New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-19
WORK OF THE NAVAL BOARD
TWO MEMBERS ADDED TO The pOD
EXPEDITE THE TAsK-THE Vho'
sEI,s INSPECTED.

,. y, tho members Of the Board OF
Naval Officers engaged In inquirine in'o III, 800
Utility OF impresslng into the use VI w -.
States such auxiliary cruisers ana o'"e' .-
croft as could be made use OF In war was M -,
v,sterday To The five members. presided over ~
1I..,. poagare Lieutenant Commander keader
a, Tho schoolshlp St Marys ard {. y Dahlo't H. "
poss.d assistant civil engineer. or the ne" ~,
Navy Yard we're added. AFTER Sese''' "
rooms 4 the Supervisor Of III" Harpor III '"o Wy
floor OF the Army Building. NO 80 " ,,.
tho members OF the Board made an onlciai WIS.,.
=, ,n.o,ton N tho vessels of the Ward Line and
iooLod over the features to which attenuo" ""u
becn called In the plans on file with the 1'a''
Department o,xo,o Tho
Tho vessels inspected Included the Orizana. inc
Saratoga the Seneca and The Yumuri Inc huii,'ei
~ Guns placed on any one Of these vessels VIII DC
determined by the number avaiInbIe "heh my nv
fitted up II this is determined upon $50
Offer. have been made to the Board OF the 10
Dorado and the Excelsior, OF the Morgan Inns
now in port and c. L. Allen. OF the CromweIl Line
was In conference with the members yesVe'""S "
regard to use being made OF the creole anu '''0
Knickerbocker belonging to this company
yes,.rdav afternoon Captain Rodgers and Lieu
tenant Sargent went in the Government '"s ~
s. Lamont to Staten Island. to inspect lne S -,
piot-boat NewYork belonging to the SAM han on
pilot Association the use or wnch mas ucva , ns
fcred to the Government. together Wtn we 81 w. The
OF any all pots, as altesdy heiitias ~ he
a..
New-York have been fully tested. ana She "Vu,u
he likely to prove OF great service as d u'sp"'O"
Before leaving the Army Building Yesterday one one
he members said: "On instfuctlOHS tio', W
Navy Department. with which We are, ~ - 49,
hourly communication, the Board, Whicn nas u po "a
Increased i'm size 10 expedite It's work. mas iesuir
The Inspection Of the large vessels ana VIII @
,Inon them As fast we reacH Colciu,'' Il,
ranort 10 Washington setiirC forth Wni' ~',r
NO ha 20 examined what terms they can DC PuI =
cha sed or chartered upon and whether we Iecoith
n,nnd skfnr them or no. We do NOT make pun
liz here any OF conclusions ana tney ar ~
learned through the owners. We sHal go ~ " 80
orr work tomorrow and continue inspecting sea
o Gun, Craft We inspected the Ward Line steamers
and the pilot boat New-York to-day. IL mhy tane
a week for the completion OF our task w m"a .
to give a full and detailed account OF All thn W.
sells that are In any way desirable Tor use !" the
The Board also inspected the sci toners carrie T.
lana and Flora Morang, belonging to ID. - yea.
hnrn which have been offered 10 the Navy Depart
ment Among the yachts under CONSIDERATION arc
,bo Columbia tho Conqucror the Alicia. the or
Elncnor A naval officer said yesterday that many
more Yachts had been offered. 49,,
The suggestion made yesterday that INC
Naval Reserve would be ready 70 man the alixilary
feet OF vessels taken by tho Government Tor ser
Contsin W /, Field who has temporarily hil'd
tho most of Supervisor Of the fiarhor since Lieu
tenant 7 r Parker was detached from dulv IN
th,t of7ce Ia he succeeded by Lieutenant ON
mander y J. X Patch. Of the Navy Denartment
a. Washington IN fcw days. CAPTAIN FIo'd VIII
then resume his duties ms recruiting officer Tor
the Navy nj No. sc South-s, to which he Is reeu-
IL rly 1ntalled