New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-01
WORK AT TIE NAVY 1AhD
PREPARATIONS FOR A SOUTHERN Ch' i'N
TO VISIT THE WEST INDIES '''0'
POWDER EXPERIMENTS
pRAIxE MOVES INTO THE COM
NANDANT'> liOME'


sn,IxE MOVES INTO THE COM
vAYpANT'S HOME.
The preparations for the depaIlur y. tor
-. or tbc North Atlantic Squadron Iva
srecial winters cruise in the Wes' inu -;
opson,a,d Of Rear.Admiral Bancroft 'rner"'',
49, elm Navy Yard during the last week
ono oc,i,e than IL hos been since the uep'r'ui,
NJ rho SQUADRON of Evolutoh' anu 81 c,as
$500. - ,ie;tors The North Atlantic SQUAD
w :; -, o,esont composed OF four vesseS-'nc
c.,.uo .bo eao-sbip; the Kearsarge, inc Ncssei
.r,.I ondod tho career of the Alabama so lsho-
...-.,el, Cor bcr n,rptc captain, Raphael Semmes'
-, ,.a h,rbor of Cherbourg on June ~
,S., and = ono Of the very few left OF the no
-, ',.o,do, ,.c.scls which saved the Union IN
fine Civil War: the Yantic now Oh speoi', "'''
ot Santiago de Cuba, in connection WIZ" wv
aI;,ion Of Navy officers making corrections OF
orpitudes. and the Dolphin, that crazy yum,
nordoscript of structural weakness, tle NeSsci
,,licb receptlv completed cruise AROUND the
,,.orId notwithstanding the Whitney comDlna'lon
assault upon her soaworthlnesS.
Tho crui.c Of the North Atlantic Squadron IS
- donort from tLe usual routine of winter crulS-
ing in the West Indies, and there Is much Oh III
tercst and importance connected WIN H. III ms
hocn observed that Rear Admiral uherar'n mas
spont very much of his time in the hst IT" "eehS
in conference with Secretaries Blaine ana tracy
and This would n itself sem TO indicate that
more than the ordinary cruise Is 10 DC h"ue'
The vessels are to sail in company, for the pres
emit. anyway: they are TO 20 to liayti' anu ",so
70 the scene of the beginning of the WORK on the
Nicaragua Canal. These visits seem 10 Suggest
that there is an errand of unusual NATIONAL IN
terest connected with the cruise, especially VIVID
rccord 70 the cesson which it was suggested
that Hvppolte was TO make for coaling SUTTON
for the Navy Department in Haytl, ana also "lth
regard 10 the work on the Nicaragua Canal, which
!. practically an American enterprise, and the
naming of the new city near Greytown' America
TO SAIL on TUESDAY.
II is probable that before the winters cruise is
endod the new steel cruiser Baltimore will be
sent to ioin the squadron The three vessels are
70 sail on Tuesday morning and their first stop
png-place will probably be ST. Nicolas Mole. The
following are the officers on the vessels:
Flag officer and staf-Rcar- Admiral Bancroft
Gherard commanding the squadron, and as his
staff: flag lieutenant, A. G. Paul; aide, Lieutenant
H. Mel Z. Huse secretary. Lieutenant Z. Ill.
Arnold,
On the nagsnIp Galena: Commander u. W.
Sumner commanding; lieutenants w. j. Bar
nette, A. B. Speyers and A. Sharp, tr; enslgns,
w. J. Maxwell, r. c. Fenton, j. w. Oman; naval
cadets, A. H. Robertson, A. b. Morgan, w. NJ.
Crosse. J. F. HUBBARD surgeon, j. G. Ayres; as
sistant surgeon, r. Perry Crandal; passed assist
ant paymaster, J. r. Martin chief engineer,
d. p Mccartney; assistant engineers, W. 5.
Smith. J. 5. Mexican; first lieutenant of marines,
r. " Woods
On the Kcarsargr: Commander Horace Elmer,
Heutenant-commander. Charles Bel
KNAPP heutenants c. W. Ruschenbcrger, w. c.
Cowles. w S. Hughes, j. II. Oliver; ensigns,
G. r. French, 9 H. Cooper, w. S. Cloke; chief
engineer, g. E. Toner; assistant engineer, NJ Bev-
ngton surgeon, A. NJ. Moore; assistant surgeon,
II. y. T. Harris; passed assistant paymaSter,
+. B. Rogers; lieutenant of marines, G. T. Bates
naval cadets, NJ. l.. Miller, J. Prochaska, Ct. l..
Fennier.
On the Dolphin: Commander Charles ONell,
commanding: leutenants, Andrew Dunlap j. ID.
Adams. Albert Gleanes, and W. ) Benson; enslSnS,
j. B. Bsh and W. w Buchanan passed assistant
surgeons, Frank Anderson; assistant paymaSter,
James II. Chapman chief engineer, w: a. Windsor
Yesterday busy day on these vessels.
Many stores were taken on beard the Galenl dur
ing the day, and the sailors were busy bringing
on board and slowing away barrels and boxes
containing provisions for the cruise. The steel
dispatch boat Dolphin about ready, the final
guns, and r. few necessary jobs. There was prob
ably more work done on the kearsarge than on
rny other vessel in the ward Yesterday. She has
been kept busy during the summer with her
various missions Of taking Minister Douglas 10
Ilayti towing he Lancaster TO Portsmouth, etc,
thar it has been necessary 10 hurry in getting
her ready for her winter cruise. by shifting her
guns 10 the port side OF the ship the starboaTd
side tilted and thus painters were enabled
TO paint the vessel down below the waterlne.
Many stores, too, were brought on beard, and
officers and men were kept busy.
REPAIRS on THE ESSEX.
The wood II corvette Essex is in the drydock
having new copper plating put her bottom but
it is thought that she will be ready TO be foated
out of the dock in about ten days. The ruddcr
of the training ship Portsmouth, which vessel is
TO be repaired, has not yet been taken out Of
its place, and it is probable that the vessel will
he kept in the yard month longer. II is desired
TO get the vessel in southern waters soon us
possible, because the cold northern weather is
hard on tn boys who have just enlisted, and who
are green about everything connected with ship
A little drilling is done on the vessel however,
even now Before the rudder Is taken out the
vessel is TO be listed forward by shifting The
guns to the fore part OF her, and thus tie ruddcr
may be talton out, repaired and replaced without
putting the Portsmouth IN the drydock
Ii is not believed that the old war relic, the
sloop-of-waP Brooklyn, viii ever be put into
commission again REORGANIZATION OF her hull
shows that she cannot be put into seawoTthy
condition within the limit OF 20 per cent OF the
cost Of a new ship Of the same dimensions.
An order, u day or TWO asO, that civil Engineer
p C. Asserson remain at the Navy Yard on /" per-
nanent duty" perhaps rather confused some of
he officers 10 lis meaning NJ Asserson has
been On special duty at the Navy Yard for several
MONTHS experimenting the work on the new
timber dock and the Whitney Basin, and also on
Admiral Braines board TO devise system OF
improvement az the yard Civil !
En- Qneer Henry S Craven. who Will be remem- |
)ered by the readers of The Tribune by the con- |
,roversy with Chief Engineer Church, with whom |
10 WAS for time associated ~ the construction |
II tie new aqueduct during Mr. Whitney's ad |
ninistration OF the Navy Department, and was |
lfterward ordered 70 duty at th' Navy Yard, was
.ccenflv put on sick leave from rheumatism |
presumably contracted while az work on the
loneduct THIS made q vacancy 40 The NAVY
Yard to which Mr. Assefson succeeds.
TO TRY SMOKELEss POWDER.