New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-20
A PLACE OF INTEREST.
THE NAVY YARD AND ITS WORK.
yrssrrs WHICH COME AND Go-THE NAN
TucKET, KEARsARGE. BALTIMORE AND
SAN FRANCIsCO-THE OLD FIIGATE
CT UCI'IS CONDEMNED TO
THE SCRAP HEAP.

lack, Come back Iil." 1t Is doubtful whether
there's q man. woman. boy or girl WHO Is mv'
familiar with this game OF childhood's days
r,uc Is recalled I'm a way I'm the movements OIL Wv
vessels Of the Navy which come TO this port. WIN
might lac Illustrated in similar with this chh-c
rIv away. Jack! Como back. Jill! Fly AVN,
I'M, Come back. Jack!7 It is less thah lou,
,,ontbs ago that the "Grand International N"N"'
Review took place in this harbor. In when was W.
sentcd nearly every naval power of the woriu'
after another the foreign vessels went away III"
come back-oncc twice. thrice. This they pooinN
would not have done had an, thing occurred " -
offence or to mar their pleasure in any way '"e
American Navy vessels too. have thinned "uu !"
numbers and some have gone 10 the Asiauc ""','
some to the European station. some aroui'n ="
Pacific and some to the South Atlantic, where 'n'i'
Is now and then a revolution to give life ana N's' "
the duties Of all warShpS ,.
But as II would not do TO send all OF the America"
warslIpS 10 foreign waters, there Is n home sln"ui
ALWAYS kept organized. and Notwithstanding 'h'''
cruising grounds along the New England coast
and above In the warm season. anu !" "
sonthcrn and West Indian waters In the cola s''so"'
II is rarely the that Ncw-fork Is WITHOUT
vessel In cOmmissiOn-Onc goes ana another oo'''
that other goes and the comes back At present.
the cruiser Baltimore Is the only vessel In commission
at the Navy Yard although the famous old war'"P
Kearsarce is up the East River: but the koaNarSe'
which came here two days after the san FRANCISCO
went down to Delaware Brcakwaier Is to start 10
morrow or next day with the iron-clad Nantucket
sister vessel TO the original Monitor. ana Tow hr W
Wilmington. y. c. where she Is 10 b" uuNzen pS "'o
Naval Reserves of that State rs "A Heating nrhorS'
The Nantucket will also use steam. hut a. Tn" cheese
box ironclads never could be depended upon Tor
spccd or for keeping the unless the waters
were clear OF every other floating object II Is dc'n
hest TO insure the vessels getting TO her destination
and also avoid involving the Government III heaVS
damages by the sinking Of other hoaiing craft 10
send the Kearsargc along towing vessel. guide
TO take the Nantucket by the hand and lead her along
ONE GOES, ANOTHER COMES.
BEFORE the Kearsarge gets away the san Francisco
will have returnedshe is expected here tomorrow
and so the Nantucket and her consort will not be-
much missed Then few days later the lalti-
more will start for her long cruise In CHINA ana
Japan waters. In fact. formal orders have been
issued by the Navy Department that the baltimore
shall sail for her station rs soon as possible
She has been in the drydock the Inst few days, re-
ceyinc on the submerged part Of her hun "A thick
coating Of the anti-fcung and aniicorrosVe pant.
Tomorrow she will BEGIN taking In coal and on
Monday next she will start fran these waters e"h-
first to Gibraltar, thence 10 Malta. Port >ald thTonsh
tle Sucz Canal. To Alden. tcylon. singapore ana
Hong Kong But when sic goes the san Francisco
will b. here to guard and protect the people OF
NevYork and give them something pleasing 10 look
A. The Baltimore will be recalled rs the vessel
which earned fame for the United states anu Ior
the Navy during the late CHILEAN dlihculileS' ana IL
was on May II that she was ordered 10 be put III
readiness to 20 TO the Asatic rs flagship OF that
station.
since that date the vessel has been AT the Navy
Yard with a force Of mechanics on board not
making "rrpairs,7 but making - changes These
so called changes will give additional room Tor inc
crew. as well some needed Improvements III
facilitating the working Of the machinery and guns
tlf., l.,fl. nry.. lscu
make room for Two evaporaors for the BOILERS
which will prevent recurrence Of the rapid dcefioIa
ton Of the condenser, ON The last cruise. me
captains bridge has also been removed l" Ho'c
convenient and desirable position, and the ASH
hosting machinery which always kept tlc Gre"
awake While I'm operation, has been transferred 10
the upper deck There have been some other
changes 50 that the vc,-el Is In tine cruising con
diiion. and It will probably be many years before
She is seen In Atlantic waters again
THE NETWORK EXPECTED SOON
II is not at all likely that the san FTnncisco Will
remain here long, as, according to reports she i
no, in need OF repairs but there will likely b. two
other v..ssels to take her place HE twin tuIr'l"h
monitor Miantonomoh Is expected back here soon
and II IS not likely that She Will be sent far from
the Navy Yard for several months. The hearts oil
the people OF the metropolis can rejoice ana he gd
with the wclfoundcd report that the big o'l"o-'"h
armored cruiser New York Is 10 come here To
as flagship Of the North Atlantic squadron Later
nerbaps before winter shuts in, she will likely %
10 Europe for a cruise. But outside OF these vessels
in commission, the Maine j. now III the drydocA
receiving her armOr and her whole form from
leclsOn TO deck can b" studied Inc AdidN"hc
3OUO-ton cruiser Cincinnati i, also In good position
for sights'crs, being at the lOcl oI MIN ST. "P
preaching completion.
The Navy loses another OF It's officers today by
reason OF his having reached tie age Of sXiy-t"o
years the age at which Congress has proclaimed
that an officer Of the Navy Is longer fit for active
duty. An officer OF the Army. however. Is declared
by act Of Congress 10 De- fit for active service two
wears longer. Medical Director Dclavan Bloodsood
was born in Erie County in this state on August 20,
1881 and has been In charge Of the Naval Labora-
tory at this station since July, 1857. lie Is popu-
larly known In Official circles, In society," III clubs,
and I'm the medical world hereabouts. lie was on
July 10 directed to take charge Of Tie School OF In
sruction for medical officers at the Naval Hospital
established at that time. but tomorrow morning
he will b. relieved by Medical Director Henry VI.
Wells and will then 30 to his summer home on one
OF the Islands at Lake George, returning 10 the
CITY before cold weather TO take up his home. Dr.
Rloodgood entered the Navy In March, lo57, and his
first cruise WAS on the steam frgate Mcrrlnac IN
the Pacific. This vessel four years later fell into
the hands OF The COnfcdcrates at the time Of the
abandonment and burning OF the Norfolk Navy
Yard by the Union forces, and was converted into
an ironclad ram, and renamed the Virginia. shc
fought the memorable duel with the Monitor at
Hampton Roads in March, 1sG2, thus ending her
career Dr. Boodgood while on the Mcrrinac oh
served the revolutions In Chill. Peru and some of
the Central American States. besides the machina-
tons Of General Walker " the graycyed man OF
dcstiny.p lie also volunteered his services during
a yellow fever epidemic at TObago. ana attended the
sick OF the Pacific Steam Navigation Company until
the epidemic abatcd. For tlls he received letter
Of thanks from the British Government.
In s,,dember 1850 Dr. Boodgood assigned
10 The steamer Mohawk, cruising for slavcrs abont
Cuba, and served in the same vessel III the early
part Of the Civil War. taking part in saving the forts
at Key West and Tortugas and being prcscas at the
surrender Of the Confederate Troops by General
Tuiors iu Tc>nr In thc sloan DacotuL he WIS ut