New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-25
LOOK OUT, NAVAL STUDENTS
A RARE CHANCE AT HAND TO STUDY UNCLE
SANS MARSHES.

18th tho on and the new. When the next ouhu"s
,s.uc Of The Tribune shall APPEAR " IL eHpec'tn fs'
the Sorth Atlantic Squadron Will nave "''" "eo'
and the Navy will he represented by all OF Inc A"'
a,clen. and modern, of ships and all ~ to 'aroA'
omccrs In the line the engineer, the med'oa "c p"''
and the marine CORPS and the warrant oDoer'' H""
,b. Grade Of rear admiral down There VIII Nv ''
modern steel steam cruiser Of the hrsf 'i"ss' r'po
80, T., tho baltimore there will be the battlcsh
cI,es in the Maine. being Constructed NJ INC
wand Tho modern steel cruiser OF the sccono o'ae'
T., the no = also being built al the >ard mo U"oe''
-. ve,rarsc the nam. u which will he dear 10 every
-,,p who recalls the destruction Of the 'onedfrS'c
nriva,cer Alabama by her; the m"her' u'pA'
Lo,. in the Dolphin the harhcttc vessel J" '''
Ton thc double turrcied monitor. In the Nlan'oho'''
and the Terror the single turrcicd or cheese "oN "
,or IN tho Nantucket the old line Of battle SNIP n'
y, ,.o-nor, and Ericsson's attest idea Of torpcd"
go. IN The DESTROYER All these vessels viii MAKE INC
80 Ward a decidedly Interesting place 10 WISH -
t,r a. these ships arc here. The now cruiser pau
moro the flagship II Rear Admiral "hcra"' 'H.'''
Nth thc other vessels Of The North Atlantic squadron"
Tho Dolphin Tho KearSafec and tho ""i'h'' "u ~
ic,vc KEY West today for this port Va 'h'S VIII W
,o o-st visit Of tho baltimore 80 this port sue viii
=, a, attraction to all who Interested IN tho HNN'
Tho vessels Of the squadron are To remain "'''
,c -, vr,ck. md then thcy to 20 up ne coast
g. por,l,nd Nc where on Iuly 2. they are u ''"'
m. m tbc Army u the htomac celebration
~
% Tho ruropcan squadron and caUy m" body OF
r, r-c.sor the inventor and builder of The Mohi"r'
. ,.ecn il. .tIil a, tho Navy iari. and y
., -cr,aiu therr 'cv DAYS longer i"o
--p ~, her is practically finished, and She has bc'h
,nor,ca ready tor inspection. The Navy department
has ordered that ,hc hc Inspected on June . H''
.,, H. drilled every day In the Navy Yard ana On
decoration Day It IS to take part In the 2T'''S,'"
The I,,ncstovn The training ship. las come IN rom
>,r, ,,a &c now IvinS ~ Thirty nfh 81 ~ the
10Th u,,er Her guns smaller than th''' OF Nc
rssc> and more suitable 'or sau'ins' ana ZIG - !"
o., nm ,ha North River and anchor Opposite 'n' '"'"
~, General Grant To take part IN IN" De'or'''on '''
cyorri-cs. instead Of tho Essex. as "aS onsh"'P III
tended. $500. .,
There arc now about forty I've OF INC ir'"'o'
Cruiser SO : IN plNc. and some N thc 'ohs'e"',''
,,,. ,-cn nut IN and many ~ th- heavy steel pa"s
have BEEN tv'cn~d 10 them. The u"rA on '
v,ucl I. advancing sp.dly. The new por'aoe '0"'
t,,ll. arc being usef With much success IN '"e con
s-uc,ion I, has been proposed 10 change inc oul''V
~ tho Maine making th~m after the styIe Oh '''~o
which tic Puritan T. have. and THIS VIII proosoN
J.. ,on. The change consists In making the barbettes
.ou,d instead Of clliptcal. and incning me NsoI"
norton Of tc plating 81 the turrct, at an angie OF
forty degree ~ in>urr greater safety to the inter-"
70, the iurrcts and To- tho vessel
Their. has been much speculation among naval 81
scc-s relative 10 tie departure Of The new cruiser
oharcston Acting Rear Admiral George Browns nag
shin fgom san Francisco ON Thursday under " sealed
,ders Tic impression prevailed that the charleston
va, going to Honolulu. and after that ~h" "ouiu
iccomc the rae ship 81 the ASiatic squadron Re
uevIns Rear ADMIRAL -. +. Beknap. who TOOK com
,,ud II the ASat.c squadron soon after secretary
Whitney secured hi, promotion upon the eve "i Inc
-ccrctarys close Of service under the Cleveland "a
,oiui.traton II is now reported that the sealed
orders, were >sucd at the request 81 secretary Blaine
That the Charleston should cruise along the coast o'
fine peninsula of Lower California Ia prevent the
rnrnorcd niibu.terne expedition operation, ~ sea- look
, 10 the capture Il the Mexican territory 81 Lower
arforu,a ANY attempt to 'Iolai" The neutrality
lw, will be met with the utmost vigilance II II comes
under the observation OF Admiral Brown. aud u" VIII
ur,,naby remain the nciehborhood q sail Diego Tor
.e,ernI weeks rhis oricer Wa In command o! me
cruboat Indlanols Ia her action against four Con
tcdcra, ram. on the Mississippi River. IN February.
