Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1927, Page 5

COOLIDGE OPPOSES MAGRUDER VIEWS Holds Total of Officers Is Not Too Large for Navy Efficiency. (Continued from_First Page.) Senate committee “would give th a chance to tell the facts.’ Senators and Representatives, ®iecates ana opponents avy, have read the adm: harges © ind they will insist that tie be called hefore the committee deal ing with naval appropriations for an elaboration of his ideas The admiral, however. declaved at Philadelphia_that he had no detailed plan available, his reorganization scheme being only outlined in the He added that it would take time to prepare such a plan and he would have to be assisted by a large force of expert officers and clerical help. Secretary Wilbur, it is understood, Is ready to meet the issue by extend- ng this aid Disciplinary Action Ended. The possibility of disciplinary action rgainst Admiral Magruder apparently is ended. Ile has complied with the ral tion which stipulates the submission to the Sccretary of article on military affzirs hy persons in the rvice by recently dispatching a copy ticle to Sceretary Wilhur this phase of the case, r sadd that he did his article before it was as it cont 1 mistake racies which could have been correc ed. But th he overiooked. His plan will be studied, but I cannot say what action will be taken on it. “I have known Admiral Magruder since 1883, and I have looked up his record, which I find to be an excel- lent one. He has done good work for the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and I am anxious to zet the full benefit of any suggestions he has on the sub- ject of naval administration.” R0 also are the members of the ap- propriations and naval a com mittees of Cor § anxious to hear Admiral jeet t Some Senators and Rey thought his views, as well other runking officers, as to changes both g not submit published and inaccu regre of administration might be reflected in | recommendations whicn |rear admiral, always pulling with the | the annual tha Navy Department will submit to the new Congress in December. Will Be Called by Congress. But even if they should be, Admiral Magruder and the other naval officers will be callsd before the congressional | committees to give their own views. Secretary Wilbur also will be a chief witness ‘when the prospective naval appropriations for 1928 are considered by the House and Senate committees. Proponents of a large cruiser fleet are especially interested in the article, as they believe their campaign to bal- ance the battle fleet with this type of craft will be greatly simplified if the necessary ships of this type can be constructed without heavy addi- tional drain on the general fund of the Treasury. Another reason advanced by some members of Congress why the greatest economy in naval administration, par- ticularly ashore, should be exercised within the next few vears is that the country £0on must enter upon a pro- gram of repiacement not only of the first line battleships, but also of the new obsolescent war-time built de- marines. Yards Question Difficult. While they entertain seme hope of cutting down some naval expenses, Congressional - leaders are mnot over- optimistic about the elimination of some of the existing naval establish- ments on the Atlantic Coast. This isa subject that has engaged the atten tion of Congress at different times oyer mearly a quarter of a century without the closing of any of the naval building and repair plants. Admiral Magruder touches on this sore spot to some extent in his article and congressional leaders do not at- tempt to deny that the blame in this respect rests with Congress and not th the Navy Department. Local politics in the district affected has aiways succeeded in bringing enough pressure to bearn to retain navy yards rlated for abandonment. . Congre: sional leaders who have the Navy's best interests at heart have never been able ®o buck this tide success- fully. : The last big fight on the subject was in 1910, but those proposing abolition of yards here and there went down to defeat bhafore the combination of Rep- yesentatives from the States in which paval plants then were located and those seeking to have the Government egpand its fleet conditioning facilities. The prospect of closing down any of the surplus yards is said to be no more encouraging at this time. Hotel Fire Routs 40 Guests. ST. LOUIS, September ). — Forty guests of the Grand Hotel were routed down town here last night by fire, which started, police said. by a cigarette tossed-into a pile of rub- bish. Ten engine companies respond- ed to the calls when flames shot 40 feet jnto the air from the rear windows of the structure. The build- ing adiolns a theater, which was rap- idly emptied as the fire sirens warned the theaterzoers a blaze was near Send for a Free Copyof Recommended MAGRUDER HAS THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, LONG