The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-28
Publications Pufporting to Give Features Of
Secretary Herhert'S Report Are False.
FULL LIST OF THE BROORLYA'S OFFICERS
The Vessel VIII Go Into Commission
About December I-COmnander
John McGowan Appointed to ,bc
Command of the Naval TRAINING.
Station Mt Newport.

called to published reports purporting
to give the feature of his forthcoming
report, said that all reports of this char
acter were purely conjectural. They
are based in part OH his former reports
and on the fact that the Secretary has
received data on various subjects from
naval bureau chiefs. What features of
this data will be embodied III the re-
port is still an open question. The re-
Port itself is not yet advanced in its
original written form TO completion, and
has not been put in print, so that re-
ports of its contents are premature ana
misleading. y mistake III one of these
reports. which has been shown to the
Secretary, although 1t is in positive
terms, shows that the writer had no in
formation whatever upon which to base
his guesses."
The Secretary's annual report will be
published in the morning newspapers OF
December 4th.
THE BRooKLYN's OFFICERS.
The following named officers will be
detached from duty indicated and or
dered to the Brooklyn ON Dec. /:
Captain F. a. Cook, from Bureau of
Navigation, to command; Lieut.. n. E.
Mason, from Bureau of Ordnance, eX-
ecutive; Lieut.. II McCrea, from the
Fern, navigator: Iieuts. w. B. Caper-
ton. from Naval Intelligence Office; w.
r. Rush. from War College; Il. II. Brain
erd, from the Enterprise: j. &. Doyle,
from Cramps; EnsiEns y. Long and Z.
L. Leipcr from the Vermont; +. l.. San
ders. from the Maine; Cadets II. L. Cur
tin. ]. H. Roys. NJ. $. c. ellis, II. a. Kali
bach, from the Newark: Surgeon w. S.
Dixon, from special duty at Washing
ton: Chief Engineer j. ID. Ford, from
Cramp's; Passed Assistant Engineer i.
f. Carter, from the Newark, Passed AS
sistanL Engineer Proctor, from the
Maine: Assistant Engineer a. Z. Ryan,
from New York; Boatswain w. II. Hill,
from the League Island Navy Yard; Act
ing Gunner Il. ~. Applcgate and Car
penter w. @. Warford, from League
Island.
NAVAL NOTES.
The following are detailed to the Pet
rel Dec. !: Lieut.. Commander e. y.
Wood, from Bureau OF Navigation, to
command; Lieut.. Il. NJ. Hughes, from
the Oregon; Lieut. Is. y. liske. from
the Bureau of Ordnance; Lieut.. a. y.
Wood from Steel Board; Lieut.. c. p.
Plunkett from the Terror; Ensign c. l..
Fernier. from the Saratoga: Passed AS
sistant Engineer Il. II. Hall, from the
Texas.
modified; detached from the Michigan
and ordered to the Fern as executive
Nov so.
Lieut. Commander Prime ordered to
steel inspection, South Bethlehem. Pa.
Ensign G. Il. Bradshaw detached from
Mary's.
Ensign G. r. Evans detached from the
Castine. Dec. s, and ordered to the Ter
ror Dec. IL.
Assistant Engineer c. Wells detached
from the New York Navy Yard and or
dered to the Texas.
Cadet W. r. Cushman detached from
the Marblehead and ordered to the Col
umbia.
Assistant Paymaster E. w. Bonnafon
nrllRral n thC VCynInni
The cruiSes Yorktown arrived at Shan
ghai to-day. The Marion at Callao,
Peru, is expected to leave that port to-
day for Panama.
A FINE POSITION.
Secretary Herbert has settled the sue
cession to one of the most eagerly sought
billets in the entire navy, the cnmman-
der of the Naval Training Station and
training ship Constellation at Newport.
by selecting Commander John McGow-
an for the post. and that popular officer.
who is now chief of detail on Admiral
Ramsay's staff, will receive his orders
In n day or two.
Commander Francis w. Dickens at
present in command of the Constella-
tion. will succeed to the vacancy in the
Bureau of Navigation. Commander
McGowan, who will thus become the
chief drill master of the enlisted men of
the navy, has had considerable expe-
rience in that line, having successfully
commanded the New York nautical
ship st. Mary's and the training ships
Portsmouth and Alliance. He is also
one of the few ranking officers in the
service who has been himself an en-
listed sailor, having entered the navy
from New Jersey as volunteer in 1862
and rapidly rising to a commission BY
reason of his ability and bravery He
served conspicuously on the Potomac
fotiila and was subsequently attached
to the Asiatic and European stations
the photographic Office, the torpedo
school and other posts which especially
at an ojcer for training seamen.
AMERICANS IN TURKEY.
The Department of State has received
official advices that through the ef-
forts of Minister Terrell. of Constariti-
nople. the Valli. of Aleppo, has been
instructed by the Sublime Porte to per
nit boy2 in that Vilayet to attend the
school of the st. Paul Institute at Tar
sus. conducted by American missiona-
ries.
Secretary Olney to-day received ca
blegram from Minister Terrell that
twenty-siX women, wives Of naturalized
American citizens. with their children,
Will leave Harpoot at once under proper
escort for America. Twenty-three