The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-11-10
NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
II. 4. PHYTI4IAN SUBMITS HIS
REEORT.
The consolidation of the Naval
Torpedo Station, tRe war Col
lege, and other Schools Rec
commended.

lege, and Other Schools Rec
commended.
WASHINGTON, d. c., November o.
Proposals received a few days ago at
the Navy department for materials for
use in the constr uction of the machinery
Of the two 5000 ton cruisers to be built
at New York and Norfolk navy yards,
have been referred to the chief of bureau
OF steam engineering for examination.
The report and recommendation of bu-
rcau officers before the bids were opened
estimated that the total would be about
100000, but the lowest bids offered ag-
gregatcd nearly $4,000.
Fourth auditor Lynch in his annual re-
port to the secretary of the treasury,
says that there is a deficiency of S253,-
+7+ i'll appropriations for the yay of the
navy and marine corps for the last fiscal
year, caused partially by the payment
out of that fund of claims for longevity
and for service on board receiving ships
under the recent decisions by the supreme
court. The auditor makes an earnest
recommendation for increase in the Clcr-
cal force OF his Office.
This afternoon captain K. l.. Phythian,
president of the board recently appointed
to consider and report upon the question
of consolidating the several naval estab-
iShments at Newport, X. l., submitted
the report of himself aud colleagues to
Secretary Tracy. 1t is signed by captain
Phythian, commander W. K Bridgeman,
lieutenant commanders \. S. Snow and
B. F. Lilley and Lieutenant J. F. Megs.
The report says the hoard heard the
statements of captain Mahan, first COM
mandant of the torpedo station, of Com
modorcs Higginson and Goodrich, at
present in command of the training sta.
tion, and of The torpedo station and war
college, and other officers at Newport
and OF Admiral Luce The report then
SAYS:
THE board believes that the best good
of the naval service at large will be
reached by consolidating the naval tor
pedu station and war college and the
naval training station into one estab-
iShment, to he called the naval school
Of application, and to lie under the
command of an officer Of high rank,
whose headquarters shall be on Goat is
land, the present site of torpedo sta
tion and war college At this school of
application, the use, care and tactics of
naval weapons and all other equipments
should be studied and practically illus
trated; naval strategy, society ofsupply,
on naval lUgistiCs, should be fully treated;
and in short, every means should be ex-
hausted in the way OF both practice and
study to prepare officers as far as NAV
be i'll familiarity with war" The board
makes the following specific recommen-
datiOn:
First, That the 100000 now appro-
propriatcd for the war college building
on the government island be expended i'll
erecting a building that may serve for
the II school of application.
Second, That the proposed school be
under the bureau OF navigation.
The board was also instructed to re-
port upon the various other matters to
be investigated at Newport, and recon-
mended as follows on those:
First. That the boys removed from the
training ship New Hampshire because of
the epidemic among them should go
aboard again as soon as possible, or, if
the ship be permanently infected another
ship should be sent to Newport to re-
place her.
Second, That two small sailing vessels
be built for tenders to the training ship
at a cost of 100000.
Third, That the gunnery ship Lancas-
ter should be attached to the school Of
application.
Fourth, That there should be no fur
ther development of the manufacturing
part OF the torpedo station, and that the
Dlunt for he tnnuI1fact IIrr Ot puu COTTON
be removed to some more suitable place,
because it would be very liable to de
StructiOn in case of war.