The times., 1898-04-07
YESTERDAYS HOLD-UP.

from the Carpenter Steel Works in Chi
cago, in response to an order from Wash
ngton 20 send all of this size as soon as
/ their inspection had been completed by
Lieutenant Werlich, who was summoned
from Bethlehem for that purpose.
Work on the Chicago.
New York April 6.-An order came to
the Brooklyn navy yard from Washing
ton last night to put force of 300 at
work on the Chicago and that she must
be gotten ready for service as soon as
| possible.
Barbette Guns.
A decision has been reached by the
| War Department which will be far reach
| ing. in that it will affect every fort on
! the seaboard. 1t is nothing less than a
! plan to mount at all of these places
number of barbette guns. The argument
over this has been between the older
/ heads of the Army on one side and the
younger ones on the other The younger
school swears by the modern disappear
| ing gun The old ones say the disappear
, ing guns are all right when in working
order. but that their mechanism is so
delicate that they are easily disarranged.
and then are useless. On the other hand
/ the barbette gun. they say. which is moth
ing more than modern rified breech-
| loader. mounted on top of the fortifica-
!
! out of order and always ready to fight.
Gen. Miles is said TO be a strong advo-
cate of the barbette gun, and it is be-
ieved that it is upon his recommenda-
tion that il has been decided TO put in
a large number of them at the earliest
possible moment. The work of putting
in the disappearing guns will. of course,
meanwhile not be discontinued.
Anxious to Enlist
New York, April G.-Captains of mer-
chant vessels are having much trouble
in keeping their crews, because the men
wish To enlist in the Navy and fight for
their country in the event Of war. Heroic
measures have To be adopted TO hold
them.
Frank Petersen. J. Cornelius, Crawford
Leslie and Martin Lanf, sailors were ar
rested yesterday on the ship Manuel r.
CuZa, which is lying south Of Governor :
Island, for refusing to sail with the ship.
The men signed to sail FOR Cuidad Bolivar,
Venezuela, under Captain II. Wallace,
who is also owner of the vessel
They We're brought before Commissioner
Shields. Shipping Commissioner Keenan,
said the real reason they did not want to
20 was on account Of impending war.
Sailors who have signed on outgoing ves-
sells are trying in all sorts of ways 10
evade their contracts so that they may be
free in case war breaks out.
German Torpedoes
Berlin April 6.-All of the purchases
made by Lieutenant Commander A. p
Niblack the United States naval attache
here in Germany and Austria have been
safely shipped. The war materials consist
, mainly of SchwartZkopp torpedoes. which
are TO be fired from vessels They have
proved TO be the most efficient in the Ger.
man navy.
The Twentieth Infantry
} Leayenworth, Kan. April G.-Ohicers OF
the Twentieth regiment composed OF
eight companies Of United States infantry
/, stationed at Fort Leavenworth received
! orders yesterday from the War Depart.
ment to be i'm readiness to move at a
moments notice.
Chocta,Y Regiments
t st. Louis, April 6.-W c. Jackson
United States Indian Commissioner a
Muscogee. Indian Territory. has inform
ed Indian Agent d. NJ. Wisdom that tn,
Choctaws are much Interested in tn,
! prospects Of war with Spain and tha
2 already two regiments have been form
ed, and that if necessary several regi
ments could he organized composed ex
cluSiVely Of the ChoCtaWS. II is also re
ported here from the Indian TerritoTy
that various tribes are organizing regi
mentS and that Mr. Wisdom is deluge,
with requests from the Indians to be al
lowed to leave the Territory and go t,
, the front in case OF war. They wan
. their own officers, the latter to act un
der the instructions Of the officers of III
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