RECORD l 1 OF FAITHFUL SERVICE AFLOAT 'Naval Critic, Now 60, Is Due | for Retirement for Age in 1931. From Three Nations—In- terested in Farming. | i i ‘;Admiral Holds Decorations | ad- | Rear Admiral Thomas Pickett Ma- gruder, commandant of the Philadel- phia Navy Yard and center of the stage of public interest as a result of his published article on the 1 hard-working, fighting sea the old school and, next to pacing the deck of a rolling war vessel, he would rather 1un a farm than anything else in the world. i Admiral Magruder will be 60 years | old on November 29 and on that in 1931 he will formally pass from the active list of the Navy onto the retired rolls, because he will have | reached the statutory age limit of 64. On that date, also, he will have com- 46 years in the service of the | Al who have met the admiral and all who have served under him are unanimous in their declarations that “if you want to get along with the old man you've got to work.” He L no time for sailor or officer who just ti hy.” rn and strict and insists on carry ing out orders and having his orders carried out to the letter. is Sea Service Mostly. On first_meeting, the conclusion is that the admiral wants to be friendly | He is courteous and sets a tw oing in his eye. Whether that a tude is to continue or the amount ef work “put out” by the | individual in question. Close friends and associates of * P.” as he is often referred to, know the motives that actuated the liter- |ary outbursts, regardless of whether they agree or disagree with his views. That motive, they say., is a deep and profound interest in Navy's welfare. There could be no other reason—he doesn’t crave pub- licity, he doesn’t talk about himseif or his past life and experiences and no “big job” in view. Magruder has plugged s those of | vears that have elapsed between the | | time he w commissioned and the date he was made a permanent | ship and never against it. His service vecord shows tht most of his life has I been that of a sailor—most of his duty | has been at sea. The record does not | glitter with spectacular deeds; no fa- | mous words, expressions or epigrams are attributed to him. The nature of | his duties, however. has served |convince his friends that he “earned his pay.” Faces Heavy Fire. Admiral Magruder's naval career started off with a bang. He was one of a picked group ordered to cut the cables at Cienfuegos, Cuba, May 1895, during the Spanish-Amer; war. In command of a steam launch, n Magruder’s duties were to pro- tect the cable-cutting party in another boat which the launch had in tow. Right into the face of hea from the shore, Ensign Magruder went. The cable cutters got down to business in a hurry while gunfire | rained down on the party. Ensign Magruder returned the fire, answer- | ing shot for shot as hest he could. | The cables were cut. Several of the party were wounded. The commander of the expedition in his report to the Navy Department declared he was ‘ably supported by Ensign Magruder, who displayed great coolness, bravery and promptness in carrying cut orders and in protecting his men.” After the successful operation he was advanced five numbers in rank ‘for gallantry.” When Magruder, then lieutenant, junior grade, returned home from the war, the citizens of Vicksburg, Miss., his ' native State. presented him with a gold-mounted sword as a token of their appreciation for his war serv- | fces. | has Born in Mississippi. | Admiral Magruder was born In Ya- | zoo County, Mississippi, the son of | Lawson William and Jessie M. (Kil- patrick) Magruder. He entered the | Naval Academy in 1885 and was grad- uated in 1889, Two vears later he was | commisioned an ensign. | _Following the Spanish-American | War, Admiral Magruder served at sea on up through the grades. In 1905 he returned to shore for a vear's duty, and then went back to the ships as navigator of the U. S. 8. Towa. Twelve months later he went to the U. §. S. ‘Alahamn as executive officer, thence |to Philadelphia as machinery inspec- tor for two years and then out to | the Philippine station for 24 months. | He assumed his first ship command in .913 as skipper of the cruiser Albany, from which he transferred | a year later to the Raleigh, spend- | ing two years in this duty. | 'When the World War broke out, | Admiral Magruder was appointed commander of Squadron Four, Patrol | Force, of the Atlantic Fleet, and | went' to France, operating out of | L'Oriente. His patrol ships kept the | coast clear of submarines and mines |and he convoyed the incoming trans- ports laden with American troops. The duiy was faithfully performed | and his government awarded him the | Distinguished Service Medal. France, | recogr he valuable services rend- With it all, he is + | gruder not depends on | | to red by Admiral Magruder, made him a commander of the Legion of Honol The admiral, in his