The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-27
THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.

THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.
Changes at the Ndrdl Acadcmy-Changes in
the board of instructors, Naval Academy, for
the term beginning Oct. l, will take place in
the following depts.: Mathematics, to fill the
vacancy caused by the removal OF Prof w. w.
Hendrickson; English studies, history, and law,
in place of Chaplain E. X. Rawson; modern
languages, in place of 1t. Comdr. E. H. G.
Leutze; mechanical drawings, in place of 1t.
G. P. Colvocoresscs. The dept of astronomy,
navigation, and surveying may furnish another
vacancy, to be filled in place of 1t. Comdr A.
Walker, who may be detached, his term of four
years service at the Academy expiring at the
beginning of the next term. If the intention of
the authorities to substitute line officers for
civilians as heads of depts. be carried out the
place of Prof. n. NJ. Terry, at the head of the
dept. of physics and chemistry, will have to be
filled. 1t is thought that 1t. Comdr. Merrill
will succeed Prof. j. NJ. Rice in the dept. of
mechanics and applied mathematics.
The training ship Jamestown has arrived at
Plymouth, England.
Lieut.. E. P. Wood has been ordered from the
Naval Academy to duty in preparing the Con-
cord for sea.
The orders of Pay Insp. I. T. Caswell to
Mare Island Navy Yard have been revoked.
The new ,5OO-ton cruiser, drawings and speci-
tications for which are now in progress at the
Navy Dept, is expected to develop speed of
% knots and total of 20 900 horsepower. She
will be the first vessel in this country built with
three screws, and their arrangement will be such
as to attain the highest efficiency in rapid ma
n9uvrng. The vessel will be 215 feet in length,
and the propellors two thirteen feet the third
twelve feet in diameter.
Capt. Stanhope E. Blunt, Ord. Dept, was or
dered to visit the encampment of the North
Carolina militia from the 22d to the 3Oth inst.
Capt r. L. Meade recently relieved from the
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representative of the Navy Dept. on the depart
mental board having charge of the Government
exhibit at the Chicago Worlds Fair.
The Vesuvius, in order that she may be ma
n9uvred more rapidly, is to have 2 new screws
of greater pitch than her present ones.
The gunboat Petrol was placed in dry-dock at
| Boston Thursday to have her bottom scraped
and painted
The Pensacola has been taken from the New
| York drydock and the Vesuvius will be docked
P A. Eng r. s. Griffin has been transferred
| from the Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy
| Dept, to the Philadelphia. Asst Eng Frank
NJ. Bennett has been appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by the above removal
Lieut.. F. W. Coffin, has been ordered to the
receiving-ship Wabash.
Naval Cadet U. 7. Holmes has been detached
from the st. Louis, and ordered to the Phila-
delphia.
P. A. Eng. w. N. Little, has been detached
! from the Naval Academy, and placed on waiting
orders.
Secretary Proctor and Capt. G. L. Smith, act
! ing chief of ord. of the Army, made an inspec-
tion of the naval gun-shops at the Washington
| Navy Yard on Wednesday.
The Alliance arrived at Ambay, China, We'd
nesday.
The Galena was put out of commission at
| New York during the past week.
The Squadron of Evolution has arrived at Rio
de Janeiro from Bahia. The BraZlians at both
ports have united in giving the Americans an
ovation
The North Atlantic Squadron is at Bar Har-
Dor, Me.
Assistant Secretary Soley, of the Navy Dept
| has received his commission and took the oath
of Office on the 23d instant.
Paymr Joseph Foster has been ordered to
duty at the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, n. H.
3lst inst.
The orders of Paymr g. w. Beaman to the
Portsmouth Yard are revoked, and he is ordered
as general storekeeper at the Mare Island Yard
Aug. a.
Acting Gunner F. H. Whitney has been de
tached from duty at the Washington Yard, anG
ordered to the Philadelphia.
The Yantc has arrived at New York from
short cruise.
Secretary Tracy has announced that the Bal
timore will carry the remains of Capt. Ericsson
to Sweden 1t is intimated that the report tina
the Pensacola would perform the duty wa
started by some of the officers of that ship, WHIT
naturally prefer European to a South Amer
lean cruise
The court of inquiry which met at Norfolk Il
investigate the charges made against each othe
by Rear Adm. Gillis and Flag Capt. A. V. Reed
of the flagship Richmond, has concluded it
work, and the report is expected at the Dept
in few days
Sailmr William Redston will be tried befor
a court.martial at the Mare Island Navy Var
on the 4th day of August. The charge preferred
is escandalous conduct" The court consist
of the following officers: Capt. b. Wilson, II
Comdr j. j. Hunker, Paymr. j. b. Redfeld
Its. w. II. Beehler H. r. Tyler, f. IL. LefeVrt
f. NJ. Bostwick, with I'd 1t. j. II. Pendleton
NJ. c., as judge advocate.
The Ranger arrived at Acapulco Wednesda
on her way to Salvador.
Pay Insp r. T. Casweil will remain on dut
at the Naval Academy until Aug 81, when b
win be granted months leave. Pay Directo
j. ID. Murray will succeed him at the Academy
About 700 men from the ships of the squadro
in the North Atlantic participated in gran
! drill at Bar Harbor Me-, Thursday afternoon
The firing continued until O'Clock
The bill for the expenses incurred during tn
T 6 days trial trip Of the new cruiser Philade