New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-23
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Violet Orris
CARRYING on Defence PLA NS
BIG GUNS START TO-DAY FOR SEATTLE
AND TORTUGAS.

-,,, ropre noO.x TIE BAY NEXT TO DE CON
xrcrrn ny CABLE WITH GOVERNORS
rsrAXD-AN OFFICERS EXPl'ANA-
TON OF THE PREPARATIONS
AND THEIR VALUE.
The prospect OF an outbreak OF hoS''n''e
Spain is more imminent now then AT III! P,,
time" said an Army officer at Governor is'a ,,
,o...rdov n ropcrer for The Tribune Inc
tension Of feeling is greater than ever as III. &c
suit OF the inquiry in'o the causes OF 'ne a".'
disaster put apart from that the CAIN an" us
passionate setting forth by Senator PROCTOR Vi '""
cuban situation. with its attendant horrors mas
caused the sentiment in favor Of in'erVeh''o" u
grow day by day. T.,
THE Government is leaving nothing nhoo"' !"
nreparing fcr a resort 10 arms. and men ana eu''
oro NOW IN readiness at every point We arc re-
cru,tinC Tho new artillery regiments slowly as "o
man over thirty years old IL enlisted, ana rec "'
must not be married and must possess Suri.'e'.
knowledge Of arithmetic 10 read tho fractional
figures 0, computation for firing moocrA guns
after range finders and charts have been uSeu 10
de,er,nine the direction and elevation OF the art'-
lnrv To train the new men quickly. detachmchtS
OF the men now in service will be cetaileu 10 e"'"
new company so that the proportion VIII DE NV"
old mon 20 sixty new ones and in this way the
awkward squads will quickly be drilled Tor 'he'i
duties To facilitate tho work men VIII De Ua"S
ferred from interior posts 10 the seaboata iofts
where the new regiments arc to be stationed
...rhe work of putting the Army on war roofing
will be done ms soon as Congress authorizes H. II
Will moi take long 10 Increase the force or infantry
II necessary for the militia OF all the states NUM-
boring about one hundred and thirteen thousailu
men will be at available THIS. win ,ne
Regular Army Of twenty-seven thousand. makes
hundred and forty thousand men re2nE 10 'a ne
The field With our Navy increased by all the
available auxiliary vessels which can he armorsd
and armed the United States viii soon be ready
General Wesley Merit, left his headquarters on
He said tina: the routine OF his department was
undisturhed. and expressed no Apprehension or any
serious contingency in the near future. Al the
Ouarternastcr'S Bureau contract was AWARDED
Yesterday to the Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany for transporting two i2-irch flneu cannon
and four S-inch ones: with tier GisapPear.ng c:r
rlages TO Seattle The guns. watch weigh twenty
five hundred tons at the Proving froundS ~
Sandy Hook and tho carriages. which weigh nlteeh
hundred tons are at the IA tory in Waterto"n
Mass From Seattle the armament VIII ne taken
bv boat up Puget Sound TO tie new fort. which mas
been constructed commanding the STRAIT OF Juan
de Fuca . n
IL East River 10 tho Dry TO-tugaS to-day WIN
two Pinch mortars four i0-lnch rihed cannon and
two s-nch guns. which have been pat aooafd her
after being tested at Sandy Hook. large guam
ttty OF smokelcss powder imported from Germany
has been sent to Kew West from the New-h orK
Arsenal and prepare tons have been made 70 con-
meet the several forts down the Bay with IN" new
Communication from headquarters on Governor
Island as soon the cahl" IS LAID. tn" WorK IS
under the supervision Of Captain James Alien OF
the Signal Corps