years of serv- ce, was “in the water twice,” another | of saying he was shipwrecked rs aiter he had assumed stripe i ensign, the Kear to which was attached, was ccked on a reef off Culy sruder, like all others aboard, lo | everything he had. Subscquently | belongings were washed up on the beach, and some time later a friend liscoveredt a medallion of Mrs. Ma in a pawnshop in a Cul city. The medallion was purchase | and returned to the young ensign. He | had married Miss Rose Boush of thix | city May 29, 18 | During his war service Admiral Ma ruder was aboard the | which was wrecked on a rock off the | west coast of nee during a heavy 0g. The vessel was a complete loss Aided World | Admiral Magruder the Naval War Colleg having received his diploma in 1914, This is the famous institution, so close | who- on | more than one occasion ha red that a naval officer is not s walked out the front door of this ution with a sheepskin under arm. | " Following the war, there remained | many delicate problems to be ironed |out with respect to closing out the business end of the hostilities so far as the Navy was concerned. Admi | Magruder was selected for this tas and was given the duty of naval tache of the American embas | Paris in addition. On returning to the United States he was placed in command of the Sth 1 District, at New Orleans, there until January, when he took command of the li cruiser division of the scouting fleet, with the U. 8. S. Richmond flagship. In July, 1924, Admiral Magruder | left. Newport for Scotland to a |the United States Army world flvers lin their aerial journey to the United ¢ of Iceland and Green- Forty-five Days Afloat. Admiral Magruder had under his command the cruiser: Raleigh and Milwaukee and several destroyer: | The duty involved 45 days at se through all kinds of weather, during which the Richmond cruised 8,000 miles. the first United tinction of leading % Ensizn | their Guinevere, | aduate of | Newport, R. 1. | publicly | qualified for high command until he | al | and | as his | HEALTH CLINIC UNIT | ' TO VACATE QUARTERS | Treasury Department Issues Ouster Order to Tuberculosis Workers on Fifteenth Street. t "that the Treasury s ordered the Tubercu- Official Department ha losis Health Clinie to vacate its pres ent quarters at 409 Fifteenth street | by October 1, to make way for the new triangle building program, was made last night at a meeting of the hoard of directors of the Tuberculosis | Association held at the Soci House, 1022 Eleventh stre | W. Teabody, advised the d | rectors that Ith Department | has no funds available for the rental | of mew quarter | " Foltowing the situation, a ¢ th discussion of mmittee was appoint |ed consisting of Dr. George M. Ko- | ber, president, Dr. Peabody and Wal- | ter’ 8. Ufford, executive secretary, to| confer with the Health Office,” the | | Bureau of Efficiency and the Dis-| trict Commissioners and to urge with all possible emphasis the necessity | for finding some way to continue the | clinfc without interruption. i A report of the work of the clinic for the six months ending June 30| | 1ast, by Dr. William C. Fowler, Health | Officer, showed 23 visits by patients |at this clinic ard the examination of 26 new ca hese figures, it was pointed out, ome idea of the im | portant part which the clinic plays in | ‘ducational and preventive work as| | 'well as the treatment and advice L offerad by tuberculosis specialists, WAR VETS TO MEET. of Former D. C. Signal| eneral Membe Corps Company Plan Reunion. Members of former Company B, D. . Signal Corps, will hold a reunion t the Arlington Hotel next Saturday | ening #1 8 o'clock. Company B was ssizned to the 104th Field the 29th Division in the World 'nd saw service in the Me gone, in Alsace-Lorraine and at Ver-| dun The committee in charge of the re- ion is o ed of L. O. Drum J. nstein, Jame gan, Lawrence P, Harsh, uton, G. M. Landis and COURTNE &8 (). —Capt. |ish aviator, land to Canada b 'SELLS ‘WHALE' . Courtney, Brit-| whose flight from Eng v way of the Azores | was broken here on September 3,/ ause of adverse weather, i3 leay | ing today for Madrid | It is reported that his flying boat. | the Whale, has heen acquired for the the port of although exchanged of the States war vessels into Iceland, where, at the time, he es with the governor island. route from Iceland to Green- Admiral Magruder, after a two- v search, picked up the Italian air- | man, Antonio Locatelli, and his ¢ |of three, who had drifted off ¢ land in their big flying hoat. He w suitably rewarded by Italy for h rescue work. Hardly had he placed his feet ashore | than Admiral Magruder went down to the target practice range off Guant Cuba, and from there the cruisers under his command amed to Hawail, Australia, Tas- | mania and New Zealand. On his re: | turn to the United es he assumed | Admiral Magruder attained the dis- |command of the Navy Yard at Phila- | be coupled Ldelphia. 