New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-12

PLANS FOR TIE WHITE SQUADRON.


crrr,xc pr.ny FOR A CRrIsE-FORCED SPEED
TRIALS AND THEIR EEsrLTs-To
RrCErIT sEAMEN.
po,r Admiral Bancroft Ghcrarhi. commandant
Of ,hs North Atlantic Squadron. whose flagship,
,ho pbi,occIphia. recently returned I" Nrw-l"rk
i,Lo,,, corulcting her tactical and speed trials.
bo. h.cn ~ Washington in the last few days To
cor.nl, with Commodore /. VI. Ramsay. tho
uc,irr Secretary of the Navy. relative to the
,oovcmeuts of the squadron hr'"cch no" ana
spy;ur There was "A general discussion o. INC
subject but the pro-rsrlnic proposed VIII h"' !"
decided upon until the return Of Secretary Tracy
,n WASHINGTON The plan is to have as many aH
pussbc of the vessels 20 to the Gulf COAST as
carl, AS practicable for such drills ana exercises
.s may he rcccsSary TO prepare officers ana crews
for the ION, fleet and army manocnvres proposed
10 take Mace in the spring after the return OF
,lc s,uadron from its cruise in the West indies
I, i. houcd ly ADMIRAL Ghcrardi TO Get all the
,os,o,s away on the crnise as soon as the middle
of November
p,oh,by the longest time will bc required II
,et tho flagship ready. She returned here on
Sunday last in order that some necessary re-
noirs might I've made. The stecring-gear is giving
troub,c from the fact that the drain-pipe I"
the steering engine is too small. THIS does not
ap,car 70 bp q very serious matter, bi' II makes
tho action Of the steering engine quite unrcr-
tain On coming into the harhor an lnopp"r-
tune failure of the helm t. obey the wheel would
have caused a serious collision with 'usboat
had not one of the main engines been reversed
Tie fact that the dynamite cruiser Npsuvius at
Newport on Thursday made only twenty Knots
over the measured me-coursc at full speed, with
d,c
anr,l,tment 10 officers nj the Navy Yard. This
was one and thrce-quarters knots below the speed
made on the Delaware on May TO- Since then
propellers Of coarser pitch have been fitted 10
her. and there will be considerable amount
OF figuring by tho expert engineers to learn
whether the deficiency in speed was due 10 the
coars.r pitch propellcrs Not one OF the new
vessels has male the speed that she made on
her official trial when everything WAS In irsf-
class condition. Do they exhaust their posi-
blies on the trial trip? The cdS' of tho Ihia-
dclphia suggests this. The Baltimore has GER
tainlv not distinguished herself rs n racer since
her speed trial And the accident I" IN" Newark
on Friday suggests what forced Efforts can do
As u the number Of naval vessels OF war IN
the Navy Yard there has been change in the
la, week Tie different vessels still lie ut their
respective moorinss. aud the repairs heinz made
TO them are in varioas stages OF compl"Nom
1t is now said that in few weeks the Chicago,
the Boston and the Yorktown will start Oh
cruise along the Ncw-Enr land coast TO Obtain de
sirable recruits for the Navy II the Boston
should not he ready IN time. IT IN sad that 'h'
Petrol Will br detached from tine North Atlantic
Squadron and ordered 10 report 10 Admiral
Walker. Tie plan amounts 10 tic same thIns as
that proposed by Captain Henry E'f"n he
New England men WHO have enlisted III re N'Ty
have been found 10 be desirable men. and ho"
that the summers coas,Ing season "i mn" year 10
nearly over many sailors on todStIng Nrs'rs VIII
be- thrown Gu, of employment he plan Is that
the vessels shall cruise along the coast, stopping
q, the principal por,s and sending sing" s"ips
, into thc smaller ports The scoop oi-"|r lai.''
made a mp III a similar way few months ago
and as 1lrn Win That oid-tyD~ vessel 80 now,
/ these new vessel: rs representatives. Of thc Navy
viii Ike brought 10 the attention Of the sailors with
| particular cInpha,is and opportunities gwen l"
! tie men 10 visit them and TO sre Jack Tar III
| his quarters at work and at play Nhi" lhhd-
! bills are to he scattered through the coast towns
and some further inland, the leading men amon2
! the sailors Of the Navy and the petty Officers are
10 receive instructions To answer III" questions
! which NAV he asked Of them about the service
! II is hoped and expected that by this means IA
| large number OF men and boys Americans. and
desirable for the service, will be induced - enlist
! in the Navy This Will be at least on" step
! toward having American men for the American
Navy II is very probable that in time several
recruiting naval stations will br established AT
various points Oh the coast OF New
England 1t il thought that similar stations
will also be established IN various places through
the West and South, in order thu, the Ntvy
may be brought directly 10 the attention Of the
people,
The tests which are 10 b. made 10 the boilers
of the torpcdo-boat Cushing IN the Navy Yard
have not yet been begun, and H. was no, known
, on board lie vessel when they Will be- he'd
The work Of preparing for and making the tess
/ is in charge OF tine Board Of Engineers, Of which
Chief Engineer LoIing Is chairman. The repairs
10 the cunboat Yorktown Of the White Squadron.
afe now being made. The officers mess room Is
to be- removed from the berth deck. and part Of
the cabin on the enndcck Is to be nsed for that
purpose.
Wien the old "Ncw-York" ship-house was
torn down few weeks a2o, the big bell which
for 50 Ions ilnr hah rnng out al the h"nr Tor
bpGiEnin. work IN the morning. AT no"l' an" az
the hour for stopping work III the afternoon, az
IL signal Ia the wOrkmcn, was transferred 10 I5nlId-
ing No 20 in tl" yard where ITS duty has been
renewed. The following order in relation 7" the
signals for wGrk. issued by Rear Admiral ID. j..
Brainc. conlnandAnt Of the Navy YARD. was posted
, on the bulletin board in the Lyceum BuI(ing
few days ago: .
The signal for hours of work will Ike the bell
on tie iron plating shop, Building No. 90. he:
ginning at III. the sth instant. The bell
will begin TO ring five minutes before muster and
cease AT the hour Of muster
" In connection with the bell signal, the steam
whistles. AS heretofore. will be sounded. follow
i Ing in time the bell Oh tive iron-platnG shop
The sounding Of he i<ll at the Iork-st. gate
will he dscOnt inued.
The Navy Retiring Board has reported that
Passed Assistant Engineer John a. Tobin. whose
last cruise was on the wooden man.Of-war Pcnsa-
cola the South African Solar Eclipse Expedition.
which vessel is now the flagship OF the South At
lan'ic Squadron. is physically disqualified for
active service on account of neuralgia OF the heart,
an incident Of the service, and has recommended