New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-06
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD.
OLD AND NEW WAR VESSELS.
FIFE SWIFT LITTLE CUSHING AND THE YES

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will probably not soon again have an oppor-
s,,i,,, % 600 sucb a collection OF vessels AZ one
,,rne Rut nevertheless. the Navy Yard is still
An interesting place. both by reason of the vessels
there and the work going OF the old style
AZ sb;ns in the Yard. the two most interesting are
the Minnesota and the Monongahcla, and OF the
,.naor, vsssels The Cushing and the Vesuvus.
Tho torpedo-boat Cushing, with her low free
hoor and long narrow hull. came TO the Navy
Yard on Thursday morning. She is TO take So'io
e.o,.e nm board while she is in the Yard, ana Is
then 10 start for the Newport torpedo-schooi'
,vbere she is 10 have various tests IN ruhhihs'
turninc. etc. The dynamite cruiser NesuVius SUN
lies at the Cob Dock. II is probable that "orh
oil, no becun some time this week on the eicc'ric-
uohtinp plant which is TO DC put into her' ~
will take several weeks TO complete the WORK oil
putting in the plant for lighting.
The old shin Minnesota came 10 the lard le"
ueeks ago. from her anchorage at Twenty seventh
IT,. and the North River, and has since oee''
thoroughly examined while in dEydocK' AS sou"
an the necessary materials arrive she Is W po
housed over as is The Vermont. The MthheSo,'
Jaw good service during the war, hclhg o"i'o
several wears before it, and was IN seNci'i GU
oapements She he's been used as an appreh.i''
sbin during the last fifteen years ana ave-
the work on her is finished she Will pion'o
.,,bor retprn 10 her anchorage in the Nor'n
River or else so 10 Newport Inc oid s'i'"o
ship Monongahcla is now dischargng heI ,"'ao
At the Ordnance Dock. a number OF helu k"''
carriages and the wheels to many othcls ""'
already been unloaded. Tic hold and the lower
decks. and in fact every part OF the Mohone""''''
.xcentinr the quarters for officers and men, are
nacLed with various kinds of frelGht-ropeS'
cordace old bronze ito be melted and uScd aSaih!'
bowi,gers feld-carriages, and s-incn ana '-ihcn
shells. Everything is TO lie 'akch V"'
Of her excepting enough 10 ""ii"S' nv
safely TO Portsmouth, " H., whele shc 10
70 be fitted out as training ship Inc Mo"oH
gahela is big sailing vessel OF the Ola s'Sle' "'
is Of 90 tons displacement. With only eighty
,hree men on board. including officers and sailors,
she made the sail from San Francisco TO New
Work in los DAYS. beating in time other vessels
mot Of the Navy which started about the same
time. She left san Francisco on March ~ ana
arrived at New-lork on June "a
TO co INTO COMMISSION AGAIN.
The Enterprise was TO he put into commission
an Julv I hut because the work on her was not
finished this was postponed. Now, however. the
work is about completed, and the vessel IS Dclns
cleaned up, and as her officers have reported Tor
duty. she will probably he put into commission
in q few days The gunboat Yorktown mas not
vet been put into the drydOck 10 have her steer
ing GEAR repaired, nor is II certain when shc VIII
be. A board of inspection is soon to examine
the steering gear. A pretty hut shy niue ga
zeue which was obtained at Malta runs ABOUT
the deck hut the sailors pet is the monkey orough.
from Gibraltar. The Galena is being prepare"
,o on out Of commission The sailors were busy
from lar
nrobohlv take a week, and then the coal must
le taken out which, il is expected, VIII require
abont tso weeks The Galena will probably not
10 MI OFT Of commission inside Of three weeks
Tie long Job of enlarging the gun-ports IN the
turrcts OF the monitor MlantonoInah is almost
G. npictcu, ana the turrct last put Oh WIN SUI,
IL ready to receive the guns. ne oa:p -.
Puritan: lies in the stone drydock, ana heT notion
having been scraped, is now to he p'.h,eu ~
keep 1t from the injurious effects oil me sal.
wafer. \ gang Of men are hnsily at WofK Oh rlT
Pensacola in the new dry-dock; the OLA copper
mailing l, being removed and new copper pcllS
MT on II will take two or three weeks 70
i,rish this work, and then the Pensacola IS 10
go to South America
WORK on THE NEW VESSELS.
The work on the new vessels is advancing rap
iGly The Maine is being carried on toward
ror, nletion and the work on Cruiser No. is ad-
varoing we'll in every way. \ gang OF men Is
employed al testing the plates for the huIl' as
was done for the Maine a few months ago; the
plates are immersed in a solution of muriatic ocld
and water and when they are taken out are
rubbed off to discover any flaw which there may
be in them. The new blacksmth-shop is in USE
and the steel beds on which the engines are 10 De
bet up, are being put in place III the new efec'oh
shop. n.,,
Ne, taking part, with the Army OF the Io'oin%G,
in the celebration Of the Fourth oil July; WI
remain there until Tuesday The Essen VIII uel
come 10 Ncw-lork and report to Rear admiral
lJraine for the purpose of taking the bodN Oh
the late Captain John Ericsson, OF monitor ZANE,
70 Sweden. At the close 70 TINS duty she VIII
uroba bly, 90 TO the South Atlantic squadron:
The Baltimore, kearsargc Dolphin and fetrci VII
90 10 Bar Iiarbor 10 have target practice 10
morrow a court-martial will be convened on the
Baltimore, AZ which Assistant Engineer Scion
Arnold will be tried for not returning TO Eis vessel
after his leave had expired
The Court OF Inquiry, ordered 70 invesuEa'e
the reported violation of the Navy Regulations
on the flagship Richmond is not lml1cd IN scope
10 the reported disagreement between Rear Admiral
ellis and Captain Allen '. Reed because ne
Ing his superior officer. Another charG" against
Captain Reed is that he "unjustly and Illegally
placed Lieutenant j. Marshall Robinson under
suspension Charges against Licutcn%nt-,oin,
mandcr Louis Kingsley, VINO was put in command
after the suspension Of Captain Reed, are also to
be inquired into The report is that the crew
complained 20 tnc Admiral tndI lHP ACHING NouI-
mandant refused 70 allow them more than one
ff'ieth Of the amount due TO them when going
ashore on liberty. and when the Admiral ordered
that the men should be permitted 10 draw n fair
emount Of the money due to them and at the
tame time 20 protect the Government against
any loss, he replied that 1t was an undue inter
ference Of his preroqatives, and refused 10 read
the order Then when the vessel arrived at
Norfolk, Lieutenant Commander Kingsley was
arrested for bringing the vessel past quarantine
IN violation OF the quarantine laws. lie was
lined $40, and the vessel was ordered back 10
quarantine.
The engineer corps has had remarkable de-
mand made upon it during the last three or
four years by large scientific and mechanical
establishments. and IL has lost large number
OF lie brightest men, because Of the attractive
places and salaries offered 10 them, and there ar"
several others who contemplate resiening their
commissions. and accepting places in civil life.
10. TOO, have there been many designations of the
Young officers in the line but fewer than In the en-
sineer corps and unless there should he something
% prevent this going out into civil life. the Navy
Will lose many more Of It's most able officers.