New-York tribune., 1905-11-27
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
LFrom The tribune bureau ]

Washington. November %
LEAK IN FORT SECRECY.-The military
thorities Governors Island New-York. have been
asked to report upon the project of closing certain
public roads in the vicinity of Fort Wadsworth,
New-Tork The suggestion comes from those who
interested in protecting the coast defence sys-
tenn of NewYork Harbor from the observation of
outsiders, and the subject has been before the
War Department several times Formerly it was
decided that there nothing to be done toward
preventing anybody from taking close views of the
guns forming certain parts of the Notifications at
Fort Wadsworth, and, again it held that all
those who had any desire to see the works must
have already availed themselves of that privilege
Now the proposition has been renewed, and this
consideration of the project 1t is proposed to close
are destined to account of the fact that
@ cT road % ms is Ia @ BY 9y 5Poeg me lt is Ir0lR me he
had of the forticatiOns, and it is considered that,
carriages of the coast defence forts from observa
ton, this is piece of carelessness which should
not longer continue. There are several questions
Of legal character. however, TO be considered
hefore anything fnal be done, and the officers
at General Grants headquarters have been asked
to to send certain information which will guide the
Ing his recommendation in the matter
MERIWETHER'S COURT MARTIAL Naval
officers who have followed the weeks developments
in the court martial trial of Midshfpman Meri-
wether at Annapolis on the charge Of manslaughter
do not find much that may be r-garded at all
convincing way another in determining the
cuipabnty OF the accused person. II Is commonly
thought that Meriwether viii be dismissed and
that further action will be taken by the naval
court so far as he is concerned; what may pe
done by the civil authorities a1terward one Is
in position to guess 1t does require the g1ft
of prophecy, say naval officers here, to realize
that the naval court Annapolis will lead to
radical changes in academic sentiment The I3i re,
SuIJS Oh the present lnVeS tlgatlon IN thS
of conservative service observers, viii be TO 40
great violence of the student traditions
II is certain 10 require an amendment Oh lnS 81
called of honor of the student body, although
some the naval officers say that the present m
cnations of the midshipmen are very Inuch dl1-
ferent from the ideas of their predecessors at An
napolis. There have always been fights, ana PROP
ably always will be- at both Annapolis and West
Point, but other days these encounters were
personal rather than class affairs. and it was olehet
the case that members of the same class had II OUT
class thought of attacking another. 1t IS hheIy
that this class fighting will be DISCOURAGE, ana
court martial there will be sentiment At tie
academy. or, rather, q return 70 the 0ld conu
tons and traditions 50 lar as tne tLIdt - i b t n
anything the service sympathy appears 70 De "ILl
Meriwether, in that he was harrled INTO a @ ng.s
with his senior; but it Is felt thai lne f 81
of discipline require at least the ClSiiiISs VI ~
nidshipnan from the academy, II nothlhs IloIe
serious for him is recon mended by the SouIr-
KEY WEST AHEAD OF TIME naval ofncer
has set the time right on the naval reservation
at Kew West Fla and incidentally has saved TO
the people of the city something like $f5'Vo d year
can+ain W H BeehIer, who is in charge OF the
Kew West Naval Station has changed the {lIne
from goth meridian 18th meridian t1le tiL4 s
four hours each for forenoon and afternoon as IA
ofbar navy wards It will take the acton OF tHe
~ ci+ ;feeIf and this will probably be done as the
change will saving IN the coSss oI al It
light Captain BeehIer & II amounts to So 65
and for the 10000 inhabitants OF fNe9 eso
total saving would be SI5V0 ana tIe ~ [,iyS Of
mates mates thaI MS "0'0'-