The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-31
she will probably serve as Adm. Browns flag

she will probably serve as Adm. Browns flag
ship in those waters.
The Constellation has arrived at Annapolis
with the 1st and Sd classes of the naval cadets,
returning from their summer cruise. They will
Immediately be given vacation of l month.
The examination for admission of cadets to the
Academy will begin Sept. 2. There will be over
20 applicants
The Chicago has been ordered to the Navy
Yard at Boston for repairs to her machinery.
The latest intelligence from the Asiatic sta
tion, dated Aug. 8, stated that the Omaha at
that date was at Yokohama, the Monocacy at
Shanghai under repairs, the Swatara at Che
mulpo, Corea, and the Alliance at Yokohama.
P. A. Eng. j. f. Schell has been detached
from duty on the board to examine steel cast
fngs, and ordered to the Philadelphia.
Capt. II. F: Piclings has been detached from
duty in the Bureau of Navigation, and ordered
as insp. of the I'd Lighthouse Dist.
Capt. Frederick Rodgers has been ordered to
the command of the Philadelphia to take the
place of Capt. r. F. Bradford, detached
private letter received in this city from on
board the Alliance at Yokohama states that
Mrs. Smith, wife of Surg Howard Smith, died
during the passage from Hong Kong to Kobe.
Surg. Smith is in bad health. Lieuts. Norris,
Turner and Constant and Ensign Dieffer were
i'll, but are now convalescing.
Lieuts. w. G. Babcock j. P Parker, and T.
M. Potts, Ensigns j. p. McGuinness and G. N
Hayward, and P. A. Surg. f. w. Olcott have
been ordered to hold themselves in readiness for
service on the Alert.
Naval Constructor Richard Gatewood has
been detached from duty at the Naval Academy,
and granted l years sick leave.
Capt. McCalla, recently tried by court-martial
and suspended from the Navy for 2 years, is in
Washington, stopping at Wormley's. Owing
to the fact that Capt. McCalla's resident State
is Rhode Island, the regulation restricting sus-
pended naval officers movements to the State
from which he halls was suspended in his case.
Lieut.. Herbert Winslow has been ordered to
the Richmond.
Lieut.. Comdr. Louis Kingsley has been de-
tached from the Richmond 10th Sept. next and
granted months leave.
Lieuts. W. NJ. Irwin and Marshall Robinson
have been detached from the Richmond and or
dered to the Atlanta
Lieut.. g. H. Peters has been detached from
the Atlanta and ordered to the Richmond.
Lieut.. F. NJ Sawyer has been granted 2
months leave.
Ensign A. II. Davis has been detached from
the Pensacola and ordered to the Richmond.
Ensigns A. L. Key and j. NJ Poyer have been
detached from the Atlanta and ordered to duty
on the coast survey.
Naval Cadets I. f. Ruhm, Cleland Davis NJ
Taylor, and G. S. Radford have been detached
from the Vermont and ordered to the Richmond.
The sailing orders of the Baltimore have been
changed again, and at the request of the
Swedish authorities that the body of Ericsson
be disembarked at Stockholm, as originally in
tended, the vessel will proceed to that port.
Ensign G. R. French has been ordered to
the photographic Office at Baltimore Sept. Is,
relieving Lit. j. P. Parker, placed on waiting
orders.
1t is stated that the Enterprise leaks, and
that she will be detached from the South Allan
tic Squadron and placed on the dry-dock for re-
pairs.