New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-06
AFFAIRS AT THE NAVY YARD.
PREPARING FOR WEST INDIAN FLEET
EVOLUTIONS.

EVOLUTIONS.
THE CASTINGS ssEs-DIsMANrLING THE
PORTSMOUTH FINDINGS IN REFERENCE
TO THE CINCINNATI-NoTEs
ABOUT THE YARD
,,bough there was not much work to do at the
Navy Yard last week. there were many mae
=, ir,orast which came up and received ther tuii
$3.50 - oonsido-a,ion and discussion What vas
ally tho most important incident OF the week
was the beginning OF work on the eH'.
Of improvements at the yard out"icu W
partment and for which contracts "e'. '','
I'm the last days OF 1894. The interior VI ..
No has been pretty we'll cleaned out anu -, 49,.
day a arge part OF the roof was reiio'eo -
is the building which is to be inaue ~ ~,
office building and nothing but the waiis ho"
standing are to be saved. They are soiu anu
stantial. and able to sustain n great '' A..
weight than will be put on them. Acoo'7
the provisions OF the contracts. work must ne pe
eun within ten days after the signing ana II 'i,''
Is carried out the Navy Yard VIII be one u '
most active ulaces east OF Washington IN a shoi'
time a., i,
The arrival OF the Castine. with her nice DIG %.
yer punch bowl, has caused considerable coini"
II may be remembered hat before she iei' '',o
ward on her trip Maine she was In the han"'
Of experts who swung her round and tipped hei
over and nut her through her PAGES In various
other wavs and sent her eastward with Veruict
that she was al right. Expectations that hei NC"
report would be from Castine were uisapPo
for all OF a sudden she doomed up OH Iape N
and after doing some more wandering arouho
nut into Boston and stayed there over Chr'stfaS'
The preliminary work at the New-Yo Yard WIS os-
tenslbly with the object OF seeing that her coi"
passes were all right. The report lrohi Do''0'
was that they were all wrong. being two points OUT
OF the way, and now there Is pertinent i'au''
as TO how and why II all happened. just Nv"
soon she will start for South America Is uncertain
az {, will mot do 10 let her 90 70 sea unless she
Is all right and OF course there are several minor
Jobs yet 10 be done as Is always the case VII"
war vessel when In the Navy Yard.
Il seems that the rumor or white"ash !" .'e
"a - Of the officers OF the Cincinnati was not wnoly
warranted According to the Endorsement OF the
secre,,rv ~ the Navy on the record Of the Court
of Inquiry the findings OF the court. as approved
and recommended by Judge Acknowledgements Lem
w. were not wholly satisfactory TO secretary Hei-
bert In the nth item the commander OF the LII
clnnau is particularly censured Tor continuing "
run his snip at high rate OF speed In the ioca'y
nc then was hampered by many vesses ana
under the other circumstances shown by the evil
dcncc his speed being such to make the castings
- the lead OF no value The findings of the court
are disapprovcd in the third Instance which oe-
clared that the captain failed OF his duty IN mat
on leaving the deck for few moments In close
pilot waters he did not place In charge OF the I'm
clnnat the officer his next in linea rank during MS
absence Under the circumstances he was not re-
aulred to do 50. either by regulations or oy tue
customs Of the service. one OF the most important
findings is that the department Is satisfied that the
injury 70 the vessel was caused by her coming IN
contact with portion OF the ledge surrounding
Execution Rock This Officially dlsposes OF the the
o-v Of a wreck suspended between the SURFACE OF
the water and the bottom OF the Sound although
there are many TO whom the department. in''"e
will not prove entirely acceptable
The dismantling OF the sloop-of-war Portsmouth
is going on rapidly. All her topmasts have oeeh
removed and the quay wall against which she IL
moorcl Is filtered with running rigging ana stand
ing ri.sing and spars and all the other nA'"s'
which 80 with the handling of sails her stores
are also being landed. and her officers ana Gre"
have been scattered the various other vesse's
-, ,h. de,or,m.nt Commander John McGowan
has been ordered 10 the command OF the Alliance
and will take with him as executive oucer L'eN
tenan. Charles Il. Bradbury, who hiled 'he same
position on the Portsmouth Other oncers Oh tue
oil ship who will go on the Alliance are
William NJ Erwin Hamilton Hutchins ana Char'es
81 u,rlov. Fnslxns John H. Dayton and William
f. Lrothcrton. Surgeon James r. Waggener ana
Passed Assistant Paymastei John y i-o'e" i"eu
tenant Horace VI. Wetzel has three months ea~'
OF absence The chaplain. Carroll =. wright mas
been ordered to the Minneapolis. Boatswaih Nile"
,o.s tn the Fern Carpenter John q. rindei goes
., Tho wabash Gunner Moses X Henderson will
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do duty Al the Norfolk Navy Yard Saiiinaher
Frank Watson goes to the monitors. ana the mem
bers OF the have been placed on the vermont
subject TO drafts and waiting orders "hiie so'i'e
have already TONED the Raleigh and other Vesseis
The arrival OF the Essex at the yard nus shnm,
what evened things w. as the force - no" s,ine
and Vesuvius representing the new Navy. with 'ns
! Lancaster Portsmouth. Essex and vern mn,r a
as nd th o. Sayy Yard today has specimens OF more
different classes OF naval vessels snoat ~ ' ranres
s sro,n S little launch devoted the commodore
use up through the different grades OF tugs 10 ,ne
vess". then comes the little dynamite, throWer
with the small gunboat next S CT ,Se navy the
NewYork at the top OF the list while ,ne o o,I
Vermont with portfolios enough 10 MAKE AK p nes dis
| mantlcd Portsmouth is at the bottom exnrssssd
over the fact that Secretary Herber, has at last
definitely settled on series OF evoutons lot ,he
Mon Atlantis S6s. e of h As cOumS
cnnati. Raleigh. MONTGOMERY ana Ats AM ruronsan
seatIon TO Keep company with the San Francisco
and ehead has been altered ana N6 ncln
natl to start south IN few days stopping "a. a,
Hampton Roads obtain coal where they VIII NEE,
to oe the Wsst Indies to relieve the Columbia which
Win TO S Nr n and nes g. and
paint Sf s'' TRe Mo"ssomsry also D,SbsSyS be
ss a ss nj 'n Viii 'H take fS
l. The question as to whether tn " M ~ donb'
| AZ present her is too small. and 1t Is 9nder,
s,oo,t mai she Will 20 Norfolk and be ntted as
! Gagshin while the Vesuvius has been detached from
| The North Atlantic station because she was NOT
| HtteI for squadron evouons, ana the ldea OF put
| tny ker ont of commission and distrlbutins her
| men IN other vessels Is again under consideration,
nor ,rin Of destruction among the derehcts on me
| Atlantic Coast having been temporarily aoahuohei.
| Among the nominations sent to the SenaIe , on.
| FrankIn Hanford to be commander. and on Wednes
day chief Engineer Il. H. IL Wharton was netaen ,s
| from the Brooklyn Navy Yard ana p'acen Oh the
| ra,ired II d date from January H.
Speaking about the lack of crew Tor tnf si'n MI
| onnIis Cantan Silas Casey, OF the receiving snip
| Vermont in conversation on the suunlesc. lev