New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
our Big SISTER CITY.
AFFAIRS I'M BROOKLYN.
Civil Service at the Navy YardBrOOkyn'
of Cubs-At Work on a New ArmOry-Mystery of Two
Missing Bathers-Items of General Interest.

Puritan the fifth Of the big monitors Is the larcr.s
Of the lot being Of 5000 displacement shs vII
have main battery OF four l2inch guns and fourt..
Inches thickness OF steel armor.
Early last week Secretary Tracy issued an orde,
that no new men should be employed AZ the x,,s
until september l. the purpose being to put into effect
the Civil Service rules. The examining board finished
examinations OF candidates for places on Thursday ana
then made up its report and sent to Washington its
recommendations That the Secretary means what n.
said at the banquet Of the Massachusetts Republc..
Club, in May, that no workman should be uryed "a
contribute money for political purposes ana that so,
der and sailor veterans should have prefereuco IN
the matter Of civil employment, Is sustained BY tbs
following extracts from an ORDER which are sec!tous
1544 1,546, 1754 and 1855 of the Revised s,atues
received at the Navy Yard In the middle Of the wesk
Labor shall be employed in the several Nav yars.
by the proper officers In charge with reference 10 skl
tions. No officer empoye OF the Government s6aii
require or request any worktngman In any yard 10
shall any wordngman be removed or disc6srssd %" on
account Of his political opinions And any ocer, or
the lovisions OF this section shall be dismissed from
the service of the United states. A'"'
Persons honorably discharged from the military cr
naval service by reasons OF disability resulting nom
wounds sickness incurred in the line Of dats shal
be preferred for appointments 10 civil Offices proyided
they found to possess the business capacity neces
sary for the proper discharge of the duties of tie ONCE
suferngs of persons honorably discharged from TIA
military and naval service OF the country by reason "a
wounds, disease or the expiration Of terms of enlist
ment, it is respectfully recommended to bankers ner
chants, manufacturers, mechanics farmers and ner
sons engaged in industrial pursuits to give them prefer
ence for appointments to rmunerative situations ana
empoyments. ~
The vessels Of the North Atlantic Squadron an
gradually working their way toward N.w.Yorh but h,
is not likely that they will get here much before octo
Der l. When the flagship Philadelphia gets here shs
will go to the Navy Yard, and will be tetaed there
for at least two or three weeks 10 get her new mass
At present she has three steel masts which weigh be-
twan twentytw and twenty three TONS and this zeat
weight affects 4er meacentrc height TO extent that
has been alarming In heavy weather. For this reason
two wooden masts, which weigh less than ten tons,
have been made TO replace the three steel ones and
they are now ready at the Navy Yard. They are 0!
Oregon yellow PINE and md cost less than $500, whereas
sixty feet in length and twenty inches in diameter i
the topmasts are about thirty feet in length. rSy
about ten years, and the fine workmanship upoa thsn
Is credit to the Navy and is one Of the results s
Changes in the official personnel Of the Navy
fact next to that of change in salary
although all Of the officers have spent years in earnest
prayersrespecially to CoDgress-for very necessary
increase One change to take place on Tuesday s thai
Of the command Of the old wooden war vessel Yantc
Of this vessel since February 1850. win be relieved
and will take three months leave OF absence His
will be LieutenantC Commander Samuel Belden.
an entirely new lot of officers and crew. Lieutensnt
Waldemar ID. Rose Will also be relieved ana by Ensign
Harry Phelps who has been on duty at the Naval
Academy. Passed Assistant Surgeon Y. c. B: Means
Will report for duty at the Naval Hospital Tuesday.
II hardly be said that officers OF the Navy are
inconsistent unnatural in looking forward for vacan
cies to that they be promoted and vacancies
only by death or retirement on account OF sd
vanced age from disability caused By the exgenctes
of the service accden Tor exposure In the line OF duty
In the higher grades of the line there are no retire
ments during this year TO take place. But there
already much interest taken among some OF the Hen
tenants to favor In the examination soon TO take
place for the place Of professor of mathematics at the
Naval Academy to be made vacant by the retirement
Of Professor Asaph Hall, on october Is. One u two
of the engineer officers, Of the chaplans, and one OF
the naval constructors will also be among the can
didates.
In the Pay Corps there win be three vacancies caused
by retrements between now and January i, Pay
Director James d. Murray viii be retired on september
90 Pay Director Charles W. Abbott will be rered on
November IS. and Pay Director Thomas II. LOCKER on
November g.: The next retirement for age age In tho
Paymaser Worth Goldsborough Will reach the age OF
sixty-two wears. The only other retirement TO take
place in the Navy this year viii be OF Naval Com
structor william l.. Mintonye; on December T. He vas
recently detached from the New-York Navy Iard ana
ordered to the Boston Navy Yard.