New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-15
S.vv YARD GLAD TO HEAR THE NEWS.
cnrws LIKELY TO START SOON TO BRING THE
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PRESSED FORWARD.
I'll. ofrcers and buejackets a, the Navy Yard
.y,ncea a lively satisfaction yesterday afternoon
over the dispatches announcing the purchase ~
the United States OF the Amazonas ana the Au
m,ral Breu Admiral Bunce and his senior a'u'
captan Gilmore read the cable dispatch WIN eN'-
dent satisfaction and each said ne was gao 20
n.ar the news When the other officers heard OF
4, they were equally well pleased. as were a'so 'e
bluetackets and marines in the YARD.
Just what ARRANGEMENTS will be made for the
rranr,nr OF the newly purchased vessels coud not
be definitely ascertained. but the general impress
sion is that the Navy Department VIII assign '"o
csptains eight deck officers. two navigators ana
sufficient number of engineers. together win sea
men, fremen and coal passers and they VIII 20
over 10 Europe and bring the vessels here Neither
will have ANYTHING like a full complement or men,
however until she reaches this SIDE OF the A'en1N
The Navy Yard was a scene Of unwonted activity
again yesterday. Large supplies OF stores anu am
munition were shipped from the yard 10 the Meet
at Key West and lighter owned by private per
sons and not hitherto used by the Government
about the ward was pressed into service 10 trans
port the supplies 10 and from Fort Lafayette
Thirty Whitehead torpedoes were sent TO the meet
Work on the Dolphin, which Is lying at the 'oo
Dock is being rapidly pushed along, while the
workn,en On the Chicago and Atlanta are also
busy
Thirty-three marines from the Vermont were sent
South YESTERDAY having been assigned TO the
Minneapolis The 6-inch rapid-fire gun which mas
FOR a long time been on the Vermont was taken
of and will be placed the cruiser Philadelphia
A large number of men anx !ous to enlist got
passes from the gatekceper and went over to the
receiving ship Vermont to-day. Seamen Hacnln
lists. backsmi,hs and fremen were In demand nnt
only small percentage OF the appnSta,nSs was
accepted, the physical examination when eacn
man had to undergo being so eXaoting that only n
few were enrolled.
Tests Of the new drydock were continued yester-
DAY and Const- actor Bowles said in the after
noon that he vas well satisfied with them, ana
that the work of removing the coffer-dam would
be begun in few days. The casson at the en-
trance 10 the drydock was subjected 10 another
test Yesterday and, although found to be slightly
warped and leaky around the baskets, II Is in as
| good shape as expected and did not leak much
The removal ~ the Golfer dam will involve the TAX
ing away OF large quantity of timber and the
dredging OF earth that has been piled up TO keen
the strain away from the structure. AS soon as
used. While MIR. Bowles does not expect to ge;
much OF it before May l. he says that
enough Of the cofer-dam could be removed 10 allow
a vessel pass through by April /. II there were
an urgent demand for IT,
The court-martia Of Cv'l Engineer Menocal has
been indefinitely postponed. owing TO the somewhat
serious illness OF Mr.. Menocal. who suffered par
tial stroke Of paralysis a week ago