New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-26
AND NAVY NEWS.
IFRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU.


less telegraph companies The fact that under hotn
departments the government has been experiment.
ing with various systems has been awaited OF ey
the concerns most interested to represent IN some
cases at least, that certain systems of wireless
telegraphy had been adopted would be adopted
This information Is usually contained In aover-
tisements of brokers or in circulars which are oe-
ing mailed to prospective buyers of the stock. The
of the publicity has been to deluge the chier
signal officer of the army and the chief OF the
bureau Of equipment Of the navy under wRG 3 sge
ters fnquiring about this or that company and the
an 9 front its sTns any ns which Will
Pre51Ges any company OPP rs IN the nG OF ex
cept when information is requested as 10 what mas
been done with some system The government ON
values of the systems, but they not 70 be com
T on Ss sqO 10 sss to s how
people are Interested in wireless telegraphy mainly
as a means of investing their surplus funds
REPORT OF WEST POINT vIsIToRs.-The
Board of Visitors to the Military Academy at West
Point of which General John NJ. Wilson. retired
was president. in it's report. filed at the War De
partment. urges that Constitution Island which
ia in the Hudson River opposite West Point should
be owned by the government as a part or the
reservation. while unneeded at present for act
ual remunerative use says the board, yet
the great need of IT to preserve the beauty and
comparative Isolation, and might also say
the morale of West Point is clearly apparent
Appalling negligence may be charged IL this ISL
and is permitted to go into other hands than the
United States when IL passes from it's present
owner" The board found the cuisine excellent
and the fare better than at any previous time
within the experience Of those at the acad-
envy. 1t is suggested that every reasonable effort
be made to preserve the older structures OF his
toric interest. and that all the picturesque and
ornate features now so much admired by visitors
may be preserved, The report strongly urges that
every feature OF the old chapel and the contents.
which are to be retained. though the building
be removed from it's present location be-
cause of the general rebuilding scheme. shall be
so says i that bs Of OF old e F PUT
nam should be prevented. and strongly recon-
pended from time 20 time within the next FIVE
alls and easements OF that fertilization The
practice of hazing new, cadets no longer. exists.
has The support Of The cadets themselves. and
80 cndren at West Point are approved by the
tuition today stands at the head Of the great
military schools OF the world"
sIGsBEE's SQUADRON AT SAN JUAN-Rear
Admiral sigsbees squadron. the flagship Newark
and the gunboats Topeka and Scorpion. arrived at
San Juan. Porto Rico. to-day from San Domingo.
where they had escorted Minister Dawson after a
of the principal coast cities of the republic
Admiral sigsbee saws that the revolution in San
Domingo has been suppressed. and that an extend
ed period of peace T. likely.
BIG CONTRACT FOR GUN FoRGINGs.-Rear
Admiral Converse. chief of the Naval Bureau OF
Ordnance. to-day awarded contracts for about
100000 worth OF gun forslngs. dividing the award
equally between the Bethlehem and Midvals com
panies. These companies were the only bidders
and each hid 30 cents a pound Whether either
eOi I wiz Isard tlst the eontraet De awarded
mand the question will be referred to the Secretary
OF the Navy
BATTLESHIPs AT FIUME-cahle mesa se. re-
ceived at the Navy Department show that the
kaNN NToNy
Missouri and Iowa and the cruiser Mayfower ar
rived at Fiume. Hungary. to-day from Trieste and
that the cruisers Olympia, Baltimore and CIeve-
land left Trieste yesterday for Corfu Greece on
their way Villefranche. Several officers OF the
feet were left in the hospital at Trieste
ment for typhoid fever. and the MayfOwer will
return there soon ~ take them aboard IN case
their condition iustihes their return to the fleet
Tho two enlisted men reported sick at Trieste with
typhoid fever. whose omitted In tho
cable message reporting the other cases. are John
w. King. mess attendant on the Kearsarge. and
Kins is rePortsd to be IN Serious S eon die ma bt
Folev is doing well
ORDERS IsSUED.-The following army and navy
orders have been issued;
ARMY
Second Lieutenant EDMUND RRIsToL GREGORY to
S''Ga To T. i4S 2nf.Ss from Company
FRS. Lieutenant GERRrr VAN 5 oUACKENBUsH TO
Colonel EDGAR z. srEEvER 9Th Cavalry. detailed
vice Brisadier General Francis Moore 49,
First Lieutenant CHARLES c. BIILLNGSLEA. assstan,
surgeon from Philippines 10 general hospital. De-
partIRent OF California, relieve Captain Benjamin J.
I-cser; IT. assistant surgeon. who will proceed 10
Colonel CHARLES n, wHIPPLR assistant Daym.s,sr
general. TO st Louis
NAVY.
Lieutenant C. ENGLAND. detached the Constellation: to
the Hist.
Ensign II. C. RICHARDSON detached the Massachu-
sets; 10 navy yard. Boston. Will
course O instruction in naval architecture '
Assistant Surgeon J. F. MURPHY. TO the Hancock
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL. yEssEIS-Ths fol-
lowing movements OF vessels have been reported
10 the Navy Department:
ARRIVED
July 2sTThs Perry. at San Francisco the Paul Jones'
July 24-Ths Tacoma, at Calao; sylph at Washing
ton; the Kearsarge. the Maine. ~
Illinois. the Missouri the Iowa ana the MaydOSsr al
July 25-The Newport, Newark tho Bancroft, and tina
Scorpion at San Juan; the WOrdsn. New-Isondon.
SAILED.
July 2s-Ths Dixie. from rOhpkirsviue for N.w-Bsd-
July 24-rh. Eltrtda from New-York. for xeuFIav,a;
the Olympia, the Cleveland and tina Baltimore. from
THIEVES DRIVEN FROM BONEsTEEL.
They Secured 10000, 1t Is Said. in a Fort.
nights Carnival of Crime.
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