New-York tribune., 1891-05-18
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.
THE VESSELS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

CAPTAIN ERBENs NEW PLAcE-RETIREMESTS
TN THE ARMy-THE SQUADRON OF EvoLU-
r1oN NOT TO DIsBAND-ANNUAL EX-
AM1NAr1oSs AT WEST POINT
TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.
u,ashsn0ton Nav 17.-There are at present undcr
construction at private shipyards sixteen vessels IN
cuding three tugs for the Navy, and al navy
three more making sixteen ships Ill various ''ee'
~ budine This does not include the Concord be'i-
nington and Monterey, the former TWO hutiis lor '
at New-York and the latter recently lauhcheu "V Hn
Francisco The New-York, for which the cramps are
to receive S2Oe5 OOO will be launched in about three
months She is more than half completed, although
after she gets into the water there will remain good
deal TO do on her. Just there has been ON ue Mae'
The reports from the Government officers al the Cho
Iron Works make a good showing for tho "oiA vi
Cruiser No. 8, whose keel has been laid ana "hos0
frames are in course of erection The Keel ol Uho
coast line battleshlp Oregon, also building at inc
Union Works. has not yet been laid. Cruisers y ana
10 Identical in plan and cost we'll advanced at the
Columbia Iron Works. and 1t is expected that they Will
be launched in about four months. Crulser No H.
which Harrison Loring, Of Boston, Is under contract
TO build for 1874 900, Is sister ship OK the CounDld
peopIe's and TO- and although the contracts
were entered into at the same time, the Boston hrih
has not pushed the work on its vessel as the Bal-
more contractors have theirs. The kee! OF No.
II has been laid and the frames are partly in position.
The vessel will be launched in about ten months
Lorng is also building three steam tugs Of which tho
Navy stands In great need These craft are IN frames
and are being plated, and will be launched In about SIX
months The Bath, Maine, Iron Works Is making
satisfactory progress with the two gunboas, wch arc
in frames and being plated and are expected 10 DC
ready for launching in six months The Ammen ram,
pxt~tte oh yVaC
Bath company has its keel laid and good deal Of the
material IS in the shpyard The Cramps are slightly
ahead OF the Union Iron Works in the work on the
other two batteships, the Indiana ana MassV
chusetts. The keels are being laid and numerous
frames bent The keel OF Protected Cruiser No. IL,
which the Cramps are also building, has been iald,
the frames erected and the plating begun vi the
vessels being constructed at the Navy laius' al
are well advanced. The Cincinnati or NO. T. at inc
ver York ward will be launched In about six months,
bv which time tho Raleigh, No. s. Is expected to
10 in the water The Texas, whose construction mas
been impeded so much by discussions among the con-
sructors will be launched in about nine months All
tho work I'm the hands Of contractors will be completed
within the contract time, far as one may Judge from
reports received at the Department
The detail Of Captain Henry Erben 10 succeed Ad-
mraI Braine as Commandant Of the New-fork Navy
Yard leaves vacant tho governorship OF the Naval
Home at Philadelphia, congenial place. No an
has yet been made OF Captain Erbens sue
cessor but as usual several names are mehuohed-
among them those Of Captain G. c. Carpenter at pres
emf in command OF the Portsmouth, n. H. Navy lard'
and Captain ". A. Kirkland, supervisor Of New-for
uarbor Captain L. a. Beardslee, who has been In
command Of the receivlng-shp Vermont. at the New
York Navy Yard since July, 1850, Is eligible for thc
place.
For the first time in a long while there are
enough vacancies on the limited retired list Of the
Army to 60 more than around among the officers VINO
are found to be ncapacitated for service Every
day or two the Department people discover mis-
calculation regarding the age of some officer on the
limited retired list showing the subject of the inquiry
to he over sixty four and transferable to the unlimited
list There are at present seventeen vancaucies on the
limited list and is likely there VIII be few retrementa
for some tme Most OF the officers found physicany
DISQUALIFIED by boards Of examination Will be re-eN
amncd their request, or on the advice Oh ulc
medical authorities. II is comfortiess fact to those
concerned that while promotion is stsgnant in the
artillery arm there have been letrements Yor dis
ability among the officers Of that branch 1t IS found
that the circumstances of life at the artillery post;
| are conducive TO health.
The Midvale steel Company, which has extensive
contracts with the Army and Navy for supplying stee
| forgings armor plates, frames and ammunition, has
adopted the hotter process OF temperlng stecl Ill '
| manufacture OF armor piercing proiectes. Tie Navy
| @-OOfON"f
come from the Carpenter Steel Company, which secured
the 1rnling process as improved by Firth. Excellent
results have been attained, notably in the armor trial
| at Annapolis, with projectcs treated by both pro
cesses Tie adoption OF these foreign methods Is
confession that no similarly worthy results have beer
secured from projectes tempered By domestic pro
! cesses several of such methods being tested.
| The Squadron of Evolution will not be disbanded
1t may be enlarged It's purpose has the sanction moi
10 say the enthusiastic support Of the secretary OF Tho
| Navy. who has been convinced of the usefulness o
congregating vessels for trial OF their manoeuvrns
qualities and the practice Of officers and crews. Tn,
repars Oh the different vessels Of the squadron ar,
being pushed TO completion at the Norfolk Yard. The
Atlanta has been coalng and leaves tho yard early il
the week for Yorktown Va, for her quarterly targc
practice In small arms The squadron will meet fl
the James River the last OF the month. After these
exercises the vessels may go to Annapolis for tn
benefit OF the Naval cadets and subsequently North
probably to Newport, for season Of manocuvres. i
| is likely that the Concord and Bennington will bt
added 10 the squadron this OCCASION
The annual examinations at the Military Academy
will begin on Monday Jure l. This years class
numbers sixty and all will find a commission without
! waiting a term OF months after graduation " ad
dtonal second lcuteants. The vacancies are In the
cavalry and Infantry not one beng In the artillery
yates Of last years. The following military exerses
Will take place during the examination Infantry re
| view, June l school OF bata ion June a sHrmish
/ drill June 0 artillery coast gun drill, June
school OF the battery, June drill with siege mOrtars
June o cavalIy school OF the soldier, June 3 of Tho
/ COMPANY June 5: engineering. military bridge con
struction June 8; signalling, June 10; Of sword
| and bayOnct. military gymnastics. June H. The
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