Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-07-04
ARMY AND rAVY NOTES.

\ board of survey has reported that :.
WIN cust {l2.m' 5o rut hr Peoria. now a.
u.taI IDnr,ntir.s THE. plin frr rhi< i'm
provcm,a' VIII undoubtedly hc ad1p-c..
Lieut.. Iommaudcr Stauu.nu. nag sec
rc,ary of the North AtI4lIic SuuaIr.n.
haas been relieved iIum du Il pN I'M" flag
nip \,W YORK lld ordered Ip 4pryid.
.,utl !n correction with INC i~thm.r
canal commission.
The sunboat Nashville appears 90 t3v
'hc Mississippi river. she II now II I,o..
at Norfolk ANA th- examination af h,-
bottom has shown -hgAt injuries WA.CI
will cost S2tt "a repair
At statement prepared II the navy
department shows that during the tis
cal year just closed. l6.12S men enlist
q in the naval service OF which 2fl1
We're enlisted for the war only. There
We're 19S boys under instruction.
The war department has .cc.iy,d ,lc
following additional casualties from Gen.
Dti>: kiiled-ith CaVailY. at Huntiup,,.
June - {, William Nolan: l1lh Infantry
nrlr san Ferr1ndinn 12th /, Jnhu
McHuner. Woundrd- Infantry. r,
Wm. Ii. Dineley. elbow. slight: Il, Aarna
g. Wise. wrist. slight; 5lst Iowa. q, rd-
ward +. Grown. mates. moderate.
Secretary Long said. Monday. that ne
knew nothing of the reported plan ta
have the North Atlantic squadron undet
Rear Admiral Sampson meet Aomird.
Dewey at the Azores ana escort MIN 10
the United States. 50 FAR "S he knc ".
hc plans of the North Atlantic squadron
did not contemplate their leaving the
shores Of New England.
The san Francisco Examiner prints IN
llbulatrd form 4 $tatrmcn. showing thr
cost of the transport service ON the IA
eitic coast since the war began. The t"tu,
"a, placed nj $I.93h.-lN. Of which N,22 i0a
was expended in cEIrtcring Y vessels.
The amounts spent on these transports
when they are not in actual use being
held in port either At san Francisco or
Manila is placed n S.:;N95l. The remain
der of the total cost of the service WA
used in the purchase Of vessels ana their
fittings NJ Cor coal. wafer. etc. Thc lis
urcs are not official. but are said to hc
based on close estimates
Telcgraphic adViCcs from Washington
state that Col. W. 4. Durham Of Andcr-
son. Ind. who commanded the lGlst In.
diana through the Cuban campaign, ana
who received for his regiment the high
cs, marking for sanitation and discipline
in the southern camps. has been selected
hy the war department 10 command M.
unteers who will be scnt 10 the lhil1r-
pines. He Will be commissioned colonel.
il is, understood that all of the officers Of
his old regiment viii also he commits
stoned. and that the entire regiment VIII
be given an opportunity - enlist clthcT
by companies or by battallons.
Sir w. G. Armstrong. Whitworth &
Co.. Limited, of Newcastle on Tyne,
the Well-known makers of English ord
nance, Monday. filed two suits at law
against United States naval ordnance
officers for an aggregate of 100000
damages for an alleged infringement of
of patent on trunnion bearings for
heavy guns. Admiral Charles O'Neil
chief of the bureau Of ordnance Of the
navy department. Capt Alex II. Me
Cormick, commandant of the WaShinG-
ton navy yard. and Commander Ed
win c. Pendleton. superintendent Of the
navy gunshops at the yard in Wash
ton. are named as defendants.