New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-05
QUIET AT THE NAVY YARD.
TIE DYNAMITE CRUISER vESUvlUS.


Labor hu,tle and noise OF large city p"' " ''
tina r,c.cn, lime might be reminded oil The c'"'r'''"
seonv Hollow not by any resemblance III "Pp'"'""
or natural surroundings, but ~ 'h' e'"'''' -
that seems manifested. He "omu iio' i''"e''
the condition OF affairs there 'ia' ''''' W." -,
mont IN fhc Pacific Coast or that there Wa any "'
g., ,,,ch ,h, Government took much Interest. Ihefc
is no work done there OF much lmpor'""'' vi ~
only the regular routine work. anu 'N'" ~
,occoa IN interest and quantity Perhaps 'he "o'"
nm fine now cruiser ard the rrcons'ru'""n VI Wv
old monitors, and also the work on INV O'"
coro might be taken exceptions 10 tni9 S'''' 49,
but this has been going OH so long anu - " "',
character that II Is practically Inv ''s" m,
work. The force OF men has been mnch r'u"oeo' S"'
80. ,,or,,ug mails from Washington do not piihs
nam, letters So the Navy Yard Is lying III " So''
o, comatosr condition. waiting Tor warm "''"'''
cor,e ord Mcawbcr- like. for something 10 'ui" up
'r,. nctrovcr. for firing sub marine torpcdo,s' l.
eth I'm the Navy Yard, and she proD'pp "'i
,.o Gov ohout a month and perhaps two mounts
longer before she starts foi Newport So"ie "'
ho bcen caused by the fact that the torpeoo"o'S
,mch are 10 be tested when the vessel goes i"
vownort were not ready, and. besioes tI'' '
bar,,,r AT Newport IS worse than the Now WI '
When the weather IS favorable, ana eVTy'h'"s w
& ready the vessel Is 10 he taheh w ~"
,cst some nets which are intended To pr"'eo' nav
,.s,e,s from attacks by submarine torpcdocs. ~ J.
enid that nets after the foreign pattern anu
,r ., American pattern are 10 be tested. ana '""'
on ,he results Of the test will depend the
by the Savy Department OF type VI ~" -
s.d q, tho vessels Of the United states Navy fo'-
.,rn vessels have been supplied with these h;'9' oa'
voseels Of the home Navy have never received 'ne"''
- the bill recently introduced In tne SehaV' ~
v,d,ns for enlisted men In the Navy tho plN"'so "a
nr,oh,s,,r discharges from the service sh'u" ~
come a law Il will no doubt tend to lessen u'' NUM-
h.r 81 de.crtions The same law mas cNis'c" W. -
soldiers OF the Army for some years anu "'' rr
q, an honorable way out Of The serVic" pc'"7 '"'
ntshed 10 those who desire - quit H. many nav ~
Ierrsd ,he purchase system TO the disgrace OF u'S'o
ont tho risk attending IT, The price of dis'h"F's
g. .r,,o,.d bv the cost Of enstlng. transporting ana
,ror,nc n recruit with deductions accordlhe I" '''
amount OF service he has already gwen an" INA" '0
Government indcmnlhcs itself for It's p''un"'' W.
The purchasc.of discharge eystem also aN0i'' l" ''
x,n, ,b. decentralization produced by desertFlis' ana
{, ,otes away the sense of hopeless cohhhen'"' u.
