The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-08
THE Navy AND MARINE CORPS

Ensign l.. c. Bertoette has been ordered to
the Concord Feb. 10.
Lieut. N H. Barnes has been ordered to ap-
pear before the retiring board.
Lieut.. w. 81. Fullam has been ordered to
special temporary duty in the Navy Dept.
Ensign Marbury Johnston has been ordered
to duty in the Office of Naval Intelligence.
Comdr. A. G. Kellogg has been ordered to
duty as equipment officer at the Navy Yard
League Island.
Ensigns Frank Marble, A. H. Robertson, and
w. B. Franklin have been ordered to duty
aboard the Newark.
Ensign Benjamin Wright has been detached
from the photographic Office, Feb. 10, and Or
dered to the Coast Survey.
First Lieut. w. P. Biddle, Marine Corps, has
been detached from the Swatara and ordered
to report to col. comdt. for orders.
Chief Eng. James Butterworth has been de-
tached from duly at Harrison Lorng's Works,
Boston, and placed on waiting orders.
The cruiser Newark will probably join the
squadron of evolution in the Gulf Of Mexico,
and then make a cruise in European waters.
Lieut.. A. w. Grant has been detached from
duty connected with the electric lighting of
ships, Feb. Z, and ordered to the Concord
Feb 10.
Lieut.. w. B. Caperton has been detached
from the steel inspection board. March Q, and
ordered to hold himself in readiness for orders
TO the Miantonomah.
Ensign R. P. Schwern has been detached
from the Coast Survey steamer Blake, and
granted leave of absence for one year from
March next, with permission to leave the U. S..
Two U. s. war-shps have been ordered 10
Chill to look after the interests of American
citizens in that disturbed region. The vessels
are the Pensacola and the Baltimore The
Pensacola, the flagship Of the South Atlantic
lnft StItnA nAaxy 1oef pa1
timore will leave Nice just soon her
comdr., Capt. Schley reaches her on his return
from this country. This will probably be next
Wednesday. 1t will take her from 30 to 35
days to reach Chill from Nice.
The petitions from enlisted men of the Navy,
asking for the abolition of the marine guard on
board ship, the adoption of measures to en-
courage Americans to enter the naval service,
and for increase in pay have been received at
the Navy Dept, and will be considered by the
Secretary at an early date Petitions haYe been
received from six vessels in all, the Chicago,
Boston. Atlanta, Yorktown, and the receiving
ship Dale, all sending in The same petition
while the men on the Philadelphia contenteo
themselves with asking for more pay.
A contact is being drawn up at the Navy
Dept. with Carnegie, Phipps d Co., of Pitts
burg, for the manufacture OF 5000 tons O
armor plate at prices averaging over $500 pc
ton, and making the total amount of the con
tract about $3600000 This contract is addi
tiOnal to the contract with the bethlehem lrol
Works made in 1887 for armor amounting t.
$500 707.50, and is at about the same rates TO
different thicknesses as the Bethlehem contract
The armor is to be either all steel or nckel-steel
as shall be decided by the Dept after thoroug
tests. This contract is made necessary by tn
unforeseen delays OF the Bethlehem Co. in CON
pleting their plant, owing to which they hay
not been able to deliver any armor and will nc
be able to until some time next summer.
The Naval Appropriation bill, as reported t
the Senate from the Committee on Appropris
tions, shows fewer changes than usual. n
items of new naval construction were added b
the Senate committee, and the only item OF th
House bill stricken out was the appropriate
of $4,000 for Gatling guns for the Marin
Corps. The additions are as follows: A
appropriation of $4,000 to enable th
President TO cause soundings to be mad
between San Francisco and Honolulu for II
purpose of determining the prActicability {
laying a telegraphie cable; an appropriate
ofSl5,000 for the Craney Island magazine; a
appropriation OF 100000 for the purchase OF
floating tug crane for use in the transports
tion of material in New York Harbor; an al
preparation of $l50,000 for continuing th
work on the Port Royal coaling station, an
an appropriation Of $25, 900 for the pureha'
of a site for and OF 5000, 600 for beginning I'll
work on q new dry-dock TO be located o
Puget Sound or the Columbia River the linn