The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-19
NAVAL rITELLIGEEcE.



To the casual observer there exists unwonted guioe
and inactivity throughout tho precincts Of this great
naval station At the present PERIOD YET notwthstsnd-
ing the worry large curament OF expenses made By tho
government in the reduction Of their employees IN tho
various branches Of wariike industry there 10 sin
much accomplished In tho perfection Of MARI
time strength. and yesssls-orwar 20 and come.
docksd for repairs overhauled and generally reuvs
mated and improved throughou. the year. OF which bet
little nuds it's way into public print Little worlds
In themselves those great long coated ships-
of-wM lying ALONGSIDE the docks At the Navy Ysrs
through . daily routine OF iio with the regularity
Of clock work unrscogniEed b. all, perhaps,
navy III. mos. important Of these saips Is
the Wampan0ag. She Is first class sailing lngats,
%o IN and sy and on M
trip. from which she returned the Ah inst. demon
nrated sailing qualities which will do honor to tho
navy. having made nearly fifteen knots an hour hss
tonnage thirty hundred TONS and her length I've
hundred and seventy nine feet she has been In com
been on duty on this station. Now, however, orders
been received directing her to DO ntsd up - nag
ciu sion OF another trial 1.-THE ANAL will repair To-
Hat upton Roads and be subject to the orders OF ksar
however, as the con.oeooof viii perform that dsy
soon u she ID completed Fifty naval apprentices BOYS
viii arr i've At this station tomorrow Monday ron
New Mon, the Sabine and will 20 transferred 70
the Wan ,panoag. The officers and crew Of the isstsr
vessel are four hundred and seventy ve al told me
following ~ LIS Of her officers
Lssssenans ,.ommande,s-Robs Boyd Jr., and Walter
Lse.ts,aus-ya4ss Stirling.
kastsrs-Geortye W. Armsn.tEout and Edwin White.
Massi-chariss Il. Thorns. August NJ Bsrgusr, Class.
Il Graef and A. p. r Hanks.
Paused Asssstdnt SWpcon-Samuei r Buyer.
Passed Assisant PavMasser-W. =. A. Norbert
BnGsneevs--First Assistants William II. King, David
Smith Henry Brown H. Fishsr Second on Assssa n1
sadord W. /. Bailie Fred W. Townrow. HILLARY Messt
msr Thscphss Cooke Acting THIRD Assistants nsn..
John 4. Edwards Louis Jacob, Wsi'am H. Woodward,
william G. HughA
Cdptasas Cters--Henry A. Martin
FGySsassr's Cierk-Lewis Mckay.
The storoshp Purveyor fitted oct with the utnlsst
sailed yesterday. The Purveyor takss out Naval In
speo;or Davidson and full force OF carpenters rigEe.
&C. and large quantity OF tackle and tiin6ers requisite
for The successful launching OF the sloO ofwar Monon
gsheia which splendid ship 70 VIII DO r. saembersd was
cast high and dry on reef during the so terrific CON
there. The officers of the Purveyor as folows:-
Ndsfey--Wiaiam Budd, commanding.
Passed Assistant PGymdster-D Il. Batonie.
Acting Passed Asststaat Susgeon--D. G. BuTss'gh.
Acting Moster-T N. Meyer.
Ensiy~s--John Barrett ID. A. Hail.
The steam frgate Colorado slowly rep srng at the
dock Her machinery is being pretty thor ,uehy over
hauled and her old boilers will be replaced by new Ones
before she is again reported Is ready for sea-
Tho Gio0p-of-war MOshoia is lying near theheob dock
and her machinery undergoing severe trial. pre-
The Tollahoma now the yard sud lying in ordinary.
will it IS currently reported BIO offered for sSse In
short time
The fraae susqsshsnna is to have her aisnt boilers
taken out and the vessel will DO left entirely Open sx
posed.In every Granny 10 the disin footing
OF old Boroas order that tho germl' OF yellow
fever may be entirely eradicated during the inter-
The storoship Guard, recently arrived from Lsb0n.
where she has been doing duty otoreshp OF the Euro
pean squadron Is bong overhauled and repat tod pre-
paaiory to her return to the squadron on no LIST q
February The following list Of her officers
Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Commander-Hs nry H.
Gonngc, commanding.
Acsng To1nteer Lertenaat-ChAr be O'Neil, seutvs
officer
Acfi,ig Enegas-WilIiam c. Gibson, Eugene W Wat
son, Johu W. Apsy, John r. Churchill wi,aam J.
Herring.
C1ptoia's CIerk-- Charles W Coinage.
iohy Cksrk--s.mon Newton