New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-21
TROOP SHIPS AT NEWPORT NEWS'
eorDIERs NAY GO ON THE YALE. THE H!Af'-
YARD LA GRANDE DUCHEsSE AND


Newport News Va June 20 (Speclap~h =
reported here to-day that OF the troops no" ~
camn AIger Virginia. the 9th and Sth Masso
chusetts 9th Illinois and 81 Virginia VIII ~ -
Santiago in the next few days on the auxilar|
cruisers Yale and Harvard the Plant liner La
C;rande Duchesse and the Phoenix liner 81 Ma
mock. big freghter, inspected here TO-DAY
Unusual preparations are now making abol''
the Yale and the Harvard. and snpyard EN-
ploves are said 10 he busy providing accoh'mo
dations for the troops aboard the ships
La Grande Duchesse returned this evening
from a highly satisfactory sea test OF engines
and boilers, and has been leased BY the 'o'-
ernr,ent as a transport. The crew or tne snip
werc cheering wildly as she tied mp AZ tne
wharf The cause Of their JOY was found ~ Tie
fact that the Duchesse had developed speed
If t,venty-three knots The contract speed Of
tho Duchesse was only seventeen knots.
Naval Constructor Woodward and several
other naval officials went aboard the Phn'hN
liner 81 Marnock this morning and Inspector
the ship with a view to leasing her as 'ra'S-
mart She is regular freighter plying between
this port and Hamburg and Rotterdam hah''"'
by Funch Edge e. Co. II is stated that 'oH-
srructor Woodward ma le a Favorable report ~"
the St Marnocks fitness for tran9poTA'"
purposes
I; is further stated that tho naval oftoets s'a
toned here will inspect several other ships WI"
the same object in view.
These preparations would seem 70 ind'cd''
,hot no ,roons are 10 he transported on the
ships now in these waters from either N"NPo''
Novs or Norfolk. This point "oulh 10 "'''
convenient as tho troops could pe 'r""SPo'
directly from Washington over the CHESAPEAKE
and ohio Railroad. OF could he sent 'I"'' van
ineton 10 Old Point Comfort by boat
The four ships above mentioned can conlo''"
hi, carry five thousand troops. II the four
sailed together however. the -. Marnock wouIu
hold the speedier vessels back. as she can on'Y
make ten knots on tho ssa.
Six hundred and nfty tons of subsistence are
nov. stored in the warehouses Of the Chesapeake
end ohio Railroad a; the piers and fifty tons oi
CARTRIDGES are now at the Navy Yard waiting 70
ho transferred TO the Yale ana the Harvard.
Tho subsistence was brought here from New
Work. on the steamc.s Od Dominion and the
Jatnestown. and consists OF canned meats. veg
tables and fruits and crackers ana Du,t"'' ~
cartridges were sent TO the Navy fald ny me
take and the Yale went down 70 old POINT lhlS
morning 10 receive them There are thousanG
cases each case containing five hundred p-MlI-
metre cartridges The subsistence and ainmuh-
ton are for ;hc Army at Santiago ana "uah'd
namo. ,-,
! number Of the shipyard's most expor.enceI
and skilled marine engineers nave eh!,S'eu
aboard the Yale and the Harvard and VIII go
south on them They have been rated as thlrd
assistant engineers.
The shipvard to-day received official notice TO
discontinue all work on the plans Of the Bra
lillian cruiser Nlctheroy. and take no tuTln..I
preparati9ns 10 arm or armor the snip. 40
reason for this step was given in the telegram
~ Commodore Uichborn and the officials IN
consequence can give out nothing POSITIVE az
70 the future OF the foreign warship The con
cluslon drawn by the officials ana haNdt A.
.arhhs however IS that an inspection Of the
SHIN nv the officers at the Brooklyn Navy YARD
resulted in the discovery OF defects as 20 con
struction and machinery, and caused the De-
,arftnart 10 reject the vessel one officer is re-
sponsible for the statement that the Nictheroy
win not be used as a warship. but may pe used
transport . ,,.,,o,
The Newark will not return 10 Hampton
Roads until tomorrow morning after daybreaK'