New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24
WORK At THE NAVY VA RID.
THE BUFFALO PLACED OFT OF COMMIS-
SION AND LAID UP FOR REPAIRS.
CIVIL ENGINEER WHITE SUSPENDED FOR THREE

CIVIL ENGINEER WHITE SUSPENDED FOR THREE
YEARs-woUNDED SAILORS Doing WELL
business at the Navy Yard for the last week has
been confined mainly to the work on the small YES
sells which have come in for repairs. The WORK
on the Chicago and the Atlanta has gone along
without any serious hitch. and the larger VeSse' Is
ready for her guns. which will be along soon. The
work OF mounting them will be pushed ahead. bn'
In the yard IN, is thought to be little chance that
the swift and powerful cruiser viii have any
active share In the naval operations in Southern
waters The Buffalo. which has been the subject
OF a good deal Of comment, has been placed out OF
commission. and she will no; be likely TO get 10 sea
again for long time, she is 70 be entirely To-
modelled and reitted. This vessel. from which so
much was expected is now generally regarded as a
white elephant" on the hands Of the Navy Depart
ment. and It viii be expensive job to get her
into n condition where she can be OF any service
to the Government
The gunboat Newport. Commander Il. +. Ihley.
was taking on coal and stores all day yesterday
and Is expected to start for Key West today at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon. Her last visit TO the yard
when she came In for stores and slight over
hauling previous 10 starting on the NicaragIal
Canal expedition.
A ferryboat from Boston. the Governor Russell,
has been fitted out a gunboat for service in some
OF the harbors OF Cuba. and was ready TO start
her voyage yesterday afternoon. Another dis
tniing ship the Rainbow. has to the yard for
some fittings. and WIFI be started South as soon as
she can be equipped. which will DE IN "A short time
The big auxiliary cruiser Harvard. which was
uscl TO bring Spanish prisoners North. arrived In
port yesterday. and stopped off Tompkinsvile for
coal il IS not known that she is In need OF any
extended repairs. and she is not expected at the
yard on this trip.
The verdict o. the court-mart,al In the case o.
Civil Engineer L. s G. White for negligence IN the
construction Of DrydOck 40. was received at the
yard with many expressions OF regret. but Il was
tod NJ IN IL nNlu de To-
t65t some Statements he had made al the trial ~
his superior officer Cvil Engineer Menocal. w.re
carlinr the inspec.on az tho pj'e-Iriyng work per
case Civil Engineer White will be- suspended from
the service for three years remaining on tnrIough
pay This viii prevent him from ever reaching The
place OF senior officer Of the corps. and Is regarded
severe punishment.
pltal. In Flushng-ave.. are improving rapidly Many
90 them now are able 10 leave ther cots. ana they
man; the seaman. VINO was Ia ny !hlui"l' n,'s an
invalids chair fl moving around the ward Mcik',
with an empty s.eev" az his Side" lie was on me
Iowa at San Juan. when piece ~ n lo-i1rh shell
DR. Bioodgood receives daily large quantities %
relief supplies from all parts o. the country on
Friday eighteen boxes containing dencaci's ana
supplies were received from the Red Cross naXt-
ares In Boston. The Solace i also receiving boxes
Robert Volz of the eunboa: Nashville IS a patient
~ the Naval Hospital lie was struck four times
e on on Of the ,is boats IT,. of Geh
we were seven,y-nve yards of shore" said Volz.
when the spaniards concealed behind sandworks
opened fire. We had a steam launch and four
other boat The launch had a gun. and the men
IN the boats carried revovers and rifles The FIRST
IN the back Just below the \ minute later
TWO bullets tore across my breast and third pene-
Spaniar1s were So close that their Effective shots
dangerous wounds" Noiz IS recovering san''a'-
tOrily.