New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-28
AFFAIRS AT THE NAVY YARD.
MANY CHANGES OF COMMANDS.
CRUISERS TO DE SCATTERED OVER THE GLOBE
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

CRUISERS TO DE SCATTERED OYER THE GLOBE
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
This week will see many important changes in com
mands IN the Navy. At last, after many gucsses,
some shrewd and some not 80 shrcwd, by Interested
person, the changes have been decided on. ana
Wednesday and Thursday will see the contamination OF
Navy Departments plans. In the first place. the
Navy Yard, which for two years has been under thc
command OF Commodore Henry Erbcn. will 80 under
new command. Commodore Erbcn will haul down LIS
flag and will turn over the command OF the station TO
Pear Admiral bancroft Ghcrardi on Thursday. Com
n,odorc Erbcn will go over TO the Chicago, and VIII
hoist his pcnnant on her In the position OF AcuhS
Rear Admiral. commandment OF the European spnAuroh
Acting under permission gwen by the sccrc;ary,
Admiral Erben l. permitted to select his own stan Oh
officers and be has designated Lieutenant Lazarus L.
Reamy rs nag lieutenant and Ensign Walter - hhlHe
a. flag secretary The latter recently returned from
the south Atlantic on the Essex, and the former mas
been recorder Of the Board Of lnp"ctn ana survey !"
Washington since last SEPTEMBER Lieutenant h'a"ls
ho b.cp I'm the NAVY since July. l-6G. and has had
much eyperI.nce on the stan Of commandan's. lie
va, signal officer the staff Of Roar Admiral t. H.
scott I'm the North Atlantic squadron. In l7'" ana
1874 he was flag lieutenant Of the European -lnoI"
under Rear ADMIRAL J. W. y. Nicholson, and was
ur,..n, M the bonbardmcnt OF Alexandria, Egypt by
ia. rncll IA fleet under Admiral Nmour. ON July H.
i--1: and he returned last year from the A'H''"
-ouadr,n where he was nag secretary under h''I -N
ulral George T.. Bclhnap. Lieutenant E'amV VIZ VII
oncer OF the Constellation when she carried the Nh
can exhibit, To the Paris Exposition. In March, l'''
and was on the Constitution when shr s'rahl'" '"
ballard Head. English Channel. on January 10 l7''
I'll, bor way home with the American exhibits. lie
comple,.d the purchase OF the sealing steamer ih'O
nj dundee for the Greely Expedition, Tor Tifp'oo"'
and was captain and navigator Of that V'S'' p''"'-
her 10 New-lork. lie was an OiDccr on 'h' n"-,"'P
Trenton when she and other vessels w'r" "rcok'u III
,be horbor Of Apa samoa. in the hurricane of March
III. Isso. ,,..r,. min
ON Wednesday Acting Rcar.AdmI@l Walker WI"
houi dovn Mis- flag and give up command OF the
North Atlantic squadron. and Rear Adulii"l h'''i'"
uiu take command OF the North Atlahuc H'i"'uio"
with the cruiser san Francisco ~ m' h"h'AiP' '
transfer Of Admiral Bcnham VIII leave 'n' 'ou'''
Atlantic squadron without commanding o'h''r, ""'
ccmm,.,,ro D. f. stanton in command "t the
x,.,, Hmm. NJ Philadelphia viii hoist hi, flag on Ia"
X.yo,ls the flagship Of that squadron, early III june
Tho Chicago Will 90 to Europe. and III" Newark |"
tle south Atlantic and th" san Francisco VIII S''N
,ro Th.u these vcs,c.. any way Will help to
moLe NJ, il.c North Atlantic squadron; the A'G'n''
u,niouomoh K.ar,ar-c and N",uvaS In" h"'
more /, to go to The china station the I'''' 'I''
and tho charl,,town are 60 10 III" Pa'ih' S'Au"h'
I-n co,cora bennington, Yorktown and Bancroft
are waiting for order. .
