New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-22
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
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Washington Dec q.
I FOR SECURITY OF NETWORK com.
mandant of the School of Submarine Defence az
Fort Totten. N Y. has been Washington en-
desvoring to secure from Congress an appropria-
ton OF $4,000 for that institution That thu
amount of the estimate submitted by Colonel Muir
ray few months ago. but the Secretary Of War
cut the amount TO 5000 The head of the school
has reported to the department and told the msm-
berS OF the military committees that u will be i'm
possible operate the school along the lines orig
nally intended with reduced appropriation. ard
that tho school Will be seriously ham3ered IN its
work of educating for the work Of submarfns
mining Colonel Murray pointed out that the sys-
TEN Of training had been developed. and that IL
was possible now 10 obtain men who knew prac-
ttcallE all about the laying OF mines means
Of defence and that anything which interfered with
the system would prove disastrous 10 the country
1t is absolutely necessary. he sail further have
men VINO are fully acquainted with the mines. their
cohstTIcIIl OPSfatlol ana PA ,iuS letnclsnt men
would lead 70 all sorts OF trouble and weaken the
not ntned To submit ,Gy Ssfte ncns es are are
recently spproved IrIn aItbourb III - 80 ~ r
terI ceppeersI So arviot IN. ei % ar
fund for the Fort TOtten school shall not be re-
dgced this year In ms reports to the Secre'aEy
value OF system Of submarine defence. shown
recently in the naval opers lions in the gar East
He says. in agreement with other artilerists. that
the Jqpa1fSe sn.PS have been kept out OF Port Ar
and IL This can he acSompished with the Russian
methods it Is realized that much more be done
with better means. MAINTAINED by men wh1 are
GERS who have 10 do with the coast defence per-
I'm that direction.
INTELLIGENT RECRUITS NEEDED - Tbs
army signal corps in the market for enlisted
The greatest difficulty is being encountered by the
military recruiting officers in obtaining who
are Wiling 10 serve with the signal corps and who
are also up to the standard required by the chief
signal officer. General A. ". Greedy. The reason
for the disnclraton To enter the service for duty
in the corps comes from the distant stations which
fall III LOT Of Of 2 he l17er of
While, far possible. only volunteers are sent
TO Alaska and the PHILIPPINES there is found 10 be
70 go 70 those places am TINS seP b Il fa5y
better to stay at home. 1t felt last year that
of one 500 mem b1s the fact that Congress auhor5ed
this increase in the corps has not helped matters
much. 1t is now found that few men enlisted; at
least that few of the men who present Themselves
for service as sgnalnen will MI the places There
are only hundred places hlled and the rest are
TO be attractive feature. that place in the sig
nal corps pays higher than any other rating Of e.
feature Of situation is that the men who answer
al the requirements ana serve ialt9iEy I3 20 re
ton. He and his advisers are trying 20 find 5Oms
way by which men may be induced to enter the
corps
ECONOMY IN TRANSPORTATION.-The lack
Of provision for transportation for the army IN the
estimates furnished By the War Department Is Civ
ing the military authorities much concern II Will
have the far reaching effect OF prohibiting the
ployrnent Of the regulars on any duty with tho
militia. II has been custom OF several years
standing to designate commands OF the regular
establishment for duty with the State soldiers
the annual encampments. The in the fund for
the transportation or ihe army WI mean Ine eA-
ercise of economy in the movement OF troops. and
waste to the end that the needed movement Of tho
troops may De tTa IIIcb c mn P Sn nnn
dition prevails in the fem OF mileage for officers.
committees are inclined 10 cut down the allowance
TOT rer orCIers and so far as uossble h
Will be necessary to have as little change of base
as possible.
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following army and navy
orders have been issued:
ARMY.
Second gIt Lieutenant OTIS COLE fr0" eth to 18th In
Lieutenant Colonel GEORGE H ToRNEY deputy sqggsoa
at San Francisco vice Colonel Alfred Girard.
sistaut surgeon general
on dates given: Majors WILLIAM T, KENDALL and
Err and WILLIAM W GRAY. April l. and PAUL
Major FRANCIS ]. IVES, from Fort Sheridan to
oaDf f6n is1hmiaa Canal com7assian TO P5ip6nes
Contract surgeon SAMUEL. A. greenwich. from
CIeburne. Fort BarranCas
NAVY.
Lieutenant Commander W. TRCXToN. placed retire
Lieutenant E. W. MINTYRE. to the Lancaster.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL vEssELs.-Ths fol-
lowing movements OF vessels have been reported "a
the Navy Department;
ARRIVED.
December 2OThs Detroit at Guantanamo the Earksets
and PoUhatan a Paul Jones
Port Townsend MarbleEead and Belnngrcu
Coquubo Colon. Marietta al
santa Lucia ne Des Do Francs.
December 1.-THE Dolphin al Hampton Roads
SAILED
December 2O-The Paul Breme-ton for Port
Townsend the Marblehead. the Bennington and tbs
NeV-Yorx from COquinbO Valparaiso the Culxoa
from Port OF spain Barbados the Ttngsy nom
Newport Norfolk. the Marietta from santa Lucia
for Hampton the Des Moines from Santa Lucia
de France
JEROME MAY CLOSE THEM.