The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-11-16
THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.

Rear Admr. Charles Steedmau, retired, died
at his home, in this city, Thursday evening.
His death was due to the general breaking of
old age and complication of diseases. The
funeral services will he held at st. Johns
Church at noon tomorrow. The remains will
be taken to Boston for interment in Mount
Auburn Cemetery.
P. \. Eng. Harrie Webster, late of the Van
dala during her Samoan experience, and now
of the Nipsic, was in the city during the week
for short time, on his leave. He is George
town boy and has many friends in this city.
When on waiting orders a couple of years ago
he engaged in journalism in a very successful
manner. He will soon take station in the Dept.
on duty in the Bureau of Steam Engineering.
The wreck of the British cruiser Serpent has
caused considerable comment among the Off
GERS of the Navy, rejecting credit to some ex-
tent upon the new ships of this Government.
The accident is taken as a further proof that
the smaller ships of the British Navy are too
light in their construction, a fact that has been
suspected for some time. The plans of certain
of our new vessels have been based on English
designs, but in every case the frames have been
strengthened, so that the calamity need cause
no fear of a repetition on this side of the water.
The President has appointed P. r. Alger to
be professor of mathematics in the Navy, with
relative rank of It,, from Nov. l, 1890, and Z.
X. Rawson to be same, Oct. IS, 1890.
Lieut. w. P. Day has been ordered to duty in
the Bureau of Equipment.
Lieut. A. T. Fechleter is ordered to duty in
the Naval Intelligence Office.
Professor w. W. Hendrickson has been de-
tached from special duty in the Almanac Office.
The new gunboat Concord having been ready
for trial. the trial board of which Capt Silas
Casey is president, met at Chester, Pa, Nov.
10 to examine the vessel and prepare for the
trial trip, which will probably take place next
week.
Ensign Leroy NJ Garrett has been ordered to
examination for promotion.
Chief Eng. G. H. White has been detached
from the Richmond and ordered tc examination
for retirement
The jamestown and Portsmouth have arrived
at Hampton Roads.
Chief Eng. David Smith has been detached from
special duty connected with the State, War, and
Navy Building and ordered to duty as a mem
Der of the steel inspection board. He was in
charge of the recent extensive Improvements
to the steam plant of the Signal Office Building
on NJ street. In his annual report to the Sec
retary OF War Gen. Greedy pays well-deserved
compliment to Chief Eng. Thorn Williamson,
superintendent of the State, War, and Navy
Building, under whose general supervision this
work was done. He not only accomplished
the $4,000 worth of repairs appropriated for
but managed to get $4,500 worth more out of
the fund.
Lieut.. w. >. hughes has been ordered to
duty in charge of the branch photographic
Office at New Orleans.
The Petrol is at New York.
Surg. Howard Smith has been placed on the
retired list from Nov. 10.
Lieut.. Shredder, commanding the Vesuvius,
has reported to the Navy Dept from Tompkins-
vile, L. l., that Monday night a car fiat and
tug struck the Vesuvius end on, twisting the
stem seven inches and dishing in two bow plates
on each side badly for four feet, bending the
frames and two diagonals There was no in
jury under the water. The vessel was sent to
North River to take coal aboard, as the con-
tractors refused to deliver it elsewhere.
The President has appointed E. H. Green a
surg in the Navy, with the rank of It,, and g.
W. McElroy P. A. eng, with the rank of 1t.
of the junior grade.