New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-16
AFFAIRS AT THE NAVY YARD
40 srcxs OF UPHEAvAL IN THE VARIOUS
BUREAUS.

d.,s e,c in relation to the bureaus In the Brook
ivn Navy Yard rests on siigh' founoauon Is sho"'i
~, the fact that everything Is gong on as usual
=, ~. offices and no orders or limitations OF orders
~. heen received changing in any way the es'ap-
,.ned order of things. The reports OF all the ON
49, ,r,ores,ed have been made out and forwarded,
ond according the statements at the yara my
co,onletely dispose Of the allegation OF c'ooHeu-
.ss in the handling OF the large force or men III
.,a .hops The whole trouble seems TO rest on the
,o,, of registry employed years ago. before the
nre,ent Labor Board came into existence. "heh
,,,,snant Knapp came to the yard with lists ana
,.eis,ers kept under the old system 1t was TO DE-
.xnected that there would be discrepancies as tie
check system In use remedled some evils ""'0"
existed under the old plan. and on these dHerehceS'
4. "a understood. the charges were made Inc
,umor that Naval Constructor John r Hanscom
as 70 take the place filled By Naval Con-
s,ructor Frank l.. Fernald could not be Veriheu'
and no orders bearing on the case are on recor"'
Cantain Asserson, chief OF the civil Engineering
Bureau was Just busy yesterday with the con-
,-actor. who are busy at various places In the yaro
q. II the threatened clouds were thousands OF
Ill. awav and apparently had no fear OF official
lightning striking his quarters in building NO. I.
The ,orpedo-boat Gushing. under command Oh
Lieutenant Frank IL Fletcher. came TO the Ea'u
yesterday and will start for Newport this morning
TO take part in the programme OF the Naval wal
coues. Her trip from Washington 10 Jackson
vii. shows that with the exception OF about TWO
hundred miles OF outside sailing. there Is an inlahd
waterway for vessels Of light draught from New
port TO Jacksonville -, ..,..
At New-Iondon, Conn. on Tuesday the A'ia''a
and Cincinnati will take part In the Grana arm.
celebration the Atlanta coming down TO inc haS'
p,,.r end Of the Harlem ship Canal Tomorrow
n,bue the Cincinnati will so from the yard 10 the
Hudson River end Of the big ditch. Ihe Oihc'".i''
will have on board a draft OF men Tor 'he ~
,an,a who will be transferred when the 'es'eH
meet After the ceremonies the Cinc'nna' WI"
turn TO the yard TO complete her repairs anu ''o
.,,a,,a "a also slated to receive a slight nX'ns up
Tho Atlanta Is coming to be recognized as so''e-
ching Of a lame duck" From the time s'e va"
er.t commissioned to the present day she mas Sp.'
a, least half of her time at navy yard underso"s
repairs to her hull or machinery me ,as. ar,or
IN which she was unable promptly TO OBEY al o'ue'
80 sail was when the English forces occupied Co.
r,nto and directions to proceed TO urey'o"n "s,e
issued to her commander Captain Crom"ei'
uss the Atlantas delay which resulted IN .he '
nors,on OF Captain Howell in Europe IN 1893 anu
~. C...a,, tJ,Spinson IN trouble about two years
90 The vessels machinery Is again to De over
.au,ed at Norfolk where she received extensive rc
pairs less than a year ago. she Is 10 nc aN''e
20 duty with the Naval Reserves la'er IN inc sum
ner She ought to be ready for cruise III s'~''
DAVIS and possibly sooner
~ ,r-, an ,unroyements at the yard Is going ahead
.,owlv. The steel frame for the new plate shop
is In place and the boiler-shop IS pe'ns fooeu IA
Work on the Sands-st gate has oeeh pesH'" ia"
The principal delay now seems to De III inc eA'i'"e
forward Of the drydock and main sea"a'i ope -,
lions How long 1t will take to settle me o'i-
1900. hetwe.n the contractors and the depart
ment 4. not known, but II Is expected 'ha' "i'ei
concentrations for the next fiscal year oeoo"o
available. on July l. there will be season Oh h0'"
ity all along tho line.
