New-York tribune., 1890-01-27
CHANGE Is NAV1L COhAhND'
SHEPARD TO SUCCEED COMMANDER

COMMANDER SHEPARD TO SUCCEED COM
coGuLNX-THE LATrER> SHARP LII I'm
,,...,iog,.,n Jan. 26-Commander T. VI. shepard
who wa, detached from the 'om'ahu u ,'N ,
var Kear,argc just "a that Nes'eI va '"'" w
,,, m, Sew " ork Nayy Yard Tor ia" WIN '''
Ho- .r,,.r Minister MIR. Douglas. because he
,,te,ted to giving up his cabin Tor ue "''oi'i'''"
,,,p Of Mr. Douglass and the lauef la"'s "'
A., bs. heeu ordered 10 the command 81 lag
-, ,.., , thc Pacific station. lie will relieve O"''
,.,,d.r Io.eph y. Coghlan. WHO was olue'V" " ca.
,e.cl AUGUST 30, 1883. and Who' II - 'u''''N "
the Navy Department. has been dc'ac'cu o0'""S' Va
,.,tcr which he il credited with having Wfluc" -
, ,.,,i.io Chronicle" which letter IS characterized
o.. unonccrlkc and prtludcia to thc DeSl H''''o'''
If ne service ~ the Mohican Is inc 'e'"poi"i'
,i, ~ the Pacific squadron, the detachment 'i
,~ commander would hardly have been made except
o., c,r.e as commanding nag snip Is C"hsuV'o"
desirable duty. - - .n. ratur,
- , General criticism of the Official persohhe' VI ''.
n,t,, and If the dmni,tration OF the Mare Island
Navy Yard lie declared that al tAl' s'du'" '''
.t,,m engineering department was sc'hia"".N
,,l~ IN the case of the Mohlcan and other Vc''''
, n,, N. heard the chief Engineer OF the roPuo''
s.y. Il hope to God l will never have 10 NJ o"'
a,,in at Mare Island. They spent S''o'ooo Oh ''e '
machinery and have left it nothing but a " ou
r.t,t, iran after all With regard To inc 'i"' "''
c,p,,tn Cochlan said "On our late trip over ""0'i
ever the order was given to get up steam '"c ee'
.,r. Sould be wild with excitement and as one vi
r, n,c,rs remarked, the whole engine ior'e "o"u
hnr.t into tears lie thinks the Burean oi steam
Fnrinecring is always Just one cylinder oc"iu wv
resi- If the world Following are otncr eN'''' -
from the letter;
The line officers all mad ana d,ssA''" -ts,d -,
,h,, ,r. not admiral- ana coWllouol'', - 40
a,i inc attention to the duties gwen tlcnl -, IL
.T,,l,, .r. they moan ana moan ~ -, ti
clpt,'',,,o ,,vrrnmcnt ough to do ioF thcl dl the
!'N o rnrl,,ting their present du'lcs ana pF0NliI
1"r..., mai they not NJ l"I any 'is"'i, ~ =
utI'p' 49, 80. ,,,rct that the Government never con
AL 'o.'. ,rc v,a-, or pcstlenoes a. common affairs
ra''su ~ ; h.nrtt for the purpose of Killing on all
y"su ~, ., rank them. but that style OF grow Is
H'on H'on"' T., ali classes Of the navy. .
comm ,,,ciert, are all growing be'anSe thcN are
Inc cnT''','r,,ud oi the ships, and because The
not gwen ~ meets them to dc something TO earn
their money. .s,ers arr. all Wrotb hc ausc for
+Nu Nv" IN. great business men oi thc Navy, have
sooth. thN .ir accounts. etc. for the Inspection OF
to subm'' themselves For years and years Tn
any q. ~" - IN, Navy merely accepted the iact. and
ON ", ,,selve, before those .ic rs oi IN" god Bu,
ho",h ', .ince the Naval Academy ha, taught the
-,,,c that condcn-ero are hf bnt in>dr OF sle"n
stHl,' ,,I ,lmt two and tNo added together make
% ia, ,nd business" has been dcthioned, ana the
,"., - large secs that tn result Of the great bus
- c,p,ritv of The PAY Corps has Increased the co,'
~ s,ur'lc, for the Navy anywhere rom loo 10 i'O
y" "a then We come TO the Medical Corps. on
there we must take of our hats and bow For ac