Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-02
Pythian entertainment tonight on ac-
count of the weather The hall will be

y lnIdH entertainment Tonight on aC-
count of the weather. The hall will be
well heated.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE
Surgeon l.. Il. Baldwin. detached from
the naval recruiting rendezvous at New
York and ordered home.
Chief Engineer j. McElmell detached
as president of the Naval Examining
Board at Philadelphia and ordered
home.
Assistant Engineer j. a. Henderson.
detached from the Bureau and Steam
Engineering and ordered home.
Passed Assistant Engineer L. w.
Wooster, detached from the naval rem
Passed Assistant Engineer l.. w.
Robinson, ordered to the recruiting rem
devious at Chicago.
Naval Constructor Hoover, retired.
detached from duty at Morris Heights
and ordered home.
Lieutenant A. j. Dabney. detached
from photographic work and ordered
home.
Naval Constructor w. l.. Montonye
detached from the navy-yard and or
dered home.
Chief Engineer C. II. Loring. detach-
ed from the Morgan and Quintard Iron
Works and ordered home.
Carpenter u. w. Perry, ordered to
examination for promotion.
Lieutenant T.. S. Jacob, detached from
the Navigation Bureau and ordered
home.
Naval Constructor r. w. Steele. re-
tired, detached from the navy-yard.
New York. and ordered home.
Lieutenant n. l.. n. Halpine. detach-
ed from the Boston photographic Office
ana ordered home.
Lieutenant l.. Flynne, detached from
duty ut Philadelphia and ordered home
Lieutenant w. NJ. Little. detached
from the naval station at Newport ana
ordered home.
Ensign w. ]. Terhune, detached from
the Terror and ordered to the Alliance.
I.ieiNenant G.. +. Cooper, detached
from the Naval Academy and ordered
to the Equipment Bureau.
Lieutenant Commander L. NJ. Sted-
man. detached from duty with the
Omaha Exposition and ordered home.
Lieutenant c. j. Badger. detached
from the Cincinnati and ordered to the
Bureau Of Equipment
Lieutenant II. p. Mcintosh. detached
from the Navigation Bureau.
Commander u. l.. Tanner. detached
from the Navigation Bureau.
tA-H-Cobb detached from
duty in connection with the war board
The Badger has sailed to join Dewey.
clearing Tuesday morning from Fort
Monroe for Bahria. Brazil. She is going
by way of the Straits of Magellan. and
carries a full supply of naval stores
The Castine, bound for Manila also.
but by the eastern route. has reported
sailing from Punta del Gorda for Glib
raltar. The Helena, another of our
Eunboats bound out to Manila, arrived
yesterday at Colombo. Ceylon. The
Brooklyn arrived at Havana yesterday
from Key West.
Tho Brooklyn. with Assistant Score
tary Allen aboard. returning from
cuba. arrived at Key West Tuesday
MIR. Allen is expected to arrive in
Washington to-day. The Nero, which
was one Of Admiral Dewey's golfers.
has arrived ut Mare Island. Cal. and
been put out of commission. The Nash
Vile has sailed for Matanzas. The
Wilmington has assembled the Orinoco
river To Cuidad Bolivar. The Vicks-
burg and Annapolis have arrived at ST
Thomas.
Upon tho application of the citizens
of the places named the Navy Depart
mcnt has assigned the following naval
vessels to represent the navy during
The Mardi Gras festivities about Feb
ruary 10: The Detroit at New Orleans.
the Nashville at Mobile and the Texas
at Galveston.
The cruiser Philadelphia sailed Tues
day from san Diego, bound. accord
ing to the official announcement, for
samoa. though she will touch en- route
ut honolulu. She should, according to
all calculation, arrive at Apia about
the LIST of March. and. by Il curious
coincidence. that is about the date of
The arrival at the same place of the
American fleet which was DESTROYED in
Apia harbor by the great hurricane Just
ten years ago. The Philadelphia is fully
equal in offensive power to the com
bined force of the two foreign war
ships now in the harbor of Apia.