New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-19
ACTIVITY At THE NAVY YARD.
GETTING THE CUSHING READY FoR TORPEDO
sERvTCE-THE DOLPHIN NAY GO
TO MONTFVIDFO.

Therr was more activity among the officers at the
Navy Yard Yesterday than IS the rule In thcse days
II not due 10 any great Increase OF WORK. nor I"
any orders from Washington, but II seemed I" pe IN
voluntary md due 10 feeling that the news from
Washington and Chill strengthened the appFchcnS'on
that the relations between the United states ana 'e
little republic were under greater tension than ever
before. The orders 10 vessels Of the Navy rom WASH
ngton suggested that preparations were going Pueuy
but certainly forward Ia enable the Government !"
Insist that the rights Of Americans III 'hh ID" P'
eccd The torpedo-boat Cushing which reached uie
Navy Yard from New port saturday night Is 10 DE
fitted on, with IIoWel and whitehead tprpcdoc' Tie
work on the changes In the dynamite cruiser Ne'"luS
is being hurried forward The double tureted monitor
uiantonomoh l. being made ready for active service,
and the monitor Nantucket is ready 10 be- repaired for
active service Lieutenant Karl Rohrcr has been de
tachcd from the VcSuvlus, and Lieutenant ii"iS "'
been ordered to the vacancy
The orders to III out In, dispatch boat Doiphh ior
service without delay was surprise at '''c .",'
Yard. She is at Norfolk but VIII uc pun III
commission this week. with Commander e. V. "ridiey
T., comm,rd and will probably come 10 Ncw-lork to
,eceve additional armament and ammunition ami then
20 10 Monevlde0 for duty In Admllai "aihor 'iu''
ion The sending Of the Dolphin 10 ,niS Sii"ii"''
does not mean that her services are rc"is "oS''
there but ehe will be at coh'ehleh, Po'''' w 'e"'
around to Chill The Newark has efI for'csS "oir'o
rnin
graphic orders may De sent to her. II needed ofuers
have been issued fr the monitors Montauk ana PAS
safe 10 he fitted out Both OF them are OF the same
pattern Is the Nantucket. .rA
An officer at the Navy farl said yes@i'
Navy Department Is pushing forward the work on the
new ships that are approaching completion ana "orns
over.tim. IN the Washington gun foundry IL is aong
what IL can TO hasten the fitting out OF Vessas .nu'
have been laid up for some time ine m'c',iea''on
OF the deadly assault upon the sailors OF the bao'e
shows that they were subjected to the most brutal anu
unreasonable treatment by the Chilans. ana It shows
further than the Gillian police aud soldiers tooh part
I'm the assault 1t is evident that the authories III
Chill ar. making no effort whatever to protect he iVes
NJ Americans. Our Government cannot s'and TINS ana
win not stand IT, Some people see close analogy Dc
tween tho AFFAIR in Valparaiso and that In Orleans
last year. I was Just reading THE Army and Navy
register on this very point and it says what we must
an beljeve II Is this 'Tlc analogy does not exist
The mob in New-oreans attacked the Italians not on
account f their nationality, but on account OF INC
crmes that had been committed by them as was be-
IIeyed on excellent evidence. The mob in Valparaiso
attacked the saos Of the Baltimore purely on account
~ their nationality and account of any crimes
that hs< been committed BY anybody the American