The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-31
THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

Lieut.. Hamilton Hutchins has been detached
from the Boston, and granted months sick
leave.
Asst Eng. j. R. Wilmer has been ordered to
examination for promotion.
Commo. j. H. Gillis has been detached from
command of the South Atlantic Station, and
placed on waiting orders.
Nearly all of the ships composing the Squad
ron of Evolution are in need of repairs, and
work will probably begin on them at once, The
Boston had seen considerable service in the
West Indies and North Atlantic before the
squadron was organized, and the repairs on her
Will probably extend over period of months,
necessitatlng an expenditure of 100000 She
will be repaired at the New York Navy Yard
The Chicago, Yorktown, and Atlanta are also
in need of extensive repairs, and these three YES
sells will probably be distributed among the
yards at Boston, Norfolk, and Kittery. The
Richmond, shortly to go out of commission, will
be repaired at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
Capt. Allen " Reed, declared by the Dept.
not guilty of the charges preferred against him
by Rear Adm. Gillis in the Norfolk court mar
tial, has resumed command of the Richmond
Lieut. Wainwright Kellogg has been ordered
to duty connected with the Installation of cleo
trio lights on board the naval ships at the Cramp
yard, Philadelphia, relieving 1t. B. A. Fske.
who is placed on waiting orders.
Lieut.. Comdr. Asa Walker has been detached
from the Naval Academy and placed on waiting
orders.
Lieuts. T. B. Howard, j. b. Briggs, David
Daniels, T. M. Potts, and j. M. Orchard have
been detached from the Naval Academy, Sept
30, and placed on waiting orders.
Chief Eng. e. j. Whitaker has been detached
from the receiving-ship Vermont, and ordered
to the Philadelphia, relieving Chief Eng. Robert
Potts, detached and placed on waiting orders
The Attorney General has decided that sec.
OF "the act to prevent desertions from the Army''
is applicable to the Marine Corps, and hereafter
the paymr. Of that corps will retain from the
pay of all men enlisted subsequent to July l.,
1890, the sum of 81 per month for the 1st year
of enlistment.
The Dept. has denied the report that the
Philadelphia will be subjected to a further Off
cial trial The vessel fulfilled all the require
ments OF the contract and was accepted. The
report arose from the information that the Phil
adelphia will shortly be given "A sea voyage for
the purpose of demonstrating that she maintains
the contract requirements.
Work at the new naval ord. proving grounds
at Indian Head has been commenced. Con-
tracts have been let for the building Of a wharf,
railroad tracks, and scow for the transporta-
ton of guns, also for frame houses to be To-
Gated on the grounds. The amount appropri-
ated is by far insufficient for the Improvements
necessary to be made.
P. A. Eng. r. 7. Hull has been detached
from the Philadelphia, and ordered to the Pen
sacola, relieving p. A. Eng. j. A. Tobin, who
was detached from the Pensacola and placed on
waiting orders.
The flag ship Charleston has been ordered to
return Immediately to Honolulu, Hawaii Islands
The Nipsic is already at that port, and with the
Charleston it is thought the interests of the
Americans on the island may be protected in
the event of the disturbance of peace expected
to take place there shortly.
Lieut.. Charles A. Bradbury, of the Yorktown,
is on a visit to this city.
The trial trip of the new cruiser San Francisco
at Santa Barbara, Cal, on Wednesday, resulted
in her developing a speed of a little over half a
knot in excess of the contract requirements 10
knots an hour, The premium to be paid was
$4,000 per quarter Of knot. 1t was expected
that the San Francisco would 90 to China as
pressing need Of vessels on the Pacific Station