'WANT ALL NATIONS TO ENTER CUP RACE ight Lieut. 0. E. Worsley, left, S. N. Webster, right, who came in first. Bxitish' Officials Hope Schneider| | Competition Next Year Will Be Truly International. By the Associated Pre LONDON, September 27.—The fore most hope expressed by officials of the Rritish air ministry today was that | next vear's Schneider Cup race, which gland as a result h victory, will find | will be staged in K of yesterday's Brit teams trom the United § ind other European and an countries entered, so that the clas- | ates, France outh Ameri event will again national aspect | British airmen | i assume a truly | int | tly regretted the | misfortunds which kept the United tates from sending a team to Lido. | Whera this year's Schneider Cup com- petition was settled yesterday, with only Great Britain and Italy rep sented. j With the British now in possession | Flight Lieut. of the trophy, next year's race prob ably will be held at Solent, the famot stretch of yacht racing waters hetwe who finished second, and REYNOLDS, MISSING FOR 11 DAYS, IS SAFE, DETECTIVE INSISTS (Continued from ¥ aham did not accompany Rey: nd Miss Houston to the railroad Iroad schedules show the St. Louis left Grand m. trip. nolds terminal first train Central at 8:4. Show Closes Doors. Rusiness associates of | who were interested in the play “Half | a Widow,” which he backed, were un able to locate him next da In conse- quence the production, unable to meet its expenses because of poor box office veceipts, was closed. Friends and rel- atives then began their hunt for the missing man. On September 17 Reynolds’ limou- sine, which had awaited him at Mine- ola, was found submerged in Long Island Sound near Port Washington Revnolds apparently had not used it during the night of September 16, but it was found some distance from the place where it had heen parked accord ing to his instructions by the chauf feur. Mr. Orr said that Reynolds was not in the car when it was w P and that they had conferred days after the accident ‘An_unidentified pers sau County and asked om ealled headquarters last that they night investigate *a murder in which a yellow Rolls Royce figured.” Reynolds, six feet tall about 210 pounds, on of the late R. J. whom he was named, five heirs to an estate estimated at £30,600,000 left by his father. He has 1 intercsted in aviation since 1924, pilot, and heads a commercial al plane company operating a fleet of passenger planes. His company re- cently announced the purchase of Cur- tiss Field, on Long Island, and the lease of Hadlay Airport, in New Jer- sey. The company owned a plane which crashed near Hadley Airport September 17, with a loss of seven es. The planes were taking up pas- sengers at a cost of a cent a pound. Orr said it was not uncommon for his chief to take a trip without leav- ing a forwarding address, and weigh 1 the eldest Reynolds, for and is one of in A piano keybhoard invented by an English composer has an upper ke board having a register one octave higher than the lower; the two ma and octave runs played with single fingers. When the Congressional Limited Stops at Washington RESIDENT, Diplomats, Ambassadors, Secretaries, Sena- tors, Congressmen, Doctors, Lawyers, Merchants, Indian Chiefs—a cosmopolitan influx of people from all parts of the world, some happy in the knowledge that they are back home, while others have come to view the grandeur of the Capital City. As they pass through our Union Station, the literal gateway Reynolds, | several the Isle of Wight and the English | | mainland, where the race in 1923, Solent s where the victorious Brit ish plane piloted by Flight Lieut. S. N Webster was tested, and is considered | the best spot in England for the Tts waters are cheltered from every thing except English fogs, and its prosimity to London and ample rail facilities” allow many thousauds of | ’ spectators to reach the scene, Thomas H. Creighton, jr., attorney | in the office of the Alien Property | Custodian, handling claims in excess| L|BERIA ENVOY FETED. of $10,000,000, has submitted his res was ATTORNEY CREIGHTON QUITS FEDERAL POST| | Assistant in Office of Alien Prop- erty Custodian to Resume | | Private Practice. H | ignation to become effective Septem 30, and will engage In the pri | vate practice of law in this eity. | Mr. Creighton, who has heen in the | office of the Alien Property Custodian for several years, was scted as member of ‘the commission sent Germany by the United States in 1 to facilitate the return of property by advising German banks and _indi- vidual property owners of the evidence and procedure neces: 5 33 He is a member of the Illinois and | District of olumbia bars. . General to Monrovia Is Tendered Banquet. William T, Consul | her Francis, recently ap pointed consul general to Monrovia, Liberia, and William C. 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