New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
WORK AT THE NAVY YAhD
AN INTERESTING CoURT-MARTIAL
.rc,,wryr ABOUT TILE CASE OF As-lsIAN'
ENGINEER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

,,,.,, 4, court.martial Of an ohicei " -
.s commanded more attention Hon T., az
| ornoc,od with tho Navy and those h''' ~, ,rtol OF
| orgonne, than has that which pesai Wv Monday
| Assistant Engineer George W. DAnio' 80, The
lot and did not close until Friday o,vcnaners
| onso has taken considerable space III 'ie a. have
| 80 tav % day but some facts hcioe"' -, court
from oAy ,u.hod what the findings OF the coiI,
| -hothor or not the accused IS 10 su"e ao,or
| .oa.hs ~ snspenslon from rank ana u"V' W. .u tho
| 90 ,ess punishment. will not be h'"" ,ho Navy
! o.r,t e promulgated by tho secretary VI have
ofcr h. and the law officers OF the co tor
r,,nod the testimony, the Navy hc6"" =, tho
eN"''"' =, ,h,s cosc and the Deliberations VI Wv
So. Irrder the regulations govefhi"S ,
| -, -. testimony NAV b. taken l" w. ,t
49,, tb. deliberations OF the court are WIZ" .ay In
| doors With marine guard ou'sire ~ ns,,cs mnst
,rudcrs and eavesdroppers, hence 'n' -, ,ha navy
rcnaln sealed book until the h'"N
Department proclairns othcr"isc' a.. coso "a the
| ON. y, ,be unfortunate features OF 'he ''o avc,.,
CIV o., used BY some unwlse ana uno"'''a,
,.n,s that II was a revival OF the "lhc '""
sch,r The officers OF the line ana S.'" 1,,or o,d
,rc,udine The medical. pay, engineer n,ntons
| com. n, the other corps-have h"u ~ 10. he.n
for wears The principal bono "' aa nnrmi,,,nC
| A.. ~, rno orhcers have always opPO7e" - ,I
tna' ~'o M :, hoya actual rank and u'le '''
NV ''"' o,oo~s n, the staff Of tho Army ENJOY ,
SAM ,oueh, AGAINST such bills In Congress '1'''e
| 49, ~ro,rd that the passage Of such IN" ,.n, 20
co,s,rr,d BIZ the STAFF to carry WIN II ~. Nv, =, Mr.
| military command. i"a' -, connection with
| na,,or1h has any direct or inolr'o' n..d nc
tho lin. and stan controversies =" r,o.,,v n the
..,.n,ors "a u Is untrue by the ma'o'' .,
nocu'ou' " .. Mayor ~ have been allowed 10
-. With Tho merits OF the case 70 pf"us'o.
g, o,r wox Ths one question to d"iue "u 49,, =,
~. oncer wnfiIy violated an order CIV -, w. "a
! q, ,uper,or. whether Lieutenant ~ ~ 49, =, no
! .r,,.- y, the deck. exceeded his a"'''''' . ,ooyo
80. ", DcufortL OF the rank OF enns"' " 80
oroeFeo M =, ,ime when he directing ana
90 t.,,,r soms important steam tests on INC
o..,tynb,. and 10 neglect which "oua "''' NM
him responsible FOR the results ,,..,.,., was
IN brof the facts are "hch III -, ,o,,
| conducting tho stoam tests on the ho''''"> -, ~,
| her . the master AZ arms. p''N o",'' .,,.,,
| -, room and placed william Dunlop' "'"''',,
,ecr arrest, he being then prisoner AZ HrAc' 49,
/ -, he,nr I'm charge OF the department '
,,i. Cor the force IN It. was not advised o' ''''
! r,.s,er AZ arm, 81 his purpose ana hA'"rA'n
! oc,in., the arrest %. Dunlop. Inc H"'' "
mon retorei 10 the oncrr Of the DECK 'na' "'' i'
10Th intericred with him and MESSENGER N"' ,
! t- NJ Danforth 20 como on deck. ana he Sc'' va"
~ -. - yr,a ON duty and could not leav" It,
.r, o-,o- ras repeated and similar repV re'nr'u'
m ga. addition that II the captain or exeou'i'" D.
