The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-06

engineers. for direction I'm planting sub
marine mines.
Details Of engineers are TO be sent to-
day or tomorrow to plant torpedoes in
front Of the fOrtifications at Boston. Fort
Washington. on the Potomac; Ports
mouth, y. H.: Portland, Me; Fort Moul
trie, :. g, and Fort Point, protecting Gal
weston. Texas.
Brooklyn Gunrdsmen.
New York, April 6.-All the armories
Of the Second Brigade. Brooklyn. were
crowded with enlisted men and officers
last evening preparing their uniforms
and equipments for active service. All
the regiments are recruiting largely, and
before next headquarters night Mon
day the brigade will have gained con-
siderably I'm membership. Active prepar-
atoms are being made in the Twenty
third Regiment to put that organization
on q thorough war footing Efforts are
being made TO secure officers for every
company i'm the regiment there being
several vacancies. Company L. which
the adiuiant general threatened 10 dis
band II a better showing was not imme-
diately made has been saved by Col
Smith detailing First Lieut. II. De Witt
Hamilton. OF Company q. to command
il. and permitting twenty one men
from Company g To take transfers TO II.
Gustave r. Bookman has Just been Sc
lected second lieutenant Of Company a
Of the Fourteenth Regiment. Company
G, Of the same organization. will elect
a second lieutenant tonight. The Wom-
ems Auxiliary Corps OF the New York
National Guard is now thoroughly or
ganized and have begun active work.
bridgeport Volunteers.
/ Bridgeport. Conn. April CA reserve
military company is being organized in
! this city and 4 public meeting is to be
held IN a few nights 10 raise funds for
. its CONTINENT Already coo names of
/ volunteers have been secured. who stand
ready TO go 10 war in defense of their
countrys honor.
Jersey Reserves.
New York April 6-Members of the
/ Battalion OF the East. Naval Reserves OF
J New Jersey. have been ordered by Com
mander Washington Irving to report at
the L s. S. Portsmouth, at the foot of
/ Fourth avenue. Hohoken, tomorrow af
! ternoon.
IL is said that a detachment Will then
start for the League Island Navy yard 10
/ take the monitor Montauk to Portland,
Me.
RcpudIate Hanna.
/ Pittsbure, April 6.-The Chamber OF
/ Commerce and the Pittsburg Presbytery
! both passed resolutions yesterday on the
/ war situation. The "peace-at-any price
men. spurred on by kilograms from
Hanna. made strenuous efforts TO have re
solutions approving the peace policy Of
the President adopted by both bodies.
oil rIa.sfs1
however. and resolutions Of 4 warike
nature were adopted by both bodies by
large majority.
shipping Proiectilcs,
Reading. Pa April "a shipment OF
400 5-inch projcctiles was made today
from the Carpenter Steel Works in Chi
cago. in response to an order from Wash
ington TO 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 G.-An order came to
the BROOKLYN navy yard from Washing
ton last night TO put force Of 800 al
work on the Chicago and that she must
be gotten ready for service as soon as
possible.
Barbette Gums.
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
,,Ian 10 mount at all of these places a
nurober Of barbette guns. The argument
over this has been between the older
heads Of the Army one side and the
Younger ones on the other. The younger
school swears by the modern disappear
,ny p,in 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 a modern rified breech-
loader mounted on top of the fortinca-
lions in a turret. or barbette, is never
out of order and always ready TO nght
Gen Miles is said 10 be a strong advo-
cate Of tho barbette gun, ana II Is De-
lieved that il is upon his recommended
ton that il has been decided to put in
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 e.-Captains of mer-
chant vessels are having much trouble
in keening their crews. because the men
wish to enlist in the Navy and fight for
! their country i'm the event of war. Heroic
1 ,,,aa sllres have to be adopted to hold
l them.
| Frank Petersen. ]. 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,
1 Venezuela. under Captain II. Wallace,
| who is also owner of the vessel
| They were brought before Commissioner
| Shields Shipping Commissioner Keenan,
said the real reason they did not want to
go was on account of impending war.
! Sailors who have signed on outgoing YES
| sells are trying in all sorts of ways to
| eyade their contracts so that they may be
! free in case war breaks out.
| German TorPedoes-