New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-11
NOTES or NAVAL AFf4 AIRS.
CARRYING GREAT GUNS BY RAIL-REAR ADMIRAL
SMITH IMPROVING

TIL. first o, the two l2.lnch breechoading rihes LOT
III. coast defence Monterey and the hrSt r"e VI
so large callbrc be completed BY the Navy pop''
ment was shipped from tho Washington Gun fonhuiy
for san Francisco saturday. IL IS being Transporter
on car made especially for II. 1t Is steegiruer III,
car running with sixteen wheels. and VIII be RETURN"
from san Francisco to back the other l2inch gun
and then the two lOinch guns for the same vessel Inc
l2nch gun weighs IS Is tons, is 80 40 feet In Iehg'h
the greatest diameter Of body l. feet inches
the total length the bore Is "a feet ii inches; "e
weight Of charge Of powder Is "a pouhuS "e's' VI
psaIece $50 pounds the thickness u steel when
the proIectie will pierce at the nu4Ae Oh 'ho i'c y
estimated a. a lG.l0o inches.
Pay Inspector James Hoy, who has been on waiting
order. for nore year, has been or1ecd 70 APPEAR
before the retiring board lie VIII not reach IN" age
20, retirement untn september o. 1900. and should he
~, retired now on account OF physical lnesIaciy
there VIII three VA ancies In uat corps
,or civilian aspan- strive for. the other two vacancies
l,nr caused ~ the retirement Directors LOCKER and
Murray Examinations 4 candidates have been held and
the following are said the lead for selection Tor
the two vacancies Of the late PayHHster Frank T.
Armes who Lost hl. no III The Samoan hurricane son
Of Medical Inspector Edword KerhneF IN charge OF the
medical department At Navy Yard son OF Rear-Ad
mIal T. H. stevens. and Of Captain T. o. sefHdse.
II Paw Inspector Hay should be retired. then uefe Will
De- three vacancies n and thce into four Is once ana
one over 20 one Of tho VIII have bde his time.
The nows that The Pio-ldcnt had rcmltted the uneX-
nr,d portion sentence Of LeutenantConin
George A. Birknell for oueh negligence. suffering the
ships Galcna and Nina 70 BE- stranded ut Gay vineyard
Sound o4 March last gladly received az the Navy
Yard On Saturday LlNutnant-C commander Bictneu was
on duty at The Yard he temporarily detached and
sent ia command Galcna In tow OF Tho Nina %
Portsmouth. y. II. Tho former was 20 badly daHased
that che was condemned sold and tho sentence OF the
cburtartsl which tried Lieu;enant.C omHander BckneH
was that 10 b. suspndd from duty FOR one year. ana THIS
su .Icnsl1n began IN May.
Admiral Mclanc,hon smith OF the Navy. who was
comuandant O, the NewYork Naval stnton "nen Il" wa"
4 . Ia INC
aae u sAtytvo years May - 1872 and was reported
on Thursday ~ critically III from the "eip' las M
proved. but De IS not Jet ont Of DANGER lie was Dor"
In tins c.ty 1910 and be performed conspicuous service
In the Clv war whenever opportunity came 70 him when
I'm command of the steamer Mississippi and during the
ionharim.nt Of Forts JaCk'on nnd ST PhDlr April "a
1902 gave chase TO the rebel ram MANASSAS ana got
close enough pjur bfoadsdcs into her ana sehu
her dHft,ng r)Sn the river total wreck Ills vessel
afcrward On March II. 1853 when attempting to pass
tie acrlc. At Port Hudson. became stranded AMI 10
prevent her falling into the hand, oil the 'on'dcrat'S ne
-,t h.r on r, place.. and then abandoned her
When IN Of the ronclad Onondasa and temper
ary ia command the quadron In North Carolina sounds
e engaged the rchd Ahemurle and her consort the
Bom-h"!l and captured the latter May L. 1904 The
Al,marle aferWard blown " with torpedo by The
brave Lieutenant William II. Cushing.
10 va. stated the Navy Yard on SATURDAY tat the
monitor Mi4ntohonoh would complete the tests with her
guns and trrrcts aud return TO Ncw-lor@ today In
formation was -tcycd yesterday however that there are
sc.cn more be fired and that she would not re-.
turn lcf,re tomorrow II thea. Tho bid weather pre-.
,aing heavy seas high winds snow storms and iofs.
have tcrrred uaray with the firing OF the guns hence
the th,s have been necessarily prolonged Then there
have been incidents to ;hc mechanism u the guns ard the
rrets which, although not Of serious nature, have IN
tcrierd with the nrlngs.
The senate bill b. authorize the use Of raNal vessels
or the Charter Of FOR the trans poitlOn
81 brcad,tuGs t. stricken people In Russia hay
Ing been defeated passage In the Democratic House
Of Representatives, Secretary Tracy has revoked the order
to send Navy sailing ship Constellation To The Norfolk
Navy Yard to be fitted out. The Vessel will return to
the Naval Academy, where She has been In service az
training ship for the cadets FOR many years.