New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-11
ROYAL
Boxing Powder
Absolutely Pure

graphic ONCE. Baltimore; Ensign p. n. Olmstead
from the Vermont; Ensign 5 Nj. Strife from steel
Inspection duty at Muha psnn sur 5S sr &C. g.
Navy Department: Passed Assistant Surgeon f.
G. Brathwai,e. from the Naval Hospital. Mor icK
Va; Passed Assistant Engineer I. r. Carter from
the Cramps yard; Paymaster G. NJ Ray; from
waiting rHers Shapn Jones a. G rG he Tsasns
Island Navy Yard: Boatswain Woodward Carter.
from the SSOk Navy XsTs sro@ the tor
pedo station at Newport
NAVAL. NOTES OF INTEREST.
Secretary Herbert witnessed some torpedo expert
ments at Newport August T. In company with CON-
modore Sampson Chief of the Bureau OF ORDNANCE
and Commander George A. Converse, OF the Tor
pedo Station he went to Coddington Cove on the
Cushing Whitehead torpedo was discharged
from the Gushing and a Lowell from the Stiietto,
each boat going at full speed The shots were equal
to the best made there. each hitting It's marx.
The Secretary was surprised at the results ,s he
complimented the officers. The secretary was the
guest OF honor at dinner given August at New
port by Perry Belmont. nos Assistant
Engineer IL P Horton, u s. H.. have received orders
TO make a trip from Buffalo to Duluth ana return
Speeding her machinery witnessing the practical
working Of the Beville boilers win Wnich sne -
fully investigating the question Of water tube poll
ers for Naval use. and while this inspection OF ,he
of the test recently made Of the Babcock and VII
cox boilers at Elizabethport n j. II u lntehdc p,
any other way The next large ship OF the Navy
to have water r., tube bC a T S % Ins bes
made with view TO determining their adaptao'ity
Navy k smokeiess powder has again demon
strated It's value. While Commodore sampson,
Chief Of the ordnance Bureau was AZ Newport n ne
kept for several months in chamber heateu 10 d
temperature of lcO degrees When the po~der Was
and gave good bastic results when nIed Inns III, Is
completes the experiments OF the department WITT IN
he Nav okaIse
ships never this degree OF heat but captain
therefore decided to see the powder, would do
when subjected to this temperature. re is d wen ~
SAL WIN sne 70 me onepounder and six
FOUNDER pou guns s. of the Navy.
The officers Of the gunboat Castine are meeting
a glorious reception in South Africa. They have
been in that section for some weeks now; aha> a
Department are highly enjoying themselves The
most recent report from Commander Thomas Perry
vessel took 10 Transvaal The Castine at the time
at Algoa Bay. They ran over to iran I a.
as a fourishng town of $4,000 nhab ants, which he
says It's existence to two Americans, VINO
taught the people in that vicinity how 10 eH'racs
gold from the ore. 1t is only nine years Old Inc
party were taken by special tram 10 ' Mere
most cordial and Commander Perry expresses him.
SELF greatly pleased with 1t.
ORDERS OF THE WEEK.
Among the orders issued last week were the fol-
lowing:
Commander George NJ. Book ordered to duty at
the Norfolk Navy Yard on the 18th inst:
Lieutenant G. F. Norton ordered before a he-
firing Board to convene at the Washington Navy
Yard the 18th inst. -. ~,
Cantain i IL Sands has been detached from the
Portsmouth Navy Yard and ordered to command the
Atlanta 49,, ,o..ohod from
the command Of the Atlanta. ordered home and
granted one months leave. - 49,. ,..e1
Passed Assistant Surgeon r. r. SUIT detacheo
from snecial duty and ordered TO the New ork
assed Assistant Surgeon j. +. trie detacnre
home
months leave. - -, ,,,...r. . ~ o,be,
lieutenant Commander w 7. Swinburne ana olh ht
officers of the Bancroft detached from tiat s"''
and ordered 10 the Naval Academy. u, < ,,,,,
Commander Samuel ". Very detacned I,oln ' AZ
os insnector of ordnance at League 1n9nd on Az
gust 70 and ordered TO duty as INSPECTOR Vi oi'
haiioT az ordar Edwin iongnecker detached from Ma
val War College August 26 and ORDERED 10 du,S
as Inspector of ordnance at 'he League ~
Enssn J. r. Edie from the New-York' oruere1
home and granted three months 'ea'e'