Show STILL STILt WRANGLING ON RELIEF CO Probable That President Wil Will Put Matter Mater Over Washington Dec Surgeon Surgeon Stokes may mar not be b ordered to command the thc hospital ship Relief after all nl According to o reports repots as to what took place pUce In the cabinet meeting today It Is that lint President Roosevelt has hs determined to o 0 let tho matter mater rest Indefinitely m le He Tie J heBl hesitates t s o cr over bringing on on another con eon ll which might assume the proportions pro pro- portions of ot tho the noted Sampson controversy o of tho the tr- tr tOI His Ills friends bel believe ve that If it he ho order ordel Surgeon Surgen Stokes to take tako command of the tho Relief tho the RIxey-Brownson RIxey controversy ml might surpass might ht surpass the former ormer bitterness While the cabinet was In 1 session s lon today loda nh all al of ot tho departments closed for tor their halt half hal hOlda holiday upon tho the last day cay ny of ot the thc theold theold old Olti y ar ar In th the navy Y nE department however Dr and Dr DI who are rr at- at att t cled to Dr office on duty until after the Was ad nil ul- ul If It I Dr Stokes remained on duly In irs order ordel to t t i bo be b beon on call c l In case his order HJ of oC me Keller arrived tp lt o dout I Je u h r l lInOt InOt AdmIral y r nl them thora- thor thor- t lc Before re lc the amendments to the iso law mw It was permissible to h have jave a it merchant master muster and crew on onboard onboard board oard a f a hospital ship Later enactments Internationally legal for naval make ake it i a D crew rew and officers to corman command a hosPi- hosPi hosP- hosP creW Uti tal al ship SUT Surgeon m Br of Dr y's ys ys y's Stoutly persisted today that It il ilha has ha las beez bc ben n the Ule custom over ever since tin the Trojan war to havo have hospital ships commanded corn com landed by medical officers Dr Is the tho officer who who went went to toan San an Francisco and put hut the Relief nele In hape for lor her future work He says that shO HC has accommodations for or about about 2 From the descriptions which come here her the Relief Relict will wi b be he the best hospItal shi ship belon belonging to an any nation It Is possible for th the tho President sl ent of or course ourse I to oRIEn assign Surgeon Sur eon Stokes to this ship hip ship give I c him control of oC all al things appertaining ap rip- pertaining to tc the time hosp hospital service 1 oral nd still place on board a n naval crew and an a annval naval officer officers Including Rear Henr Admiral Admirl Brownson hold hoM that lOput to lO put a sur surgeon eon In charge of a a vess vessel l bithe ol of the navy to command it Il and order Its Ils navigation Is both a violation of law and an ab absurdity |