New-York tribune., 1893-12-24
when. indeed. Ii was given out that the wires were
already Deng strung for this purpose?
AFFAIRS AT THE NAVY YARD
TIE SAILING OF TIE NEW-Y0RK TIE
CHIEF TOPll.
WORKING on TIE MIANTONOMOu-FIT FITTING THE
vESUvIUS FOR DESTROYING DERELICTS
-OFFICERs SHIFTED Ar UND.


vEsUvIUs FOR DESTROYING DERELIcTS
-oFFlCERs SHIFTED Ar UND.
I've got piece Of news for YOU" sail an oihcer
In the Navy Yard yesterday; "the Vernon -
ordered 70 Rio" =,
Nov. as every one knows. the Vermont Is the oia
housed-over wooden hulk which lies alongsde ue
Cob Dock in the Navy Yard and Is use' a.
receiving ship. Therefore neither the iacts % ~
case nor the manner Of the Jolly oihcer WIZ 'i''
the remark would seem TO bear out Inc 81. ,
The reporter however. fit to mehuo" te
matter to another officer and he sAli u'' e
dd not really EXPECT to the Vermont 20 |" H'o'
any more than he expected to see the Niah'ohoi'o"
so there. ,r
There is in fact. some question about ''e Ni''"-
tonomoh The report has been that she Is so'"s
to Brazil but this is by means certain ''li's'
Her captain says that the only thing De h'o"9
bout IL Is that the ship is TO be ready loF sti y!
a certain time and this time IS the eNT''i'S VI
Wednesday, December =. OF course thctc "'o '
facts which would seem to indicate III S"v =
going on cruise All of the crew WHO ""Ne ~
than six months to serve have been uaHSIe'''u
from the ship, and others put III 'He'' i''o''
stores ard coal are being taken on board some re-
pairs are being made the most important oe,"S
in the construction department. the ha''"cS "'' "
ing attended 10. and new hinges ana doors are
ing put on-things which would not NC
,.ro she merely cruising In the Sound, but WHICH,
o,,,1 ho needed at sea when everything has to be
closod md battened down tightly in order 10 Keep
ont the water. one dynamo Is also uiSd"ie' am ''
vessel Is ordered to be ready Tor sea - S"Oi 49,
If cannot be put in order. These thhSS h''H', ~
d,cate that the ship is destined for some new u"'E'
The monitor Is one of the most uncomior'aDe = Pv
of hoa. In which 10 go sea. She was hot D"'''
for cruising but is primarily ana es7cn'"''
vessel for harbor defense. However. comfort Vi
discomfort her officers and crew VIII go anu ''0
will go whenever she may be ordered
/ But why should the MantoAomoh 20 " N'o,
'What is the use Of congregating Vesse'9 me- +,
was os,ed in the Navy Yard yesterday. Anu '''
some ouarters at least, doubt was expresscu ''''
the Miantonomoh would ever get there IL Ni"' ~
that she will 20 TO the West Indies ana DC y"
| ,o ston there and make cruise in those wal'rS'
it may be that she will merely be put III reau''V'
! to go where she is ordered one officer sueees'vu
that the order to get her ready Tor sea wa my.
in accordance with policy Of the Department n.y.. 10
keep vessels out Of the Navy AaruS !" MY ~
The cruiser NewYork pre5en&,td & } anrk in he
Yard Yesterday. With her Immense nun ~ h,' NM
maats her large n 'li5eIy se sdk my5 ami ihsn hin
vapor floating out OF her smoke rpes & fi 1ntcr M
ana on the other side was one baskets WI 49, '
through the air. black and griMN men cirg the
work II was noticeable that there wsFr a mui ,,
Der Of officers visiting the ship ana 'hr ',b eaH
,an + E Chadwick chief OF the Bureau OF Eguip
St' pTovsd ~s th1t % there IS dryaoer in he h
Country which will hold the Newrlo.k rue ,ir ii
docking OF the vessel was drnca,e Y%TT arls
breadth is great that down hes ~ e' TO s5sre on
etch side Her draught. however, Is not 50 Ere,t
revent her & hnHnf ib I'VE sf ie ol mn carried on
energe,icaly yesterday but Sapain tp sag o1s ,.1
he would m not hay viii fg not @ be ready for sea un
If the captain has any orders what to do when
,bn vessel is ready to sail he Will not tell wha,
they The prevailing belief hcWever m - s'a, a.
