New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-16
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| is to be finished this week The ship will then
| be cleaned While the Dolphin is out of the
| yard being used as flagship the work - putting
the new dynamo and electric light plant into the
ship will have to be stopped, and in the meantime
the vessel must be lighted in the old pre-electric
way-by means of candles and lamps.
The two monitors MiantOnomah and Terror are
| to be put into dry-dock in few days, one into
| the granite dock and the other into the new
wooden dock These vessels locked u last
winter and their bottoms were painted with pro-
tective and anti-fouling paint one make being
| put on one vessel and another on the other. The
purpose In docking the ships is to test the
merit Of each kind of paint, to see which protects
| the vessel better. The mount and the tracks for
the ench gun which is to be placed in the bow
and the mounts for the two smaller guns TO be
placed in the stern of the gunneryboat Alarm
have been hOisted on board that vessel. The
| dock alongside Of which the sloop-ofwar Yantic
| and the trainng-ship Minnesota lie is covered
with big stones and debris Of various kinds part
of which the officers of the Minnesota have made
ali effort to clear away in order that the active
young apprentice boys may have place for recre-
alton on land A knot of them were on the shore
yesterday morning trying to excel one another in
| putting the shot" II is possible that larger
space in that 1.-THE upper end Of the yard will
be cleared, where the boys may engage in more
| active games. The commander Of the various
vessels at the Navy Yard have been requested
to make a report to the Navy Department on
what changes they would suggest in the uni
form of the enlisted men. II any change in the uni
form Is made it will probably be in the direction
of simplicity.
Rear-Admira Bancroft Gberardi, commandant
of the North Atlantic Squadron, has received in
structions from Secretary Tracy regarding the
official reception to be given to the two Brazilian
cruisers upon their arrival here. They are now
/, at Barbados. and are to sail from there to-day
| and will probably arrive here about eight days
| later. The two vessels are the armored cruiser
| Aquidaban, q vessel of the same general pattern
that the cruiser Maine is to be, and the unarmored
| cruiser Guanabara. The vessels under the
general command Of Rear-Admiral Bathazar de
Silviera and they have been sent TO this country
in recognition Of the courtesy paid to the Republic
of Brazil by the visit Of the Squadron Of Evon-
ton. under command Of Acting Rear-Admiral
John &. Walker, last spring, and officially to de-
liver to the President of the United States gold
medal and a letter of thanks from the Brazilian
Government for the prompt recognition by him
Of the new Republic. The United Stltes vessels
were the first officially to recognize the Republic
of Brazil in the firing of a national salute.
Every endcavor will he made by the United
States Government to give to the Brazilian YES
sells reception that shall equal in marked demon
stra.ion OF cordially that which was given to
Admiral Walker and his White Squadron az
Rio Janeiro When the Chicago, Boston and At
lanta appeared in Brazilian waters they were
warmly greeted, and receptions were given TO the
oa,cers and other courtesies extended Apart
from the international significance of this visit,
Oh De, fha,nca
interest. The Dolphin, Admiral Gherardis tenn
porary flagship. will 20 as far as Sandy Hook,
accompanied by the York ,own to meet the Brazil
ian vessels the Dolphin firing salute to the
Brazilian Admiral The vessels of the visiting
squadron MS they sail up the harbor will be pre-
coded by the Dolphin and the Yorktown as an
escort and IL is desired that the forts in the Mar
rows as the vessels pass through, will fire salute
to the Brazilian coors and parade their garlsohs
The vessels are to anchor IN se MOI on "Wednesday
in ordering Chief Engineer DnVid oini,n 10 u.,s
ON the Steel Board was not only gratiiying 10 ie
members Of the Engineer Corps OF the HatS, "uS
is also n recognition OF the recommendations OF
manufacturers of steel and builders OF vessels Ior
the Navy that there should Ike ali increased repre-,
sentation OF officers qualihcd 9y euucason t,
experience for the practical and selentc a%t, sn
OF such experts. Chief Engineer smith mas neen
tho Assistant Superintendent of the State, war
and Navy Department Building AT WASHINGTON
for several months He was a member Of the
Board on steel castings and forgings, iron and
other alloys convened by Act OF Congress IN ls.o'
and upon which Board was Professor Ihurston;
He continued on that duty for several years. ana
the report to Congress commanded great interest
because Of the valuable information. lie Is con
sidered one OF the best scientific engineers IN the
Navy, and is recognized as one Of the best experts
on metals. He was graduate OF the Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute at Troy.
Experience alone can enable one 10 detecN d, u
glance hidden defects Steel for the new vessels
is subjected to surface inspection. tensile, bend
ing. quenching and chemical tests For surface
defects such pits, cracks snakes blistcrs' lam