, 1885-06-27
CAPITOL CONCERNS.
Retrenchment in the Senate
Force to Begin.
School for Sailors in Improved
Gun Machinery.
Contemplated Assignment of
West Pointers to Places.
Washington Notes.

at the white house to-day that 10 change
would be made in the office of the collec-
tors OF customs at New York before next
week. Mr.. Robertson term of office ex-
pires on the 2sth instant and there is u
possibility of his retaining office until the
first proximo.
The Butler house force of senate en-
ployes, consisting of three messengers at
salaries of 81, 40 each, two %janitors at
5000, and several laborers at ST20. will be
dropped from the pay rolls Of the sergeant
at arms at the end of the present month.
These men are nearly all Republicans.
At the same time one assistant doorkeeper
Of the senate at 81, 800. two messengers at
LAO each and one employe of the folding
room will be dropped. of these two are
Democrats, one is Republican, aud the
politics of the other il unknown.
Naval Paymasters Deering and Barton,
Of the paymaster generals office, were
detached from duty to-day aud placed on
waiting orders. This action was taken
because it was thought best to have the
once III nc" nahus uurlhg the court
maruai OF the cnlei OF the bureau ana
DOT because 'ne onieers naineu were
thought to have had any connection with
Tue lrregular'tieS -ohargeu against the
neau DIVISION
Il o years 'erul ior "h'ch Oomho-
uore montgomery oicaru was appointed
10 act as 'ne cniei OIL the bureau OF orui-
nance oi .he navy department VIII e1,
p"e ." 'ne oo'" '"S'' ~ UNDERSTOOD
'na' NC VIII DC re'appoin'eu- several
omcers were uesirous oil obtaining the
Poei''on' out they nave "l'hufa"n ah
Chains 10 IT, because OF a general under
S'@nu'ng 'hA' oommouore oicaru VIII DC
re-apPointeo. '"r'ng '"'nmodore ri
caru > ~ihcuhpehce ne mas e~hueaVored 70
improve tne ordinance oi inc navy de-
par.ment.
zen Augur mas reporleu 10 tue war
department mat ne mas sixteen eompa-
nies' Ten OIL cavalry and SIX oil infantry, at
rort memo ihalah territory Inc last
onpAn arrived u. Tue iol' 'o-uny- Inc
general apprehenus no immaculate out
oieaA OF cue cheyenne ihuiahs' lhey
nave oeeh informed oil inc Pfoposcn APP
pointmcn' Oh commission 10 ihVesli-
gaze their touoles' ana express the'r VIII
hngness 70 await the result
Inc sehool proposed by commodore
SchieS' ior 'ne Instruction Oh seanen IN
the improved armament OF modern yes
seis' VIII open al the navy yard OF TINS
Guy 'uly l. a cas- OIL twenty sailors mas
peen seiec@u' commodore ochiey hopes
70 open WIN a c'aSS OIL twenty enoe at
Ne"port on aug l. me hu'er CLASS VIII
receive torpedo Instruction Tor SIX months
AT tne end Oh wnlch period II VIII come 10
washington anu the class mere VIII goto
newport Inc Instruction al inc Two
points Will conclude at the END oil one
year "heh new classes VIII DC formed
Ohiy sailors enlisted IN continuous service
are admitted 10 'he school' lhess men
said Commodore oehieV to-day are TO
go IN these vessels at the END oil year
instruction and act as teachers To other
men VINO may be on board. Our sailors
have not Kept up with the advance IN
gun machinery Inc government Is 10
blame Tor TINS Tor since the war no at-
tempt at Improvement IN guns mas oeen
made until WITHIN the past year now