New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-08
AFFAIRS IN THE NAVY YARD.
,,rs OF NEWS FROM THE HOME OF THE
WAR VESSELS.
v.7AHprN's coNN1NG-TowER TOP STILL 1,
THE MuD--ILEUTENANr sEABURY IN THE
uospIrAI~NEw SYSTEM OF
TARGET PRACTICE.

TARGET PRACTICE.
e,orroy weather has been responsible for delay
. .ha work OF finishing the vessels under con-
".,uc.,on in the yard. as we'll as the operations
:. .he contractors who have Jobs on hand In var-
80 ,arts of the Government property. With the
u,ouahou, Channel packed full OF Ice 1t was
.,rd ,nnossible 10 run the cable-line ferry 10
49,. coh Dock. and long and muddy trip around
~. Horn" was necessary 10 reach the island.
Tho h,s steam dredge had to stop In its search
~. r,,es,ne TOP OF the Katahdin's coming
ar and that useful piece of armor plate ap-
.o-s ~ have found a place in which TO rest
-, .,s Groom OF the Credger will not be able
49, and Il for some time. In the mean time the
&c waiting. and has been tied up alongside
,,e monitor Terror. which Is beehive IN po'h'
OF activity. ,or-
or md drove It out into the East River steam
..s started on the scow. its trips were resuh'eu'
49,. aredre renewed Its efforts at stirring 'ne
aon,hs OF Wallabout mud. ana the fou''"e "
oco,rs went on in It's usual way
There Is a rumor that the training-shP i''
III, start for Hampton Roads Tomorrow 'aN'it'
sor,n some men for the fleet ana pTihsihe "a
- chose terms have expired, after when s"e
tn ,eke her regular cruise. Some OF the me-.
,.ho will return with the ship to TINS yafa WIN
~ - form part Of the crew OF the Terror '"e 90
Gambling having been begun on the 'e0''
ship Vermont ssa ~ CAPTAIN
Francis j. Egginson. president >,,,
oLr,as sperry. observation-disclosures WI.
,,..,on+ \ T Houston Lieutenant b. l.
Ie,' - lieutenant c. NJ winslow and Lieu'eh-
" r,,s,,ev Hunt. with First Lieutenant 'eipe''
D,ar of the Marine Corps. as 1uoee"u>o
" has heen ordered to assemble to-horlo" A
49, orr,-martial room in Building NO = 'o' Wv
49,, .. such cases as may come peioie ~ '"'
o,,,nr.,s being mostly enlisted men,
-, hoye been some rumors current 0o''
- tho case Of Medical Inspector Eu"aiO
1arshncr which has been hung up III
80, s,nce last May. While there mas pee'' "'
,.ord received at the yard reia'Ne "
-,.,or of the case by the President 'he'e 10
-, foe,,ng that the President VIII u's"p
nrove the findings Of the court anu ie''O 49,
% dutv The sentence OF the coui wac
,,,ssal from the service. anu zig .,.o,
noua anpears in the last issue OF Inc isee a.
-. ,he address Navy Yard, Ne"-1o' N
arrest" s ~, enc ~.
Considerable talk has been crea'eu u! wv
,or+ that although the Secretary hau ueiN
UNFOLD Naval Constructor Bowles IN MS VIC
nu,e with Commander Sperry, OF the ou' -
ordnance over the placing OF lug Al .o'''e
49, .,,,,, the installation Of the Puritans guns
there was be letter sent 10 'he 'o'''t, -
ca,,.,on,ns him not to have another coiii'c' Vi
s.,.ho-,tv No definite information is to be oD-
,a,nea as TO the letter spoken Of. and al ha"uS
,.or..,sd say nothing is known Of 1t. The near
10. q. washington was taken part In by COM
,,odore Scard the commandant Of the yard' anu
Con,ain Samson Chief Of the Bureau OF
Ordnance. In support of Commander Sperry' anu
Chief Naval Constructor Hichborn, VINO sup
ported the position taken by MI Bo"ies' JUS
as II stands II is the first time the line mas Dee'
beaten by the staff in contest as TO VINO shouiu
h,,. tho control Of work and the manner or 90
ing II and in that point establishes precedent
which may be OF interest in the future.
The -up in the South Atlantic Squadron
has caused a lot Of comment and query. me
v,hoIe programme announced when the Ian
caster left the yard for Montevideo has been
thrown aside. and Rear-Admiral Norton comes
homs IN the Newark. the flagship Of the
souadron. together with Captain w. cambridge
Hor the captain Of the Lancaster. Captain
Yates Stirling will take command of the Ian
caster, and she will take the place OF the New
ark as flagship on the station. This leaves the
Castine the only modern ship in the fleet. the
Yantic being tied up in the Platte unable 70 go
TO sea. II is expected that Captain HON VIII be
called before board OF inquiry on his arrival
home, and asked TO explain how II was that the
Lancaster. which sailed from New-fork Tor
Montevideo first heard from at Madeira, on
the other side Of the Atlantic
At last the little torpedo-Doat Ericsson is 10
have another trial. She has been undergoing ex-
tensive repairs at New-LOndon since her disas-
trous attempts last summer and fall 20 find on,
how fast she could go. and will come 10 the yard
soon for a little minor tnkerng. She will then
be manned by a board OF officers and fremen' and
will be speeded over a measured mile on the
Sound. The Navy Department has retained
$1,000 of the contract price OF the vessel az
forfeit in case she does not come to the required
speed. There is some anxiety on the part OF the
authorities to get the ship into commission a.
soon possible. and II is stated that she Will be
Professionally accepted on the result OF the pre-
liminary trial.
Lieutenant Samuel Seabury. the inventor Of the
Seabury rapid fire gun, has been brought nome
an invalid, ma wing been detached from the New
ark He arrived at the Naval Hospital yester-
day, under OF Passed Assistant Surgeon
Luther l.. Won Wedekind and will be treated fol
brain trouble.
The new system OF target practice prepared by
Rear-Admiral Ramsay and Ensign Vogelgesang
OF the Bureau Of Navigation is TO be tried by th'
North Atlantic and Pacific squadrons The sys
fem does away with a great deal Of the plotting
Of shots after the practice and also simplihe'
the method OF practising. Under the system pro
posed prizes are 10 be given for the best semi
annual record on board one ship and for the bes
semi-annual record In q squadron The competi
ton between gun captains Is limited 10 shla
guns For instance. gun captain hahdiihe
fen-inch gun compete with gun captain
handling a gun OF the same calibre only Th'
prtzee on q single ship TO be IS and -. an(
in squadron SO and s.. In addition. the gun cap
tains making the best records during year are
to receive silver medals. a.
The mechanics employed in renovating IN
naval hospital on Flushing ave. are complalnihi
that they are not being paid regularly ana ina
some Of their number heve not received an
paw since last December. The cause OF the trou
bic is said TO be the red tape which surround
the Government payments to the contractors "h'
are doing the work. and. as they are una it, !.
get their money they say that II Is impossioie Z
do anything else but make the men wall. m
work was begun about year ago ana Is nov
only about half completed Everybody CONNECTED
with IL Is dsgusted especially Medical lnspecto
r r penrose who is in charge OF the hosplta
Tor thu NAVY Iepartment. The original cOntrac