New-York tribune., 1905-07-13
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
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Washington, July T.
GETTING NAVAL RECRUITS-Excellent re-
suits are attending efforts of the naval recruit
ing parties in the field. There are now hve OF lhese
parties travelling through the country Each Pd't
spends a week in city town. The average Is
about thirty recruits week, but recently one party
succeeded in obtaining ninetyone recruits IN eleven
days and the officers in charge Of the party were
commended in official letter froin Rear Adulral
Converse. the chief cf the Bureau OF Navigation
Three of these parties have been operating IN tie
East and Middle West for some months and thls
week two more parties have started, one opehlns
business at Utica y. Y, whence 1t VIII procee"
through Western New-YOrk and into Indiana 9 Unl9
Illinois. The itineraries have DeeH
@ 'He If rGs i, U ' he btaned from this method of
drumming up enlisted men for the navy Inc
poster and dead wall advertising IS found TO pay
better in returns than newspaper advertising lns ms
is because the Navy Department spends little Tor
display advertising in the newspapers 5 ana f nat
attracts attention than a small advertisement
in big newspaper.
COLONEL THORPE'S VERSION. - Colonel
Frank Thorpe, of the artillery corps, in command
of the Baltimore Artillery District. was at the
War Department to-day Colonel Thorpe is the
officer described in press dispatches as having
had difficulty with Captain Gervais of the
French cruiser Jurien lie Ia Graviare. when that
ship visited Chesapeake Bay. The accounts de-
scribed the French officer failing to call on
Colonel Thorpe and the American artillery officer
visit to Washington to-day had nothing to do with
newspapers it may be made to take that signid-
cameo. He came here business relating To his
corps, and remarked casually to the War Depart
Inent people that the French captain had over
officer 1t therefore not necessary for Colonel
Thorpe to make any motion toward calling on the
artillery officers. considering the warm weather.
were glad to escape the necessity OF getting INTO
q foreigner Anything like international incident
stood that Captain Gervais called by mistake on a
subordinate officer of the artillery district at an
other post. but this does count in the official
intercourse of naval and military heads.
SURPRISE AT THE LOUISIANA'S GAIN.-It is
surprise the naval constructors that the battle
ship Connecticut, under construction at the Brook
| lyn Navy Yard. should have fallen behind the
Louisiana, building at Newport News under con-
| tract. On May l the advantage was with the con-
tract building ship. A month later the Connecticut
EXPECTED that tie shin would from now to the date
of her completion be ahead of the Louisiana 1t is
| with surprise, therefore, that the constructors
place, although difference is so slight that it is
hardly worth mentioning At the same time 1t is
News have taken new lease of life, and have de-
structors still say that their snip at Brooklyn will
! win in the end. There are several things which
such as fnowedge on the part OF the f
| ship and the ability to make provision for them
| The rivalry is keen and the situation is becoming
! interesting.
| ORDERS IssUED-The following army and
navy orders have been issued:
ARMY.
Contract Surgeon SIDNEY L. SCOTT. from Washington
Barracks Saunders Range
Lieutenant colonel GARLAND WHISTLER, artillery
corps, to coast artillery.
Captain FRANCIS KOESTER. 10Th Cavalry, First
Lieutenant JOSEPH H. GRIFFITHS. 21th Infantry.
District Of Columbia at Harpers Ferry, August .
IL
tend encampmeEt organized militia of Montana near
Major ROBERT r. STEVENS, quartermaster detailed
ms62 WITE finley az 0I maPy fa eSs3 erey
| Contract Surgeon MERTON a PROBERT. his homo
report Surgeon General for annulment of con
First Lieutenant JAMES F. HALL assistant surgeon
geon from Preside to Fort Douglas
Contract surgeon MILTON VAUGHAN. from Fort Doug
second Lieutenant CHARLES NJ ALLEN. artillery CORPS
West Point Military Academy.
NAVY.
Captain H. C. O. COLBY. to navy yard, Boston.
Commander F. E BEATTY, to naval gun factory. navy
aant 9 bTScAN placed 5 on retired st
Lieutenant c sIAcKFoRD detached the Illinois, to the
Lieutenant A. W. PREssEY detached Navy Department;
Lieutenant E L. BIssET. detached the Franklin: to
Ensign R l. BERRY detached the Maine; to the May
|
Surgeon E THOMPSON. detached the Des Moines home
| await orders.
Assistant surgeon R E HoYT. to Naval Academy.
| MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS.-The fol-
lowing movements Of vessels have been reported to
/ the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
1.-THE Sterling. a Portsmouth, y II: the Penn
| sylyania, at Newport and the Siren,
Norfolk: Arkansas, at Rockand; the Severn, at
GARDENERS Bay the Minneapolis. at Ponta Delgada.
July l2-The Leonidas. at Hampton Roads.
SAILED.
July 1.-THE Standish Annapolis GARDENERS
Bay.
July 12-The Maine the Kentucky, the kearsarge the
Missouri, Alabama. the Massachusetts, the Iowa
Illinois, PROV incetOWn for Narrasansett
Bay: Ajax. from Monte Cristi for Hampton