New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-03
WORK AT THE NAVY YAkD'
NATIONAL sA1lrEs FOR THE FOURTH.
SUMNER DUTY FOR THE cRU1sEHs-PRo'RE'9
OF THE MAINE.

MONDAY July 4, 1902 Will be INC ann. ,o. ~
our National Independence. direct una ~ ,h,s
that day all vessels Of the Navy ID co"'oe ar-,
station will dress ship In rainbow fornl' VIII" hIp.
pratc flags from sunrise to sunset ao
sols able to do so will fire a salute OF twehtyoho
guns at noon" ~, ,rue,,n
hoord M the commandments o1ice In the navy ~
Yesterday indicates one way In which the four'" Vi
Iulv will be observed In the yard. Besides there was
another notice to the effect that there VIII ~ nV
hell ring on July 4. 60 the Navy Yarn to-nor'o"
will not be filled By the throngs Of busy worhme"'
actively carrying on the Government work. but 'here
will be- n holiday quiet while even the ships nave Oh
q g,I, dress And nj the hour OF noon the roar vi
o,dnanc. will be heard firing the National salute Bu'
there will not after MI. be large number OF veSseis
,,hcr 20 "dress ship or to contribute the noise OF
,ne,r cuns because so many OF the ships which were
.hors have gone away within the last week. Inc
piIadeph,a alone Will be left excepting tho Oh huih
NJ the Vermont used n receiving snip.
The Navy will contribute toward the "inoepenoonco
Days programme Of confusion anu NOISE III bi"ohi9"
90 mounds Of gunpowder-tlat is six pounds for each
NJ the twentyone pgs Of the sainting battery OF to
phIIadelph,a and OF that Cob DOCK But there VIII
So o,hor ,nus,c than that uf the guns OF the Navy
Nd Tho hand ~ the flagship Philadelphia Will play
National, airs at the hoisng Of coors Mt a. m' ana
>, tho hauling down OF colors nj sundowh rs well as
at other hours IN the ddy. Con'erno' '''"e ""iN
utu do likewise IN Cob Dock and on the vermont.
Tho o 400 mechanics and latorcrs employed In the
NAVY Ynrd went TO their bones WIN 'e"'s near's
md With cherries greeting for their wives ana children
- r,,.s,ar night for there WINS no certainty that on
iho following morning there would not begin period
n, ,dencss for them; and everybody VINO KNOWS 'he
schedule OF wages Of the American mechah'cs-hnu "
&c double or treble that Of the foreign wohhsne'i-
gill appreciate what forced ideness means I'd theh
and their dear ones. Five years ago the Democra'c
House OF Representatives did exactly "hat IL HAS
done or has not done, mt the present session 1t
neglected 10 pass the regular Appropriation DILL anu
sent IT TO IA conference committee and 1t disagreed.
Without the passage OF this bill, or the adoption OF
some relief measure there would be no money aNalaoie
10 continue the construction repairs or any other
work at tho Naval stations aftcr the close OF the
fiscal wear on June 30. And not only this, but under
the strict letter OF the Inv there would be no pro
vision for the enlisted men OF the Navy, nor could
men or officers draw any pay until the appropriation
was made II Thursday, or June 3d. tnaf
the confcrrees OF the House stubbornly refused TO
approve the Appropriation bin ms 1t came from the
senate, nor would they favorably consider any sug
gcsti0ns for a compromise In reporting back 70 the
senate the failure OF the BILL Senator Hale asked for
n new conference, which was at once ordered. But
both houses then adopted resolution 10 continue
the basis Of appropriations Of last year TIL July Is.
by which time It Is hoped that the regular appro
priaon bill will have passed. II this had not been
dono every civil cmployc AT every Naval station
would have been suspended from work on Friday
morning. This condition OF affairs is one that Amer
lean wurklngmcn cannot reconcile unavoidable, and
with the uncertainty that II Will not be repeated be-
fore the middle Of the month. they will not be dis
posed 10 rcpOse confidence In tho Democrats, who are
responsible for H.
The Philadelphia has been docled and has had her
bottom cleaned and painted and now she is being
cOalcd. She will be ready for sea about July 10.
Whether any Of The vessels will he sent to the
Columbian celebration To be held at palos. spain, On
August Is question that will soon have 10 be
determined. The hesitation on the part of the Navy
Department Is not due to what has been asserted,
that all the vessels draw too much water but II is
due % the fact that invitation has been received
10 send ships TO take part In the affair The harbor
AZ Palos has depth Of only seventeen feet, but this
would DO watcr enough for the Concord, the
Dolphin or the KcaIsargc Innsmuch as Admiral
Ghcraril returned from Washington day or two ago,
with full instructions to prepare his squadron for a
summer cruise, IL not likely that the Navy Depart
mcnt contcmplatss senddg ships TO ralcs. The
Philadelphia. Concord and Kearsnrge 10 go a
cruise far Newfoundland and there will be q
series Of squadron. boat and gun drills The kearsargc
IS to 90 only as far -. John. y. b. but the
other vessels 10 60 10 Montreal and Quebec. They
probably will be away abont SIX weeks or TWO months.
MI the other vessels which in tho yard week
wherever they ordered. First the monitor Man
tonomoh started Monday mr Gardeners Bay to have
target practice with her great guns and With her
secondary battery and her small guns we'll Then
IN THURSDAY the Chicago. flagship OF the Squadron II
Evolution. aud the cruiser Atlanta left the Navy Yani
for Boston. They TO take The Naval Reserve Of
nt place for a short experience OF actual duty
board ship. After this they probably will return
10 Aew-lork and take the New York Naval Reserves
for similar cruise and will also be engaged duty
In connection with the War College.
On Friday the steel dispatch boat Dolphin IN
and anchored In the East River. she brought Sccrc
larry Tracy with her. who is 10 speak at IN hide
prndcncc Day celebration ~ Woodstock. Conn. o.
morrow. The Dolphin has orders 10 go To cape MAY
y. j.. 10 take part IN n celebration theirs
The dynamite cruiser NcSuvuS IS the last vessel 10
leave the yard. She TO start this morning for Cape
May where size will take part In tho celebration ther,
She can do such duty now. because she Is able nro
SantcS. Her secondary battery. consisting Of three
rapid firing guns. has been put IN place One might
think that she could fire sa'utes with her dynamite
guns too, except for the fact that people like TO see
the smoke we'll hear the noise. aud those mon
Strons guns do not make smoke. but they make
grent nosel on Wednesday afternoon. In TESTING the
valves. shot fred THAT Is OF course no pro
Iectilr was used. but pressure was applied rs II Ia
cxpcl prolcctlle The noise was great Tint officers
and men In the yard were frightened. thinking that
some boiler had burst The adjustments were not per
feet and tho explosion was not sharp one coming
all together. but the noise loud enough TO satisfy
any loving crowd. The vesuvus will have to come
right back from Cape May, she is 10 be put into
the drydock Wednesday have her bottom clcane,
and painted She has no orders further than thnt but
is hoped that she win be pltte to go ont TO rango
her guns.
The arInored cruiser Maine by degrees comes to
look ms II she might some day 60 20 Fn. Not many
days nso, her smoke pipe was placed in position, and
with military tops have been set up In her. Her
engines are In place. Now, whom her propcers have
been shipped and the two open spaces on her sides
have been filled with heavy armor. shc will be near
completion But the armor plating hns not even be-
gun to be delivered. The vessel put into the
grnnte dry dock yesterday TO have her bottom scraped
and painted. Unless the deck Is absolutely needed
for some other vessel the Maine probably viii remain