New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
gIRBoR WORK INSPECTION
49, CONTINUED THIS WEEK Pr GEN
~ 49, ERAL MERRITT.
70 BE VISITED NExT-ApD1-
-,xs OF DEFENcE RECOMMENDED
-s,cAL pQrIPMEN7 SPECIALLY
-,r,-arrs FOR SHELTER

--p,cA1 Equipment SPECIALLY
xrrorD-plrs FOR sHELTEr-
TENTS FOR TROOPS.
..,o- y. the exact condition ~ The
~he ,t,b the protection Of he CRY ~
'o7,s ~ a.,.,ds was no. continued Yesterday
Ne" -.a-s y Inspection % HaToo- pelen'e'
~ W ~ =. General Wesley Merritt commanoihe /
-,.,.~t-ert o. the East. and some o. ms ON
80 re vo-k however. will Ne taken NJ Z
CIV ..--o--ov The survey % mo iortnca'lohs I
So So. sortho-n entrance or New-NorS hay' neeu,
s. we -, -. r-,~,e Wadsworth on Staten Island and /
- ~ Sandy Hook. vii 10 continued ny /
.. - vo-. Hamilton. N IN" hoTo1sh OF b'ooh-
=. fs M. vet settled whether General Merrl' ,
Nn ....,-os % nav his Official visits - ne |
-. +rc eastern entrance 10 this port a. tn's
- -, a recent inspection % tner was MADE ~
~, ,,ues General G-c-ly and Lieutenant
80 t-ir,bau. resulting in recommendations tor
0-..o .bs means ~ defence az the throat of
-. Sound ,,-,.. -. ..o-,
g. certain increases r. the facilities Tor using
~ b.s. advantage tho armament % the forts
- ,.,s,.o5 Among tho things needed are addi-
- -orgs- 4-icrs and electrical apparatus Tor
49, q, connection with them. together with electric
,.r..,-r ar4 dy1amos 'or equipp.ng power'ul
,.,-ohrghts which NAV prevent the unonserVeo
.,n-oa-s under cover % darkness OF aTIHoreo pax
-, 81. ne ~ -s-nedo-dee' covers.
=. bids W. ho opened in Washington tomorrow
d.. large amount = ~irf 20 be used IN connec-
t.- v-h .ha electrical equipment 81 oil seahoaro
TO-. both for submarine and aerial service " J,
.,.as -ra. az recent competitive hool"s MI
49, vo-s accepted at 10 matter what hgures
-oriie- tho supply could Dc furnished inside o.
49, DAYS The demand has caused great ac-
.,,.,. i- ne insulated wire trede and il Is believed
.ba. al nat 1iu be warted WI BE- rfacy TOY use
r short ;ir,e
~ activity n az ways fc- making ready for
rrfr.~- .rHnf
se-v,r4 Sc going forward WITH no abatement o. en-
ar~v Direction have been given 20 Army of''ers
, sA,a~. all available ground near this CITY fo7 me
.--ar,n-1er, - troops. and 20 secure opllohs 10y
80 purchase c. lease o. such terr'tor5 a. MAJ "
de,,,a6 desirable y he Quartermaster's Depart
men. \, .n4 Army Building yesterday afternoon
bids for she,ter-tents and poles were opened RIO
,osals were asked for - ~ sheltertenf halves aho
"a 20 noles Five bids were received ranging 4o'
go tents % neavv duck. from $ 20 = p 10Y ca"
haf and FOR the poles from , cents 20 . Gems
.a.h The loves. bidder ag-eed 20 furnish al the
-. d., ,wo weeks after the order was given
onA bidder wanted 80 days 10 Ill the order ne
,-onosas were desired In order 20 test the marNe'
and 70 see what j, would cos 20 ge 1000" sh'''t'-
tents In an emergency. The BIDS were s'"' 80
VA Department At Washington
All the Army officers stationed az ne ARMY '-.'u
&c s-e extremely busy. Said one % them Jester
dsv. II war breaks out I would have 10 oO1o'e
nv force "a once. FOR then We ~oulH 40 a""' ".
all this red-tape business and proceed 20 se'
thing wanted in the open marAeN ~" 49,.