hn no doubt about this. There is some question.
however, about the advisability oi sehd'hS hc'
The work of installing the Fsl'e range-inder on on
the New-York was finished ana an eNprIt wa 1.ii4 W
poatr is the SAM style Of instrument, only much In
expert this one an officer from the torpedo station
AZ Newport was on board attending - ne n
1eweu ordnance inspector at the Washington NaNy
Yard was board the ship attending 20 h'i ~, II,
IN. la things being done, ana tl' ~
officers bue-jackets and others on me snip arr m J.
expectation Of starting on & lq's s,r,n ahoa N,
Und 90 dorbt her present fitness FOR cruis. haye
the better foundation for their opinion VIII nave o.
The dynamite cruiser Nesuvus Is now IN ne
yard being fitted for seq duty again. IT, j. som
time since she has reseyel rk n1eh is heng donc now
In about two weeks she IS - start ont again an'
20 on wreGkns IN WI gql{' as se she IS to suppcmen n
Kearsarge in her work The dspatch-toat lopni
work viii not occupy much time No rei2i' M n,'
yet been made by The stability board Oh '
hlnf
this week The report Will be- important Il" "''
a. The cruiser San Francisco. until recently ~
l flagship OF the North Atlantic Squadron "nrn a'
hsa rd from was AT Trinidad. She there rt.e''N
orders 10 proceed 10 Rio JahclrO. anu
ham vas 10 assume command ~ the S'uth A,,'l'. .
: station This takes away ron ,n' NtT.0rH Sian
Station flagship and an hdmraL .fl.-.l". -, ,,.,,
! ,nn however has been ordered 10 take conmali
~ The North Atlantic Squadron: liut Whcrr SNi,
he fiy his flag? with ihc san fraicis'R u,
the NewYork going there ana te ato,Sn d1 ye
perhaps going there not larSr cnu,, c,, D,,,t, H.
= is i~ft The Machias or the NeIsnVins hllLnl hl VI
n used as the Kearsarge IS now south lhls
went az commands will not continue iolh, ~" :, =
j. nr ,ar, " terhrrt in an official letter lnfo'm"! ~
i | ,oir,i S,anfon that the san Francisco ""4t -
q | called back north as soon as cIhN Ntnl,m an in -.
would be restored to his orlgial co'iihfo'u J" ."
South Atlantic ~, h., heen rut oi,
q | of commission and is now al Nolloh ~ ~ ~ go
= | naired Her officers and ere" nave '''i go. l., e.
e With crew of apprentice BOYS ne ~ i,,rLi,s
. the new training ship Is 'omihhhuI W, Vr@r,i
Il uho vas the official escort OF the Duke o. NtIit. :.
g uher he was in this country last spTing
c w =, Co,.orton has been detached from me
= on,i,,, and ordered the Essex i.leuchdht ~ -
: Wood from the Monongahea WI I,i 'i, he heo
e on the Versuvius IAeu,enan, - has ' also bee
o detached from the MachinS ana '
IL rarce "bcrty list published on thc .i
mont Yesterday, and about gW men WIZ & -
mas but the blue-tacke,s who have 70 ,Isf1 rs,1a,
nn ma hoard the receiving ship VIII have Chr's"i'
. dinner from the "caneeh I'm rrfr, oa with barrels
- .hrce kinds OF steel. with view or ,rho.
=, tnd for the new small arms OF me @ @,slny, ~,
" orn ak barrels 20 be triei-thiiee o.n AZ lord ~
p- .hroo a, fhe Washington PROVING sT9,nhu i'm 80
I, dnrte az are 20 be made this week. Five thousdh
u rifles are be made