Army and Navy Gossip and Military Reforms
An Army era report notes proposed changes in officer quarters funding and a shift to market rates. It also covers campaign badges for veterans heirs, Baldwin dirigible use in St Joseph carnival, musket sight tests, and a Des Moines court martial finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comptroller of the Treasury
Washington “Barracks
le Darracks
United States
Judge Advocate General
Army
Secretary of War
St. Joseph
Fort Myer
Signal Corps
Signal Corps Aeronautical
School of Musketry
Presidio
Monterey
Cal
Messrs. Blenkner
Cleveland
Ohio
Thevik
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Springfield Mass
School Ofetry
Springfield Armory
Quartermaster General
Fort Howard
Fort Mason
Navy Seeks Medical Board Members and Ship Crews
The navy considers adding a medical officer to the general board and another to the board of inspection and survey to address sanitary and welfare matters across stations, vessels, and facilities. It notes 650 enlisted men moved from transports, shortages on Chattanooga and Galveston, testing of a new two blade jackknife, and plans to remodel the cruiser Baltimore with a new battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Board
Board of Inspection and Survey
Navy
Asiatic
Buford
Maine
Alabama
Chattanooga
Galveston
Manila Bay
New Hampshire
New York Navy Yard
Baltimore
San Francisco
Yorktown
Pacific Coast
United States
Froma
Tompkinsville
Albert Mertz
Manzanita
Sequol
Lighthouse Board
South America
Acanubo
Congress
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Ohio
A. Plement
Navy plans Pearl Harbor naval yard and coaling station
The Navy Department advances plans for a Pearl Harbor naval station with docks, machine shops, coal sheds, and storehouses. Dredging entrance channels to 3 feet depth is approved and bids will open December 1. A dry dock size and cost are under study, with several facilities to be funded under a 2 million dollar cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Department
Pen
Secretary of the Navy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Oficers
Cos ‘Sapo
Army Orders: Leaves of Absence and Assignments Listed
War department announces leaves of absence for several officers including First Lieut George C Rockwell Thirteenth Infantry and Capt John Breger Coast Artillery with durations from 25 days to one month plus duty visits to steel companies and a redemption of duties. Assignments include First Lieut Jerry C Springutead battalion adjutant and Edward Farmeworth to artillery district of Columbia. Movements of naval vessels and arrivals at Melbourne listed with multiple ships named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla
Manina
Corrigtan
Manilla “Bay
Leavin
George C. Rockwell
Thirteenth Infantry
John
Breger
Coast Artillery
John ¢. Raymond
Second Cavalry
Edward D. Rewers
Coast Artillery Corps
Birmingham
Alé
Sayre
Cieut
Orin B. Mitchan
Ordnance Department
Crucible ‘Steel Company of America
Hartldon
N. J
Spaulding
Rucible Steel Company of America
West Side Avenue
Jersey City
West Bergen
Jerry C. Springutead
fMsst Infantry
Kalinags National Guard
Ermy Gohdel
Fort
Copumpia
Edward J. Cullen
Robert C. Hady
coast _artillery corps
Samuel Ringgold
Howard H. Baily
War Department
Richard ©.Moore
Corps of Engineers
Army Centtring Board
Washington
Uncles Scarce as Old South Dialect Fades in Memory
An elderly Confederate veteran touring for a New York firm discusses changing speech and racial terms from his youth. He notes fewer old uncles and aunts among Black people, shifts in plantation nicknames, and a lighter, whiter tone spreading in the South and North alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
New York
Hanks
Uncle
Ben Parker
Beck
Big
Charles
Little Charles
Gar
John
Tohn
Union
Mali
Pennsylvania
Ferginny
Ree
Gald
Violoncello Teacher returns to Washington College of Music
OBE Wolfsteiner resumes as violoncello teacher for next season at the Washington College of Music after a short Atlantic City stay. The Universalian Church choir under Harry P. Wilkins performs a varied program with Miss Anita Dietrich and Miss Lil Nan Chenoweth among soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obe. Wolfsteiner
Atlantic City
Washington College of Music
