Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
The Admirals Maneuvers De-
tailed in Report by His
Chief of Staff
GOOD EXERCISE FOR OFFICERS
Tactical Drills by Division of Much
Benefit to the Navy-Justice shiras
of the Supreme Court to Retire Dur
ing the Present Winter-Navy De-
partment to Protect Sailors.

/ Washington, Dec. 31.-The navy de-
partment yesterday made public the
following extract from a letter of Rear
Admiral Taylor, Admiral Dewey's chief
of staff, relative to the Caribbean ma
| neuvers:
Dec. 10, 1902.--If the drills go we'll,
we shall probably have done all that
Admiral Dewey wants TO do some time
| in the week beginning Monday, Jan. o,
and ending Saturday, Jan. 10.
..The tactical drills by division were
| much needed. The fourth division mas
made considerable progress. The d.
vision of four battieships. when they
worked together, did not require mucn
drilling, as they had previously had
good deal.
| .The plan now is to begin working
the entire fleet under Admiral Dewey
during the week beginning Monday,
Dec. 20. and if their Improvement Justl-
fies it we will take up some battle ey-
buttons, with the cruiser divisions dis
There Will likewise be blockade
problem and then / think 1t VIII De
time for the dispersal
zone half the task was done when we
had the vessels assembled. A large
fraction of the remainder was done
when we perfected the fleet organlza-
ton and taught the individual ships TO
look to their individual squadron COM
manders and, for these commanders IN
turn to look ito the commander-1n-
chief. This has not been easy for we
have practically never had fleet or
ganization, but have worked three ships
and thirty ships under the same squad
ron organization.
e We have had but few nlishaps so
far, only crack in the Chicago's steam
pipe, which is being repaired, and a.
slight injury to the bow of the torpedo
boat Biddle which has been fixed.
All are very enthusiastic over the
new system of training for gun pointers
and loading drill. Everybody agrees
that the assembling of the shifts is a
good scheme and very beneficial to all
hands,"
The secretary of agriculture has Is
sued the annual order establishing a
quarantine against number of south
ern and western states on account OF
the southern or Texas fever. The quar-
antine against Texas and Oklahoma Is
made a month earlier this year, taking
effect ian. /, but it is not operative
against the other states until Feb. j.
Txcept ia This. respect the- -pi,aX ionss
of the order are identical with that in
previous years.
Justice Shiras of the supreme court
of the United States will retire some
time during the present winter. The
date has not yet been fixed, and can not
be until certain cases which have been
argued and other eases which have
been set for re-argument, have been
disposed Of Mr.. Shiras however, VIII /
retire during the present session of
congress, IN order that his successor {
may be confirmed before the adjourn I
mont. Among the names proposed as I
his successor is that of William III, |
Taft, civil governor of the Philippines. /
The navy department will adopt her.
ole measures to protect the enlisted 4
men at the Puget Sound navy yard, +
near Seattle Wash, from the evil in
nuences which exist at Bremerton. An 4
official report received yesterday from
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, in COM
mand of the yard, details a deplorable I
state of affairs in Bremerton, and Act
ing Secretary of the Navy Darling is
sued an order which will have the eff
feet of keeping naval vessels away
from that station in the future until
the nuisance is abated Gambling re-
sorts and disorderly houses, the report
49,, i,,.,t ct 10 r, q
especially when one of the war vessels I;
is in port, and as the government has 4
no other means of protecting the men +,
from the attendant evils it was decided /,
to force the local authorities to take b
action by keeping ships away from the 4
yard.
Harry King, chief, and Ffzd P. Metz
ger. assistant chief, of the /eaughtsmen
division of the general land offices,
submitted their answers, denying the |,
charges against them of conduct detri-
mental to government interests. The
answers are separate and the specific
charges are denied in detail, tho some
of the statements of fact are admitted
with the contention that there was nc
infraction of law or regulations.
Yesterdays statement of the treas
ury balances in the general fund, ex-
elusive of the s15o,000D0O gold reserve
in the division of redemption, shows:
Available cash balances, $211, 212,267 T,
gold, s120,200.5 sos
The commissioner 4of patents has
rendered a decision announcing that it
is against public policy for the office to
lend its sanction to the use of the
presidents name by registering any
trademark thereforf without his ex-
press consent.
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