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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1910
Page
4
Maj Gen Leonard Wool resumes duties as chief of staff to oversee regimental withdrawals from the Philippines and replacements in 1911. Discussions cover which units depart and which sail to the islands, with detailed timing, roles, and equipment plans amid ongoing reform in military organization.
The Navy faces delays in awarding four submarine contracts from April. It reports shifts in chaplain assignments, boiler competition, ventilation improvements, smoke stack length changes on coal ships, and new illumination fixes at the Naval Academy. Alaska coal tests and gyroscope experiments aim to cut costs and improve stability. Officers may shift from hydrographic duties under a lighthouse bill, while enlisted strength may rise to 47,500 and new closed ammunition hoists are prepared for battleships and yard work.
The conference report advances toward passage this week but two clauses remain unresolved. One benefits Paymaster General Reger by fixing retirement rank and pay for bureau chiefs. The other concerns abolishing the bureau of equipment, with a proposal to rename a separate electrical engineering bureau if justified later. Admiral McCrackin seeks rear admiral retirement advancement, citing Civil War service, with a pending Navy Department decision and a bill introduced to grant the grade.
A Chicago Record Herald inquiry ponders if elevator hats are a courtesy or a public code. The piece argues elevators are public conveyances with flexible manners depending on building and passengers. It suggests Roosevelt likely did not intend to dictate etiquette and that a misdirected admirer framed his action as chivalry.
A playful tale from a Harpers Weekly column about a young colored gentleman promising long white gloves as a Christmas gift He visits a large department store asks to buy not rent and faces a businesslike clerk The piece lists ships and destinations including Baltimore Tompkinsville Newport News and Charleston reflecting a maritime news setting
Leaves of absence extended for Lieut Col William Craighill Corps of Engineers and Lieut Tred W Bugbee Twenty an in fantry. Officers detailed for Pennsylvania militia at Gettysburg from August 11 to 2% including Capt Edwin B Winan Capt Edgar A Fey Capt Edgar T Conley First Lieut Ronald Fisher and Tiret Lieut Edgar Brayer. A board of officers to meet in Philadelphia June 21 to report on textiles blankets and related items. Capt James E Narmoyle to Fort Leavenworth to assume charge July 21. First Lieut Bernard S Gostin to be honorably discharged. Lieut Col Walter L Finney relieved from general staff duty. Haol to sail July 3 to join Philippine Islands regiment.
The Navy issues duty assignments for Lieut W P Gaddis Ensigns Madden and Newton along with midshipmen Weaver and Crk. Pay roles and clerks updated include Cowie Isaid Morse Plymen Lauchsinger and G W Masterton with several revocations and new clerk appointments at Pensacola Navy Yard and Annapolis Naval Academy.
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