New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-10

take the ships when We have not the guns is "a
gun which We can put board one OF these ships,
unless we take it away from some snip OF ne
Navy that is either completed or about to be com
pleted OF all the money for Naval purposes that
we can think of expendinC, the expenditure 10 set
he S ISf apd mo economca work
that we can DO in the direction OF pfoVld'hs
New pre- positions for orpedo-boa,s, bids for which
were opened recently, have been received by Ins
on Wednesday that Secretary Herbert would take
under consideration any sugsestions for the I'm,
provement Of the proposals TO the department
which they might offer This action IS said to have
been prompted by an inducenent made by tne
Herrcshofs, In case the contract lor lhe con
struction Of the boats should be awarded to them
Thov offered TO give the vessel IA speed OF ~:
knots one or morc knots than is called for by the
specifications. ana also modified their nid SO that
the agreed to Gm,G , 3n[ GfSned 10 receye
h contract at That price unless ali three vessels
were awarded to them.
LOOKING AFTER AMERICAN INTERESTS
When the Montgomery sailed from MopIe Tor
Tr,ixlllo on Saturday last Commander DAVIS hau
sealed orders II has since been learned 'hdt '''e
Instructions issued TO him direct that ne sha" III
vcsttgate the killing Of American named "eoise
W. Rcnton. at Brewers Lagoon. hea' i''
las, March and report the Navy Department.
When the rcport Of his investigation is fece"e'
the department will determine what 'o"'
he nursued Columbian matters nave ho' o'"S "
crossed the attention OF the Naval au'no> 'e'' an
foc no whole
apparentIy seriously interfered WIN tn IT, Tniied
Wlpaae's plan for fleet evolutions. Inc 4 ny, ,s
States under the provision OF wbcb Mas contn-
vi oH h, The Colombian Government. Is compeHeo 10
protect the In srafiic on tuesday Secretary Her
hert received a dispatch from captain tronWen
d tn1' Toro Accordingly. the Atlanta was directed
10 proceed Immediately to that port ana iook on
dSr admiral Meade's fleet. then at Trinidad was
directed - go with dispatch to Colon TO take 'ne me
purse the chief concern of the Administration re-
lates to the situation on the lsthnus Vt Panama
seized the transit and battalion Of marines
under Colonel Charles leywood acting in con- on
transit, and later. combined with the Naval force
under Commander McCala, protected it until the
revolution in Colombia was ended. II Is not KNOWN
at present how serious may become the character
of the revolution now sing on. 1t has becn ae e
reference with American interests on the lsthmus
n nH S sde Keeps IS IN 1
muncation with Secretary Herbert. and in case
miral viii be directed to proceed to colon with his
fleet ami forcibly protect the railroad ana Am.tio
s s of the ships now Oh the sthmus
garded sufficient to meet the requirements
it is fortunate that in the appropriation for pro-
Accounts is credited with $l00,0@, as other
tenance of the 900 men authorized to be enlisted in
the Navy 1t was curious error when VINE me
Hons comm;tee to onc-ha;f struck out al pro-
vision for rations and clothing for the To-" men au-
thOrized. ~ =,
lowing: Chaplain NJ. NJ. Goodwin, who has been IN
waiting orders. was assigned 10 the COLUMBIA; Jun
mer io6n Russell al present in charge of the Naval
Ammunition Depot at Fort Wadsworth, was ordered
TO relieve Gunner James Hayes. Of the NeW-N DIX
Navy Yard On March % Gunner HaEes VII be re
tired for age on March q: Gunner William W; car
ter on duty at Craney Island virginia Will also
On on the retired list; Assistant Surgeon 7. W
Richards was detached from the Naval Laboratory
brooklyn and ordered to the Minnesota: relieving
Assistant Surgeon James Soughton who Is ass,gnei
to duty al the Puget Sound Naval station; chic
lin md naced on the retired ist Assistant Engineer
Waller BeU Was ordered TO duty to the New-York
Navy Yard. - -
saved about 5000 at one move by adopting the
plan of supplying Rear-Admiral Meaies Meet win
coal hv direct shipments from Baltimore. coal ~
extremely high in the West Indies The prices pa.d
averaging s. 30 "A ton. except al st Lucia, Where
competition has slightly reduced tn" figures. De
uyored on board the ships the coal from Baltimore
costs only about g 80 ton.