Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-05-01
NAVAL NEWS.
The Constellation Expected AT the
Academy-Changes Among
the Officers

Lieut. G. W. Bartlett, will shortly ha
detailed to go TO Norfolk and accomnsnv
the United states ship Constellation ~
annapolis. The Naval Academy inc
Sianolsn viii no doubt convoy the shin
10 the naval Academy, where she viii
De ntted out for the practice cruise of
the cadets In June. The Constellstion
since her return from Europe with ar,
exhibits for the Worlds Fair. has under.
gone repairs at Norfolk and little re.
mains to be done to make her ready for
the summer cruise. The new cruiser
bancroft, which is to be used for Short
cruises OF the cadets, as heretofore alta >
lep, Is expected shortly. but the exact
date OF her arrival cannot be fixed
through official information.
In consequence of having remained
Tour years at the Naval Academy. II Is
thought Lieut.. r. G.. Peck and Lien
tenant-Commander ]. p Merrell will be
renewed during the year. Another va
cancy may also occur in the academ-
&c board in the steam engineering
department., Chief Engineer III w.
FITCH having also remained beyond the
usual limit OF four years. II is thought
Lieutenant Commander Eaton will be
assigned to the head of the department
Aob III place OF Lieut..
Feck, and Lieut.. Com. b F Tilley sue
coed Lieut.-Com p. Merrell in mechan-
les and applied mathematics.
Things are getting iErshape at the Ma
val Academy for the athletic exercises
which take place in May, The athletic
association. which is soon to be organ
lied, will be composed of board of
managers selected from among the boat
crew, foot ball team, base ball club and
the track.
There will soon be placed In the chan
ell OF the Naval Academy, the tribute of
the United States Naval Association.
composed of all the graduates of that in
stltutlon, to the many gallant American
seamen who lost their lives during the
hurricane at Samoa In March 1889
Three American men of-war were driven
ashore during the storm, almost at the
same time. They were the Vandalia,
which went down with nearly all hands,
the flagship Trenton, which became a
total loss, and the steamer Nipsic, which
for several days lay near the sunken Van
dalia, but was afterward hauled off bad
ly damaged.
Paymaster Goldsborough, who will
probably succeed Paymaster Schenck, at
the Naval Academy, took Senator Cor
man and family on a visit to the war
ships at New York.
A question of much interest TO the
pay corps of the navy Is. the disposition
of Pay Director SteVenson's case, and
this will no doubt be considered by the
President at his earliest opportunity.
The case was sent over to President Har-
rison the day before the expiration of
| his term and still remains Enacted upon.
A vacancy in the lowest grade of the
pay corps OF the navy is also at the
| Presidents disposal, but the failure to
| dispose of Mr.. Stevenson's case prevents
| 1t being filled. There are about sixty APP
| plicants for the assistant paymastership,
including three from Annapolis. 1t is
thought that a nephew of Governor
| Flower, of New York, will get the place.
Admiral GheTardi will not, II Is said.
succeed Captain Phythian, at the Naval
Academy, but has requested that he be
allowed to serve the rest of his time at
sea. His time expires in 1894, when he
will be retired Captain Phythian will
continue as superintendent of the acad-
envy another year.
| Six year graduates are arriving daily,
preparing for their final examination on
May 10.
The philadelphia homing pigeons,
which were liberated from the academy
on Saturday, arriving at their destina.
ton in on good time
Passed Asst. Engineer X. Barton
will shortly be succeeded by Passed Asst
Engineer Abraham Y Zane, of the Ma
val Observatory, Washington. Engineer
Zane, Is q son-in-law of Rev. DIR. w. 5.
Southgate.