The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-10

cos Tl.Y
Gl|TS
AGGREGATE VALUE OF PRES.
eNTs TO AMERICAN WAR
SHIPS MORE THAN
100000.
SILVER SERVICES, BELLS. Or
CANS, LIBRARIES BIBLES.
PUNCH BOWLS LOVING
CUPS AND A PULPIT
AMONG THE GIFTS.

I,asSEeSate Falue OF gifts which. hav,
been presented to United States fight
ing ships by the States and cities afteI
which they are named ana by friend.
OF the officers and crews. is more
than 100000
The armoreti cruiser New Yorl
heads the list in the value of its gifts
with handsome silver service. Ii
brarS, bell and other furnishings val
ued at si4,539. which We're given tc
that vessel. The cruiser Brooklyn
comes Second and boasts of q silver
service valued at SS.397.45, which was
given by the city whose name the yes
sci bears. The exact total of all the
gifts is $4,000.
Silver services cut an i'm portant fig.
ure in the list Of gifts, and some of
these are of great value The Indiana's
silver service, for instance. is worth
$3.50. Othe ships to which silver
services have been given include the
Atlanta. the Baltimore, the Brooklyn,
at sS,397.45; the Cincinnati. $1,000;
the Detroit, $4,000; the Minneapolis.
the Montgomery. the Nashville, $3,-
100; the Newport, the New York, the
Raleigh. the San Francisco, s7,4S6;
the Texas, $4.s65; the Wheeling, the
Chicago, the New Orleans, $2,7G0;
the Marietta, the Illinois. $4,000; the
Olympia, the Albany. $5,SSS. and the
Alabama, $3,3G5.
Ships bells are prominent among
the gifts-that given to the New Or
leans being worth $1,000. The Ore
gon has clock which cost 81 900. and
the Baltimore carries an organ worth
S2,S12- Other gifts to navy vessels
include flags, paintings. libraries, BIZ
bles, punch bowls and cups, statues,
loving cups, portraits and stationery.
The Kearsarge has pulpit as one of
its most priced gifts: a,
The United States Navy.
Equipment of the naval scouts with
torpedo tubes has been decided upon
by the Board on Construction, and
two of the submerged type will be in
stalled on each of these new ships.
Because of the peculiar design Of the
scouts it will be necessary to design
a special tube for this type of vessel
Armament of the scout ships has been
decided upon The bat
terry will consist of guns of five and
three inch calibre
The Navy department has decided
hat official kilograms sent at govern
nent rates to naval officers shall not |
20 through the commandment, but shall |
1e delivered to the addresses direct. |
The question was raised at the Navy |
Yard. Norfolk. The department sus-
aimed the commandment, Rear Admiral |
in his other two rules,
hat long distance telephone messages
'e reported to the commandant and
hat all communications sent by heads
II departments to outside persons |
hall go through the commandments /
,ffice.
Five vacancies in the junior grade
# the pay corps of the navy will be
He'd by an examination to be held in
on October l. Several
undred applications have been re-
eived
In accordance with the report of
he Board on Wireless Te1egraphy,
by the President, the Navy
will establish a wireless
tation on Farallone Islands, off San
'rapcisco, where the Weather Bureau
oW has small station. 1t is hoped
ventually to establish cornmunica-
on between this station and that in
honolulu, a distance of Zoo miles.
Specific instructions for the guild
nee of officers and men who will be
allied on to use wiro.ess telegraphy
re now in preparation in the Navy
apartment They will provide that
perators shall use the Morse code,
1e American code and the navy wig 1,
'ag code at all naval wireless sta
ons.
Proposals will be opened within
light weeks by the chief of the Blu
eau of Yards and Docks for the com
letion of the dry dock at the Navy .
ard. Mare Island. Eighty per cent.
{ the work remains to be done.
Officers of the navy and the marine
orps living in government quarters
ust pay for lights. Hitherto only. the =
5arine corps have been subject to u
lis rule. II 81 53ssf Il. y
We handle a straight line Of fur.ni-
ire, window blinds. mirrors and bic.
res: Fairmont Furni tureS Co. Or IA
osite postoface. 81