New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13


this ally OF the floating force. and it remains to
provide a ship which will meet all the tactical re-
Quirements It looks however as if there would
be another naval controversy over the design Of
these scouts. there being a difference of opinion
fbS 1e e1ertS as 10 ne G9aracterscs which
tentative designs have been prepared by the naval
board on construction and it has been decided that
th a 7Tlen5 81 the shIps shs not be less
tons, sufficiently wide range to take In the varied
endurance, these ships shall have and whether
mere shan De much protection. An increase In the
capacity. The design will. therefore, be governed
ties with due regard foF the eements WRcE main main
tain a maximum speed.
NAVAL. TECHNICAL. CORPs-The naval board
Of which Rear Admiral G. A Converse is president
is having u hare time to carry the instruc-
tons OF the Navy Department and provide a
scheme by which the service shall be supplied with
naval engineers. The suggestions from numerous
sources varied, and far have not aided the
board to decision. The great trouble is to find
officers who could be employed in carrying out any
plan. The lack of commissioned personnel is the
great stumbling block for the board One radical
suggestion made is that the duties are now per
formed under the Bureau of Ordnance the Bureau
Of Steam Engineering and the Bureau OF Construc-
ton and Repair shall be combined into q technical
corps, OF which the chief shall be rear admiral
and uader whom shall come three branches COM
prsing the duties OF construction, engineering
ordnance. This would place under head all
the technical branches of the service excepting that
OF civil engineering. which Is somewhat distinct
from the other work. It is further proposed that
the personnel of this corps shall be Of permanent
assignment OF officers. and that the members shall
be chosen from among line officers who have
reached the age OF thirty years, which time
considered they Will have passed the stage OF
amateur. and Will possess experience rtpened by
this time only as Illustrating tne trend or naval
view in the matter; 1t will not be favored by the
way ont Much 81 me gaio Calculated 70 d 9t
Cr1GSi o. is q
vide naval engineers with the least possible trouble
CREWS FOR NAVAL COLLIERs-The secre-
tary Of the Navy has approved project for man
ming eleven Of the twenty naval golfers with naval
officers and enlisted men the beginning Of the
next fiscal year and to follow the same course
corAitions OF the service will permit These golfers
MILITIA OFFICERS AT ARMY SCHOOLS
General Young chief of staff Of the army has
granted the application OF number of officers Of
the Oklahoma National Guard TO attend the regular
army school for officers at Fort Sill, without ex-
pense to the government This establishes a new
militia officers.
ACCUSES OFFICER OF CRUELTY-Jn the
Supreme Court Of the District OF Columbia to-day
Morgan Josephs formerly fireman IN the United
States Navy. filed a suit against Commander
Joseph Edgar Craig. L. s N, in which he asks
damages in s25 900 for what he describes as the
''cruel unwarranted and malicious treatment he
received at the hands Of Commander Craig who
is now at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
instructions Of Commander Craig and kept for
%aa Rs II and Illegal S that Bodg and
mental suffering was the result On these grounds
subjected and the humiliation he says he
psrienced he wants damages nag Sat. -af.--.d %
alleged TO have been committed while Josephs was
Sanvi when it is stated he placed under ar
rest dIea by bin'e br3e besides being sentenced
10 loss of pay. When released from the brig,
Josephs alleges sn 59aI was s again arrested tried by
summary court. convicted and imprisoned This
any ntermission for nearly two years, beginning
in the spring Of 1901 and ending IN December, 1902
ORDERS IssUED-The following army and
navy orders have been issued:
ARMY
Resignation Of Second Lieutenant EDWIN ANDREWS.
5th cavalry. has been accepted.
RESIGNATION by Major WALTER A. BETHEL. Judge
advocate q his Som mission as captain in artillery
First lieutenant ALVIN c WORKS signal corps from,
general hospital washington Barracks. to signal
corps post Fort Myer.
contract surgeon JOSEPH PINQUARD. to Minila
contract Surgeon ARTHUR D PRENTICE Manila
NAVY
Ensign c. C BLOCH. detached Wheeling: home await
,iashfpman F s wHITEN. detached Oregon: to Wheel
Af.dshpuan r A RocH detached Wisconsin: to Wheel
paynaster W. 7. CAMP to Amph,sri,s; on arrival at
Guanatamo. Cuba. detached Amphitritei home await
orders
Payrnaster ". E WALLACE detached Machias: home.
await orders.
Passed Assistant Pay1nastsr BAKER. Buffalo for
passage 70 Machias
First Lieutenant E. T. FRYER. marine CORPS com
unssioned
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS.-The fol-
lowing movements OF vessels have been reported to
the Navy Department
ARRIVED.
December 1.-THE Adams Barbara; the Mohlcan
a Diego: the Petrol at Mare Island the Hist al
Nsw-London-
December 12-The Monterey. Hong Kong: Hist at
Newport.
SAILED
December 1.-THE Petrol San Francisco for Mare
Island: the Prairie from Guantanamo for Colon: the
Eew-London for Newport; the Newark,
the Detroit. Montgomery and the Gloucester. from
Bahia for Trinidad the Monterey. from Canton for
Hong Kong the VilRlObos, from Shanghai for Han
kow. the Baltimore Decatur, the Bainbrdge the
Barry, the and the Chauncey. from Hampton