required TO make public offers ior pias. anu -
,ne-, IN he hulletin-board in this oul'oi"s
II sion, under shelter-tent." said i'eSu'a'
49, o4car who entered the service VIZ" wa, 49,,
Civl War broke out ior si.ITs et the TOP and
aa-s IL holds them up Two men steep tnoe' s me
one cove ea Sbras or tonr pounds Tie tent kees
M -ain and dew and Is mucA % Yer 80 ~, III
in he open. l never caught cc'a S'es''"s
Is expected that the new fsrry 2oa, .sed 10
riy between Governors Island ana ne - pa.
rert slip adjoining the barse D .o.,,~rcO, The
tseydents on he island where ne an - IN.
as -, ,he oficers attached thereto are -usteG
greatly ENJOYING 'amee-5eS o. tho small s-ean.
y, .tis--ic which has been me only means o.
reaching town for years Ihere II - a ,--,1,s
- s.ve<sl hundred persons on eioverno's is.alr
srort fortv children come 20 the c.i! 70 a.. 49, .i-
s,.ic "a cross the ferry. while ne menus ~
,he.- families are called 10 'oM" ,-Sss,,-s some
20. ge charge o. Is cents was made To- 60
Ig 20 or coming ae ron ade When Genera Hancock
.noJyt cchs-ee however the fare was abolished anq
&c -c,,-r- t-ips were introduced. The 70" -
= os,c,,s and comfortable and FUZZY io1I
times as large he one II ret.a a o. - owe-
e. Se- men and women. and a CABIN %, on
Ind their families OF the s-.ol- reiard mill
,ew boa. has been lying a. HoEel,,oi S,'hi'i.r o-s
tsrv prisoners have been a. Work soruOO'"E INV
tleaninC the wooc~ork $500, -. hos.fii,,.s has
,-onsed much interest among The neut.r- 81 i.e
FAMILIES o, officers living ~ ne 'Io'rri'l- ." -
81 Governors Island. YesieTdaE ne 49, 49, 80 80
rsr a.tached 10 the Department siaf me- on .be
s.--.t,a- ulving hetwocr the Battery an" -"'
yoa-. OF Governors Island. .... .. oo-.i-,,o
go Won mink & Will 10 safe 'oI y -, 20 t',,i-ed
re Were we do II re war comes inquired
I-e v,.h some anxiety 49,, 49, .yv. VII be
A. sate here In New-York Bay az New- OK 80
. Nv husband says that none o. me p,1,es
ra-ships are able 20 shoot more "a. - - u.i,bou
80 Inv cant get within So mice o. h'l -
80 s..-k ~ our big guns - SANDY Hooh ~
49, yth e- extreme range Of twelve Inlies. "-,
49, -. ei.,,sts hem so as 70 get range OF
,,4r ak miles vi'houi danger thar me 'e'O' "-''
tr.re WI s' r. ~ .siS the rrst chat they cant
80. 90 Ear or we would all have % 20 out IN me
TodSv promises 10 be busy one a. ne Wi os
po,-- fc-'iacafions and at tho new forihcallo
b..-g e-ected az ,he east end % Long lsiand or
ruu and Plum Islands. Orders ma te pt'lt rf
ha; The unfinished work must p@ Ia arne as or
The cadets from West Point who arrived on Fri.
rrle-s por, IN LAYING suhmar!ne mines ahn 'pl
nedoes n Long Island Sound Work started a,
Wllets point at : a Yesterday ana con'ih"''
r vii lake a week or two vet 70 finish the worx
b. Gull and Plum Islands. and then m" appioa.m
10 the Sound VII be gSaroeaa' ,hs Sound rom The
pecan the ,or's a. Willets Point on Davin Is"il"
and Throg's Neck would have 20 be lass C a.
,oun, Of the thorough manner In which me Soi-u
has been mined with tOrpecoea tnls j. r"edI.'" -
Impossible Tor ne ren IN me 'or,s ~ The water
before she succeeded . getting pas "'ie's UNI
D. For's Slccuu and Schuyler
RALLY IN MOST STOCKS
ALL HOPE or PEACE NOT ABANDONED ~ WALL