ioGa when hc and hi, crew wcrc taken prisoners
after brave nght Of nearly two hours. He wa> also
commits toned Ia take the ~ Rebel IAN StoneNa |"
I t,uau in -6-. when that vessel was sold to the
J,panc,c Government and to him was oncr'"l CON
mission a. Admiral in Chief Of the Japanese navy
which place wa subsequently gwen I" i''"'~'
Walter Grinncll
The test, Of the Cowles boiler at The ward have
,ecn finished but the boiler has not yet been removed
from the foundry
ANOTHER UADRON or EVOLUTION.
g. he
rumor that there j. 10 be another squadron Of eNoh'
, In ruropc,n water before the end Of the year.
under the command II Commodore ". J. Mctahn'
,yho vas recently relieved OF the command oi inc
uo,ion Navy Yard. and who was president OF inc
naval Policy hoard that submitted TO Congress All
exhaustive report upon the number and kind Of SHIPS
and ucapons which tho Navy needed. The journal
aunded to that the subject il being discussed by
secretary Tray aud other departmental officials: that
three nev vessels. the Philadelphia, bennington and
Concord and the Pensacola and Enterprise are booked
for the squadron and that the double turrccd mon
| ,or Misntonomah and the dynamite cruiser Nesuvius
may also be included IN the squadron. II was a
| week ago that The Tribune mentioned on good
| authority that the Navy would not long DO
unreprccntcd IN European waters. and that the
I Philadelphia bennington Concord and Essex were
talked ~ as the squadron be sent there in com
! mand Of Rear Admiral David u. Harmony, the prc>I
dent OF the recent McCalla court martial. Ths plan
! is ,till talked of and looks plausible. especially as
Admiral Harmony is reported a. DESTROYS Of command
| ing snch squadron, aud he would be entitled to
| .ucb a command rather than a commodore
Naval Constructor Mlntonyc has been away from the
Yard about week aHnans t., to-, h,s d@ a a, a
Norfolk Savy Yard, ont WA probably return IN :,
tho o;acna. has been ordered 10 duty In the Naval
Hospital. II /, reported that Commander Charles II
Rocawci, at present commander of the fantlc VIII
be the commander Of the Enterprise when she again
| nut into commission
ray Director ,,'lIhert f. Thornton, who has been
assigned 10 the Navy Pay once In New York !,
/ crssor to Pay Director Edwin stewart. who pro
noted to the PaymastcrGcneralShlp at the Navy De
partment "A few days ago. i a New Yorker by BIRTH
| sIthouch he appointed from Massachusetts. He
entered the Navy after the breaking Of the
Cvil War. and AT went into active service. lie
was one oi the hopeful candidates for the Pay
Ccnrraship but retired gracefully nom the field for
the successful candidate and then asked to he detached
| from the liuirau at Washington.
The Pensacola, which arrived from Africa on Friday
| with the sun eclipse party on board. ha, not vet
come M to the Navy Yard, bnt Is waiting until her
ammunition can be removed. and she may be obliged
10 wait several days, In order that when her ammun
! zion is taken OF II may he put diNctly into Fort
| Wadsworth. Instead Of being landed at Ellis Island
and then transferred