Army and Navy Gossip on new corps and drills delays
The Democratic caucus blocks special legislation at the extra session, deferring army reform bills to the December regular session. Reports discuss Hay's proposed general supply corps, staff retention of the quartermaster title, Panama Canal Zone housing plans, and civilian officer eligibility for coast artillery vacancies.
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General Staff
Adjutant General
General Service Corps
Senate
House
Senate Military Committee
Panama Canal Zone
Jones B. Aleshire
Army
Canal Zone
Culebra
Finopire
Quartermaster's Department
Coast Artillery Corps
West Point
Coast Artillery
Cornell
Harvard
Yale
Naval staff debate mirrors army struggle in Congress
Congressional criticism of the general staff for the army finds a counterpart in Capitol opposition to a naval general staff. Secretary Meyer may seek legislation legalizing aids for personnel and operations while the House naval committee resists. A plan to promote by selection risks affecting paymasters and constructors moved to the line, and naval medical officers review shipboard engines and conditions aboard commissioned vessels.
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War Department
Senate Military Committee
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War College
Gen. Wood
General Staff and
Gen
Weed
Warren
House Committee On
Army General Staff
Capitol
Navy
Aud
Naval Service
Meyer
House Naval Committee
Navy Department
Children's Summer Sickness and Diarrhea Cure
A 46 hour treatment for summer diarrhea in children advises stopping dairy milk, giving four catomel tablets every two hours, using castor oil as ineffective, feeding rice water with condensed milk, and cooling the child with fresh milk later. The Society for Prevention of Sickness endorses this regimen and cautions condensed milk as a regular diet for children.
Army Promotions and Transfers Noted in Infantry Commands
Promotions of officers are announced including Frank B. Jones to colonel in the Fifteenth Infantry James A. Goodin to lieutenant colonel Seventh Infantry and Charles Miller to major Seventh Infantry Major Miller to join his regiment Frank H Cochatt to Tenth Infantry and Webster to Twentieth Infantry Capt Harry Teigbetts detailed to staff and August 15 1911 date appears Several other transfers and assignments are listed with engineers coast artillery and general staff officers moving among regiments camps and posts Also movements of naval vessels are recorded with arrivals and sailings from various ports The Irishman's Brogue discusses how Irish English pronunciation preserves older forms while Turtles to Bring Rain reports Creek Indians staking mud turtles to invoke rain in Oklahoma and nearby areas
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Frank B. Jones
Fifteenth Infantry
James A. Goodin
Seventh Infantry
Charles Miller
Miller
Frank 8. Cochett
Tenth Infantry
Frank D Websster
Infantry
Twentieth Infantry
Harry H. Teqbetts
General Staff Corps
Will H. Point
Kansas City
Jay P. Hopkins
Coast Artillery Corps
Camp Ferry
Ohio
Thomas H. Rees
Corps of Engineers
San Francisco
Cal
Horton W. Stickle
Ralph T. Ward
Henry H. Robert
Paul B. Malons
General Staff
Camp Perry
Rodney H. Smith
Goss L. Stryker
Fourth Cavalry
Thirteenth Cavalry
Alexander M. Milton
Thirteenth Cavalary
William T. Wood
Nineteenth Infantry
Jefferson Barracks
Millard F. Waltz
Mystic order spectacle fund drive fuels Washington visit
Edwin Schmid, chairman of the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets, reports strong donations for the supreme council in Washington in September. Philanthropic gifts include candy boxes, a donated automobile, and a plane offer. Delegations from the South expected, with plans for tours of Mount Vernon, River View, and Arlington Cemetery.
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Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm
Order
Supreme Council
Washington
Committee On Entertainment
Marshall Hall
River View
Indian Head
Mount Vernon
Alexandra
Arlington Cemetery
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Chesapeake Beach
Florist Club
Kallipolis Grotto
Heacock
Chesapeake Beach Railway
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