The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-08

July !; William II. Buck, Charles L. ogclSang,
Charles o. Bond, and Alonzo Gartley, to the
Charleston; NJ. II. Signor, a. W. Catlin, Henry
c. Ritter, and Frank II. Schofeld, to the Enter !
prise July l; c. B. McNay, Lawrence Speer,
Henry j. Ziegp eyer, William a. Snow, George
coSmn %nm Wm ThSm"s a. g. Mce ffsd%e and NSnn Claude de-
Bailey, to the Pensacola July /; Urban I.
Holmes, Doctor f. Dsmukes, and Claude B.
Price, to duty in connection with fitting the
Philadelphia for sea service; Lawrence IL; Moses
and John K. Edie, to the Baltimore July 2; J. V.
Chase, Lucius \. Bostwick, Lay IL. Everhart,
and Wendell G.. Neville, to the Kearsage July2;
Montgomery NJ. Taylor, Thomas F. Ruhm,
Cleveland Davis, and c. 5. Radford, to the Ga
lena July2; Naval Cadets George l.. Fermier and
Julius Prochazka, detached from the kearsarge,
and ordered to the Baltimore: Naval Cadets Will
liam D. McDougall, George r. MARVEL, John b.
Patton, and Philip Williams, detached from the
Pensacola, and ordered to the Baltimore
The new gunboat Bennington was successfully
launched on Tuesday ut the Roach ship-yard
Chester Pa. Miss Aston, daughter of Chief
Eng. Ralph Aston, christencd the vessel.
Lieut. John L. Roller has been detached from
the Minnesota, and ordered to the 1antic.
A new phase of the Sampson charges was de-
veloped Tuesday, when Sec Tracy detached Pay
1nsp. j. II. Stevenson from duty as gen. store
keeper at Annapolis, and ordered Paymr. Joseph
Foster to that duty. There has been bad feel
ing between Stevenson and the rest of the ot1i-
GERS on duty at the Academy for some time and
it is believed that the Sampson charges origi-
mated in this way.
Paymr. Robert P. Lisle has been ordered to
the receiving ship st. Louis.
Asst. Surgs. F. n. Ogden and S. S. White
have been ordered to examination for promo
ton
Chap. Thomas A. Gill has been detached from
the Johnstown, and placed on waiting orders.
The House Com. on Naval Affairs has agreed
TO in Tho nFlrr,nr 70 tln
Naval Appropriation bill providing for the con-
struction of dry dock and naval supply
depot at Port Royal S. G. The dock is to cost
0,000, but the work is to be commenced with
an appropriation of 5000, 900, which is provided
for in the pending bill.
The Essex will join the North Atlantic Squad
ron at Portland, Me-, on the 4th of July.
The bottom of the Dolphin has been found
to be so foul that she will have to be put into
dry.dock at New York and scraped. She has
steel bottom, which fouls easily, and this ex-
ample is having tendency to make officers
think that the copper sheathing is the best for
steel ships after all.
Paymr. J. P. Loomis has been ordered to duty
on the Pensacola on the Both.
\ large number of officers went down to An
napolis during the week to attend the gradu-
ating exercises at the Academy.
Chief Eng. James Entwistle has been ordered
! to duty as insp. of the machinery building for
| gunboats Nos. and at the Bath Iron Works,
Bath, Me.
The Dept. was informed by cablegram from
Adm. Walker yesterday morning that the
| 1orktown's steering gear was disabled, and
that she had sailed from the Cape de Verde
| Islands for New York to be repaired, carrying
a number of short time" men. The rest Of
the squadron has sailed for Bahia, Brazil where
they are expected to touch by the 10th of this
month.
Sec Tracy has gone to New York for few
days.
Paymr. George w. Beaman has been de-
tached from the Baltimore, and ordered to set
tie accounts and await orders.
Sec. Tracy has issued regulation order de-
signed to place the system of storing the new
ships OF the Navy more on par with the eff
fectve one in vogue in Germany. The inspira-
tton of this is to have n separate store for each
ship that is being built so that when she IS put
into commission she will have her stores ready
for her instead of having to wait for months
maybe for them. 1t was the custom formerly
to utilize the appropriations for stores for new
ships on other vessels whenever there was al
emergency, and the regulation is designed tC
break up this habit on the part of equipmen
officers.
Chief Eng. c. Z. DE Yalin has been detached
| from duty at the Washington Navy Yard, ant
ordered to the Pensacola, relieving Chief Eng
} James ". thompson, who is placed on waitin!
Crles, June l6.
from Charleston, 5. c., for New York.
Asst. Paymr j, a. Mudd has been granted
= months leave, with permission to 90 abroad.
= Orders were issued Yesterday to put the Pen
sacola in dry-dock at New York preparatory I
sending her TO Europe as the flagship of tn
. station there. She will be the only vessel o
that station for time, until another is sen
over with the body Of the late John Ericsson.
Lieut., r. B. Ingersoll has been granted eav
OF absence until December ! next with pei
r mission to go abroad.
Asst. Naval Constructor Bowles, in charge {
d the construction Of the cruiser No. and tn
battle-ship Texas, at Norfolk, was at the Dep
the other day in consultation with Sec Trac
+ in regard TO the progress of those vessels. III
! says that the Texas will be ready for launchin
in year, and that the cruiser is four times q
a far advanced as her counterpart, No 7, whic
d is being built at the New York Yard. lie e.
poets that she will be ready for launching be
fore the Texas.
D. Ensign c. II. Harlow has been granted pc
o mission to leave the United States during til
a, vacation OF the Naval Academy.
N The Sec. of the Navy has appointed the 70
u lowing board Of naval officers to conduct I'll
TX trial of the new cruiser Philadelphia, whic
takes place Tuesday: Capt. Henry Erben, pres
III dent; Capt. Robert f. Bradford, Chief En-
C. s. l.. p. Ayers, COmdr W. X. Bridgman, Comd
ia o. a. Batcheller, 1t. COmdr +. ii. c. Leutz
1t. +. ID. Taussg 1t. Adolph Mark, l.
40 Charles L. Fox, and Naval Constructor j.
~ ~ Hanscom. The following board is appointC
S6 to take the horsepower; Chief Engs S. L.
le ie Ayres A. II. Able, and Ralph Aston, p, .
- Eng5 A. G, Engard, Richard Inch HerschC
~ Main, ii. n. Stevenson, &. ID. Strickland, h.
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