Inversaliat Church
Charles R. Corey
Harry P. Wilkins
Harry Rowe Shelley
John
Spencer Camp
Lord
John Ebwent
Jene Dee
Fr Shaftervy
Bischof
Anita Dietrich
Salve Reging
Henshaw Dana
Miss Dietrich
Hart’ Viobn
E. Westt
Lil- Nan Chenoweth
Palms
Gh Faure
Laise-Phillips School
Connecticut Avenue
Otla. Swett
Henry Hunt
Metro
Presbyterian
Washington Grove
Blanche Hedemen
Mma I. Kenney
Rycroft
O'Hare
Michael Watson
Bornschein
Miss Chena
Miss Kenney
Miss Bornschein
Carmena
H. Lane Wilson
Vacations Warn of Hidden Dangers and Practical Tips
A fragment warns travelers to guard against water hazards and illness in unfamiliar countries. It suggests carrying a bottle of Babel and using it to ward off galaria fever chills. Sold by Progressive Druggists in Sac Bottles Only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babel
Ofice
Two Quacks in Nineteenth Century Anecdotes
A Washington doctor discusses two old French quackery stories from Montpellier and a poor physician with a clever ruse. The tales show how public criers and club chess crowds were used to create belief in a healer’s fame and skill, illustrating enduring charlatanry in medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Montpellier
Hem
Charlatanium
Washington
Big Birds for Roosevelt Homeward Hunt
A sea captain jokes that President Roosevelt will bring home large birds from his South African hunting trip. He praises the idea of adding ostriches, herons, and storks to the Zoological Garden, hoping for impressive feathered trophies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Sky Johnson
Ike Ostrichea
Secretary Birds And Cassowary Are Discussed For Zoo
A Philadelphia Post item recalls secretary birds as admired zoo presences with crane legs and eagle heads. They are noted for hunting reptiles and insects, a distinctive nest, and dramatic displays against prey. The cassowary, less obtainable, is described as fast, dangerous, and with a helmet-like crest, alongside jokey banter about a businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peone
Messenger
Archer
Treasury
Zoological Gardens
Foel
Steen
Itn
Zoo
Indie
Br. Roosevelt
Tiam
Dig
Holland
Cassowary
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States Army
Crook
Buffalo
San
Philippine
Mighisland
Charles P
Des Moines
Waterloo
City
Fort Dodge
George
Port Ines Moines
Iowa
Maj
Hits
Farl
Thomas
Siatary
Fort Des Moines
Maj. George
War’Department
Pirie Camp
Seacoast
Borge
George H. Shelton
General Staff
Miami Military Institute
Hisboro
Benjamin P. Runkien
Runkle
United States Navy
Bureau of Negitaion
Navy ‘Department
J. D. Doyle
Chaplein W
Eamondson
KR. KE. McClanahan
Philippines
Yia
Cavite
Manila
the Treasury
Marine Corps
North
Chicago
TRS. Ostlierss
General Board of the Navy
H. Mel. P. Huse
Celi
P.A
G. M. Mayers
Saliei
Nina
Brooklyn
Buzzerda Hay
Plunker
Buzzardy Bay
Lebanon
Puerto Cortes
Connecticut
Melbourne
Kanaau
Vermont
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Louisiana
Virginia
Missouri
Wisconsin
N.L. Corey
Detroit
Mich
Ctest
Hebrew Synagogue
Daniel A. “Darrock
Emmetsbore, Tex
Mark's Episcopal Church
William B. ‘Trott
Mira. Hersey
Trott
Samuel Wood
England
Wood
Royal College of Organists
Manchester
Edgar Priest
St. Paul's
Charles St. Roberta
St. Mark's
Hag
Church of the Epiphany
AL Freaman
St. John's Eipiscopal Church
Freeman
Altoona
Lenahonn
Frank Byram
Cat Chateaugay
Farrars
Adirondacks
Sidney “Farrar
Geraldine Farrer
Byrama
Owiyout
Miss Bentley
Woestcott
Alys Bentley
Heinrich Hammer
Washington Choral Society
Church of the Ascension
Maryland
James G. ‘Traintor
Smithsonian Institution
Henry Hunt ‘McKee
H. Loren Clements
Mire McKee
Jasper Dean
McCall
Barytons
Ocean City
Nordles
Walter £. Holt
M. Elizabeth Tiffany
W. Ace Morsell
Harriet Cleveland Westcott
Boston
Canal Zone
Cristobal
Gorgona
Empire
Culebra
Allanea
Tim T6
Washington Institute of Music
Holt
Novo
Sol Minster
New York Avenue
Paar
Washington College of Mu-se
Sydney
Hnclides
Marta Lee Zeedwin
Vera Tone’ Murray
Myra
D. Chittenden
Andres
Carl Neumann
Henry Jaeger
Dore Wolfsteiner
Violancalin
Andre Galopin
Carlotta
Wilbertosa G. Owst
Eugenie Idebschnig
Signora Chiarentgni
Arthur Yehoenfeld
Charles Schroader
Donna Elizabeth Riegel
Babek Percert
Zod
Horn
Pradfield
Avante, Ga
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