New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-03
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS,
lFRoM TIE TRIBUNE BUREAU


Washington. Aug
CONvCRSEs PLANS To NATURE -Tbs
change the administration OF the naval Ordnance
bureau by the transfer Of its chief Real Admiral
C. \ Converse. to the Bureau of Navigation ana
the appointment of Commander N E Mason IN
succeed him. does not interfere with the deveIoo
ment OF several important projects initiated Sy
Admiral Converse since he has been chief OF ora
nance The most important in many respects Is
the establishment of a special and independent
ordnance corps 10 the end that ordnance work
such as the designing and construction OF tia
numerous articles OF equipment classed under that
head. may be done by specialists Admiral Con.
verse had a list Of some twenty officers who wara
anxious To 50 into such corps permanently. APT
he was planning to select them for ordnance duty
This viii 10 carried ont ny his successor and Al
miral Converse himself now having charge OF tina
affairs OF The commissions personnel. there can
De no question as t' me availability of taa line
corps There are other questions pending, such a.
1Se means OF 8IeFsnJing I3IehSckS the adoption
less powder and Improvement in the methods Of
Of the transfer of AdiSai ce Ts , 90 t i r sts
OF Nsvlsation Is that The board o. construction
tirue senior member OF the board TO provide
which had baftled admiral Converse and his aSsS-
GateS so lar. put tney have APPLIED themselves N
t.at admiral Converse Is IN charge Of the person
eulty and supply the service with the required
the other important Subjects with vybicb re an
been deallns viii be allowed to languisb. his sue
man and will take up the work where ACF1lIrsi
Converse leaves it,
NEWCOMERS AT MANASSAS. Arrsnxs
ments have been completed for the organization %
military bodies during the combined manceuvres at
Manassas, Va, in September The troons ~ Wa
first squadron of New-YOrk cavalry will b. OF the
divisional troops under General =. D. Grant The
T4th New-IorI infantry viii be of the First BRIGADE
or the FIRST DIVISION, under General T. j. Whit IRE
18th New-Yor1 Infantry Will be Of The SecorI
T9rio ia p - T~irar tel,
Bliss. The 12th New-YOrk Infantry viii be OF N,
Second Brigade % the Second Division under Cen
eral T. II. Barry and the I'd New-York Infantry
will be Of the Third Brigade OF the Second Division
under Colonel James Regain, 9Th Infantry The
corps staff and brigade and division officers are
expected to report for duty by August y and tba
organizes militia Will arrive at the camp Sep
reEular commands viii proceed by rail but some o.
TIE troops stationed at Fort Ayer and Washington
BarrackS-or a part OF the way, as in the case OF
the cavalry commands frcm Fort Ethan Allen VsT
mont. which will march 10 New-YorE CITY Ths
militia commands may bring tentags at the rata Of
fantrymen to a conieaI wall tent and four men h
service uniform armed and equipped Tor the asd
40 an I'M OK any nd Is to Re taken 70 the
b 70 u Pe eoaed r at The samp upon Esqasor
at the camp.
CHANGE IN CAVALRY STATIONS Order,
have been issued by the War Department revolving
the orders OF June last relieving the So Battauor
10th Infantry. from duty the Presidio San Fran
Wall M Wsu aIe1 {lng u to take station at Fort
orders ISSUED AZ tTs sr ana also modifying
the +th SaValry TO take the stations occupied
OHIO NOT Up TO CONTRACT SPEED Rear
Admiral Whiting, who represented the Govern
ment aboard the batrleship Ohio. which had her
preliminary speed trial in santa Barbara Channel
yesterday. reported 10 the Navy Depar-rsart b.
telegraph to-day that the uncorrected asu-es Tor
the Ohto's trip showed an average speed OF f-s
on account OF tidal allowances Under th- 4sr-S
or the contract the Ohio IS 10 make y knots an
hour- The penalty for falling below this spzad f.
at she rate OF $500 quarter knot for the frs
ORDERS IssUEp-Ths following army and
navy orders have been issued:
ARMY
Mai9- HENRT BARRER assistant chief resasa All
i've szT,ies on account Of disability Incident thereto
First Lieutenant MARK BROOKE corps OF engineers b.
ls eAsi.-nns ooard at army Bui.ting. NeW-YoFS
first lieutenant corps Of engineers
ssaa sssa5 c5srs r'sI assa pi sfa3
PPs9y, soas. 2rri.le7y and GJY E CARLETON. I0Jh
i saf r. , fea sreTy to unassigned list ana Pro
NAVY.
Rear Admiral 6 A CONVERSE appointed eie, Bureau
lieutenant J. + GILNIEE detached General Electric
Company Schenectady: home
Lieutenant V. BLUE. - the Buffalo.
Surgeon n C. GRUNWELL. 10 ths Dixie.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL vEssELs-rhs fol-
lowing movements ~ vessels have been reported 70
the Navy Department;
ARRIVED.
Angus, The Denver at Guantanamo
SAILED
August The Buffalo from Santa Barbara tor Mars
Island. the Scorpion Guantanamo for Colon. the
MilhigCn Chicago Milwaukee.
NO ATTEMPT TO SAVE DROWNING BOY.
Catskiu y. Y.s Aug. albert Prediser eight
years old. OF this place. was drowned IN Cstsku