The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-05
NAVAL JOTTINGS.
The Instructions for Infantry
and Artillery Are Out.

The new instructions for Infantry and
Artillery, United States Navy" have ap-
peared from the Bureau of Navigation.
The first lot of the 1000 copies issued was
sent to the Naval Academy for distribution
among the officers and cadets, who will be
drilled in the new regulations. The infantry
part of the new drill-book is based on the
army regulations. There is no difference in
principle. Many unnecessary maneuverS
are omittel-movements not at all needed
for comparatively small bodies of men. In
compiling the new work the board has
aimed at securing uniformity in the navy
by specifying exactly how equipments shall
be worn and how naval brigaies shall or
ganize As an illustration, it is directed
that when fully equipped each man will
carry packed knapSack ana haverSack, rub
Der blanket, webbing belt, filled canteen
and leggins; when lightly equipped filed
canleen, webbing-belt and legIins. The
hayersack, it is ordered, is to be worn In
rear OF the left hip; canteen in rear OF right
hir, with cartridge belt over both haver-
sack sings and the rear sling of the can
teen. If officers carry the revolver the
sword-belt is worn outside the blouse, the
cartridge-bOx in front and to the right of
the belt buckle. The revolver is worn
slightly in rear Of the right hip. The can
teen is carried on the right side in rear OF
the revolver, with its rear sling under the
sword-belt. When overcOats are worn off
GERS will wear their scabbards outside of
the coat, the log sling passing through the
rear slit and the short sling through the
side slit of the coat.
It has been decided to send the naval
cadets TO Chicago for attendance upon the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. They Will
be sent on one of the naval vessels, prob
ably by the way of the Great Lakes. An
of the locks and canals is he
ing made to ascertain the feasibility OF this
route of transportation If possible the
naval exhibits will be sent that way.
The gun-boat Yorktown is at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, to be fitted cut for her cruise
to the Pacific There is no important work
to be done on the vessel before she can sail,
but a number of minor repairs and alterG-
tiOns, such as repairs to veutilating tubes
and a new boat and new awnings Tor the
ship.
The yard at Mare Island is in need of an
appliance to coal ships rapidly. On recent
occasion it took the Charleston seven days
to Goa, when the work should have been
performed in as many hours.
Information has just been received by the
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
from the United States Minister to lta ly
that foreign citizens will no longer be adj
mitted into the Grand City hospital OF Mes
sina for treatment
In the latest ublished official list of salut-
ing stations IN Great britain and her Colonies
is included Alexandria, Egypt, Turing
British occupation"
The Tallapoosa has been condemned at
Buenos Ayres The officers and crew will be
transferred and the vessel will be sold later.
The Ranger has been put out OF commits
sion al Mare Island and her crew transferred
to the independence.
Lieutenant John n. Jordan has been Or
dered to duty at the Pacific Roling-miIlS as
an inspector of steel.