New-York tribune., 1897-12-11
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.


headquarters regarding the care bestowed oy ar
tery garrisons to maintain In perfect order the
expensive modern empiacements which are oeins
rapidly completed the Atlantic ana Facmc
coasts has caused General Miles to Issue an 'N-
portant general order. which Is expected raoice"y
to improve the condition Of those defences. on
which the Nation must rely In case OF onehs'Vo
operations. although until Congress authorizes the
material increase Of the artillery. as urged oy ths
Secretary Of War. proper manning OF tho COM
plicated modern forts is out OF the question Inc
order. which will be issued tomorrow and become
effective at once. is as follows:
tho care and preservation Of the guns. carriages,
sna and
Ing them viii be divided among % the ne bsIa 10
risd accountaSy ability for proper performance Of
these duties In order that all artillery Organize;
manp"a,os mani Of ali the kinds and eabres
carriages etc, changes will occasionally Ss Ss,erent
second-The method described in the instructor ion
mounting mnouhtins using and care of the various guns and
carriages will be strictly followed ,.,o,,sv. and
tts viii be operated a interval: q exceeding na,
seven days, and the different working pHs p1'
s and oSSs;.sioI SsTsIi P,sns: Sas:
moSis Stsn 'ns'fH .svaS ts
should raised vsTy sIsdpay sss. 10 %acSn.
kept in good working order az al .imes - onaret
Ing the power and light plants should be pISyaeto
sas IIe ana electrical supplies De secured
| on quarterly rsauistions from tho p'ope' o''
Fifth-Patforms parapets and tho grh. grounahs sII Nv
rounding them, whose limits VIII be prescrTSI ~ncc -
Ynaus and pSmp:
kept in order ANY damage to Or to ths ora.
wSrh TepSr'sd
Ia n
and their use anSsr q a
,ssp iyss ass ytR sats the Se:
runs in connection n With riasStiy ans npTacsised
S oV, the 'Bt
x b Il hsf Which sassf ssss as
The regular monthly 3hs ol the post or bat
sSs saSn 'Sai Ea sSs win
the ana WSIsh in .fs 4s
arz!ng the troops with the dp,.ss ass nusrter re-
pSr in writing the Inspection will b msas ny
post or battalion commanders thrOus me Major
GENERAL commanding tho Army In the r annSs n.rsons
portn OF Department commanpe,s ranb o. isS Army
nspofiso9ns the Condition and working order
those batteries Of position W, ,Ss Ss suSject OF spe
cial report
~. W regiments by the Secretary OF war s'o
snrourcsd. CAPTAIN George H. Sands promo'eu
from, nrst lieutenant and quartermas.s'' o'A
airy, TO the 9Th Cavalry. Troop b. 20 oa'e % ~,
c.mh.r q 1897 vice Baird. retired he Will JUN LIE
troop about January N . .-o,, rr.+
Cap,a,n John s. Mallory (promoted rom his'
,,.r.,, "A Infantry TO the I'd Infantry. COM
Inv 70 dato from December 8. 1897. vice hihA's'
,.,,red First Lieutenant John b. benhe' V'o
o,ea from second lieutenant. 7th Infantry to the
"a Infantry Company date sSa1s t,Sm Dsiegese Second
n, ileu.snan, Henry NJ Dlchmann 22d Infantry, & TO
vacancy q second ,ds 1n r.nk from June H.
Leave OF absence for two months on nssehes SnrseShn
car,iacate OF disability, TO take erect on OeSemoe1
/ 1897 IS granted Captain George y. Chase' 'o NA'
leave OF absence for months and hfseen s. day.
10 take effect at such time in January lsss a; M
services can be spared Is granted captain |o'''i''
Leave OF absenes for ono month and afteen n dssys s
'Y5ss'.s SsJsas KssassS Of Moro Ay
NAVAL, ORDERS-Assistant Engineer h d.
Hasbrouck has been detached from tho Maine ana
ordered at once to the Puritan
Assistant Engineer d. X. Merritt has been de-
,ached from the New-York Navy Yard and ordered
TO the Maine A. c.
Ca. in charge OF the branch photographic ONCE,
his unexpr leave beng revoked.
Paymasters Clerk Joseph Hartman will have his
appointment revoked on the Raleigh upon taxing
acting boatsWaln
PRynasters Clerk {. > Cowle receives tourteen
days leave from December 10
INFORMATION FOR NAVAL PAY CORPS CAN
DIDATES Secretary Long to-day issued q clrcu-
ar for tho Information OF persons desiring to enter
the Pay Corps Of the Navy. which will be promptly
sent 10 all tho numer asplrants for appointment
as assistant paymasters. In the first place, they
will learn that the efficacy Of political pulp has
been annlhiiated and that this corps which is one
iyiti ms IA rad
after tho most rigid competitive examinations the
first OF which Will be held at the Washington Navy
Yard about the middle OF January by Pay Direc-
tor Cosby Pay Inspector Lyon and Assistant Pay
ma.ter-General Mieheler. who engaged
In preparing exhaustive questions to test the quail
rcatlons OF the applicants. About one hundred and
nfy candidates have already fled applications. many
OF them being fortified with influence enough under
ship or Cabinet office. The physical exam
ination is expected 10 cast out nifty OF these the
the remaining seventy-nve must average over ~
per cent in all studies 10 merit any consideration
whatever. In the mental examination practical
subjects, such bookkeeping. American history.
grammar, photography and arithmetic. VIII have
much more weight than mere accomplishments.
among which are classed geography. modern Ian
things count. No candidate who falls below so
this examination will be permitted TO compete for
nrst vacancies In their order OF merit and In tho
future such examinations will probably be held an
nuay. One OF the chief results expected Of the
innovation WILL be the practical elimnaton OF naval
officers from tho Pay Corps TO Nil subsequent
vacancies. II has been found in practice that many
descendants OF admirais and commodores after
trance TO the Pay Corps. have not made the most
efficient officers by any means. several recent ex
amples having notably accelerated the adoption OF
tho competitive system.
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