New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-07
NEWS OF NAVY AND ARMY.
THE BEHRING SEA FLEET TO BE DIS
BANDED SOON.
IMPORTANT TESTS OF PRoJECTIrEs COMING-DE-
TAILS OF OFF1CERS-T1IE RALEIGH READY
FOR HER TRIAL TRIP.
fBy rrrrGRArH TO THE rRIrvxKN


washington. sept 6.-The Behrng Sea feet con-
sisting Of the Mohlcan Adams. Yorktown Ranger
and Alert. is TO be disbanded on the Eth OF; this
month orders have been sent - Commander
Clarke to have his vess Is at the Mare Island Navy
Yard on that date II = possible that the Monic1n
AMI Adams will be pat out of commission AMI iAelr
crews held In readiness FOR service On the olympia
and Bas,,n soon 10 De ready for cruising. The York
town Will require locking after which she viii again
take the seas She will either remain on the Pachc
Station or ~ to china. The Ranger ana Alert VIII
be assigned to the Pacinc squadron under command
Of Admiral Bearlsley.
Two important tests of nava! pr1lectles are - hc
held at the Indian Head proving grounds In fcw
days The first trials will Doe with ten-inch sh".i@
The CARPENTER MiIvlc and Johnson companies have
submitted specially prepared shells. which are eN-
poctcl 20 give highly satisfactory results. Win the
exception OF the forged prolecihcs mad" by tAe
MIdvae Company. tho shells are u chsi-si"el. Ine
Mldvae shell is - D.. tested separately. Competitive
trails II forged ana proj"rtes FOR the thirteen
inch rifles will follow Manufacturers have been IN
yited 10 enter the with their best products
Irrespective OF the character Of he projeces th'y
turn out The only restriction laid down - That the
regular service bursting charges shall Do ufel In a."
the shells. Captain SAMPSON chief OF the Naval
Bureau Of Ordnance. said today that me '--'"rl-
!nenis were looked forward 20 With mnrh interest
Upon "a, results VIII a,?.rI thr decision whether
forged or cast shells In future 20 b" employed
for ali kinds Of naval gun practice. whether against
amor OF other targets II "a" cast -hes meet tn'
rtcn less than tni, u forged proje'ties 49,.
leis William T. Roberts aul y. II Cox. u N"w-
York u the Royal Naval Couege AZ ifccn"''H;
u-n.ra th.y win lake "a advanced course 90 utva!
arrhit.ctufe preparatory To their appointment as
assistant na:al constructors. Tines" }"1iS M"
were graduated Nos and at tie Annapolis A'a-
lieutenant lie spencer 5 Wood has been detailed on
the stan OF ear-Almirai Meade. commanding NE
and VIII port Tor lHfA ~ once Oh
the flagship NewY l-i~nienant-' o'nhnIrr
r II Deiane has been ordered to orinanGe IN,
Assistant Surgeon ". H. Rush Is detailed for duty
The extension ~ ordinary leave Of absence granted
TO Iieuienant-C oionrl James Ientor. "a lnianuE'
c,to OF disability Leave 81 absence for Two months
to take eilect on being relieved from duty on tne
NJ X smith 2sl Infintry. Second Lieutenant Wal
L. Taylor 2Jh Infantry. Is relieved from inrtn"r
mort 10 Lieutenant Colonel John y. Andrews, 2th
Infantry. president Of The ESam:nns bo1rd n-
pointed to meet at Fort L"ayenworth Tor eN'i"'"a-
ton "a to his fitness for promotion.
50 much Of special orders as directs second Leu
tenants Alexander l.. Dads loth taVhlry, it ~
Archibald 4 Cabanss. Goth Infantry. 10 proceed 20
join the troop ana COMPANY To- "hich 1nry r. -
Lieutenant Colonel John y. Andrews 9th Infantry
at For f9r Sa ns6 pep Dor o the
board for examinat9n for promotion; rirS' ..l"u
iia ni,. John ) VIM ri cavalry; solomon r
Vestal 9Th Cavalry: Charie-s \. Hcdekln. 81 'aval-
s. ? ETa@h 4I{;5,shi On 4aI In:
fan F,SdGTf ~ hV W,m 2'" C. Nanr Sd In
fantry; George \. Dechmendy. 9Th Infantry and
Earl carnahan iGh n nf.ny Ordnance De-
partmeni Will proceed from Rock Island 10 Fort
ey 2icIa business pG5tanmS , to na me rt@mi e
toned at that post and upon NE competitor %
captain ira Macnutt Ordnance Department.. VIII
proceed from South Bethlehem to the works 81 the
Carpenter steel Company Reading. on onicla! bust
pertaining the inspection OF
The following changes OF station OF officers OF
the Orlnanc. Department are made Captain stan
hope T. Blunt. from Springfield Armory to Water
Welt Arsenal West Troy. y. y Captain James
rockwell. jr.. from Watervllet Arsenal. West Troy
to Springfield Armory. mic, -
Captain Paul Clenienn. assistant surgeon Is iurth@r
extended five days. Charles -. s,ivers having been
reapponted captain OF Infantry under anthor,F % H..
Congress- ls placed upon the retired st 0i ,iS
Army. The extension Of leaye OF absGnce grhni Lea
fan,rv. is further extended three month";
~, EV nry crni.rr Ralcsh She has had successful
machinery trial at Norfolk: and can 60 to sea
interest attaches 10 the trial Of the Raiegh' he"
cause she il the frs, vessel built at nav yaTn
at Norfolk.
II WAS stated a; the Navy Yard yesterday that
Lieutenant Commander Eugene y. +. Head. who
has been detached executive officer OF the New
York and ordered TO relieve Lieutenant Samuel
b. DiehI In charge of the detail desk in The Bureau
OF Navigation. Il 10 have thht duty Temporarily
only Later he is to relieve LieutenanteC Commander
Robert NJ Berry Of the command OF the Michigan
on the lakes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Berry Is the
officer who commanded the Rodgers when she was
sent around through Behring Strait To give
relief to the Inflated Jeanette Arctic hNpeui''oi'
and has had the Michigan only since March ~.
Isa3 but Is soon to be ordered UP FOR promotion
Lieutenant Diehl IS to be ordered 10 me naS,i,r
Young officer He has been at WASHINGTON ony
since April but his last cruise on the De,toi', VIZ
a broken one. hence his orders 10 sea duty again
vi
Yesterday that Professor Philip K. Aiger. one OF
The c,ey.rest mathematicans In the Navy. had mace
annllcation 10 Rear Admiral Walker for The posi-,
ton OF the head OF the Department OF AppIie,a
miral Walker had approved the application ana
asked Admiral Ramsay to make the detail. me
preference heretofore has been to order line ON
Ger 10 this duty but It is believed that Professor
AlRer who has been in the Ordnance bureau since
Aprii lSSs will be u Annapolis Although
ne has been professor. ne vas no, apPo'n nscs
professor Of mathematics untli November !, To-
He has really been In the Navy since Septemper