New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-27
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.
WHO WILL BE ADMIRAL BRAINE'S sue.
CESSOR?
TESTS OF GUN CARmAGEs-GEoGRAPHI
,BULLET1Ns-CIvILIAN APPOINTMENTS
TO THE AR,fY-THE CUsHING's

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COMPANION
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Washington. April 2G-The changes made in the
Now York Navy Yard during the week have revived
the conjecture regarding Admiral Bvanes successor as
commandment Of the yard The Secretary Is said TO
have determined In his own mind upon the DETAIL ana
the gOssps have named nearly every admiral COM
mOdorc and senior captain for the place some going
far as TO mention Captain Farquhar ard captain
Dewey, bureau chiefs for the duty. Both OF these
officers are content 20 remain in Washington ana arc
not likely to have 50 prominent duty as head OF inc
NewYork Navy Yard account Of their 1unorly'
The retirement, uEdcr the operation Oh law Vi Au
miral Brane and the retirement on his own request
for length of service of Admiral d. b. Harmony VIII
promote two captains to be commOdores, ana IL may
be that one Of these officers will be selected 10 COM
mand the New-York yard. The commodores-elect
Henry Erben and o. F. stanton. inc duty Oh inc
latter in charge OF the Naval Training station al New
port will be vacated on this promotion, and captain
f. O. Matthews is mentioned for the place. ms
detail comes under Commodore Ramsey, and is an i'm
pOrtant Its importance was increased by com
mandeg F. j. Higginson, who made the station at
tr,ctvc for the apprentices and perfected system OF
instruction which puts the station on an ecleht oasis,
before he went waiting orders a few months ago
The Army ordnance officials arc to have test OF
pneumatic disappearing carriage at sandy Hook as soon
as the contractors get the carriage IN piace' Inc
contract 70. this experimental carriage was signed two
years ago and the ordnance people have been anXousy
waiting the completion of the device. new lOlnch
gun will be mounted and fired and the usual Doaru oi
officers will observe and report the results IL Is IN
tended, IL the be successful, TO place the carriage
on some one OF the coast defence Improvements 10 DC
followed presumably by Others OF similar design and
manufacture. The Navy OIdance tests OF TINS car
rlage were not entirely satisfactory. Inc Doald re-
ported a number OF defects in the lntncatc mechanism
Of the carriage and these results undoubtedly leu 10
the designing by the Naval Bureau of ordnance Of
hydraulic gnn-mount. The Navy has less heeu LOT
dsappcalng carriage than the Army under wmch
service the cOastdefence project belongs Inc htest
Fertilization bill made available $4,000 for disappear
ing mounts of which it is estimated one Snch and one
10inch carriage can be provided ont OIL ths sum- over
$780, 900 was appropriated by the same act lor car
races Of the nondappearng type for guns OF various
calibrcs The chief Of ordnance had plans prepared lot
mounting an Slnch gan on disappearing carriage III
vented by Lieutenant Gordon, of the ordnance DC
paItucnt but the Board Of Ordnance aud Fortihca-
tons at its last session decided it were better 10 mount
a larger weapon and the office is engaged on plans LOT
a Gordon countcrpOsc carriage supporting lollch
gun. This carriage will probably take nan Vi ti7
$4,000. while the remainder VIII be dcVoteu 10 ule
counterpose disappearing carriage Invented by Oolo'
mel Burlington a well known ordnance oihccr INC
Gordon carriage IS operated in part by compressed ar
while the Burlington carriage Is not The test OF these
two carriages is remote; meantime the experts VIII
await with interest the results OF the pneumatic car
riagc trial
The board having charge of the geographical oule-
tins has accumulated vast amount OF material ioi
future publications, but the delay Of all the matter
IS caused By the difficulty in deciding upon few
points, The second bulletin may be expected IN ABOUT
a week. II will have no systematic arrangement OF
treatment of matter, and Will be, as the Initial Issue
was, miscellaneous assortment Of decisions Ip2L
geographical names the world over INC nH1cId i,J
the bulletin the names Of counties III uhe IiI y
states IS about all In. but in this collection dlcuity
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spelling in many localities. Another bulletin WI
deal with cities and towns OF the country and Win
| of the Census once in lie final reports -
The secretary Of War is expected soon TO announce
pointment Of civilians as commissioner 0hcerS Oh Ic
Army The number Of vacancies %yae Of sn l s
candidates among the nOn-commissl0ned OmceIs NOV
being examined Of which there are about thirty. ~
| is Ikely that the twenty five places available toi
tt yr for the Military Academy class Of 1902.
There viii be no appointments to the artillery, for in
that arm Of the service today there are nuihor 81
veSr rom West Point Their hope rests IN the action
IF The Lid CongrcSs which will be asked to pass the
HrtIerv Pco~ranIzatio bin defeated at the last hour
| in Inc House OF thc List Congress. There
are at present 300 applications from ctv .,
on file at the War Department 70: appointment
selected the candidates, who VIII De suDJcCtcu 10 an
examination the most successful receIvnS Gonm,
sions Is stated before, preference Will be gwen 20
era uaeS Of military COLLEGES and candidates VINO hou
commissions in thH National Guard me phy oca eN
animation will be rigid, and the warning Ses on . do
| nom Int healthy men need apply Many OF me 3Oo
anncatons represent this years graduates Of prom
nent colleges and ti.rc ar, some st'ols lhuoi9ehe'
fr1 m college professor, and military men - ,
As forrcast i'm these dispatches. the secretary 81
thc navy has rejected the bids fot the torpedgpoat
and directed a raadvertiscmcm f. proposal ihTrg
o.o likely 10 be only two Bidders. a before licrN SyH
| and Cowles and both will probably make modhcati0hS
in hor propositions and changes in their plans. ire
rejection il l. ann unccd was duo 10 the aWKWlu.So
Of Xprasslon in the Ilerc5hoh bid one CONSTITUTION
made il the highest and another made It me IoWc ,
and fhe acceptable bid There has been strong hgnt
Cor thr contract Lctwecn the New York hrin ana me
nrovidoncs c.ucctn The former. COwles had the al,
vantage i'm having the favorable RECOMMENDATION 0l
tho burcau chief, The second opening VIII be await
ed with interest Meantime the Department Is pre-,
| narInr mans for torpedo boet OF IT. own, upon
WHEN as well as upon bidders plans proposals are
to he invited 1t possible al else falling tHat o tnf
ono constructor Nr Bowlce. az present IN cnagc OF
he Teya, has asked for the pr' ilcgc OF budhs inc
Cnsbinr,s companion This second tOrpcdubo9t Is cX-
necfcd 10 have Increased efficiency and strength over
the Cushing The defects noted IN the l2ler GRAFT
| ycil be corrected IN The new boat.
ANNIVERSARIES IN THREE cHrRcHES.