New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19
AFFAIRS AT THE NAVY YARD
MORE COMPLICATIONS ARISING OVER
DRYDOCK 80. 3
Mr.. noosEvE1.1"s Refusal CAUSES MUCH DIS
cr-ss1ox-NAvAL REGULATIONS AND THE
WORK OF TIE DOCK-A HARD
rEsr FOR THE TEXAs

CT-SSTON-NAVAL REGULATIONS AND TIE
WORK OF THE DocK-A HARD
rrsT FOR THE TEXAs
There Is 4 hard test in store f1r the Texas.
which came 10 the Brooklyn yard as' week.
She Is to 70 into Drydock No. tomorrow. and
after cleaning and some minor repairs she
will sail for Hampton Roads next SATURDAY
on The trip down tho Pinch rifles In both her
,u-rats will be ared across The dock ~ the ship
Tho ttlrrets OF the vessel arc arranged diagonal
* with a view % allowing gun Nre fore and AZ,
or across the deck Fore and at fro has been
tried but firing across tho deck has not been
attcrnpted owing 70 a fear thar tho deck would
suffer from the conclusion. Mr. Roosevelt be-
ueves that the proposed tost may develop som"
weakness and T. - desired that IN" weakness.
n there he any shall be discovered and rem
edied before e il TOO late. Tho tes' viii settle
any question that may exist az ~ tho ability
q, the ship 70 stand the strain.
The Detroit f. no, likely 90 leave 'he yard be-
Tor. Tho middle - next month. owing % delay
in obtaining material. but the Marh.eheaf VIII
no ready 20 start hy October J. on m" Terror
work Is so far advanced that sa" VIII Doc ready
~ sail By "wednesday or Thursday. hIt no orders
had been received up - lat" yesterday after
mon naming any time Tor her % leave me fard.
The time FOR tho operation ~ The torpedo
boa- rotilla the first ASSEMBLY ~ th" SORT eyer
made by the Department is drawing near ana
INC Porter the Uttlc flyer with which New
Workers are go well acquainted. - already ~
the Yard Tho Foote is a. Newp'ri receiving
her torpedoes. and later IN the month VIII come
~ the Yard with the Cushing and the Ericsson
A. the ward they will be- joined hy me Porter.
m. Dupont and the Rodgers. and these h"atS
,m constitute the Notla. Lieutenant ". w.
U,rrbau who is now on special duty %, the
Columbian Iron Works will assume ~" d'f"'-
tion Of their movements beginning hi' duties
on October l.
NAXy OFFICERS TURNED DOWN
Not little discussion has been caused o' the
rat refusal OF Assistant Secretary Roosevelt 10
grant the request of Civil Engineer Nenocal i"r
a court Of inquiry as 10 his management or l"'
affairs OF Dry Dock 40. . and the placing or
~, v.or,, Of repairing the dock IN tho hands
Of the Chief Naval Constructor Fian'IS J.
Rov.Ias one OF the incidents Of the affair is
tbo Illustration given Of the amount ~ red tap"
- no united before anything can be done. Ten
Endorsements were required on the original iet-
Tor before tho reply to II was received by the
officer who sent IL. and when the smoke clearer
quay II WAS found that Mr. Roosevelt had n"'
thor no had also turned down" and In no gen
ia manner The Captain Of the Yard. Captain
,.orga w Sumner; the Commaadant OF tne
c,,,t,, Commodore Francis VI. Blnce. and
,,o,tair Aren't : Crowninsheld. Chief " the
turaau Of NAVIGATION. the executive bureau or
,b. de,,r,tnent All these officers through whose
hands the request passed and repassed, II mas
boan learned irdorscd the appllcat- IN fat"I"'iH
f,o1,modorc Bunce was not alone in calling ~
to,tion IN the fact that tn, system wa ~
fault and that the officer was eihrieni ana |-d'-
ous bur argument and appeal for an aESrleFtL
man to have an opportunity or setting H-''''''
rtght II he could were alike unavailinG.
some interesting questions nave n""u I.I9l.'
o. connection with the transfer u4 lh' WIZ
among them being tn point rs ." N"r.i'v
,,t IN. regulations 81 the Department nay
heen violated 10y the Assistant Se'r"tari. y ~
clsion of the Court OF Claims on me shDIec, "l
rules SAYS. a regulation OF ~ pa 'liItl'- ,
a rule made by the head 81 sucn Jepar' me-, NJ,
Tor its action under a statute conlerrlhs sun
n,,ar and has the force Of law; mere order
~ the President or the Secretary OF me I,s
nar,uent IS not a regulation rms - I'm
Laws Relating to the Navy, puoI.tcu 10y a.
.hnri,,. ~ the DEPARTMENT Under 'haptef 81
the Regulations OF the Navy Depal ihl' NJ; 80,
paragraph g. reads. The duties "l IN" tu' ~
OF Yards and Docks SHAH ''1upIlSe az ma -
49, 10 the construction and maintenance ol
ali docks including drydOcks. snps MhaiN -
piers quay walls. and buildings OF an 49, t
WITHIN IN limits Of navy yards. 'haptrL
yXNttr sact,on = sueaking Of the duties OF 'hs
Co Ir..i,..., eavs. He shall have cOntrOl OF
ali evil ensineerng work. including sIch re-
pairs ard improvements as would oru orc, t .iH
require the services ~ ~. engineer anu 49,
he held responsible for the proper perior'''""'7
Of the same -. f,or,rass
The regulations are law. adopted 10y Con Ld'ne
and approved by the President ana 49, are
10 section "a Of the Revised statutes. ar
subject TO alterations adopted IN tne So
manner The regulations as iaid doW Is,s ma
been set aside by the order OF tae and moi
Secretary simply sent an oruer anu -
issued as an amendment to the regulat,ons;; ~, ms
II the quoted decision OF the Court Oh 81. had
will stand II would seem that so'i'e 0NN