The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-12
THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

The Office of Naval Intelligence has been
transferred from the bureau of navigation and
placed IN the Secretary's office, under the per-
sonal charge of the Asst. Secretary
Lieuts. a. J. Berry, W. C. Babcock, and T.
NJ. Potts, Ensigns j. B. Bernadou, w. NJ. Crosse,
}. II. Reid, II. X. Zenham, c. B. Morgan, G. n
Hayward. and H. A. Wiley, Medical Inspector
G. Ii. White, P. a. Surg. j. NJ Edgar, and Asst.
Engs. u. W: McElroy and K. E. Higgins have
been ordered to hold themselves In readiness
for orders to the San Francisco.
Asst Surg. W. c. Braisted has been ordered
to duty at Hot Springs, Ark.
Surg. A. j. Price has been detached from
special duty at Washington, and placed on
waiting orders.
P. A. Surg. Frank Anderson has been de-
tached from duty in the bureau of medicine, and
ordered to duty in attendance on naval officers
at Washington.
Asst: Surg l.. W. Spratling has been ordered
from HOT springs, Ark, to the San Francisco.
The Richmond arrived at Newport Tuesday
from Hampton Roads.
=. The recent armor tests at Annapolis showed
that the o-lnch rifles cannot be relied on to
pierce armor even of moderate thickness. Ac-
cordingly the construction board of the Navy
Dept. has decided to supplant the 46-inch guns
on the new battle ships with rapid-fire guns,
probably of inches calibre. The rapid-fre
guns of smaller calibre will also be more effec-
tive against unarmored ships.
Bids were opened Tuesday at the War Dent.
for forgings for 35 12-inch breech-loading NOR
tars for harbor defense batteries, and for forg-
ings for experimental pinch rifed field pieces
The Bethlehem Iron Works bid So, ,242 for each
set OF mortar forgings and $500 per set for field
gun forgings. The MidVale Steel Co hid
S3,63O per set for the mortar forgings and S455
per set for the tield-gun forgings. The mortars
ana guns VIII be finished and assembled at the
Watervliet Arsenal.
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opened as follows: For file Gaping for the
marine railway at Norfolk Navy Yard, Holtz-
claw Bros, Hampton, Va, submitted the
lowest bid at $2, 1863, and they will be awarded
The contract; For pumping plant for the
dry-dock at the Navy Yard, Boston, the bidders
We're the Holly Manufacturing Co., Lockport,
n. " $780, 400; the Southwark Foundry and
Machine Co., Philadelphia, $49,S9O, and s. T.
rope Co, Chicago, $34, 1877. These bids will
be referred to a board for examination before
an award is made. For connecting the new
pumps with the old dry-dock at Norfolk, Va.
Messrs. crook, Horner 81 Co. offered to do the
work Tor Sl4sO9 They will get the contract.
The following have been appointed cadets at
Nhis. Nest Foi9s; w. X Moore. Sd District of
ONO; =. ~ hnaul alternate; j. Mem Hamil-
ton, Both District of New York; j. l.. Whitney
alternate.
Asst. Eng. r. b. Higgins has been ordered
TO duty in connection with the preparation of
the San Francisco for sea, and Asst. Eng. III.
W sPranger to duty in connection with the
New York.
Capt. A. v Reed has been detached from
command Of the Richmond, and placed on
waiting orders; Capt. o. f. Stanton, from com
mand of the New Hampshire and ordered to
command the training-ship Richmond; 1t.
Comdr E. Longnecker, Its L. s. Prime, VIII
liam kilburn, and A: A. Ward, Ensigns L. j.
Clark and f. W Kellogg, Surg. q. A. sieg-
fed, Paymr. L. G.. Boggs, Chief Eng. d. P.
Jones, and Chaplain F. b. Rose, detached from
the New Hampshire, and ordered to the train
ing ship Richmond
- Chief Eng. F. A. Wilson and P. A. Eng. E.
4. Warburton have been ordered from duty at