,h c.r,Ic. for n long terra. and At ia" expense oil
rho Government for the keeping OF II prisoner Inv
will no doubt he many dcscitOnS even """'' Wv
new law partly because the men VINO arc '''''
In any condition Of life cannot or VIII not pay "''
for discharge and prefer 10 run the ri'k ol '''e'
and punishment for deser'loh' anu parry
d,stharge IS allowed until after the INST year VI
,,,c. bu the system has worked well In inc Nr"N'
ord no doubt will remove 10 great extent '"' "'"'
oli1ation produced by dcsertons'
| A meeting OF the members NJ the council OF the
socctv Of Naval Architects and Marine EnHu''r' WIS
held M No. II West Thirty -irsts' on i"'''', ~
y nernanent organization was effected. u Constitution
and hv laws adopted. and the following ciec"u "'
President Clement A. Griscom president o. 'A' '"'
no,ona, NAVIGATION Company vice presidents comm"
dore Theodore D. Wilson, Chief OF the bureau " va
eruction OF tho Navy Charles H. tramp :" limp
& Sons. Commodore George W. MrlNII'' 'h'i ~ "''
vrroa,, =, Engineering Of the Navy; George W. gum
,ard Irving VI. Scott. Of san Frahcao"' r''"H ~
walker president Of the Massachusetts lhN"'"'" %
rhnolo,v. william H. Webb. of New iorh secretary
x, constructor Washington l.. Caps, Of the Navy =
exccu,ive committee, Naval Constructor fI""9 =
RovIcs Commodore Charles H. Long. H. J. ''''''''
exNayal Constructor Lewis Nixon, ana harrington
pu,nom The object OF the association is u pr"l''
,be art Of ehlpbuding and construction oil steam
engineering In all its branches. both colHni'Ni ai'
naval II Will correspond In its work to ue III
r,u,Ion a. Naval Architects In England, ana now ms
a chip o. about 400. many OF "hoh ;r" o"c'''
OF the Construction and Engineer corps OF inc navy
Tho detnchment Of Captain Edward T. Meek'r
,bo eoet marine officer Of the North Atlantic spuac
ron for DUTY at the Portsmouth Navy >hfu aiter Ms
restoration 70 duty following the settling ASIDE of the
.ntcnce Of a court martial by Secretary tracy, WIS
| not a surprise 10 him or to other oihc'Fs. Il'
place on the Chicago has been taken by captain w
F. splcer who received his orders OF detachment from
| the marine barracks Friday. Captain Mccher was
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but served in the Navy several years before tha'
A. tho beginning Of the civil War he was made
| s.cre,orv 10 Admiral GOllsbOrough. and was with
| that officers feet at the dscnlbarMng Of Furnishes
command at New I3ernc, y. {. Ju-t beior" the ais
cinbarllng commenced landing force oi lou 'hl!"f'
carving small arms and howltzcrs was sent oh
| shore Mcckcr accompanied the command, which took
| M n position well back Of the beach. and While
| holding this pos; the command attacked by the
enemy in lnrge force. Tie enemy We're really push
ing forward 10 check the andlng of Burnsidcs forces
| but were brought to sudden stop by the howiiz"r
battery Of the sailors. The commander OF the naval
force sgnalled for rcnoccmcnts. and was ordered 10
| hold his post 10 the last man. When Furnishes
| troop, reached the post which the sailors held 50
we'll ONLY three Of them were found alive. ana YoInS
| Meckrr was one Of these. He was commended TO
| the Navy Department for his bravery and was com
| missi0ncd second lieutenant from that day. He
commanded a battalion II marines In the nttack on
| Morn's and Folly Islands, :. C., In 1863 and was
| at the capture Of Fort Wagner. after which be was
| promoted to be first lieutenant. lie was brevcei
| n captain on January a. 1865. for gallant and
| mcritoous conduct at the capture OF Fort Fisher.
| but was not promoted 70 that grade until vacancy
| occurred November Il. 1877.
| Following the decision IN Captain Mcchcr's case,
the Navy Department yesterday Issued an order cal
culatcd discipline PaymaSter John Clyd" sullivan
| for a violation Of Of the specific laws against
critcsing the acts Of his Government his superior
| officer. Paymaster sullivan, when attached - In"
Moican. In the Pacific In October last. was reported
TO the State Department by the United states Consul
Victoria for public uttennccs In connection with
| the Bchrng sea controversy. When the Mohlcan
reached Seattle several Of tho newspapers contained
| interviews Of Paymastcr sullivan the operations Of
| the vessel In Behrlnc Sea and the Echiing Sea
| question generally. In all Of these interviews he
| was represented as having shown no sympathy with
| the contentious raised by the United States. The
! remarks that considered particularly offensive
were published in The seattle POSt-lntc igenccr. -
| rs follows We haven't the shodow Of right TO
| declare Bchring Sea a closed sea. and shall he
Knocked out entirely by the international Commission.
| have read everything could get my hands Oh upon
The ubicct. and something Of lawyer rs well as
| q sailor. and believe Blanc's contention Is all
wrong, and the United States will have 10 pay double