Evening star., 1898-03-26
New York Ready to Furnish Men to
Man Monitors.
RETIRED OFFICERS UNDER ORDERS
Active Enlistment for the Navy at
San Francisco.
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR;

fH6 HIS III reply TO a communication from
the Navy Department as 10 whether New.
York state could furnish sufficient men Of
the naval reserves to man two of the old
me nitors at Philadelphia and take them to
New York harbor, has replied that 1t can,
and will. send many men as may be
needed at the call of the Navy Department.
RepnirinE the Monitors.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. March 26-Acting
under orders flom the Navy Department at
Washington, two of the old monitors now
at League Island navy yard were placed
III the dry dock for repairs.
The two boats docke1 were the Catskill
ard Nahant. All of the monitors now at
the navy yard will be repaintel, ani other
repairs necessary to put them in con i:tion
for fighting viii be made
Special orders were received today to put
the Catskill in the dry dock first, the others
to follow until each has been thoroughly
overhauled. Three shifts will be placed at
work on the fighters. so that work will
continue Gay and night The men in charge
OF the COCK anticipate rapid progress, for
three years ago two of these Old fighting
vessels were docked ani the bottoms found
to be in excellen: condition
II was found that two OF the monitors
could be rlaced in the dry dock at the same
time, and the Nahant being considered tne
most available of the old craft, was placed
In with the Catskill. The Jason will 60 in
late in the day.
Inc cruiser Columbia will not sail for
Hampton Roads until Monday at d"ybreak.
She will be followed by the Minneapolis a
few days later. 1t was stated today that
the Miantonomoh would probably sail with
III a week, but her destination could no, be
learned.
Enlistment 1t San Francfsco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 2s-The
naval rendezvous in this city has received
orders from Washington to enlist first-cIass
hreElen oilers, mechanics and able saamen
for service. The orders do not indicate that
there is any restriction to be placed Oil the
lumber of men that shall be enlisted. AT
the Mare Island navy yard rush orders
have been received to place the Phil:,del-
rhia, Charleston and Yorktown in commis-
SIGN. The ships are to be gotten ready for
sea Immediately. Survey steamers are to
abandon their present work. The list in
cludes the Gedney, whicn has been detailed
TO survey work on the Yukon; Tie Patter-
son, which had been ordered to southern
Alaska, and the Macarthur, which was to
have made surveys in San Francisco bay.
CHICAGO March 26.-Naval officers on
the retired list who are now resident in
Chicago have received notice from the
Navy Department that they are expected
TO hold themselves in readiness for service
and restoration to the active list.
Naval militiamen of Chicago are prepar-
ing for a call to instant SCI vice, and many
Of them believe that they will be en- route
IN ia OF wit in nr1.
expected from Washington directing that
the naval reserve of the lake states to be
ready for immediate duty. Twenty cases
OF Lee magazine rifles, 4GU in all, were de-
livered to the Chicago battalion last night
Work ON the Dynamite Guns.
NEW YORK, March 26-Work on the
three dynamite guns at Fort Hancock,
Sandy Hook; is being rushed. Lieutenant
Colonel Ludlow, chief of the engineer corps,
who is in charge of the work of fortifying
the lower bay and the hook, expects to
nave the guns ready for service in a week
Two shifts of men. working eight hours
each day, are engaged upon the guns In
case OF emergency the guns could be put
in shape for use in twenty-four hours.
The guns are of different sizes, according
to the tube put in them, and carry shells
of from eight to fifteen inches From sixty
to five hundred pounds of dynamite can be
carried in the shot, according to the size.
The shells are projected by air and have
an effective range Of two miles, the smaller
the size Of the shot, of course, the greater
the range.
The dynamite in even the small snot is
sufHcient to blow up the most powerful
battle ship.
The guns are on stationary carriages and
are each manned by three men.
NEW YORK, March 26.-It was an
nounced today at the Office of the bureau for
the selection of vessels for the United States
navy that Fred Gallatin's steam yacht
Almy has been purchased by the govern
ment. She will be overhauled and prepared
for naval duty at the Brooklyn navy yard.
The Almy was built in 1880, is TT feet
long. has twenty-five feet beam and has
triple expansion engines. 1t is said that
the board has not been able SO far to reach
an agreement with M. c. D. Borden as to
the price to be paid for his yacht Sovereign.
The board wishes to purchase two large
tugs to be used as water carriers for the
fleets, and a number Of boats thought to
be suitable for this purpose have been ex-
amtned.
: A member of the board said today that
eye,,. sea-going vessel In this harbor or
due to arrive In the near future has been
offered 10 the government.
The reported purchase Of the steamer
.Cbaimette is officially denied.
America With Steam I'm,
NEW YORK. March 26-The light house
authorities of Tompkinsville have received
orders to keep half steam up on the big
steel light house tender America, which Is
expected to be ordered to either the Nor.
folk or Brooklyn navy yard to be fitted.
with torpedoes and five-inch guns.
Recruits From the Lakes.
PITTSBURG. Pa. March 26-Within the
next two months the great lakes and lake
cities will send from six to eight thousand
men to join the force OF the United Sta6es
navy. according to the statemaat OF IAe9t.
r. G. Dentg Of the United States navy, now
In this city on q recruiting mission.
Eieut, Denig ID ON his way 70 Duiufh. st.
Paul, Minneapolis and other nortiiweeterI
sci4ies. far the purpose OF establishlng re-
scruit1ng stations.
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