Army considers officer selection and equipment priorities
Senate military committee takes no action on Col Roe Bell's nomination while debating Army strength and officer selection methods. War Department shifts focus to aircraft, radiotelegraph trials, ration reforms, and motor trucks for border use as it plans personnel reassignment and training at Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley, and other service schools.
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Navy Turrets and Reports Shape Next Great Battle Ships
The Navy sketches triple gun turrets for new ships Nevada and Oklahoma while noting weight and armor tradeoffs. Officials discuss officer efficiency reports reforms, gunnery and engineering records, and planned sailing exercises as the Panama Exposition looms and budget debates unfold.
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District Militia Notes On Target Practice and Camp Plans
Militia units report high scores at Congress Heights range using Ellis self scoring targets for 200 yard work. Maj King praises the device as economical and efficient while officers note improved marks and reduced staff. Capt Beckstein's Company F plans a July 4 outing to Kensington MD with drills, base ball, and a tournament. The Washington Naval Battalion boats planned Bermuda cruise aboard the Rhode Island, with officers and enlisted men listed for the voyage.
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Norm of Reciprocity Shapes Officers Club and Camp Life
At a meeting of Company B officers and noncommissioned officers last Monday at First Sergen Boyd home, a noncommissioned officers club was formed with Boyd elected president. The group aims to discuss company matters on raising the unit’s efficiency. Visitors included Capt Arthur F Wilhelmy of the Tinols medical reserve corps. Twenty five signal corps members were inoculated for typhoid, as 52 men and 3 officers of the First battery field artillery under Capt Louis Voghi engaged in rifle practice at Congress Heights. A turnout of guards and encampment talk followed, with anecdotes of past maneuvers and a tale of a recruit waiting guard duty, highlighting the norm of reciprocity in social bonds among military men. The Post Hatters and the First Regiment’s Noncommissioned Officers Association prepared for a camp near Chain Bridge, with marching orders and tent life described. A reader letter by Sergen Gibson discusses hermits and social reciprocity, debating ethics and neighborly dependence. Capt John E Moore continues officer candidate examinations, with promotions for several enlisted men and a clerk named George Edwin Adams earning a Georgetown Law School prize for high averages.
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Medical Report On Shipboard Health And Illnesses
The report notes daily sick calls from 15 to 40 men, average sick hat over six months, and an evening 8 o clock call for special cases. It lists common diseases including Brights disease pneumonia measles mumps malaria and various insanity cases. It covers burns jellyfish stings dengue heat prostration and eight surgical operations with minor procedures.
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Merrimac Last Survivor of Monitor’s Crew in New Jersey
The last survivor of the Monitor crew, John M Gireissom, aged 76, born in Ireland, resides near Somernt on the Central Railroad pensioned at 2.50 per month. He served as a stoker in the Merrimac and later as a passenger brakeman, retiring after about twenty years of service and remains active in the town, visiting daily and maintained by a lifelong pension.
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Kaiser gift delivered to German ambassador yearbook event
A damaged item describes a gift sent from Germany to the American president and German envoy in Berlin. It mentions a naval attack, the German annual yearbook, and immediate forwarding to the Kaiser by American emissaries in Berlin.
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Water tests on trains prompt interstate carriers action
Officials from the Teaury Departmer plan to establish laboratories at Keag and San Franasco to analyze water samples gathered by agents and employees along the Washingtown Pittsburgh route. Aimed at ensuring safe water aboard trains and vessels, the program involves ratings by government teams and new facilities to support testing as part of broader safety measures.
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