New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-19
DIR Big SISTER CITY.
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
xvou,an,s Gro DivOrcc-Changes at the
- ~., v,rd- Activity Among the Observation-Disclosures
of General Interest.

and that WIS the day before celhaung and fogSlng
were abolished The sailor who owned the hammoc"
waited iii the Commodore had gone back to his cabin
and then said to the sentinel Bill, you doht "d''
to shipmate nogget, do you
Not II ! Help it," came the response ih'N
LET me have that hammock will you! said the saior
II you get II. it'll he when amt looking Said
tlc sentinel and when he turned his back to 90
toward the other end OF his beat the hammock os'
appeared When hammocks piped down Com
modUrc Cambridge stood the quarter deck 10 catch
the delinquent and when he discovered that cach
man had his own he sent for the sentinel TO come
TO tho mast. lie ordered the marine 10 bare HIS
back b. logged. when Lieutenant Coutcc e'cpP'o
up and addressed the Commodore rs follows: com
modorc cambridge, ! protest against TINS man oe"s
nogscd and If you Insist / only say that every
blow that Is Laid on him will be laid on me- had
commanded him TO obey no order unless ii came
through me- nj, immediate superior. Had j" obcy'd
ycur order concerning IN" hammock. II would nave
teen my duty TO have punished nm Tor ui''Oc'i"5
my orders Bat hi, did not Interrupt IN" Pr'l"r"'
lion, for the logging and when The cat WIS
raised Lieutenant Coutce unbuckcd his sworhbeit ana
threw hi, side arms The dccn with this declaration
am NJ longer an officer this ship, and tender
my rc~enntion-'
Commodore raInbrdGc's next order WIS: " Lieu
tenant c,ntc.. take mp that sword and hand II to me
20 to your quarter, and consider yourself under ar
rest" But "a" marine wa, not h"eg ID. L'u''Aa"
Conlcc went to hi, room whcr" h' remained o'N'ra
hours In solitude. with hi, thought, concentrated
.ol,rly upon the consequences OF hi, conduct anu
then sentry brought u message that III" Commodore
wished to SEQ him in hi, cabin. Entering the ca4in
h" saw seated ~ the table, upon which wa, DC
cantcr 81 wine and two glasses, and with an 'A'i"
chair opposite to him. Commodore Dilul ridge l"'
Commodore rose and said D." Lieutenant 'oni'r' nave
yon realized how iooi-lly YOU acted. and hay" y"u
contempt lated ia" ,'rou-rr,, OF yOuI on'nc Luz
if " | can
you. W. -lan be- good friends. and W. Will p'ds'
our friendship with ela,, al wine
Lieutenant Comter resigned from TIA Navy on sep
TENDER H. l-l3. but several year, aucrwIrd Ia ana
tie Commodore met At hotcl IN baltimore. ana me
latter. who. ceucrou, nature marked In his
Official career. heartily greeted III, insub"rdina'e Win
Why. h.r,., my little lighting cocA who dared M
ON my own deck bat bee did II 10 ,paro an enlisted
man from what a.. believed IN unjust p.hi nm, nj.
I'M, now specifications Tor fi~ 1000 ton ~ aru"r
plating ti.c bid for which E" have been opened
l,nrUlry 1ud ai'r"hrd po-ti'h'd L" ln' l'',''
w.r orc ,Na.tins tiau tlo-. Tor tl contract. mad,
I'm I--7. ana under which ia" present deliveries o.
arnor plating ARE heinz mai" ~ increase, ~ III,
r.,ulr.in.ni, Wa, TIE result 81 the test, Of armor
Gurin. tii l, three YEAR, A. which wer" developed
,",irr,ii"r, vrrc revised {, cmbrice the new con
dirion. whic demanded strctrr acceplanc" les and
viii ho r,,inrrd 4, follows: For tho now ha'r",hip
Indiana 500 - tons, for IN" hattl".hlp Ma.>achu
sets. 2Ofl - tons for u" hhcNhip OREGON 4'o -
tom, for the cruiser olympia. At san Fraud co. 4?
.57i 10 Ton, for the a-morcd cruiser Brooklyn, k""
"' u imp.,,.on Al he Na:y Yard /, that Few Of
The oi',.r VIII - 10 the lsunch Of IN" Indiana inc
r.' II the To- yoo-tcn battle ip' AZ Philadelphia on
saturday n.N. II Is expected. however. lnat ne
PRECEDENT VIII att mt. and viii h" acc mpanieI ~
secretary Tracy and some Of IN" other '9idnri oll
,cr and som. - tho chief officer, ~ Oh" navy rom
Washington. The next important Incident - taxi
rar vessels. Win probably b" the PIunt m commits
ION Of %, nG~ n" c1ra. nsro In" in iSc naval
review. Ab at tIe sam" tm' viii D. Ihl ih" nr,i par
Of the keel 'r the now armorcd cruiser lir"oAyn "i
The 81, York commander Melville. Inc Engineer
pip for th, v'~-"l The cn",t 81 ihi,, "iih"u,
,trr thai ..iima,d Win ne norral length II pip.
=. the cruising displacement is ".l1o tons. mi, mean
- -cycn'~n and oncnfih knot, pr hour II no,
only enable Dol cher aN'raE" raj" 81 ~l"'d - i~
diu. d, avoided los the increased chimney draft IT,"
Of lhe oxygen ~ the ar win the i9l ihcrr VIII
"'i i, ,,,r a. ,br crcr That r"p s1,,niIm Hilary
\ Herbert would D." made secretary OF the Navy In
vi. G'ycanl'4 cabinet have been received with gen
'rd satisfaction among M ohc"r- ~ the Navy. They
take thr view that M, long rNprlcnc" on IN" COM
mricr Naval Nihr-. aid ~ chairman Of that com
n ,' n" r Other mari IN " rre that Mr "eycani
r,.r,,rf mad. hy Mr lcrcri a, chairman II the Com
mite. Naval Afar'. on m condition II the Navy.
tn connection with the Naval Appropriation bill las,
week D., commented favprlhly upon hy the officers.
IN" general features ~ the hl are shown at Il
grnc" IN III" taI', prepared. ~" hill carries with
more than 'hrc' and half millions less than th"
estimate. and nearly two aud half millions less
than for ia" current year Ihc amount PROPOSED for
the incr, >r 81 the Navy i -.9oo.uOO. IN" report
points out that sine" l--'i. when vessels
contracted for the price OF materials entering into the
composition 81 modern ship has been reduced fully
half AMI tl" price ~ mpl"i"d ship "Ncudine
armor has gou" down 30 per cent. TIA" report
dwcs corisid rnhc LEI 9Th upon the improN emcnts,
nnd their porf' elton, IN guns. arInor etc. and In
cudcs tables, Tor comparison. of the vessels OF foreign
navieI I'm addition to those Of THIS country. tn"
report pays this compliment 10 secretary 1racvS nd
minis, ion of the New York ana other navy yards
"The excellent system Of employ Ing skilled workmcn
aud ~ retaining them rs long ~. and only while.
efficient has. how'v"r contributed materially 10 the
excellent r.sUlts achieved secretary Tracy Is en-
titled the credit of having applied 10 This and all
other wards q ~ stem al ciNll servlc" rn"S under
which applicants foT work subjected Ia cNauina
lions which test their knowledge and cfcioncv.
Those who pass placed upon registered list AMI
are called In order - new worhmcn are needed. No
political tc-t l. required OF allowed. and II l. not
known That any we'll grounded complaint Of viola
ton Of these rules has been made"