The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-12

training ship Enterprise. has left for
Washington.
Key West. March l2-The United States
cruiser Nashville sailed yesterday morn
ing for the TOrtugas Islands with lSc
cases of oil for the fleet.
Newport. r. l.. March 12.-The torpe-
do boats Talbot and Gwin arrived here
from Bristol yesterday afternoon and
were at once turned over TO Lieut.. Com
mander MCLEAN. commandment of the
station. the boats having been accepted
by the Government They will receive
their equipment and supplies at the sta
ton and go into commission in a few
days.
Norfolk. Va March l2-The torpedo
boat Foote. is now well on her way to
Key West. which port she will make
without stop.
Seventy-five additional men were taken
on in the construction department at the
navy yard yesterday. making the total
number of employees 1850.
The Puritan came out of dry dock yes
terday morning and is ready for sea
San Francisco, March l2.-The battle
ship Oregon is to receive at once 400 tons
of ammunition, full complement. The
powder, shot and shell were brought from
Mare Island To the Oregon anchorage in
Mission Bay yesterday.
Springfield. Mass. March 12.-Orders
have been received at the National Ar
mory in this city to rush the work now
on hand and to double the force of men.
One hundred and twenty Of the krag-
Jorgensen guns are being turned out
daily, and with the same force 40 guns
a day can be finished. Three shifts Of
men could be set at work should the Oc-
casion demand. There are now on hand
about 10000 Krag-Jorgensen rifles and
about the same number of the improved
Springfield rifles.
Philadelphia. March 12.-The cruiser CO.
luIubia was taken out of the League Is
! land drydock yesterday afternoon She
will begin taking on stores at once. Am
munition viii be taken on board at Fort
7, Miffiin. just below the navy yard. The
Columbia and Minneapolis will sail south
in few days. Their destination is not
positively known. but it is said the first
port touched will be Hampton Roads.
WATERFOWL, Mass, March 12--The Uni
ted States arsenal here which has for
many years been exclusively a factory
for gun carriages and their equipment.
and for gun implements and siege. field
and seacoast projectiles. has gone into
gun manufacture. Work on the first
forged gun began on Thursday afternoon.
The weapon is TO be a three and six
tenths breech-loading field mortar of the
type now in service, and when finished
ana mounted on It's carriage. winch also
will be made at the arsenal. will be the
first equipped three and siX-tenths breeeh-
loading field piece ever manufactured by
the United States Government.
New York. March 12.-The Navy for
aggression. the Army for defense is
stated here as the general program OF
the Administration. In the Department
of the East. with Headquarters here,
and the new Department of the Gulf
nearly the whole of the Regular Army
will be modified in a few days.
The authorities have gone beyond mere
precautionary measures. They are now
acting on a large scale. because they
anticipate war.
Money for bringing the Western troops
here will come out of the $50, 100000 ma
tional defense fund.
1t is reported that General Merritt was
not assigned to the Department of the
Gulf as in the event of war he will COM
mand the army of occupation in Cuba.
In that event. General Miles may take
direct charge of the Department Of the
East with headquarters here or in Wash
ingtOn.
In case of actual hostilities a call for
volunteers may be expected, they to be
organized. drilled. and kept on waiting
orders. The regular army with access
sions from the National Guard of the
State may prove sufficient for actual op-
erations.