The Navy Yard Just now is n busy place. ana all
l. dock room Is occupied. The 'hiciso l. III "'o
drv.dock the laltimoe i alongside one % '' uu'"''
,Ie Italian cruiser Giovanni Bau>an, IN" san f''"
cisco the Yorktown. the bancroft and the h'hl'hS'o"
or. there There was a surm,c yesterday mat 'h'
p.ncrof, would b. sent To China. nasmuch rs she Is
small and would be- good for river work. III" gun
hoo, bennington reached the yard on Thursday nav
inc returned from her duty In c"hhrcu"h VII" '''
trial trIp Of the cruiser New York, ana I'll" VIII i'"
be- fitted out for her prospective Foreign 'r",c'
Commander ROYAL Il. bradford Is to r'llnlnl'h me
omm,ud ~ th. vessel to Commander Charles u
Thomas on July l. .
.ocr.,,,v II.rlcrt has sent communication TO Nd
m,,al cherarli In dctachins him from command Of
the Review Fleet saying that III" department d'''l'a
TO cAprc.s rs high appreciation NJ Your cm'"i' anu
valuable service, while exercising The coniiahd from
which Won are now relieved The letter say I'm an
other placc: The Department congraIintr' you upon
the manner In which you have discharged lle am
chi, and delicate dnics imposed upon you by THIS
novel undertaking."
The Navy Yard /, at last to have new gate 10 '"h'
the place Of the old one at York ana the N'"
lui,dng will be one which will b. an ornament 10 the
yo,d II will bc ut sands st. and preparations Tor
pudding it have already been begun In the tearing
d,wu of walls Of buildings that are In the way IL
will be- four stories high IN addition |" b>'H'' anu
with be eighty feet front 10y forty feet d"'p' 1t VIII
lc built Of granite and the style of the a'hl''''"i' Il
u,,,,n,.uuc and ornamnta Ionr r)and towers
eight In diameter Will HuIlh"""' 'i' '"'''
ont, Will be made Of ornamental wrought Iron.
Tb. Construction Department In the yarl has re-
eved orders TO build TWO C0foot torpedo boats for
the Maine.
Now that the international naval review Is mat
for If the past the assembling here AMI at Hampton
Road, OF many modern "ar'hlp' p'''"''iP''
,rnorcl and unarmorcl cruisers. Gunbnts and tor
u, 20 cruiscrs-has left matrrtal Tor r"nrcu'n.
seems to BE- the general verdict that Ia" foreigners
hay. vor vessel, of no mean order. but II Is doubt
f n any one who visited all the vessels Is pr'lied
agan, those Of the United Sat'a In favor oI th's'
Of Great Britain, France Germany or any DINER
nation The modern steel Navy numbers to-day III
vcss,l, completed In process OF cons'ru' 'lon
forty-two vessels Of This inclulca TIA" dlna-
mite vessel Vcsuvis the torpedo boat Cushing, The
Ammcn ram and the torpedo boat being p"''t al
Duilulr Iowa. OF these there eight BATH slip,
dncludlng the five double turi"t'd monitors ana '''
larbctie vessel Monterrey OF which TWO onlN, t'
Miantonomoh and Montercy. are In commission.
Their, are six cruisers Of the first rate. the Chicago
being the only one In commission SIX VI ia, ''e"nn
Third rate. the Detroit, YORKTOWN Remington an
concord being In omnisSipi ana hn' III Tue i"''"'
Of Intense Interest to OMIT OF tIr NaNS ~
Is that OF captain Franc, +. Higgins H. ne con-
nander the cruiser Atlanta i,'al,, 81 ~, ,.r II,H
lawn %},.ro,,a ter, va considerable" Dissatisfaction
at the Navy Department when cu'hlla,'i ~ w"I h
r, n, wing Capaln llgenSOn II M 'nlnhnAhi 81 we
YES ,l Captain John H. Iartcit WA. huiliriN ~
tach.d the trnlnins snip hnn'>.. ~ an" ora r,"
town to relieve captain Iieei, II, TIE later Min
upon his return - The n" s ny' ,o',r, If in
quiry to determine who her he y. chni a. was ~
subordinate showed as H,"n 80 csnn, ,
o OF the 81 II It BE- proved , apan lissna%
negligent at fault %r ' 80 " thu, hr y did
not start until four DAYS had elapsed after crdrs 10
go to Nicaragua as pr f"how. ~ r''' INV" '''