ordered he would obey. This. II Is said was 'H' ms
! ,oko made IN returning word that inc o'".e"
| deck as representative OF inc "p''' ~
| a,ho,,,v than the latter while tho former was
,,, 4, charr, o, tho deck. TIE executive then
,, ,r NJ Dariorth and he promptly responded nav
,,c pr.vlouslv and voluntarily sent Dunlop 10 'He
W nan,orth took the ground that his refusal to
rosroud 10 the order o. the officer OF the DECK "as
49,, a vun1 act Of dlsobedenco defiance OF
authority q, DO I'D not have that spirit but hau
only IN mind the duty no had been ordered to per
form hv If, immediate superior. Chief Engineer
WHITAKER.
Anotber case which bears upon this Indirectly is
| that Of Machulst Yates. While the veS'eI was AT
baltimore he received word that his mother living
In Baltimore. was diving. ard he applied t. Captain
BARKER for permission to co to sec her The captain
refused 10 grant him leave and thcn his friends In
! terceded with Secretary Tracy. who at once sent
,eegraphc order to Captain Barker 10 LEI Yates 90 to
his diving mother. when Yates was Informed OF the
! Instructions he overwhelmed with Joy that
when he asked the captain how long he could remain
away tho tears coursng down his cheeks and he
was told that there were no Instructions when he
should return. Yates gone eleven davs. and
when he reported back tn the vessel. he was sur
prlscd with charges made against him for ovetayinc
his leave. Captain Barker detailed y cOurtmariial
TO try the charges. but he WAS acquitted. The
captain aferward put him under quarantine mot 10
be permitted to go shorel for three months The
findings OF the court against Mr. Dantoth waited
for with much Interest. It will practically deter
mine whether the oniccr OF the deck can order an
officer to leave duty for which no Is responsible.
Another Which Is commanding much attention
in and oft Of the Navy. IS that of the protest OF
| Captan T.. +. MeNker. OF the Marine Corps. and at
taclcd 10 the cruiser chicago. against the action
Of Acting Rear Admiral Joan g. Walker In causing hnl
tO BE- punished twice for the offence. Captain
Mcckcr has gone to Washington to get hearing he
fore Secretary Tracy. Tho case In regard to him Is
u follows: When IN the harbor OF La Guayra Oc-
torcr D. Admiral Walker united with the commanders
OF tho foreign vessels IN notice TO the Venezuelan
Government against unrestpned disorder and violence
npon Innocent cOmbaants ani especially protested
that tho fort should not tire upon the town, and
| II II did the war vessels would open fire upon the
fort H. order TO protect the town. Tho fort did not
fire upon the town. but later when the weather com
PEELED The mcn-of war TO put TO Captain Mocker
and guard OF marines landed to protect the
| American consulate. lie reported 10 the Consul who
assured him that there disturbance In prospect
and his services were net really needed. As there
was q wall surrounding the Consulate. Captain Meeker
quartcred his men In the front room and left them
IN charge Of a sergeant and then for half
| hour The men managed 10 get liquor got
drunk. and then quarrclcd. when Captain Meekcr
put the sergeant under arrest and took personal charge
| OF the guard. On October Admiral Walker had the
following addressed 10 Captain McGlcnsey commanding
the Chicago. read ut gcrsral muster OF the officers
and on the quart,v deck:
SIR: The detachment OF marines sent on shore las,
evening. under command OF Captain Meckcr. Of the
Marine Corps for the purpose OF protecting the United
States Consulate having broken I'm and stolen property
which II their duty TO guard. having obtained and
drank liquor until Intoxicated having qunrrelled and
fought among themselves and having deserted their
post ~ duty for the purpose OF obtaining ldu0r
proving themselves as II body unreliable and
than worthless. you will detail a detachment Of blue
Jackets. under command Of line officer Of the Navy,
for service board tho mall steamer Philadelphia
morrow and will hereafter send a detachment
Of marines ont OF the ship duty without special
orders from me-"
The public reading OF this interrupted bS
Captain Meeker. and decided by the court
martial ordered try Captain Mccaer on the charge
81 necact Of dutyn when he NM nIca