
of the show. If tradition is to be
upheld the prize string Of Belgian
horses will be shown under the su.
pervision of Joe Pearson, the man.
agcr of the horse barns.
More prizes will be offered In each
division than have ever been offered
before. This will be an incentive
for keen competition among contest
ants.
The divisions Of livestock which
will be shown are as follows:
Horses. sheep, hogs. dairy cattlc
beef cattle and poultry.