The retirement Of Commander oscar I. "e''
wan which was announced yesterday morning. was
Cd all
paralysis, was not sufficient TO prevent ms -
dance TO duties calling for no particular eNer'o'
n was SUFFICIENT to incapacitate MIN LOT 49,
serytce He summoned peiofe ie'i'
hoard on Saturday last, and tho ooaro oeC.so
IVA. anpnoyed by the President. Commander hey
.rmsn although a well-known officer for years. DC
49,. famous through the loss Of the Kearsarge. on
RonoaAor Reef on February 2. 1894 he being IN
command Of the ship at the time The court
and other proceedings following the wreck Oh 'ne
famous old sloop-of-war occupied large A'ouas
OF space in the newspapers. ana on Deoe'''' -
last he was placed on waiting ORDERS.
Commander Heyerman was born In PRUSSIA on
Febn,ary IL 1874 and appointed acting Hiu-
shlpman November %. 1861, from Michigan. "
was graduated from the Naval Academy IN No'ei'-
ber 1864 and on the Vermont IN Ie'O' anu '"o
Colorado. flagship Of the European station year
,a4.r He was commissioned ensign in November 1900
master in December 1866. and after service on inc
and Michigan was MADE neu'e'iA'''
commander in October. 1869 serving on 'he ~
RADIO. In 1903 on ordnance duty In New o'N ~
,s73-75 and afterward the Alert, Marion, 1io"o'
rahela. swatara and other vessels In 1886 he was
conn,ss,oned commander and after service In com
nand OF the Yantic and lighthouse inspector
and member OF the Board Of Inspection anu ou'
vey ne took command Of the KeaTsarge IN Hep'e"'
ber, 1888 ,,cs
The retirement OF Commander Heyerna" oi'e'
attention again 10 the recent retirement OF rear
nd
70 alfred I'D over a new aspect OF the case IL IL
sa,d that from the beginning the authorities nave
pursued q course unjust 10 the AdNlifdi n"u va
trary 10 law. In the first place, the apphoa'o" 20
Admiral Meade upon which he was pIaceu oii "'o
retired list was primarily request for leave OF
ahsence The reverse OF this has been thousH' ~
be true and the impression was based upon ','e
final action OF the President. 1t Is SAID thst inc
application was worded that request 'oi o'''
wears Ieave OF absence with permission TO leave
the country was the Introductory paragraph ma"
mar, q, the communication which related 10 retire.
rnent was made subordinate TO the request 'o'
leave According TO a friend OF Admiral Mea'e
WIN had seen his apple alton. the Armiral saio' III
effect that he respectfully reauested i'a'e u
absence for the period named. with periniSS'on ~
20 abroad. He then added that In case snch re-
oues, was granted he desired 10 be placed on thc
..,-.a lie, m Tune / Thus the Admiral did not
:, Tor rettrenent unless furlough was hrst au-
thor,zed II is said therefore, that his transfer
from the active list was unlawful ior inc re'''
.h. under the statutes relating to the retirement
NJ naval officers 1t is distinctly provided that "he
anv of1cer OF the Navy has been forty years IN '"e
.ervtce OF the United States he may De ret'reu
from active service by the President upon ms own
appl,ca ton" This is a new view OF INC '"ae "
Admiral Meade. II Is welFKho"h az Ina
cacre,arv Of the Navy at first granted 10 AdH'ra'
Meade leave OF absence, but later revoked inc per
mission for him 10 leave the United states -" ms
reouest for retirement was made upon the 0o"''
t,on that a leave would be given hiin' II ~ ','"'
that there was no voluntary appNcn'''" nar
-. ,rarsferred from the active list. and under
% ,,ber circumstances could the President la" .
fully 40 transfer him. Admiral Meade put ma
ural query 10 the Navy Department during me ''''
,,..L In n brief communication he asked the iea
.A.s eor the revocation Of his pcrnlssloh 10 20